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Brock Bowers
1 May
, 2024
Vernon Davis, T.J. Hockenson and Eric Ebron, for example, all came into the league as Bowers-type talented, and none were able to finish with top-25 numbers in their first season...
Rookie receivers
30 Apr
, 2024
For ballpark purposes, I think we’ll see about four wide receivers ending up as key picks.
See the chart below. It shows rookie receivers who finished with top-30 numbers in their first season...
Audric Estime
30 Apr
, 2024
Estime was just a fifth-round pick, in part because he's a slower back -- 4.71 at the combine...
Keon Coleman
29 Apr
, 2024
I had no problem with them trading with Kansas City. Xavier Worthy ran a 4.21 at the combine, but he’s awfully small...
LA Chargers
28 Apr
, 2024
The Chargers picked linebacker Junior Colson in the third round. That seemed like a spot they might go for Blake Corum, who ended up going to the other LA team in the same round...
Falling wide receivers
28 Apr
, 2024
Oregon star Troy Franklin (pictured) is one example, slipping to the Broncos in the fourth round...
Older receivers
27 Apr
, 2024
With older players, there’s the fear off the top that he’s got less football left...
Whither Aiyuk
26 Apr
, 2024
A.J. Brown and Amon-Ra St. Brown just signed massive extensions. Four years and $120 million for St. Brown, with $77 million guaranteed...
Brian Thomas
26 Apr
, 2024
Would have been nice to get an early pick this year, I guess, but it seems likely they picked the same player in Thomas they would have taken if they stayed put...
Hold That Tiger
25 Apr
, 2024
Alabama had two wide receivers go in the top 10 back in 2021 – Jaylen Waddle and DeVonta Smith. Ohio State the next year had two in the top 11 (Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave)...
Brenden Rice
25 Apr
, 2024
Back in 1996, Keyshawn Johnson was drafted No. 1 overall out of the school...
Travis Kelce
24 Apr
, 2024
While it’s easy to make a case against Kelce, it gets harder when you actually have to find someone else to put up in that No. 1 spot. T.J...
Brock Bowers
24 Apr
, 2024
Bowers was a beast in three seasons at Georgia, averaging 58 catches for 846 yards and 10 touchdowns...
Older rookies
22 Apr
, 2024
Bo Nix and Michael Penix are on the older side. Both will be 24 on opening day, and Jayden Daniels isn’t far behind. At the other end of the scale, we’ve got J.J...
Jaylen Wright
22 Apr
, 2024
Part of a committee backfield, he averaged just 142 carries the last two years, never really putting up huge numbers...
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