Payton didn’t seem to be a big fan of his in the offseason, but not sure that means much as Payton doesn’t like anyone.
The amount of misinformation in this forum is truly amazing.
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He’s got a unique skill set, and he’s got traits in the passing game. We use the term ‘Joker’ where we can get matchups. The trick sometimes is trying to predict what you’re going to get defensively, if you’re either going to get a nickel package or a base package.
But man, he can run, he’s got good ball skills and he had one of his better practices today.
Then you begin to build on that. … I think his menu is going to be lengthy in the passing game and there’s enough stuff that we can do in the run game.
“I’ve been lucky enough to — I’ve had [Jeremy] Shockey, [Jason] Witten, Jimmy Graham, and I’m probably leaving out a few guys. I’m not saying this young player [will be just like them], but
he’s got traits that are exciting and today was one of those days where you begin to have a vision.”