He left for Ole Miss, presumably because he wanted to play for a winning team. However, he's really not been a part of the process there. Ole Miss fans, for their part, are over him on Twitter, with words like "fraud" and "overrated" being thrown around and being described as a good player with a terrible attitude. I didn't see, but I guess he had a key drop against LSU on Saturday.
It makes me wonder, though, how some guys are wired. Wells knew if he stayed here, he'd have been WR1. Yes, our QB situation was very much up in the air, but he could have been a veteran leader on the team, helped a young QB break in by giving him a reliable option at WR and actually made an impact. Instead, he's at Ole Miss who is 4-2 (compared to our 3-3) and will probably end up on the outside looking in when the playoffs come round (unless they knock off UGA and have some other luck along the way). Is Ole Miss gonna end up with a better record than us? Yeah. They will probably end up a very solid 10-3 or something like that (which is far short of what they were projected). But Wells will not have been a serious factor in it. He will not have made on impact on their final record.
On top of that, his draft stock is dropping precipitously. He's only the 3rd leading receiver on his team and looks thoroughly outclassed compared to their #1 guy.
It makes me wonder what's it's all worth. If he stayed here, he finishes with a worse record, but he'd have been the centerpiece of our offense and likely keeps his draft stock up. And, with a true #1 WR, perhaps we pull off either the LSU or Bama upsets, or both.
So, at the end of this year, he's gonna get to say he played for a more highly ranked team, but that's all he can say.
Or, maybe he just really wasn't as good as we thought he was, and had his numbers inflated by a couple big games.
It makes me wonder, though, how some guys are wired. Wells knew if he stayed here, he'd have been WR1. Yes, our QB situation was very much up in the air, but he could have been a veteran leader on the team, helped a young QB break in by giving him a reliable option at WR and actually made an impact. Instead, he's at Ole Miss who is 4-2 (compared to our 3-3) and will probably end up on the outside looking in when the playoffs come round (unless they knock off UGA and have some other luck along the way). Is Ole Miss gonna end up with a better record than us? Yeah. They will probably end up a very solid 10-3 or something like that (which is far short of what they were projected). But Wells will not have been a serious factor in it. He will not have made on impact on their final record.
On top of that, his draft stock is dropping precipitously. He's only the 3rd leading receiver on his team and looks thoroughly outclassed compared to their #1 guy.
It makes me wonder what's it's all worth. If he stayed here, he finishes with a worse record, but he'd have been the centerpiece of our offense and likely keeps his draft stock up. And, with a true #1 WR, perhaps we pull off either the LSU or Bama upsets, or both.
So, at the end of this year, he's gonna get to say he played for a more highly ranked team, but that's all he can say.
Or, maybe he just really wasn't as good as we thought he was, and had his numbers inflated by a couple big games.
