Quote:Can you elaborate the limits in Robinson's game? He may not have burner speed, but he is certainly fast enough to be an elite WR.

 

Sure, but I'd like to point out that I could not care less about him reaching "elite" status, or being in ESPN conversations about best WR, or even if he makes the Pro Bowl. As Allen Robinson is right now, he is good enough to be a starting WR in the NFL. He's a threat and I don't see him doing anything else with his abilities but go up as time goes by.

 

As for his limits, I think that it's his speed. It is good enough to get on the field and to outrun players but it isn't top level speed so that he can separate from any Defensive Back. To elaborate, if he didn't have the body control and "high point ability" that he possesses, I don't think that he would still be capable of posing the threat to Defenses that he now does.

 

Same thing with Jimmy Smith, but a different ability. Smith had a maddening habit of dropping easy catches from time to time. I still remember his drop versus New England in the Playoff game as a singular example.

 

All in all, we're picking at nits here as these two players are / were more than capable of being productive on a football field. But if you don't recognize your limits, then you're just fooling yourself.

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