Quote:Blackmon was really never that good you guys have short term memory loss. 

 

Blackmon wasn't at the level of an elite WR...yet. What he did have, however, were dominant spurts. His route running still needed work. But when you combine his size and physical ability with his catching radius...it was special and something that would have (and would) help this team if he was able to come back. Seriously, go back and watch some of his highlights (yeah, highlights...I know). There are quite a few catches where he'd run, catch the ball with his hands without breaking his stride and pick up YAC...all seemingly looking like it was one natural motion.

 

That's what JB was...he was a natural pass-catcher. As good as Jimmy and Keenan were (and obviously we know how great those guys were at what they were able to do, Jimmy with his combination of speed and route running and Keenan his hands and route running), neither of which possessed this trait that Justin had.

 

He just made catching the football look...easy.

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