I saw the video of PJ Fleck in some of the ball drills competing with the players.. He won most of the battles.. My guess is that even though Fleck is not real big, he would probably be more than a handful in a fight. I know the fights that I have seen or been in during my teen years, the big guys just need to hit you a couple times to be effective but I always thought smaller guys could be a lot tougher in a fight because they were quicker. Another example for the older guys is Cliff Harris, former safety for the Dallas Cowboys.. I have older friends from Texas that knew of him and said more than once that a bigger fan, TE, lineman, or LB would try to pick a fight with Harris and when it was all over, Harris was standing and the bigger guy lying on the ground bloodied with missing teeth or a broken jaw. Fleck looks to me like he would have a bit of an 'edge' to him in desiring and showing others he could overcome despite natural circumstances.. Which is a good thing.
That said, I would love to ask him a question about recruiting WRs. He was one himself and again, not a big guy.. Corey Davis wasn't a big guy at Western Michigan.. Mohammed Sanu had a bit of size when Fleck was an assistant out there.. MY POINT IS THAT HE IS RECRUITING A LOT OF MORE SLIGHT BUILT RECEIVERS.. I find that interesting, NOT WRONG, seeing that we don't have a proven QB with good accuracy.
I remember Dan Marino having the 'mighty mites' to throw to in WRs Mark Duper and Mark Clayton at Miami...I still feel that if I had 2 receivers like Jerry Rice and Steve Largent that I would do fine in the passing game in any generation. Rice and Largent weren't necessarily big nor fast.. Though Rice could be as fast as he needed to be at a given time.
I admit that I like the big receivers like Aaron Hosack, Eric Decker, Drew Wolitarsky, etc. with the large catching radius to mitigate a QB that may not be so accurate..Can muscle the corners for position to move the chains on 3rd down..I am not sure that we have anyone like that on our team now... THE ADVANTAGE of the small guys is if they have good technique, they can make quick cuts and breaks on the ball.. Rather have quick and precise routes that can create separation so I understand the small guys' advantage.
I am NOT SUGGESTING that Fleck has 'NAPOLEON COMPLEX' when it comes to recruiting receivers..Maybe getting guys that are like himself that may need to overcome size with an attitude of showing they have something to prove. Though I am sure when he was going through school himself that he had to prove his abilities against bigger guys..
Chris Bell, Mark Williams(yes he was a QB), Harry Van Dyne, Jornell Manns, Rashod Bateman, Philip Howard are all slighter guys though Van Dyne has some height... Hmielewski and Tyler Johnson arent big guys, either.. I wonder if that is philosophical for Fleck in how he recruits WRs or is that just the playmakers he happened to find in recruiting in the last couple years..
Bigger receivers are more forgiving with the passes but we SURELY know that does not guarantee success on the field.. Examples being Isaiah Gentry, Melvin Holland, Hunter Register and Rashad Still.. None panned out for us.. NOT TRYING TO STIR UP TROUBLE HERE but just think this is interesting though our QB situation hopefully is looking up.
That said, I would love to ask him a question about recruiting WRs. He was one himself and again, not a big guy.. Corey Davis wasn't a big guy at Western Michigan.. Mohammed Sanu had a bit of size when Fleck was an assistant out there.. MY POINT IS THAT HE IS RECRUITING A LOT OF MORE SLIGHT BUILT RECEIVERS.. I find that interesting, NOT WRONG, seeing that we don't have a proven QB with good accuracy.
I remember Dan Marino having the 'mighty mites' to throw to in WRs Mark Duper and Mark Clayton at Miami...I still feel that if I had 2 receivers like Jerry Rice and Steve Largent that I would do fine in the passing game in any generation. Rice and Largent weren't necessarily big nor fast.. Though Rice could be as fast as he needed to be at a given time.
I admit that I like the big receivers like Aaron Hosack, Eric Decker, Drew Wolitarsky, etc. with the large catching radius to mitigate a QB that may not be so accurate..Can muscle the corners for position to move the chains on 3rd down..I am not sure that we have anyone like that on our team now... THE ADVANTAGE of the small guys is if they have good technique, they can make quick cuts and breaks on the ball.. Rather have quick and precise routes that can create separation so I understand the small guys' advantage.
I am NOT SUGGESTING that Fleck has 'NAPOLEON COMPLEX' when it comes to recruiting receivers..Maybe getting guys that are like himself that may need to overcome size with an attitude of showing they have something to prove. Though I am sure when he was going through school himself that he had to prove his abilities against bigger guys..
Chris Bell, Mark Williams(yes he was a QB), Harry Van Dyne, Jornell Manns, Rashod Bateman, Philip Howard are all slighter guys though Van Dyne has some height... Hmielewski and Tyler Johnson arent big guys, either.. I wonder if that is philosophical for Fleck in how he recruits WRs or is that just the playmakers he happened to find in recruiting in the last couple years..
Bigger receivers are more forgiving with the passes but we SURELY know that does not guarantee success on the field.. Examples being Isaiah Gentry, Melvin Holland, Hunter Register and Rashad Still.. None panned out for us.. NOT TRYING TO STIR UP TROUBLE HERE but just think this is interesting though our QB situation hopefully is looking up.
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