(03-08-2018, 06:48 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(03-08-2018, 05:23 PM)JackCity Wrote: That's been one of the worst comps all draft season. Very different players.

Not that much different at all.  Both smaller compacted guys that can take any pass to the house at anytime.  Both have sticky hands, great route runners, excellent speed, can make the highlight catches.  Kirk is much stonger than ODB, Beckham is a little more athletcic, and speed about the same. He looks a lot like him imo.  You are in the minority saying worst comparison and very different players.

Look at the comments, not sure how you are one of the only ones that dont see it. What are so different between the 2 that make them very different players?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-Dqo0ZH7pM&t=119s

https://247sports.com/nfl/philadelphia-e...-115389873

http://walterfootball.com/scoutingreport2018CKirk.php

https://thelandryhat.com/2018/01/22/dall...tian-kirk/

I love the way you included highlights, a 247 link , a fansided link and a walterfootball link as evidence.     

Well for one Kirk is not that good of an athlete at all and tested very poorly. Beckham on the other hand tested amazingly, particularly in agility.  Now I don't think Kirk is quite as bad as his testing indicated but he's not in ODB's realm athletically.  Kirk is relatively fast in a straight line but thats it. To put this into perspective , Kirk had a 20 yard shuttle time of 4.45 (5th percentile for WRs), Bortles had a shuttle time of 4.21. ODB had a time of 3.94  (96th percentile for WRs). 

As a WR Kirk will be confined to a slot role with his size and inability to get off press at the point of attack. ODB on the other hand played outside much more in college and was able to be effective vs press and used an array of moves to beat his man at the line. Projected much better in the NFL at an outside role.  He's now one of the most effective press beaters in the entire league. Kirk struggles massively with this. 

ODB's big strength for a guy so agile is his ability to go up for contested catchs. He's able to get clean breaks off his route but if he's still being covered he's great at going up in the air and getting it. This is another area where Kirk struggles with. Its not a skillset thats expected of a smaller slot guy but its a noteworthy difference between ODB and Kirk.   

They are lazily comped together by some because they were a similar size and both were kick returners.  A much more accurate comp for Kirk is Danny Amendola. Strictly slot guys who are below average athletically but are smart route runners and great at sinking into zone. Very talented at making adjustments to their QB.

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