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WR DeVante Parker, Retired (1 Viewer)

Faust said:
I have DeVante Parker on one team and was holding out hope that he could finally have a breakout season; however, this news was initially a little deflating to say the least.

Jeff Ratcliffe did mention yesterday that while it was not great news that Parker was struggling in beating coverage from Xavien Howard, that we shouldn’t overlook the fact that Howard is a rising star and earned some very good PFF grades towards the end of last year.

ESPN says Dolphins CB Xavien Howard is a rising star
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Sure Howard is pretty good.

Good WR do not get shut down in practice usually like is being reported about Paker however.

 
This is how the Miami Dolphins’ Kenny Stills answers the DeVante Parker critics

During a break in workouts at the Miami Dolphins training facility in the offseason, Kenny Stills invited his fellow wide receivers to Nebraska to train and live together. It was a time to bond as a group. 

Stills rented an Airbnb. The group brought a chef along and for four days the men worked out in the morning with former Nebraska receivers coach Keith Williams. They ate together. They went through drills together. They went through recovery together.

In the evenings, they played video games or cards. One day they played golf.

“We spend a lot of time here together, all of us,” Stills said Thursday. “But when you sleep in the same house as somebody, you wake up and have breakfast with them every day, have lunch and dinner with them, you build a different relationship.”

That time and others have convinced Stills of one thing about the 2018 Dolphins wide receiver corps: 

“We lost some of our quote-unquote star power, but we’ve got guys that want to step up, and can, and will,” Stills said. “It’ll show once we get out there in the preseason and regular season.”

First on his list of players Stills sees benefiting from the offseason work so he can have a good season?

Stills made the transition from potential to production in 2016 and ‘17 when he combined for 15 touchdowns. He’s hoping — indeed everyone in the Dolphins organization is hoping — Parker can make a similar leap this season.

“I’ve been watching and trying to play the big brother role for him — get him on the little details of every day life,” Stills said. “Training, rehab, all the things the staff here are trying to get him to understand and trying to get him on a routine on, we’re working on. I’ve just continued to harp on those things with him. 

“The evolution of how he’s taking the coaching, how he’s adding everything to his plan of what works for him makes me really proud because I’ve seen the way he’s grown.”

Understand that Parker started the journey toward conducting himself like a professional at an elementary level. A couple of years ago, the Dolphins discovered they had to tell him to have a healthy breakfast every morning.

Then someone realized Parker was playing video games into the late hours of the morning before reporting for work the next morning.

Then someone realized Parker liked chicken nuggets and other food that isn’t exactly great fuel for an NFL wide receiver.

That’s history now. Parker has solved that stuff.

Now he’s got to, you know, actually go play like everyone expects of a former No. 1 draft pick with boundless physical gifts.

And to that point, this training camp has been hit and miss. Often matched against Dolphins cornerback Xavien Howard in practice, Parker has not been amazing. He’s had some good moments but also some moments that disappoint.

One such moment came Wednesday. On a pass play in which quarterback Ryan Tannehill could find no one open, he began to scramble. And the quarterback spotted Parker standing near the back pylon.

Tannehill threw the ball high and Parker sort of jumped before the ball bounced off his one raised hand. To the naked eye it seemed Parker had not really tried to make the play.

On tape, coaches realized Howard was holding Parker’s other arm, which kept him from making a full vertical leap.

But here’s the thing: Parker had mostly just stood there. He didn’t work toward the front pylon. He didn’t run toward the goal post as Tannehill was scrambling, which could have gotten him loose from Howard. He surely did not sell (or over sell) Howard’s hold on him in an effort to get a defensive holding or interference call.

Isaac Bruce was visiting practice Wednesday and I believe if he had been in the same situation, he would have not frozen in place as Parker did. Bruce, who I believe is Hall of Fame worthy, would have tried to find some way to make the play.

Maybe that’s being hard on Parker. Maybe that’s expecting too much.

But the Dolphins need Parker to be good for them to be a better team. Parker knows it. Stills knows it. Fans know it.

“I know that I need him, we need him, for this team to do well,” Stills said. “We all need each other to have success...”

Stills knows the commentary on Parker is prolific. 
 

“Most of it negative,” he said. “It’s wrong. I read the stuff and coming from somebody that sees him every day, sees the reps, sees how he’s graded, I can tell you he’s improving everyday. And sometimes that’s all you can ask of somebody -- come out here every day, learn from their mistakes, not make the same mistakes the next day and keep stacking good days on good days.”

Stills is thoroughly convinced Parker is about to break out in 2018. 

I’m really excited for him this season,” Stills said. “I see some of the things that are said about him and said in a negative way. You have to realize he’s in a battle. He’s in a battle against one of the best young corners in the league right now. X might not get all the love and attention that he deserves but he’s a young guy who works hard and is going to be a force in this league for a long time. 

“I give credit to DeVante, coming out here every day during OTAs, coming out here during training camp, going up against X and not shying away from the competition. I try to be positive with him and get him to understand, we’re not going to win every battle and if you can work here against the best and win some, and lose some, when it gets to Sundays you’re going to fine.”
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The early reports have not been awesome. I've never owned him but was thinking this would be the perfect season for him to break out. Not looking that way. However, his price is going to plummet a bit more than it already has. IDK. Bench player in redraft seems likely. I still can't get around thinking he gets the most targets here. 

 
barackdhouse said:
The early reports have not been awesome. I've never owned him but was thinking this would be the perfect season for him to break out. Not looking that way. However, his price is going to plummet a bit more than it already has. IDK. Bench player in redraft seems likely. I still can't get around thinking he gets the most targets here. 
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Parker’s ADP could take enough of a hit on training camp & preseason reports like this where he ends up in “value” territory. That being said, I am not sure that I would want a frustrating player like Parker on my roster. 

 
I fell for the Parker love last year, but to everyone claiming fool me once... Remember Davante Adams the year Jordy torn his ACL. He was awful. Not saying Parker will do that, but it does happen. 

 
Dolphins coach Adam Gase said he's not concerned about DeVante Parker's chemistry with Ryan Tannehill.

Team reporter Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald said Xavien Howard "ate [DeVante] Parker's soul" at Sunday's practice, which has been a theme throughout training camp. The former first-round pick has had a drop-plagued summer while also struggling to gain separation downfield. A popular breakout candidate in 2017, Parker's arrow is pointing in the wrong direction.

Source: Adam Beasley on Twitter 

Aug 12 - 11:50 AM
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Faust said:
Team reporter Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald said Xavien Howard "ate [DeVante] Parker's soul"
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:lmao:

Omar Kelly‏Verified account @OmarKelly 3h3 hours ago

At first I thought Xavien Howard was just playing at an elite level. At this point I’m starting to worry about DeVante Parker. He’s made one impressive play in 3 weeks and his passes consistently get deflected. His route running needs to be closely examined.
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Armando Salguero‏Verified account @ArmandoSalguero 3h3 hours ago

DeVante Parker has not gotten any separation on Xavien Howard today. That's not the worst of it. Parker, who has very long arms, just let Howard reach around from behind to knock down a pass while he was boxing him out.
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Omar Kelly‏Verified account @OmarKelly 4h4 hours ago

Adam Gase is having an animated talk with DeVante Parker during goal line one on ones. Not sure Pärker is participating or not. Wish I heard that conversation. My imagination is running. Gase was using his hands to gesture a lot.
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He's off my board unless I can get him in round 15. 

 
“At first I thought Xavien Howard was just playing at an elite level.”

The level of stupidity from Miami beat reporters knows no bounds. I was just about to post they’ve been raving about Howard all camp and #####ing about Parker being terrible. Which is it? The only matchup I ever hear about is Parker v. Howard. So if Howard is so incredible is that just holding Parker back and, if so, why do they keep having Parker face off with their top CB? That would mean the team thinks Parker is their top WR. Just ignore Miami beat reporters. They’ll rave like crazy lunatics but don’t have a clue what is going on.

 
Bojang0301 said:
“At first I thought Xavien Howard was just playing at an elite level.”

The level of stupidity from Miami beat reporters knows no bounds. I was just about to post they’ve been raving about Howard all camp and #####ing about Parker being terrible. Which is it? The only matchup I ever hear about is Parker v. Howard. So if Howard is so incredible is that just holding Parker back and, if so, why do they keep having Parker face off with their top CB? That would mean the team thinks Parker is their top WR. Just ignore Miami beat reporters. They’ll rave like crazy lunatics but don’t have a clue what is going on.
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The physical attributes seem to be there but they may just want to know if it will ever amount to anything. Could just be evaluating if it's time to cut bait 

 
Chaka said:
The physical attributes seem to be there but they may just want to know if it will ever amount to anything. Could just be evaluating if it's time to cut bait 
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Ya I don’t know what is going on because the Miami beat writers are inept. They’re the least trustworthy of the NFL. They blow huge billows of smoke over a lackluster team and coaching staff. I don’t question whether or not Parker hasn’t been good against Howard but maybe one of those knuckleheads could ask why he is only facing Howard. 

 
Bojang0301 said:
Ya I don’t know what is going on because the Miami beat writers are inept. They’re the least trustworthy of the NFL. They blow huge billows of smoke over a lackluster team and coaching staff. I don’t question whether or not Parker hasn’t been good against Howard but maybe one of those knuckleheads could ask why he is only facing Howard. 
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I can't speak to the quality of the beat writers but the consistency and agreement of the their observations should not be dismissed.

 
Chaka said:
I can't speak to the quality of the beat writers but the consistency and agreement of the their observations should not be dismissed.
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These are the same beat writers that were unanimous in their praise of Arian Foster, how he was on a different level than Ajayi and the teams other backs, to the point of questioning whether or not Ajayi would make the team. Six weeks later Ajayi had a pair of 200 yard games. They're terrible.

 
mcd said:
These are the same beat writers that were unanimous in their praise of Arian Foster, how he was on a different level than Ajayi and the teams other backs, to the point of questioning whether or not Ajayi would make the team. Six weeks later Ajayi had a pair of 200 yard games. They're terrible.
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So...what do we conclude from your observations?

 
I don’t own any Parker, and feel right now isn’t the right time to sell. His price is probably pretty stale, so I’d wait until he has a decent showing or a puff piece on rotoworld and try then, otherwise just wait it out. Last year he was putting up consistent numbers early on, just not finding the end zone. That was with cutler. I’m not saying he’s a hold or he’s going to turn the corner, just that his stock is probably the lowest it’s been and could bounce back a bit with a decent showing. There are targets for the taking in Miami.

 
mcd said:
I've got no interest in Parker, but it has nothing to do with the clueless beat writers.
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I'm sorry but I don't find your conclusion any more informative than their observations. All I get is you don't like a whole pool of individuals based off one stated observation, and likely other unstated ones.

 
tangfoot said:
LOFL 

No one would give you anything for him anyway. If you can get even a future 3rd at this point, it’s a snap accept. 
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Yeah I don’t know, I wouldn’t blame you if you did, but I can’t imagine they let him go or anything, and the depth chart there is pretty bare. He just needs to show a little and that turns into a 2nd. I just think if you haven’t sold him already you may as well wait and see what happens through camp and hope for some good news or a decent showing to bump his value a little. 

 
Snorkelson said:
Yeah I don’t know, I wouldn’t blame you if you did, but I can’t imagine they let him go or anything, and the depth chart there is pretty bare. He just needs to show a little and that turns into a 2nd. I just think if you haven’t sold him already you may as well wait and see what happens through camp and hope for some good news or a decent showing to bump his value a little. 
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This is where I'm at with him at this point.  If somebody flashes in another training camp that I want to pick up, he's probably my first or 2nd cut.

 
Snorkelson said:
I don’t own any Parker, and feel right now isn’t the right time to sell. His price is probably pretty stale, so I’d wait until he has a decent showing or a puff piece on rotoworld and try then, otherwise just wait it out. Last year he was putting up consistent numbers early on, just not finding the end zone. That was with cutler. I’m not saying he’s a hold or he’s going to turn the corner, just that his stock is probably the lowest it’s been and could bounce back a bit with a decent showing. There are targets for the taking in Miami.
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Two years ago was the time to sell. Only prayer now is hope he has a couple of fluke games to start the year and somebody buys into it.

 
Cameron Wolfe switched from Titans to Dolphins. He is a real nice young guy. You Dolphins fans should check him out.

He wasn't impressed with Parker his first day after ESPN transferred him

 
DeVante Parker (hand) did not practice Monday.

Normally we wait for a player to miss multiple practices, but any missed time is a concern for a player who has reportedly struggled to this point in camp. The good news for Parker is Kenny Stills (ankle) also sat out on Monday. Parker's 10th-round ADP is palatable for a player who could be Miami's No. 1, but things have not looked promising to this point in camp.

Source: Armando Salguero on Twitter 

Aug 13 - 9:22 AM
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Joe Schad✔@schadjoe

Miami Dolphins WR DeVante Parker has a broken middle right finger according to a league source. Hopeful to be ready for opener. #MiamiDolphins

10:16 AM - Aug 14, 2018

 
The Miami Herald's Armando Salguero reports the Dolphins have no plans to trade WR DeVante Parker.

Now wouldn't be an ideal time anyway, with Parker suffering a broken finger and in question for the start of the season. His value is at its low point right now. Parker had a dreadful 2017 season, scoring just one touchdown and producing zero 100-yard games. He also had a quiet camp before getting hurt. Expectations are lower for the 2015 first-rounder, but perhaps Ryan Tannehill being back healthy will help Parker. He's currently being picked in the 10th round of fantasy drafts.

Source: Miami Herald 

Aug 15 - 10:41 AM
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DeVante Parker - WR -  Dolphins

According to ESPN's Cameron Wolfe, DeVante Parker's status for Week 1 against the Titans is "up in the air."

Parker has been active in conditioning drills but still can't catch passes. Kenny Stills, Danny Amendola and even Albert Wilson would stand to benefit if Parker's absence stretches into the regular season. Once considered a breakout candidate, the 25-year-old's fantasy stock is at an all-time low.

Source: Cameron Wolfe on Twitter 

Aug 21 - 2:34 PM
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Wilson is his direct back-up, at least on the depth chart is there is non-zero chance he's just straight up better than Parker. I've been impressed with the little I've seen from Wilson during the preseason at least. 

 
Faust said:
DeVante Parker - WR -  Dolphins

According to ESPN's Cameron Wolfe, DeVante Parker's status for Week 1 against the Titans is "up in the air."

Parker has been active in conditioning drills but still can't catch passes. Kenny Stills, Danny Amendola and even Albert Wilson would stand to benefit if Parker's absence stretches into the regular season. Once considered a breakout candidate, the 25-year-old's fantasy stock is at an all-time low.

Source: Cameron Wolfe on Twitter 

Aug 21 - 2:34 PM
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Having trouble seeing how the bolded qualifies as news.

This was true even before he broke his finger...

 
SameSongNDance said:
Wilson is his direct back-up, at least on the depth chart is there is non-zero chance he's just straight up better than Parker. I've been impressed with the little I've seen from Wilson during the preseason at least. 
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You'll see Jakeem Grant in that role as well, he is impressively fast with quick twitch.

 
SameSongNDance said:
Wilson is his direct back-up, at least on the depth chart is there is non-zero chance he's just straight up better than Parker. I've been impressed with the little I've seen from Wilson during the preseason at least. 
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Wilson has gotten better every year in the league and fought every step of the way.  Parker started at the top and has gotten worse every year. Doesn't even seem to care now. 

 
If there are #2/#3 WR-type guys hanging around out there on your league's waiver wire (the Taywan Taylors, James Washingtons, Tre'Quan Smiths of the world), are you cutting bait on Parker to grab your favorite of them?  Obviously they've all gotten better reviews this summer... but Parker's opportunities SHOULD be there with Landry gone.  Soooo...????  Is it time to cut bait on Parker, or are you holding to see what this season brings?

 
pinequick said:
If there are #2/#3 WR-type guys hanging around out there on your league's waiver wire (the Taywan Taylors, James Washingtons, Tre'Quan Smiths of the world), are you cutting bait on Parker to grab your favorite of them?  Obviously they've all gotten better reviews this summer... but Parker's opportunities SHOULD be there with Landry gone.  Soooo...????  Is it time to cut bait on Parker, or are you holding to see what this season brings?
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Yes. 

 
Dolphins coach Adam Gase said DeVante Parker (finger) still has not been cleared to catch.

With less than two weeks before the season opener, Parker is beginning to look seriously questionable for the start of the season. Even if he is able to play, Parker did not show enough while healthy during camp to warrant starting in fantasy leagues Week 1. He is just a bench stash. Kenny Stills remains a great value in fantasy drafts.

Source: Cameron Wolfe on Twitter 

Aug 27 - 11:48 AM
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The Miami Herald reports DeVante Parker (finger) is feeling "substantially better" but that there is "still some uncertainty whether he will be ready for the first or even second game of the season."

As of last weekend, Parker was still sporting a protective covering on his hand. Parker was listed as a starter on the Dolphins' initial depth chart, so he will still be out there with the 1s whenever he finally gets healthy. It does not appear that will be Week 1, leaving Albert Wilson to run with Kenny Stills and Danny Amendola. That's a solid, if thoroughly unimposing, group.

Source: Miami Herald 

Sep 4 - 3:53 PM
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DeVante Parker (finger) is not expected to play in Week 1 against the Titans.

Parker got in a limited practice Friday but it clearly wasn't enough to prep him for Sunday. The Dolphins will roll with Kenny Stills, Albert Wilson, Danny Amendola, and Jakeem Grant as their primary receivers. Although Stills is the most explosive of the group, Amendola's full-time slot role allows him to have the highest PPR-floor of the bunch. With TE MarQueis Gray (Achilles', I.R.) also out, rookie TE Mike Gesicki has an outside chance to buoy higher usage into a majority of Miami's red zone targets. The Dolphins offense is in a prime spot against a Titans defense sans rookie LBs Rashaan Evans (hamstring, out) and Harold Landry (ankle, out).

Source: Adam Schefter on Twitter 

Sep 9 - 2:20 AM
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