As much as we’ve tried to cover Atlanta’s offensive potential with its different array of weapons, its depth at wide receiver has been real bad since our head coach was a bald guy. For a time, the Falcons had one of the best duos in the league with both Julio Jones and Calvin Ridley, and guys like Russell Gage filling in as the third wide receiver.
In a flash, Gage was suddenly the WR1 with support from Olamide Zaccheaus and Tajae Sharpe. Terry Fontenot was rebuilding the group back up from nothing. While the likes of Kyle Pitts and Cordarrelle Patterson helped alleviate some of the depth issues, the Falcons were still desperately behind where other teams sit.