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I believe he's a weapon. Whether it's sometimes as a receiver, sometimes as a RB, sometimes as a PR. He's a legit weapon. IIRC, I read McVay uses a lot of stack formations and that is how you want to use him as a receiver. Having a weapon can be a good thing or a bad thing.....if you're terrible at designing a variety of plays to utilize that weapon. Asking the former Rams offensive staff to use a weapon like Austin is like asking concrete finisher to use a laser scalpel. I think McVay might be more qualified to use Austin. JMHO.
To be honest I think Tavon was used best in 2015. Last year they tried to make him more of just a receiver, and to me all it did was expose the ways in which, actually, he's
not that---meaning he's just not a pure receiver. There's too much he doesn't have as a player to become that. He is better used the way you describe (bolded bit). I agree, he's a combined yards weapon, not DeSean lite or anything like that.
And I don't think it has to do with the coaches as much as Tavon. IF McVay's goal is to make him a pure receiver, I just do not see that working. If instead McVay's goal is to use Tavon in ways that fit what Tavon does, I would think it would look a lot like---and be at least as good as---Tavon in 2015.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/04/2017 03:24PM by zn.
