chinawildman
Footballguy
I've been googling the heck out of this guy and thus far like what I see. But honestly before Goodell called his name, no one in 49er land had an inkling who this dude was, myself included. It's long shot, but it wouldn't surprise me for him to have a Denarius Moore type impact in his rookie season.
Reasons for:
1) Moss could flame out, Manningham could be another Brandon Jones (fragile), Ginn is ginn, Crabtree continues to disappoint.
2) Jenkins was very productive as the only real offensive threat on his team, often faced double teams, yet still caught 50% of passes thrown his way.
3) Smith could continue to progress given a full offseason in the new offense (doubtful, but hey who thought he'd beat Brees in a shootout?)
4) Very polished and smooth WR who ran a 4.3, makes things look "easy". Again referencing things said about Moore last season.
Reasons against:
1) Skinny build, not physically imposing like a "prototypical" #1 WR should be. (I will argue that plenty of WRs are his size and have been productive FF wrs -> Bruce, Holt, Wayne, Harrison, Smith, Maclin, etc...
2) Has to beat out 3 vets for a starting spot
3) Alex Smith
Of course these are just my observations from my research. Would love to hear more from anyone that knows more about the kid. The media has had little to say about him, I presume from a similar lack of information.
Reasons for:
1) Moss could flame out, Manningham could be another Brandon Jones (fragile), Ginn is ginn, Crabtree continues to disappoint.
2) Jenkins was very productive as the only real offensive threat on his team, often faced double teams, yet still caught 50% of passes thrown his way.
3) Smith could continue to progress given a full offseason in the new offense (doubtful, but hey who thought he'd beat Brees in a shootout?)
4) Very polished and smooth WR who ran a 4.3, makes things look "easy". Again referencing things said about Moore last season.
Reasons against:
1) Skinny build, not physically imposing like a "prototypical" #1 WR should be. (I will argue that plenty of WRs are his size and have been productive FF wrs -> Bruce, Holt, Wayne, Harrison, Smith, Maclin, etc...
2) Has to beat out 3 vets for a starting spot
3) Alex Smith
Of course these are just my observations from my research. Would love to hear more from anyone that knows more about the kid. The media has had little to say about him, I presume from a similar lack of information.