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Not exactly what I'd like to hear but he did play better later.When you're the first round pick, you want to make a good first impression - he didn't. Harbaugh specifically said he was "unimpressed with Jenkins' conditioning". That's all I'm sayin'. I'm not saying he's gonna be a bust - just that it's not a good first step.
He's horrendous and writes with major spin. Jenkins may or may not look good but pay Cohn zero attention. He's not worth the time or energy.
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There's hasn't been much positive about him so far, but he's just a rookie and it's not even training camp. Not much will be expected of him anyway so he's got an entire year to learn.
It seems like their are a lot of AJ owners in this thread and are desperately trying to find something positive about him. I would be shocked if he went for over 1k yards his first four years in the league.
The team has drafted fairly well for several years. Harbaugh and Baalke are signed long term. They have built up a very strong talent base. Even if they don't hit a home run on a late first round WR, and it is ridiculously early to be writing off Jenkins, I would be very surprised if they had to blow everything up in the near future.
From a FF standpoint, Smith and Hunter are the names you'll hear, but Chris Culliver (considered a 3rd round reach last year) played nickel well in his rookie year and has been one of the bright spots of minicamp. They also did well on Bruce Miller, a DE who they converted to FB, and Kilgore, a late 6th rd pick who looked promising last preseason and will operate as the 6th swing OL.
Sorry, but this post is a bit bonkers. We'll go in reverse order -- it is far too early to write off last year's rookies, much less the rookies that were just drafted 2 months ago. If you judge a draft's grade after one season (in a year with no offseason on top of it), you're doing it wrong.
Too bad about Williams. Looking forward to seeing Jenkins on the field though.
i sure hope so, cause i wanna look at what i drafted!though they haven't really overused VD, either...
As a disenchanted Jenkins owner, I hope you're right.But Manningham was injured & missed the week 14 & 15 games, and Jenkins wasn't targeted a single time...Perhaps the past 3 weeks he's turned the corner, but I'm not holding my breath...
I don't think we Jenkins owners have a choice but to be patient...personally, I'm tempering enthusiasm. In my opinion, a WR corps that includes the likes of Kyle Williams and Ted Ginn (even Mario Manningham and an aging Randy Moss) isn't so outstanding that it should keep a Round 1 talent on the inactive list most of the year... The articles that imply that Jenkins' "red shirt" season was somehow expected, or even beneficial for him? It rings misleading/deceptive to me...
He most likely has to wait until 2014 to get major playing time (assuming Mario Manningham recovers fully) and VD will be two years older (30) by then. It's disappointing that he didn't get to play more this year, but as the youngest receiver on the team it's hard not to be excited about him being paired up with Kaepernick.
Yeah, I'm with you there. On the other hand, Kaep didn't play much at all last season and LaMichael James only got games this year because of Hunter's injury. I think it's pretty clear that Harbaugh doesn't rush his rookies into action. I'm not bullish on Jenkins, but it will be hard to know what you have in him until he gets some games. Maybe he comes out next year and goes Cecil Shorts on everyone. I wouldn't bet on it, but if you spent the resources to acquire him in your FF league then you have to give him a chance.
Yeah, even being the team's WR3 would be a big deal for Jenkins in 2013 and keep him significantly involved. Barring major injuries to the SF receiving corps, that may be the best case scenario for the youngster in the near term (despite Manningham not being a world beater it seems unlikely that Jenkins would leapfrog him).
I don't think people expected him to make an impact right away, but they didn't expect him to be an unready as he was either. One thing to consider is that this was SB-bound team and the last thing they needed was a rookie making mistakes (remember Kyle Williams last year?). They got within a yard of winning the SB without him so I think it's a combination of him not being ready and them not needing him, at least not enough to risk mistakes.
I wouldn't bet on it next year either, but if he works hard I think he could be the Cecil Shorts of 2014. The biggest thing for him, which was known going into the draft, is that he needs to get stronger. Putting on 10 lbs. would help him tremendously in beating the press and breaking tackles.
cstu, you're making me think that Jenkins could be a nice dynasty buy-low candidate for late in the 2013 season (assumiing his current owner grows tired of him). I think I'll put this down in my MFL "scratchpad."
Yea, that his biggest problem without a doubt. Considering that he weighs 190, he looks incredibly skinny out there. He has no weight in his lower body and is easy to push around as a result. The word out of training camp was that he was getting bullied by the DBs and spent way too much time on the ground. I'm not sure it's something that he can fix in the weight room, as he might just be a naturally slender person who struggles to add weight. If he can improve that aspect of his game, he has good potential though. He's fast and he has special qualities as a route runner. As Harbaugh noted in an interview, he's really efficient and fast at the top of his routes, meaning he gets in and out his breaks really quickly. I've got him on the end of my bench in a couple of my leagues. I'm not exactly banking on him being successful, but we'll see what happens.
I've been going after him as a "throw-in" in dynasty leagues where I have room. He's not expensive and IMO he will get a legit shot next season, who knows what will happen, but I like taking chances on guys who went relatively early in the draft and had disappointing first seasons, as they usually get at least one more chance.
The 49ers wr core was too good to crack? Wow. Sounds like those guys who said Meachem couldn't play in NO because there was too much competition. The 49ers wrs were horrible outside of Crabtree. Moss played about as well as my mom and looked older and he was still on the field.
I hear that he's just too small, he needs to bulk up a bit so DBs dont push him around.
