Florida State football: Will 'Noles avoid excessively rotating receivers?

Tomahawk Nation is previewing the Florida State Seminoles 2014 season with a series of roundtable responses. Our authors chimed in on questions that piqued their interest.

How much rotating will Jimbo Fisher and Lawrence Dawsey do with the receivers this year? Do you think they'll strike the balance between rotating to see who works and use everyone's unique skills, and leaving players in to help with QB-WR chemistry?

Evenflow58: Early in the year? No, but maybe after a few games Fisher and Dawsey will find a good rotation. We know Greene and O'Leary will get the lion's share of starts and targets so finding a defined rotation is not as important as in years past when the position was not as well established. In the first handful of games I expect FSU to liberally substitute between four to five non-Greene or O'Leary receivers, but narrow that down to two or three by season's end. While talented, these players have yet to show they can do everything Fisher and Dawsey expects from their receivers and they expect a lot.

DKfromVA: I want to say yes, I really do. I think the best thing we can hope for is to have to couple of guys separate themselves from the pack and make it so clear who the best 3-4 guys are that they're on the field a bunch. My hope for this primarily lies in Rudolph. From what we've heard, I think he can become a clear #2 option for Jameis. If that comes to pass (puns!), then the worst that's happening is plugging in one or two other guys at a time. After that, though, I'm not too optimistic that Green can separate himself from Lane, or the other way around. Nor do I really see one of the slot guys being the clear go-to in that role. Kermit doesn't really run great routes, Bobo has an affinity for Satan's Tricycle, Haggins is consistent but not as explosive and coming off of an injury, and Green is an enigma. So yeah, I believe that a clear 1-2 is the best we can hope for in terms of limiting rotation and developing chemistry with Jameis.

DA-2: Early on there's going to be plenty of rotation. After Greene, it's a crapshoot. There will have to be some rotation just to get a feel on who can play when the lights come on. I have little faith in Christian Green at this point, and I'm not sure how Jesus "Bobo" off the field issues factor into the snaps he's getting in practice. My money is on true freshman Travis Rudolph moving into the starter spot by the end of the year with Haggins playing the slot.

Onebarrelrum: Hard to say. I think, if Jimbo is confident with whomever emerges in camp, they will get their chance. The leash won't be too short. But if there is struggles a lot in the first game against OSU, look for the next game against Citadel to be a "who can play the best" test game.

Bud Elliott: This one makes me somewhat nervous. I don't know if the staff quite appreciates the value that the chemistry born out of the lack of rotation added to the team, though the receivers were pretty insistent in interviews that it did help a lot. In various conversations about it, the issue seems to have been underplayed inside the program. There is no doubt in my mind that the staff rotated receivers too much before 2013, and 2013's lack of rotation was really a result of a lack of experienced depth. Would the over-rotation have continued in 2013 had the team had Greg Dent and Jarred Haggins?

I think the best case scenario is for Wilson to clearly take over the slot position by the Clemson game if not before (he's been getting more snaps with the first team than a suspended player might be expected to get), and for the rotation at the other outside receiver spot to be narrowed down to two of Christian Green, Ermon Lane and Travis Rudolph.