Drew Sample

[*jason*]

(09-19-2020, 06:35 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Whoa, whoa, whoa... Can some of you guys here pump the brakes a bit?

The dude had 45 yards in a game where we threw the ball 61 times.

I'm glad he finally got involved. I really am. I'm honest to God not trying to be negative or to not give this kid had a chance. But let's be realistic here, guys.

Can this dude end up being a decent pick? Sure. Have we seen enough where we can start to reevaluate where many have stood on him up until this point? Absolutely not.

The guy now has 73 total yards receiving in a full year + 2 games.

On 8 targets, and 7 catches, he still didn't break 50 yards. A 6.4 YPR is not a sign of being a great weapon down the field. It's dink and dunk, and check downs.

The one handed grab was nice. It's good to see he has some hands. The bigger question is can he get open down the field and can he be a true weapon in the pass game. We're going to have to wait and see.

I would love nothing more than this dude to end up with 600+ yards and a number of TD's on the year. That wouuld be awesome. But I'm sorry I just can't now buy into the idea that he was a good pick because of 45 yards and a pretty catch.

He's going to need to do a lot more to live up to his draft position.

Well those are pretty much the numbers that TEs not named Kelce, Kittle, Andrews, and Ertz put up. I don't think he'll be great either, and I sure as hell would've rather taken DK Metcalf with that pick, but he's our guy, and that was his best performance so far. At this point we need every positive we can get.