04-17-2021, 10:18 AM
(04-12-2021, 07:54 PM)Whatever Wrote: Tee ran an official 4.54 at his Pro Day. I think the 4.43 was someone's bad hand time.
He also played 15 snaps on offense in week 1, so he did play.
He has great hands and is good with contested catches, but struggles to get separation. That's the big reason why he fell off after Burrow went down, as Allen simply doesn't have the ability to thread the needle like Burrow can. He's also good at generating some extra yards after the catch. He's not a guy that's going to make a bunch of guys miss and take it to the house, but he'll get you 4-5 yards of YAC consistently, which can be the difference between moving the chains or sending in the punter. He's agile, especially for his size, but lacks burst. He will really need to become a great technical route runner to generate separation given his lack of speed and burst. Ball security is an issue, though.
At the end of the day, I think his best fit is as a high end #2. I'll catch heat for that, but his lack of burst and top end speed are going to keep him from being a high end #1. The only Top 10 WR from this last year to not officially clock in the sub 4.5 range was Davonte Adams at 4.51, which is right on the edge. If he polishes up his route running, I think he will dominate CB2's in single coverage, but I don't see him being able to win against the consistent double teams and/or top CB's he'll see as a WR1.
You said it best here when you said he "struggles to get separation" It seemed as if he was pretty well covered on most targets last seaspn. While he is a nice addition to this receiving corp, I also doubt he becomes anymore than just a solid #2 here. Not that that is a bad thing at all. A solid all around player that will help out tremendously, but an AJ green type, he is not. At least I dont see it yet
