Coleman will be bust of the year. Too slow to get separation. Struggles vs press coverage. Lacks acceleration. Not a good blocker.
Reeks of Kelvin Benjamin and James Hardy.
Coleman will be bust of the year. Too slow to get separation. Struggles vs press coverage. Lacks acceleration. Not a good blocker.
Reeks of Kelvin Benjamin and James Hardy.
Disclaimer: The sentiment expressed in this post is strictly for entertainment purposes only.
5/8“ is a big difference?
The favorable comp to DHop is poor, unfortunately. Keon does not get separation down field. DHop, of course did.
Keon compares more to Cooper Kupp. He gets seperation earlier in the route. He could potentially excel in a big slot role. He just hasn't played that role.
I’m in record 100 times already.
Coleman will bust. Horrid pick. Literally any other WR would have been better.
Details on route running to create separation is what going to make him a boom or bust as I said. DHop does not have great speed. But great at the point of separation using his hands and body lean. Brandon Marshall has that famous push and pull technique against press DBs. I saw Steve Smith Sr. had a brerakdown on Coleman and mentioned some great use of hands for separation at times. Everyone is doing it differently. Keon needs develop some consistency and some new ways.
Difference between 4.6 and 4.4 40 times is meaningless in football games. It’s 10ths of a second if one was running a race. Not cutting . Getting a DB to bite on a move then accelerating. It’s that makes the difference. Keon was 1st round on a lot of mocks prior to his 4.6 at the combine. Surely his slowness was on tape when those early mocks came out.
you guys think he’s a sloth. I haven’t seen much tape on him being dragged down from behind … if at all.
TacklingDummy (04-27-2024)
Well, yeah, he can be penciled in as a day 1 starter. You've got Shakir and Samuel penciled in as the irst 2 and then you have...
um...
Andy Isabella?
Winning the starting job by default doesn't impress me.
The hands/lack of drops is good of course, but if you look at a number of the WRs around this range and they have similar numbers/hands.
Mitchell dropped one ball last year, Ricky Pearsall dropped either 2 or 3. Mitchell, Bryan Thomas and Legette all provide similar, if not the same contested catch ability.
But those guys also provide explosiveness or at least the potential of explosiveness. Its one of the things that made this WR class so special.
SO we drafted a guy who...well, separation isn't a strength.
But tbh, this doesn't surprise me. As good as they are in drafting/singing other gems, esp. DB's...WR isn't a strength for this organization.
There is a reason they gave up a 1st round pick for Diggs...and to this day it makes a wise decision.
Because they weren't getting it done otherwise. they had a history of bringing in guys like Andre Holmes, or trading for ...ugh...Kelvin Benjamin.
and they wren't showing the draft resources or ability to draft one or two. At the time at least, they understood that, so they traded for Diggs.
Later, they got a few guys who filled a role in the mid rounds, like Gabe Davis and Shakir.
They haven't been the smartest guys in the roo in the WR dept, so I don't put much stock in the "X or Y wasn't that hard on Beane's board".
I've got the feeling this will be a what-could-have-been, situation.
I don't think it's an issue on it's own, and can be masked with other skills/attributes. Jefferson's hands are only 9-1/8", for example. I mention it in the context of the comp to DHop. I wouldn't be expecting Coleman to be plucking balls out of the air like he's got glue on his hands like we see DHop and Diggs do, because his hands aren't as big. That's all.
—Well-built player with a high-cut frame and long stride.
—Attacks jump balls and has tools to win on contested catches
—Has enough speed to take a slant route to the house; will turn on the jets post-catch.
—Strong at the line of scrimmage; uses his frame to keep defenders off the ball.
—21-year-old prospect with a lot of room for development.
—Limited drops on strong hands.
—Reliable red-zone target and outside-the-hashes threat.
There are times when (he) wows you with his hands, production and ability to beat press coverage, and then there are others where you wonder how he'll ever separate in the NFL. He's a project, but he's a high-ceiling player with good hands, good size and enough speed to find a home in an NFL wide receiver corps. —Wins downfield with good body adjustments and awareness.
Last edited by YardRat; 04-27-2024 at 10:33 AM.
What?
Says here Diggs' wingspan is 75 3/4"
https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php...DraftYear=2015
YardRat (04-27-2024)