I was listed at 6'2" 195 in high school. More like 5'11" 180ish. It's just funny. I am happy about to kid though regardless of measureables. Give him this year to get into the system, contribute somewhat, and take off in 2015.
McDuffie Hands Over “Juice” To Landry
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I was listed at 6'2" 195 in high school. More like 5'11" 180ish. It's just funny. I am happy about to kid though regardless of measureables. Give him this year to get into the system, contribute somewhat, and take off in 2015.
There are very few players who are a joy to watch. When you're looking at college guys, you're often thinking about what these guys have to learn to make it in the pros - and about how difficult it will be for the player to develop said skill. With Landry, you just love every little thing he does. That's not to say that he's perfect, but his approach to every play is exactly what you'd want - whether it be blocking, route running, making a play on the ball, it's all done the right way. The three WR's I see most often associated with Landry are Ward, Boldin, and McDuffie, and I think he does have similarities to each of these. For me, though, he's Hines Ward with a little Welker. He has a patience and maturity to his route running that you rarely see at the college level. Not many 5'11 WR's are dominant RZ weapons. Landry is. This is a guy who can get you 10+ TD's in the NFL - not that he will as a rookie. It's because of his toughness, his ability to break open at the appropriate instant, and his strong hands. Easily one of the best picks Miami's made in years.
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Holy defensive Batman!
I never said anything about his height preventing him from getting open. I like him for our slot. He has the mental makeup of a guy like Hines Ward and can clearly handle contact (which he'll see a lot of at that position), albeit IMO Ward was quicker.
Still waiting for the day this team is able to corale a receiver with some length and a large catching radius though. That's what is still missing. I mean we had one in B-Marsh, but obviously Philbin wanted no part of him. What's ironic is IMO that is exactly what Tanny needs ..... a guy who can make up for poorly thrown balls downfield.
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Roman529
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Better not tell Gruden he has bigger hands than Manziel....I think Gruden mentioned Manziel's big hands at least 20 times when he was drafted.
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hines ward ran a 4.55 40. which I hear is the exact same time as landry with a healthy hamstring.
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JOD mentioned it earlier and I read an article comparing Landry to Hines Ward (good down field blocker) where the author thought Landry may have the same beneficial effect on Wallace's play as Hines dd in Pitts. More long runs after catches.
He remind me of Bolden.
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4.62 .... but I'm not talking straight line speed. Watch Ward in and out of his breaks, he's quicker/shiftier.
*****ALERT THAT'S NOT A DISS ON LANDRY*****
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I still don't understand the Boldin comparison. Anquan is a linebacker playing WR. It's not even remotely close. What he lacks in speed he makes up for in completely physically dominating DB's.
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The Hines Ward comparison is probably better. Both are aggressive down field blockers that can help out with the running game and yac of other receivers. Hopefully he's that.
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From my experience watching Mcduffie playing football , he was more of a safety Valve for Marino , BUT when he was targeted Mcduffie caught everything that was thrown to him , he was more of a 3rd WR at that time .
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Sounds exactly like Jarvis. Which is why Landry is more like oj than boldin. Either way I think we got a good player
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I Agree that we got a good WR in Jarvis , in the offence that Miami is running now Landry could become better than what OJ was .
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While I agree with the first part of your comment, Camarillo and Bess both went undrafted. Landry was a 2nd round pick
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At the combine I guess the shoes come off, haha.
Loved Warfield, was ok with Fryar, but dam do I miss Clayton. Clayton could get a pass anywhere on the field, and he was already sniffing the endzone...NOT EXTRA YARDAGE after the catch, but the endzone, to him anything less then a TD was disappointing.
Before Montana to Rice was the epitome of the top scoring combo, Marino and Clayton ruled, and were the ones that put pure fear in defenses.