(03-05-2019, 12:25 PM)knarnn Wrote:

(03-05-2019, 11:36 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: There were quite a few people on here that had him as their top guy before the pic came out and before he ran the 40 so your comment doesn't make any sense for most, maybe just a few

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People have been projecting DK the “athlete” for 2 years now. Everyone knew he would destroy the combine and he did for the most part. 

But let’s not act like he is a surefire prospect and the second coming of Calvin Johnson or Larry Fitzgerald. He’s not. At least not yet. Red flags have popped up all over the place from his agility testing, lack of on field production, drop rate in the teens, limited route tree, and injury history amongst others. 

Maybe you are ok with all this but I have a hard time justifying him as a top 7 pick at this point.

I don't think you watched a single Ole Miss game this year if you don't think that DK Metcalf was the most dominant WR they had on the field last year.

Lack of on field production:
His true Freshman year he only played 2 games...2 catches for 2 TDs...then had a broken foot.

His Redshirt Freshman season they had a ton of playmakers that were taking up catches (AJ Brown - 75, DaMarkus Lodge - 41 , Van Jefferson - 42, DK - 39,  Dawson Knox - 24 , Jordan Wilkins - 26) All of these guy will be NFL players.

His Final season he was on pace for 975 yards and 9 TDs before he got his neck jarred on a Special Teams Kick Off play.

A lot of Ole Miss fans were irate with the OC his final 2 years because he focused almost entirely on RPO and underneath routes...while AJ Brown is a stud he got a lot of inflated stats due to the shear number of targets.  The OC basically told DK to go deep every route and didn't develop him...he also completely ignored Dawson Knox at TE who only got 15 catches his final season...it also doesn't help a go deep WR when the OC/RG/RT were either injured or true Freshman.

Drop Rates:
I don't know the exact numbers but while watching I always felt like Brown dropped a lot more than DK ever did.

Agility Testing and Limited Route Tree:
What was Calvin Johnson's Shuttle/3 Cone times? Larry Fitzgerald? Those weren't exactly top of that category either. You aren't drafting him to be an underneath WR thats not his game and he shouldn't be used in that way.

Injury History:
The foot injury obviously didn't have any linger affects on him and the neck injury came from him playing on Kick Off team which was stupid of the coaches...I don't know what other injury history he has...

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