Hubbard has the athleticism to be much better than a #5. We haven’t seen him in close to a calendar year.

Not saying our WR depth didn’t need a full scale makeover this offseason, but adding 4 players at any position could be seen as stockpiling.

Keep Braylon, Tony Grossi either has no clue what ManKok is doing or is their puppet and pumping out smokescreens.

See, I could see Robiskie turning into a possession receiver, and last I checked, he is not white. I think it comes down to hands more than anything

It’s really sort of funny. I mean, don’t we expect all receivers to be “possession” receivers? That is, we expect them to possess the ball when it’s thrown to them, rather than dropping it, or allowing someone else to possess it. I know that when analysts say someone is a “possession receiver” that they usually mean he lacks tremendous downfield speed. So I guess the two broad types of receivers are “speed” guys and “he’ll usually catch it if you throw it to him” guys. The other meaning of “possession receiver” seems to be someone who isn’t afraid to go over the middle, make a tough catch, and take the hit. That would mean that the “speed” guys mostly prefer to stick close to the sidelines. I vote that we ban the term “possession receiver” (if for no other reason, I get tired of typing quotation marks). Who do I talk to about it?

what makes a guy a possession receiver? his whiteness?

You appologize to Anthony Gonzalez right now!

Drew Bennett and Furrey are both possession receivers.

They are different styles of receiver, however, and I tried to talk about that by noting their difference in size. They get open in different ways. They should be used in different situations. They have different strengths and weaknesses. They operate as possession receivers in different ways.

Furrey is more crafty, quick, and agile, works better out of the slot. He isn’t big for a WR, and he is better outsmarting defenders and working underneath than he is just flat out burning people.

Bennett is really freaking tall for a WR, and is a long-strider. His ypc is/was high because he is the type of receiver who builds speed as he goes: he doesn’t have great burst, suddenness, change of direction, agility, etc. but his legs are so long that once he gets up to speed, DBs have trouble matching him. He is pretty good at running vertical routes. He also has a pretty good height advantage to win deep jump balls, and you don’t want to throw a jump ball over the middle because that usually means your WR is going to get lit up by a LB or S and will end up on Sportscenter—another reason he catches/caught the ball deep.

Both are possession receivers because they don’t do everything well (even though they do different things well), and do not rely heavily on brute speed to get open, and are reliable catching the ball.

Josh Reed is probably a black possession receiver.
Issac Bruce is a black possession receiver.
Keyshawn was a black possession receiver.
Robiskie will probably be a black possession receiver.

There is a relatively small % of NFL WRs DBs who are white and have elite speed. That doesn’t make white guys slow, that doesn’t make minority guys fast. What makes Furrey and Bennett—or anyone else—a “possession” WR is how they play the game, not the color of their skin.