Tanner Gentry promoted to active roster
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At least he can run and catch the deep ball. The question is... Will Glennon be upright long enough to throw it?
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Mikefive wrote:At least he can run and catch the deep ball. The question is... Will Glennon be upright long enough to throw it?
maybe they are planning to reunite him with his preseason TD buddy to make Mitch more comfortable
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We're going to be in 3rd and long a lot so he might get a lot of desperation throws hoiked his way...
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If I had a dollar for every undrafted WR this fan-base has fallen in love with during garbage time pre-season outings over the past 15 years.
I'd... uh... have enough for like a McDonald's big mac meal, or something.
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It's funny, the one UDFA no one really cared about that actually did anything was Cam Meredith.
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Oh! My wife cared.DaSuperfan wrote:It's funny, the one UDFA no one really cared about that actually did anything was Cam Meredith.
That's a good point. I barely heard his name until he grabbed his first regular season catch, for a pivotal 1st down on the final drive of that upset at Arrowhead in 2015.DaSuperfan wrote:It's funny, the one UDFA no one really cared about that actually did anything was Cam Meredith.
Most likely because I don't think he made big plays in the pre-season. Until the Indy game last year, I thought the odds of him becoming a legit NFL WR were next to non-existent. Never did I think I'd see the day where losing him for the season would be cause for major concern.
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Until you heard me gushing about him 3 TCs ago in my TC report.DaSuperfan wrote:It's funny, the one UDFA no one really cared about that actually did anything was Cam Meredith.
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Hopefully he shows up and we see what we heard all TC
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Look, its well known that he's not a great route runner. At 6'2", Gentry is now our tallest receiver by a couple of inches. Worst case scenario, he's put in on 2nd and short for the deep ball attempts, that is...if Glennon can get it to him. Best case scenario...we catch lightening in a bottle, and Glennon builds a quick chemistry with Gentry.
Per PFF...
Bottom line: Although Gentry has not received a lot of hype to date, he put together a really impressive tape at Wyoming. While he offers very little in gaining yards after the catch, he makes up for that with his large catch radius and athletic ability, which allow him to make circus catches on off-target passes. Gentry has the ability and upside to develop into an NFL starter, but first he will need to gain experience against press coverage and how to beat against man coverage as he has not faced a lot of that over his college career.
Personally, I'm always rooting for the UFA underdog.
Per PFF...
Bottom line: Although Gentry has not received a lot of hype to date, he put together a really impressive tape at Wyoming. While he offers very little in gaining yards after the catch, he makes up for that with his large catch radius and athletic ability, which allow him to make circus catches on off-target passes. Gentry has the ability and upside to develop into an NFL starter, but first he will need to gain experience against press coverage and how to beat against man coverage as he has not faced a lot of that over his college career.
Personally, I'm always rooting for the UFA underdog.
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Bears Whiskey Nut wrote:Look, its well known that he's not a great route runner. At 6'2", Gentry is now our tallest receiver by a couple of inches. Worst case scenario, he's put in on 2nd and short for the deep ball attempts, that is...if Glennon can get it to him. Best case scenario...we catch lightening in a bottle, and Glennon builds a quick chemistry with Gentry.
Per PFF...
Bottom line: Although Gentry has not received a lot of hype to date, he put together a really impressive tape at Wyoming. While he offers very little in gaining yards after the catch, he makes up for that with his large catch radius and athletic ability, which allow him to make circus catches on off-target passes. Gentry has the ability and upside to develop into an NFL starter, but first he will need to gain experience against press coverage and how to beat against man coverage as he has not faced a lot of that over his college career.
Personally, I'm always rooting for the UFA underdog.
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Cam is a guy I cheer for. But his rookie season you heard about Bellamy in camp more then Cam. Bellamy couldn't catch the ball, but Can slowly showed he had real talent. Not just a college QB pretending to be a WR. More of a WR who played some QB.DaSuperfan wrote:It's funny, the one UDFA no one really cared about that actually did anything was Cam Meredith.
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I like Gentry a lot more with Mitch out there than Glennon.. I hope they get the chance to play together at some point.
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Hoping for the Trubisky connection as well.
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If he has hands, he has the leg up on 1/2 the WR on the roster.