Parker is not a good player. In simplistic terms, if you go back to Louisville he just is not great at separating. The idea that his injuries are the problem is false. He’s tall and has decent hands so he looks good superficially because he can catch the football and high point it, etc. But he lacks elite burst and hence ability to separate. That’s always been the biggest problem.
If you liked him coming out of college, take the L and move on. It was a bad evaluation.
If he weren’t a first round pick, he’d already be bouncing from team to team.
The kid was a major whiff at the fourteenth overall pick. Out of all the freaking college players in the country that year, he was selected fourteenth overall. He was never that good.
If you’re looking at receivers, big hint, get the guy with elite burst. A guy like Stephon Diggs has that; Albert Wilson has it; Parker does not.
If he goes somewhere next year, and goes for 75 catches, 1400 yards, and 9 touchdowns, sure, throw this back at me. I don’t see it. We need to move on.
