Michael Thomas - Sports Science

I think what people forget is that we didn't have a viable 3 WR formation last year. Cooks and Snead are both fantastic players, but without a third guy that can stretch out the defense just that little bit extra, they fought for everything they got. IMO that is a big reason why Watson caught so many balls last year. Replace Watson with Fleener and add Thomas, and you've now got four really dynamic pass catchers instead of two.

Remember the 09 team and all those 4 vertical sets they used to run? We now have the ability to do that again. It's been missing for a good two years, since Graham and Colston started declining. Not anymore, now we can put four guys on the field at once and know that any one of those four is a legitimate threat to make a big play.