How good can Tee Higgins be?

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(04-13-2021, 11:02 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Everytime a receiver has to slow down for an underthrown pass it makes his seperation number look bad.

Every intentional "back shoulder" throw will have low separation.

And, finally, if you look at all the downfield receivers there is really not much correlation between separation numbers and production.  Justin Jefferson has the same separation number as Higgins but I guarantee you Viking fans aren't arguing abour his ability to be an effective #1 WR.

This would be evened out with zone defenses where guys are wide open sitting in space as well as screens. All much more common than deep passes and bock shoulder stuff.

If WR SEP didn't matter it wouldn't be tracked statistically or discussed. I don't understand the idea you have that all WRs are the same in terms of creating or generating space for themselves. They time things like short space cone & shuttle drills for a reason.

In the game of inches, .1 yards of separation matters. Higgins is at 2.5 & Jefferson 2.6.

Also, Adam Thielen is the Vikings #1 WR. And, before you quote his 2020 2.7 SEP numbers as you did in another post, he was dinged up much of 2020. 2019 his Sep was 3.0 & 2018 he was at 2.9