All is a weapon as a receiver. And in case you missed it, I said partially offset. And if you think losing Matthews, Hutson or Tracy had a huge impact on Iowa, you're effing crazy.How does gaining a great tight end offset losing six scholarship wide receivers, in the past year, that play a different position??? All steps in for Laporta, so we will have one of the top tight ends combo in the country with Lachey, similar to what we had this past season, no matter how underutilized it was for a number of reasons. Please explain.
Losing Jones hurt last year but he's gone either way next season. Losing Johnson may hurt but he was absent this year for 90% of live snaps - that effs up an offense worse than having hom around. Bruce had an up-and-down year, but he knew what he was doing, he just couldn't do it consistently well.
Iowa does need help at WR. But IMHO, they needed it next year with or without Johnson or Bruce. Those 2 obviously weren't the answer for the future, especially with one foot out the door all year.