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Tua time!
frankly i don't think that wr is in play early in this draft especially with the news that brandon gibson is two months ahead of schedule with his rehab but if it is i hope it's a big body with some rac ability...allen robinson is a 6 ft 2 1/2 220 lb wr...is he worth pick #50 and does he fit what miami wants in a wr and does he play smart and id coverage and run routes accordingly??? let's find out...
the first thing you notice is the size...big wr here good body for the nfl and contact...willing and able in the run game to block down the field and finish...
i swear it looks like i'm watching brandon marshall in denver with the way penn state used him and his skillset as far as catching the ball at or behind the los and letting him provide some short area make you miss...not as tall as b marsh and what i'm seeing looks more like the poor mans version...run after the catch ability and open field play stand out there's no way around it...get the ball in this guys hands...it's too bad none of our current wr core are any good at blocking in the quick screen game...lack of top end speed also stands out just like with brandon marshall...not as physical as marshall at this stage but very similar i'd say and also like brandon marshall hands can be suspect at times...will drop easy ones...
like brandon marshall wins quickly to the inside for pitch and catch slant route opportunities...doesn't sit down in zone all that well continues to work slowly across the field when he should sit and present his numbers to the qb not sure i can say if he id's coverage all that well or runs routes accordingly off of it...
will not separate from dbs down the field will have a lot of dbs in his hip pocket the further down the field he goes will have to win with his size and his leaping ability and by leaning on dbs and using his hands to create body position...i'd probably feel a little better about that if he was a little taller...although that 39 inch vertical sure helps me...still b marsh has an inch and a half on this kid...
route running looks pretty average...rounds off his routes at times...not a lot of burst off the los or out of his cuts...quick acceleration doesnt really show all that much but it may be deceiving...
misjudges the ball in flight at times vertical...needs to work back to the ball more when it's underthrown...also shows the ability to go up and high point the football...so i see it as a bit of a mixed bag there...definitely was worse under mccloin and that may be more about the qbs arm not being able to get it out there even with a relatively average speed wr for nfl standards...still you see him misjudge the ball more than you'd like...
doesnt let the ball get into his body which is a big plus he goes and gets it with his hands only problem is his hands aren't great...not a natural hands catcher i'd say...doesn't pluck the football out of the air...drops balls when goes to ground...
i see some things to really like here...the brandon marshall type skill set is hard not to get excited about as is the vertical leaping ability and the body so i won't hate this pick at 50 but the lack of long speed and explosive burst is hard to ignore...i don't think i'd have it as a pick 50 target for us but i see the value falling somewhere in the 50-75 range...would be surprised if it gets any further than that...a lot to work with...of the big body wrs in this class this would definitely be one i believe who's game will transfer...i have to say not many of them will
the first thing you notice is the size...big wr here good body for the nfl and contact...willing and able in the run game to block down the field and finish...
i swear it looks like i'm watching brandon marshall in denver with the way penn state used him and his skillset as far as catching the ball at or behind the los and letting him provide some short area make you miss...not as tall as b marsh and what i'm seeing looks more like the poor mans version...run after the catch ability and open field play stand out there's no way around it...get the ball in this guys hands...it's too bad none of our current wr core are any good at blocking in the quick screen game...lack of top end speed also stands out just like with brandon marshall...not as physical as marshall at this stage but very similar i'd say and also like brandon marshall hands can be suspect at times...will drop easy ones...
like brandon marshall wins quickly to the inside for pitch and catch slant route opportunities...doesn't sit down in zone all that well continues to work slowly across the field when he should sit and present his numbers to the qb not sure i can say if he id's coverage all that well or runs routes accordingly off of it...
will not separate from dbs down the field will have a lot of dbs in his hip pocket the further down the field he goes will have to win with his size and his leaping ability and by leaning on dbs and using his hands to create body position...i'd probably feel a little better about that if he was a little taller...although that 39 inch vertical sure helps me...still b marsh has an inch and a half on this kid...
route running looks pretty average...rounds off his routes at times...not a lot of burst off the los or out of his cuts...quick acceleration doesnt really show all that much but it may be deceiving...
misjudges the ball in flight at times vertical...needs to work back to the ball more when it's underthrown...also shows the ability to go up and high point the football...so i see it as a bit of a mixed bag there...definitely was worse under mccloin and that may be more about the qbs arm not being able to get it out there even with a relatively average speed wr for nfl standards...still you see him misjudge the ball more than you'd like...
doesnt let the ball get into his body which is a big plus he goes and gets it with his hands only problem is his hands aren't great...not a natural hands catcher i'd say...doesn't pluck the football out of the air...drops balls when goes to ground...
i see some things to really like here...the brandon marshall type skill set is hard not to get excited about as is the vertical leaping ability and the body so i won't hate this pick at 50 but the lack of long speed and explosive burst is hard to ignore...i don't think i'd have it as a pick 50 target for us but i see the value falling somewhere in the 50-75 range...would be surprised if it gets any further than that...a lot to work with...of the big body wrs in this class this would definitely be one i believe who's game will transfer...i have to say not many of them will
