Take Anthony Schwartz!

[*ochocincos*]

(03-29-2021, 01:07 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Because he couldn't do much else, we didn't develop him, and we took him WAY too early.  

That wreaked of a Mike Brown pick- a one-trick pony guy with one special quality that he thinks will draw fans and magically turn into a superstar.  This kid's young and has more natural receiving ability than Ross had, he just needs to be developed more, which can happen with him being so young.

Exactly.

Schwartz would be the type of pick with enormous potential at a very low cost, and I trust the franchise more now to help guys develop than I ever did when Ross was drafted.

Not true at all.

Ross was not a "one trick pony."
If you say that, you clearly didn't watch any of his college tape.
Dude had 81 receptions his senior year, putting up 1150 yards and 17 TDs (which is far more than Schwartz has put up in any season).
If you watched the tape, you'd know that Ross ran plenty of short and intermediate routes and also was an elite redzone weapon.
He didn't work out for the Bengals because he wasn't durable and missed some catches. It wasn't that he only had straight-line speed and nothing else.

Schwartz is far more raw than John Ross was coming out of college, and there's a reason he's projected as a Day 3 pick even with that elite speed.