It's maybe oversimplifying a little, but I am not judging anybody's performance from the Howard game, including any WRs.
Yes, Howard came to play and has some good players and all. But these pay-to-play out of conference games are rarely predictive of how any player will do when facing tougher, let alone elite, competition. Our players should all look pretty good when playing Howard, or we have a problem.
Doesn't mean our WR room and other position groups haven't improved or won't have a good season. I think they almost certainty have improved and may well wind up having a great season.
I just think setting the bar based on the Howard game is setting it too low.