I’m starting to wonder if he’s a little overrated. I watch the tape and it’s nothing but polish all day long. Great route runner, technician, everything you want from that aspect. You know what I don’t see? I don’t see Jefferson in his routes, Lamb after the catch, or Chase in attack. I’m not seeing the make you miss jukes, or deadleg route fakes that result in ankle soup. I’m not seeing the Gumby hip moves or YAC to the end zone.
These are first world problems obviously, but if he’s going to be valued as a 1st round startup pick, I’d really like to see more than what I have so far. He’s super safe. He’s going to be a pro bowler many years but he’s being valued as an all-pro and I’m not quite seeing it.
Also, where’s he going to end up? Arizona? I’d be hoping someone trades up because Zona seems like the perfect fit for inducing the pro-bowl-not-all-pro outcomes I just described. If he’s a Charger, ok now we’re cooking. Patriots? Big yikes that’s gonna end up underwhelming.
Guess what I’m saying is while I really like the player right now, think his market is overstated a bit and not quite seeing the same ceiling. I comped him to Julio awhile back and sort of regret it. He doesn’t have that kind of freak artistry. Actually, I’m not seeing much of anything that’s freaky. I’m seeing a lot of really really good borderline great. Nothing wrong with that. But for the associated hype? Sorry but I expect to see a little more.
Hopefully there’s enough “he’s really good”baseline in this post to avoid getting flamed too hard.