Devonta Smith

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(01-12-2021, 01:34 AM)TheFan Wrote: Neither him nor Chase are going to put up elite athlete WR numbers. 

I mean, that seems like a helluva assumption.  What are you basing this off of?

Fwiw, here's my case that Chase will put up significant numbers... Justin Jefferson just had 1,400 yards and 7 TD's in his rookie season.  This playing alongside Adam Thielen, who is a top 20 receiver.

Let's look at the tale of the tape between Chase and Jefferson:

Numbers (when they played together in 2019)
Jefferson ----- 111 rec, 1,540 yards, 18 TD's, 13.9 YPC
Chase ---------- 84 rec, 1,780 yards, 20 TD's, 21.2 YPC

Size
Jefferson ------ 6'1 202 pounds
Chase ---------- 6'1 200 pounds

Speed (40 Time)
Jefferson ------ 4.43
Chase ---------- 4.40

Chase outproduced Jefferson when he was a Sophmore and Jefferson was a Jr.  He's long been projected as the better prospect, as numerous people said he would have went first between them had he come out last year.

So if Justin Jefferson is capable of 1,400 yards in his rookie season (a ridiculous level of production) then how can you confidently say, as a matter of fact, that Chase will not put elite numbers in the NFL?

To each their own, but that makes no sense to me.  I'd be really curiuous to hear what exactly drew you to this conclusion.