(04-08-2022, 09:28 AM)Bullseye Wrote:

(04-08-2022, 09:13 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: Do you watch any Georgia games? Pickens lives off of making 3-4 highlight catches during the season (usually contested catches) and then he completely disappears for games on end. He very rarely gets open, so the QB hardly ever looks his way. I have no clue why he is ranked as highly as he is. The best receiver by far for Georgia was their TE. That kid is gonna be the next Travis Kelce if he stays healthy. 

I stand by what I said. I'd much rather have a receiver who consistently gets open and drops a few more passes over a sure-handed WR who rarely gets separation and can't shed opposing DB's.

(emphasis added)

If the part in bold is a bad thing, why in the world do you like London?!?  Pick any highlight clip bundle of his.  All you see are contested catches because he can't separate.

I've seen Pickens get behind a defense a few times.

Because it's all about consistency. London will make 3-4 contested highlight catches each game, whereas Pickens makes only 3-4 of those same catches during an entire season. To put it into perspective, London had almost double Pickens career high in receptions in just 8 games last season. Pickens career high of 49 receptions came in an 11 game season. London consistently catches almost everything thrown his way, regardless of whether he is covered, because he shows great hands, route running and a very physical style of play. His QB trusted him to go up and retrieve the ball in any situation. Pickens is not that type of player. I'm not worried so much about separation, if the receiver is consistently making opposing DB's look silly like London does. Pickens is just very spotty in his play. He's not even close to being the route runner London is and he's certainly not as physical at high pointing the ball. I don't even think Pickens sticks in the league over 5 years, maybe less.

---