Auden Tate is Much Better Than Most People Think

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(01-22-2020, 10:00 AM)Au165 Wrote: It does, and the answer is no. You don't need separation if you can put your body between the defender and the ball. 

Guys who got less separation then Auden Tate this year...

Kenny Golladay
Mike Williams
Terry McLaurin
Preston Williams
DeVante Parker
Darius SLayton
Julio Jones
Golden Tate
Robby Anderson
AJ Brown
Michael Gallup
Allen Robinson

Mike Evans had .1 yard separation more and DK Metcalf had .2 just for a little more context.

I think he will be fine getting the separation he gets. He is still a young receiver who needs more reps (and catchable bally), but as a 7th round pick is already producing well relative to capital spent on him.

What do the #2-6 teams in the draft order have in common?

They all have at least one guy on your list.

In fact, the only guy on this list that played for a team with a winning record is AJ Brown, and he tied for the league lead in 40+yard receptions with 8(Mike Williams also had 8).

The majority of these guys are on bad teams and get forced the ball due to a lack of weapons and/or being down on the scoreboard.  Several of them were also #1's on bad teams and saw a lot of double coverage as a result.

There are times when the QB has to thread the needle, but forcing him to do it over and over again just isn't a recipe for winning football.  A lot of the tools that made big, slow WR's effective in the past like push offs and using the DB to elevate have been cracked down on in recent years.