Quote:Not too impressed with Watkins. His hands are inconsistent. His reaction to the ball is slow. He appears to need to track the ball over distance to catch. He does not appear to run routes therefore, the majority of his play is limited to wide receiver screens and reverses. He does seem to leave the line of scrimmage sometimes to drift around to the outside, and flap his arm over his head at the quarterback.

 

If he could do anything else wouldn't it show on video?

 

What people seem to like about him tends to gloss over Watkin's deficiencies as a pro wide receiver prospect. NFL DBs will literally build a camp with wood-burning stoves in the wide out area. Then what will Watkins do? 

 

The first thing any team is going to have to do is teach him how to play wide receiver like a professional. That makes him a project. It will take years, or the team drafting him will keep him as a novelty inserting him when they think the opponent's defense is napping.

 

What you said pretty much defies every single metric in that article. Watkins has the second lowest drop-rate of the four WR's at 4.49% He has the most normal pass route distribution of any of the other WR's once you filter out screens. Every college wideout needs to learn how to defeat press-coverage, and I really don't think it'll take years to see if Watkins can be successful with that.

 

Also, are you really criticizing the guy for being an outlet in case the play breaks down?

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