Theres certain limitations a positional coach has. Lets not act like we were a WR factory prior to Engrams arrival and look at the young talent we’ve given him. Outside of Perriman who was a hurdle in terms of development hes been given nearly nothing to work with.
Also, you think he has nothing to do with John Brown and Willie Snead’s ressurgance? He works with Vets as well and they have been solid overall.
willie snead and john brown were already good players before they came to baltimore... john brown had injury issues and snead had character concerns that left him on the outside looking in with the saints - neither are performing particularly better than at their previous ball clubs - the difference is we got them after disappointing seasons
we've signed good veterans and they've played well in baltimore but they havent developed per se...
the best example i think of engram developing someone is probably kamar aiken but outside of aiken there's no one who's noticeably taken big strides from one year to the next
wide receivers never improve the longer they're on our team and that's the most damning indictment of him:
Torrey Smith had his worst year as a Raven the year Engram arrived
Marlon Brown disappeared after setting rookie receiving records
Breshad Perriman never developed as a catcher or a route runner and has outperformed his production already in cleveland in half a year
Michael Campanaro was a good route runner and reliable pass catcher but was basically the same player through his whole ravens career
He gets credit for turning Kamar Aiken into an almost 1000 yard receiver when everyone else got injured
But Chris Moore has also not developed beyond key special teamer and a manageable 4th receiver at best
Maclin and Wallace were both basically the same player as on their previous teams - you could argue wallace got slightly better in year 1 then declined and maclin was worse than on his previous teams
SSS was a great signing but he was just SSS the whole time
Crabtree, Snead and Brown all look like they did on their previous teams - Crab still has drop issues, Snead's still a good slot, Brown's still a good deep threat
outside of Aiken i cant think of any receiver who's game has elevated in baltimore since Engram came on
maybe that's all on talent and i think we all agree that the quality of pieces we've had in the receiving room has been sub-par, but no one has improved over time under his tenure and that's worrying
