Report: Burrow pushing for Bengals to draft Chase

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(04-03-2021, 12:05 AM)Murdock2420 Wrote: I actually read a report about the 1st WR taken inside of a report that wrote about Chase not being special.

Keep in mind, there is one thing you can bet on (in NFL scouting) and win every time – whatever WR prospect the NFL deems as ‘the best’, the first (or second) WR taken in drafts…then that/those wide receiver(s) FOR SURE will NOT be the best NFL WRs from that particular draft within 1-3 years of looking back. 

In 2020, Ruggs-Jeudy went #1-2 off the board and that was a monumental mistake. Those guys aren’t even in the top 5-10 among WR talents from that class. That doesn’t mean they stink…just means they are not ‘the best’ or ‘elite’…or worthy of such high draft picks.

In 2019, Marquise Brown and N’Keal Harry were the #1-2/only 1st-round WRs taken…as Deebo Samuel, A.J. Brown, D.K. Metcalf, Diontae Johnson, Terry McLaurin were taken later.

In 2018, D.J. Moore and Calvin Ridley were the #1-2/only 1st-round WRs taken…as Courtland Sutton, D.J. Chark, and Michael Gallup fell.

In 2017, Corey Davis, Mike Williams, and John Ross went in the first 10 picks of the draft. Kenny Golladay went #96. Curtis Samuel and Cooper Kupp went in the 2nd-round.

You get the idea. But it’s important to re-state – THEIR consensus ‘best’ WR is not to be immediately trusted or accepted…when THEY say some WR prospect is the best, it’s usually more likely a sign that they are NOT.


If you want to read the entire write up about why Chase isn't a lock of a prospect, it's here:
https://assets-global.website-files.com/5988f684fda8db00017f4dee/602bca631570bef89eff884d_CFM21_WR-s_Chase_JaMarr.pdf

You can say that about almost any position group in any year.  Andrew Thomas wasn't the best OL taken in '20.  Jonah wasn't the best OL taken in '19. Garrett Bolles wasn't the best OL taken in '17.  The odds are always mathematically stacked against the first player taken at any position group because there are literally dozens of other players picked behind them.  Players at every position group fall through the cracks every year.  You can't not take a guy because you're afraid that a guy later in the draft might turn out to be better.