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McVay is far to advanced imo to try and pigeon hole Tavon into Jackson type WR... he realizes Tavon is a weapon with enough speed to take the top off... he will get the most out of Tavon and that might be running a few more go routes the way DJax did.

We just see that differently though to coin a phrase, time will tell.

Being dedicated to your system and the kinds of roles you need in it is not the opposite of being advanced.

He could be very advanced in how he sets up his offense and attacks, and still be dogmatic in terms of the kinds of roles he builds that offense around.

Tavon is not his guy...McVay didn't draft him.

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1. Thing is, TA is never going to be just a pure xyz type WR... He has immense open field talent.

2. With the emergence of some other pass catchers like Kupp, Everrett, Reynolds etc will only open up more space for him and make him that much more dangerous. I'm expecting a huge turnaround for this entire offense and that includes Tavon.

Point #1, I've been saying that myself about Tavon all along, let alone in this thread. Yeah he is not going to be a pure receiver, and yeah he has a lot of talent. To me given all that, as I keep saying, they used him best in 2015.

Point #2, that remains to be seen. If they try to convert him into a pure receiver I don't think that will work, because no matter how much is going on with the other WRs, he still has to execute---and we have seen over the years that as a pure receiver anyway, he just does not have the full skill set necessary. He's better IMO as a mixed weapon who catches some but also runs some. The question for me is whether McVay is interested in that or if he wants a pure receiver and will not therefore adapt to Tavon.

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Your point seems to be that McVay might not be interested in utilizing Tavon's greatest skills and just want to make him a pure WR..

My point is is I just don't think a forward thinking coach like McVay will try to pigeon hole a player like Tavon. At worst Tavon is a pretty good decoy that defenses still have to worry about(see highlight video) at best he can take the top off a defense and score on a long ball on one play and turn around and take a hand off 40 yards for a TD.

We will soon find out, but I'm betting on McVay figuring out a way to utilize TA....the rest will be up to TA.



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  What's Tavon Austin's Role in Rams New Offense?

RamBill781May 15, 2017 01:21PM

  here is why McVay is excited about what Tavon can do in his offense...

Rampage2K-501May 15, 2017 02:30PM

  Nice! Thanks for posting! 3 things

Ramadune504May 15, 2017 03:30PM

  what a TALENT!

SunTzu_vs_Camus465May 15, 2017 06:15PM

  except

zn445May 15, 2017 07:05PM

  Re: except

Rampage2K-404May 15, 2017 07:21PM

  Re: except

zn375May 15, 2017 07:30PM

  Re: except

oldschoolramfan340May 16, 2017 06:34AM

  Re: except

zn350May 16, 2017 07:51AM

  After 5 seasons

TonyHunter87337May 16, 2017 09:35AM

  Re: After 5 seasons

Rampage2K-313May 16, 2017 09:38AM

  Shotty wasn't bad

TonyHunter87339May 16, 2017 10:12AM

  Re: Shotty wasn't bad

Rampage2K-298May 16, 2017 10:17AM

  No

TonyHunter87306May 16, 2017 10:19AM

  Re: No

Rampage2K-290May 16, 2017 10:36AM

  It's all good Tony....

Rampage2K-358May 16, 2017 10:48AM

  Yeah we can agree

TonyHunter87336May 16, 2017 11:01AM

  Re: After 5 seasons

zn353May 16, 2017 09:40AM

  Re: except

Rampage2K-459May 16, 2017 09:36AM

  in part you're just repeating my own point back to me

zn296May 16, 2017 09:46AM

  Just can't see McVay as a square peg round hole type of coach.

Rampage2K-391May 16, 2017 10:02AM

  Re: Just can't see McVay as a square peg round hole type of coach.

zn352May 16, 2017 10:49AM

  Re: except..........Exactly !

oldschoolramfan335May 16, 2017 10:00AM

  yes, I don't know how/if McVay knows how to use him best...

SunTzu_vs_Camus281May 16, 2017 07:26AM

  Austin can succeed in this offense

LMU93385May 16, 2017 03:10AM

  Re: Austin can succeed in this offense

dzrams418May 16, 2017 08:46AM

  Re:Wasn't the passing game coordinator suppose to fix that?

laram382May 16, 2017 08:52AM

  Re: Re:Wasn't the passing game coordinator suppose to fix that?

dzrams362May 16, 2017 09:03AM

  Re: Hmmm you couldn't tell..

laram339May 16, 2017 10:05AM

  Re: Austin can succeed in this offense

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  Re: What's Tavon Austin's Role in Rams New Offense?

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