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Why Wisconsin Football Desperately Needs an Alpha WR to Emerge

Wisconsin Badgers On SI·Seamus Rohrer·6 months ago
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There's an old saying in football that when you have two quarterbacks , you really have none.

The fundamental ideology here is that multiple capable players but no clear top option handicaps an entire position group. A plethora of mediocrity is never a substitute for one, really good option.

That of course applies to plenty of real-life scenarios as well, but in football, that phrase isn't only applicable to quarterback.

Some positions — and some schemes — can sustain a constant rotation of players, and some are actually better off because of it. But in the case of Wisconsin's wide receivers , the Badgers need to find at least one go-to option.

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