He's not the best route runner or the most disciplined or the best hands. He simply knows how to make plays. Everyone has critiqued his game "to death" while at OU and he'd just keep doing well. They did it enough to make him fall in the draft and then he made plays in preseason. Did he lead the NFL in preseason?
He played in the big 12 and faced plenty of talented CBs and Ss and racked up 1500 yards and...20? TDs. Do you remember how many CBs were praised? How many WRs? Despite him besting them in games, he's a fourth rounder. They rrrrrrrreally knocked this guy down.
I remember a game he went in to return punts and he never does. He took it to the house.
I wanna say 200 yards three weeks in a row. I've never seen a player go through critiques like him. Guy got 200,220 against Texas in a ginormous rivalry game and they're ripping him apart on ESPN 200? next week and...same thing. Third week with 200, they're obsessed with him on a play where he should have been called for PI but refusing to say "wow what an effort."
Everyone is either going to be dead wrong about this kid or dead on accurate.
The thread here wasn't so dissimilar if you wanna search. DeDe blows up the big 12 for 1500 yards and people here too are hyper-critical. I don't care if he chews gum, does a cartwheel, or waves to the crowd during his route- if he catches it, I'm good. Google for critiques or search here....telling ya, you've never seen a guy do so well and receive so much flack