@The Heckler posted:Love will get much better if he has receivers that don't drop the ball 3-4 times a game and can stay healthy. IMHO I really don't think the issue is Love its the receiving group. Watson has had some unfortunate bad luck with injuries and Doubs has started to miss some time with the bad concussions.
Receiver has to be addressed in FA or the draft and if they can get a couple of guys who can get open and catch the ball Love will be just fine.
The issue with changing out the WRs is that it takes guys a lot of reps to get on the same page, and all of their WRs have been here about the same amount of time. They are also all relatively cheap. So, if you clear out the WR room to try to get better, you'll have a pretty steep learning curve.
Watson isn't going to be a factor, and Doubs should probably retire at this point. Reed was disappointing in many respects, but he has a role as a #3 or #4 WR. Wicks will probably stay. Heath and Melton showed why they were UDFAs last night. A great QB can make those guys look better, but Love was not great this year. Heath coming down out of bounds on that 4th down throw wouldn't have happened with a better pass from Love, but most starting caliber NFL WRs (or even #3 WRs) make that catch easily and we don't even notice that throw. The final interception was thrown into triple coverage, but they were under the 2 minute warning down two TDs and they had to take a risk (instead of dinking and dunking the ball for another 90 seconds to maybe score a TD with about 15 seconds left and then need an onside kick and another TD with no timeouts left). Melton was probably interfered with, but he really made a minimal attempt to come back for the ball and just allowed himself to be slow walked out of the play. If he fights back harder and the LB actually knocks him down, maybe they get a call. Doubs or even Watson (who has improved in that aspect) fight back harder to try for the ball. Jefferson, Chase, or D. Adams probably get their hands on that ball.
I don't think it was that Heath and Melton didn't know what to do, it's probably that they just aren't capable of it. They don't have the body control to tap their feet down inbounds or to chance direction and come back for the ball.
They need either need a QB that plays much better than Love did this year. If Love is only ever going to have average accuracy at best, then they need an entirely different WR room next year other than Reed (Watson would be fine too but he might not be back at all).