Mike Mayock's Rookie WR Rankings (1 Viewer)

[Warehouse Nasty]

Sweed is the best WR in this draft easily IMO. The guy has size, athleticism, great hands, toughness, and pretty good speed. Dude is going to be an NFL star.

 

[jurb26]

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I have always respected Mike Mayock but Limas Sweed #1 and Early Doucet #2?? All of his other positional rankings are consistent with the experts but WR is way out of the box. The only WR he has in his top 5 that most others do is Malcolm Kelly and he is #5 behind DeSean Jackson who some don't even consider a viable NFL WR.

What is he seeing that no one else is??

I lost a good bit of respect for Mayock's WR rankings when just before the combine all he did was drool over Manningham's deep speed and ability. After a poor 40 time, he is no longer even on Mayock's radar. Mayock seems to pride himself in breaking down the film on these guys. The film tells you Manningham is much fast than his combine time indicates. I have no problems with him dropping him, but something tells me when Manningham bust out a nice time at the Michigan pro day all of a sudden he will be the fist back on the ship.This really is just a difficult class to judge. Kelly seems to be a pretty steady figure in the top 5, but that really is about it.

Well, here we go. Manningham on the rise again.....

» WR Mario Manningham (5-11 3/8, 183): Ran a 4.44 and a 4.38 in the 40, had a 35-inch vertical jump, ran a 4.38 short shuttle and kept his numbers from the combine for everything else.

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[Wu-banger]

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I have always respected Mike Mayock but Limas Sweed #1 and Early Doucet #2?? All of his other positional rankings are consistent with the experts but WR is way out of the box. The only WR he has in his top 5 that most others do is Malcolm Kelly and he is #5 behind DeSean Jackson who some don't even consider a viable NFL WR.

What is he seeing that no one else is??

I lost a good bit of respect for Mayock's WR rankings when just before the combine all he did was drool over Manningham's deep speed and ability. After a poor 40 time, he is no longer even on Mayock's radar. Mayock seems to pride himself in breaking down the film on these guys. The film tells you Manningham is much fast than his combine time indicates. I have no problems with him dropping him, but something tells me when Manningham bust out a nice time at the Michigan pro day all of a sudden he will be the fist back on the ship.This really is just a difficult class to judge. Kelly seems to be a pretty steady figure in the top 5, but that really is about it.

Well, here we go. Manningham on the rise again.....

» WR Mario Manningham (5-11 3/8, 183): Ran a 4.44 and a 4.38 in the 40, had a 35-inch vertical jump, ran a 4.38 short shuttle and kept his numbers from the combine for everything else.

Pro Day

those times seem to be a better reflection of the way he performs on the field.