Clemson's offense works perfectly for Watkins and Chad Morris manipulates it very well.

 

Clemson is going to send Watkins deep and you have to respect that. You simply can't afford to let him pop the top off of the Defense else it's a pretty safe bet that he's going to score. Once they establish that threat, then they start throwing screens which utilizes Watkins best skill; his ability in space.

 

The article goes on to state that "When he’s not running screens, Watkins has the most normal distribution of route types. This makes his overall YAC on non-screens all the more impressive because we know he’s not running an excess of routes that lead to exaggerated YAC totals.
" This reinforces my statement about how Morris threatens deep, legitimately threatens, then plays off of that. Outside of screens, he runs more comeback routes than any other type. Drive the defender deep, once he opens his hips to turn and run with you -- and if you're covering Watkins, you're probably turning pretty fast -- stick your foot in the ground and head back to the QB.

 

I still feel that M. Lee is the best all-around WR in this draft, but Watkins is probably the most dangerous.

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