Pick #57 - Rams select WR Tutu Atwell
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I was hoping he would stick with the Lions gameplan after we couldn't protect he went to a short drop and quick releases. Really strange we haven't gone back to that when we have shown the inability to keep Stafford clean
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Great showing by Tutu today! I still am not a huge fan. Too many bobbled catches and dropped passes. But he can definitely be a useful piece and adds a lot of speed to this offense. His numbers when targeted are actually pretty insane for the disrespect he gets. Let's hope he can keep it going!
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If he keeps it up and gets re-signed to a long-term contract, I may even one day refer to him by his nickname.
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I'd be interested to know just how many dropped passes he really has. A bobbled catch is still a catch. The one he bobbled & corralled, I could tell MS threw it slightly behind him.
Cooks? DJax?? i've seen them bobble / drop their fair share of catches when they were with us. Who would you rather have shooting downfield for you? #5, Cooks, or DJax? my money's on Tutu, he's reliable enough to be a good option as your deep-speed receiver, and makes good adjustments to the ball.
He's still a willing blocker, which McVay requires, so his O scheme doesn't tip anything off depending on which WR's are at the LOS. Heck if anything, subbing him in for Puka or Kupp on some plays might actually make a draw play work pretty well. But I wouldn't use him for jet sweeps lol. JWhitt tho... but that's another thread...
Who else would you rather have? lemme ask... if it's a choice between #5 or Josh Reynolds? Von Jeff? who stays on the team?? who's got better hands? I'm thinking Tutu does.
With deep speed, decent hands, adjusts to the ball, draws flags, and is a willing blocker, what's not to like about this kid?
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Two catch TuTu, that's what Mark Sanchez called him after those bobbles and catches 
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McVay actually owned up and said something similar and owned that it’s his fault Tutu hasn’t been utilized properly. Considering the amount of under throws throughout his career, mostly due to not being a focal point of the offense, he is still almost at 60% of targets were catches. I anticipate actually building a rapport with Staff will drastically increase these numbers. Year 3 is the prove it year, and I believe he will rise to the occasion.
The sample size is too small since this year is still early so I looked at the drop % for 2023 numbers.
In 2023, there were 70 WRs that had as many snaps/targets or more than Tutu. He's ranked 49/70 in Drop % at 7.1%.
Kupp was ranked 54/70 with a Drop % of 7.8%.
Puka was ranked 65/70 with a Drop % of 11.0%.
(DRob had a 0.00% Drop % on 39 targets last year.)
Tutu isn't above average in Drop % but it's a myth to suggest that drops are a problem. He was better in that category than our two best receivers.
The rapport, or lack thereof, is such a good point. As many deep catches as Tutu has had, I don't think we've seen one where Stafford didn't underthrow him. I don't think Stafford has adjusted to his speed yet. Their timing is still not great.
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the thing here is why is McVay not realizing this guy's abilities??? 
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I have never got it.
We drafted him to do what he does.
He does what he does.
If we don't use him, the issue isn't the player or the pick but the plan/process by coaching staff.
(Wow. that was a lot of p-words.)
Hopefully that's not an ongoing thing but it probably will be.
Speaking of P-words. You know 49er fans won't mind if we forget about him again
We drafted him to do what he does.
He does what he does.
If we don't use him, the issue isn't the player or the pick but the plan/process by coaching staff.
(Wow. that was a lot of p-words.)
Hopefully that's not an ongoing thing but it probably will be.
Speaking of P-words. You know 49er fans won't mind if we forget about him again
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What I was thinking. I keep looking at his catches and thinking "if only Staff had led him instead of TuTu having to slow down and wait for the ball."
I think I've only seen maybe one or two of his catches where he was hit in stride. At least one of them was a TD.
In Stafford's defense, a couple seem to have been where TuTu goes down after the catch in an effort to make sure he catches the ball. Hard to fault either player for that.
As to the drops/bobbles comments, TuTu IMO makes some amazing catches. Catches I'm not sure many receivers make given the space between ball and defender. He also seems to have a MUCH bigger catch radius than his size would dictate.
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Honestly most (not all) of the criticism against him comes off as Tavon Austin PTSD
