We have an interesting roster at WR with 3 seniors and no juniors. It's kind of hard to see everyone sticking. Here are our WRs by class (Epps was able to hang on to his RS)
Seniors
Burt(RS), Duvernay, Johnson
Juniors
none
Sophomores
Eagles, Moore, Pouncey(RS)
Freshmen
Epps(RS), Lewis, Smith, Washington, Woodward(RS)
Here is what the projected starters looked like until Aug practice began
X CJ, then Epps then Washington (Pouncey listed here last year)
Z Duvernay, then Eagles then Burt/Woodard/Lewis
H Moore or Smith, then Jordan Pouncey
But now it looks like we are moving Duvernay to the slot, at least partially in an effort to get Eagles' speed on the field. It's possible this may not stick and is a motivation tool for Moore and Smith. And while I admit Ive never really considered Duv anything but a pure Z, you have to admit the idea of his speed and sure hands in the slot is intriguing.
Here is a quote from Herman about that move --
“We hadn’t planned on that until these last few weeks. It wasn’t even on our radar, to be honest with you. Then we had some long personnel meetings, offensively. Devin’s had an unbelievable offseason and so has Brennan. We feel like (Moore and Smith) have to really prove that they deserve to be on the field for an extended period of time. Because if that’s the case and Brennan and Devin are playing the same position, then one of them is going to be standing on the sideline every other snap. Experimenting with it right now, but it was due to some recent personnel discussions and how good of summers both Brennan and Devin had.”
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