DW4 Has Better Weapons Now than He did Last Season

Not a BOB apologist, thought we should've fired him after 2018 and I cursed winning the Buffalo game because I knew he'd stick around.

That being said, the weapons that DW4 has to work with this year represent a significant improvement over what we had last year and the year before.

Now we have Fuller and Cooks outside–who both can blow the top off a defense–and Cobb and Stills who can play in the slot. Additionally, Fells has emerged as a legit receiving threat at TE, and both Johnson's are capable pass catchers out of the backfield.

None of our WRs individually can match what Hopkins brought to the offense. However (and this happened especially when Fuller was out), defenses would double team or bracket Hopkins to take him out of the game, forcing DW4 to look for production elsewhere. When Fuller was gone and Hop double teamed, there wasn't much left.

Further, our offense is now better hedged against injury risk. The offense flat out sucked when Fuller was out. Hopkins never missed a game, but the offense would've been dead in the water without him. He's also approaching 30 and has ended the last 2 seasons playing through injuries.

Fuller goes out? We've still got Cooks to blow the top off (and the other way around). Lose Cobb? We still have Stills.

Last, DW4 loves the deep ball. We've now given him more speedy weapons to stretch the field.

Long story short, I'm cautiously optimistic about our offense this year now that Deshaun has Cobb, Fuller, Cooks, Stills, Fells, Johnson & Johnson to throw to.