I don't buy this argument. Lemon and Puka can both play the Z. In fact, Puka has been highly productive at the Z since we drafted him. If we're basing this on year one, I actually think that point weakens the argument against Lemon. He's perhaps the most pro ready WR in this Draft. But that shouldn't be our main concern in selecting a player in the first round.Plenty of 6'0" and below wideouts end up not being great as well.
Smith made his adjustment with mostly slot usage, they didn't stick him out there day one on the outside. As it pertains to the Rams the opportunities that you end up sharing with Lemon in the slot will take from Puka. Year one with a wideout that better fits that X role has potential to make this offense stronger in ways the slot addition doesn't.
But I'm starting to sound like the maniac shouting in the wilderness on this one. And I've managed to position myself where I'm looking like I'm working a bit too hard against the idea of Lemon. Where again to me it's just a matter of efficiency in terms of selectively adding to the offense if you're going to not take a defender up high. So we'll see what they do.
Regardless, my concern first and foremost is with production. Give me the most productive WR. If that's not Tyson or Lemon, fine with me. Give me that guy. If he's an X, great. If he's an S or a Z, fine with me too.