No. 8: Wide Receiver Trent Taylor
Another rookie to look at is wide receiver Trent Taylor.
Taylor’s 2017 stats haven’t exactly suggested a late-round draft steal by San Francisco. On the year he has just 24 catches for 204 yards and a touchdown. Combine that with a broken rib suffered in Week 9, and Taylor’s season could come to a premature close.
But shoddy quarterback play over almost the entirety of this season has negated any impact the small-but-shifty slot receiver could have.
This example from the Niners’ Week 9 loss to the Arizona Cardinals pretty much sums up why Taylor hasn’t impacted the stat sheet:
Fox NFL announcer Darryl Johnston said Trent Taylor needed to make this play and go up and get it. But he's at full extension here and the ball is off his finger tips.
— Rich (@richjmadrid) November 8, 2017
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Remember, Taylor led all of college football in receiving yards (1,803) in 2016. And with NFL teams largely going with three-wide sets, getting Taylor into the game plan next season should be a top priority for head coach Kyle Shanahan.