Quote:Blackmon has the physical tools and ability to be an elite receiver. I don't think anyone has declared that he has achieved this status at this point because he can't stay out of trouble and on the field.

 

Many players have the physical tools and the ability to be elite.

In fact, looking at his measurables, his timed results at the combine and pro day don't indicate Blackmon is elite.

 

I would say Blackmon is elite with the ball in his hands, yes....

 

He doesn't have elite hands, elite speed, elite size... and his production certainly indicates that he's nowhere close to elite.

 

I repeat - I don't want to sound like a basher of him.  I'm actually a big fan when he plays.  But we've been putting him up into the "elite" conversation with a far too small sample size of him actually producing.

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