Well let's look at the TE and WR rooms. At TE, how many of our current guys do you feel have strong potential to contribute as receivers? Not just the occasional 'bail out' catch, but a true threat that defenses will need to account for? In my opinion, you only have Fidone IF he stays healthy and continues to improve some of the quickness he appears to have lost due to injury, and maybe Ismael Flores, who is currently closer to a WR than a TE. Bork and Lindenmeyer are not going to cause defenses any concern. So do I think we needed more TEs? Absolutely.
So now let's look at the WR room. Who do you see as being a consistent performer? Someone who has experience playing top B1G defenses, has a strong understanding of the offense, and can be a leader in that room? Honestly, I've got bupkis, I see some very young talented athletes, but very light in not just college experience, but in several cases, HS experience. You have the Jailyn, Jayden, Malichai, Demetrius group, who look to have qualities that can be built on, but none are at the point they can lead a room, or have HS stats that pop as definite contributors.
Just for grins, let's remember what it was like when we weren't a threat to throw the ball last season. We may have had one of the strongest running QBs in the conference, but how easy was it for teams to keep us out of the end zone knowing we could only do one thing? So, the assumption now is we have QBs in the room who can throw the ball with some accuracy BUT, they are also young and could benefit from targets who can create a little more space, or have a little more playing experience for consistency to help out the young QBs. It's not about be all one thing, or all another, it's about bringing in talent in areas of need. As for an adult conversation, the only thing childish so far is your refusal to recognize that a team up to it's eyeballs in running back talent, and having a very strong passing game may NOT have had a ton of opportunities for a freshman. Have you ever read Ives bio? Take a look at the level of success he had in HS, because it's impressive. Do you know how many carries he had? ZERO. Do you think it's because he's terrible? Or could it be because he had 3 guys with starting experience, and upper classmen with more experience and time in the S&C program ahead of him?
You might want to ease up on trying to be snarky, I don't think you are very good at it.
