I was not a big fan when he came out as I thought he disappeared in Texas games that I had watched and Golden seemed to be the one making all of the noise
I think he gets knocked on this angle a little to much because so many people started focusing more on watching Texas late in the season, in the conference championship games and playoffs, and at that point he had suffered an ankle injury which absolutely tanked his production to point he was close to a zero the last few weeks of the season. This is when Golden took off, after Bond hurt his ankle, but to be fair the best of Golden was better then healthy Bond was, just pointing out some context should be given for his late season disappearance.
With that aside I was not a huge fan myself, not seeing him as someone people were touting as a top 5 WR or late first/early second round talent.
I now own him on half my dynasty leagues.
A few things that have me optimistic, more then I was previously:
*I watch most games, especially when the Browns are playing at noon CST on Sunday, in the multiview with usually 4 games on two TV's. I mention all of that to say I'm looking at kind of tiny boxes and trying to watch a lot at once. I think I'm pretty good at recognizing a players movement, even in tiny box, and knowing who it is but sometimes it's not quite clear especially if the view is obstructed. Which gets to my long winded point. Was watching them in week 3 when I saw a Browns WR make an explosive move to catch the ball and took a hard hit. I'm a Juedy guy, and when I saw that play I thought it was Juedy because I knew for sure it was not Tillman and I had two thoughts. Dang, I hated to see Juedy lit up like that and I hope he's ok. My second thought was I had no idea Juedy had that kind of explosive ability. It was not Juedy, it was Bond and I knew he was a good athlete but this kind of movement was just a different level of explosiveness. I picked him up in blind bid waivers on the next run in one league. Wanted to add him on all my teams where he was available but could not find a spot.
*I think the domestive violence accusations that both Bond and Judkins dealt with might make them so much better off. I know that sounds odd but Bonds is physically talented, explosive, and maybe just needed to hone into his craft more. I feel like with both of them, especially Bond, they were staring at their careers being in danger before it ever started. Maybe sometimes people like Bond take his athletic gifts for granted but when you get a wakeup call like that, when your whole career is in danger, I think that can change people.
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