04-14-2021, 01:01 PM
(04-14-2021, 08:32 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: I was going to read the responses before answering and you identified the pro day errors. He also only had a 31" vertical and 4.53 short shuttle. All those numbers added up equaled on thing: He tested in the lower 10th percentile of WRs.
Now, he had an injury at the end of the season, which might have prevented him from a lot of "combine training" immediately following his bowl game but those numbers were clearly disappointing. Sure, there are always examples of guys not running a blazing 40 time that go on to be excellent WRs, but all those numbers taken together add up to a lot of contested catches. Thankfully, that is one of his biggest strengths.
Burrow also knows how to "throw a guy open", and Higgins also has a massive catch radius.
Do I love Higgins? Yes. Same as Boyd, but that doesn't mean they don't need a WR like Chase. It reminds me a bit of the Manning-led Colts. Their belief was that their fourth best receiving option was better than your fourth best cover man, and Manning could find that mismatch quickly. Your point about AJ still drawing the opposing team's #1 cover guy is valid, and Boyd did against the Ravens (two of the worst offensive outputs we had all season). Higgins is a bit, reliable target with a massive catch radius that can move the chains, be a weapon in the red zone, and if he draws a team's #3 cover option, make a lot of hey in the year's to come.
I didn't expect Tee to fall to us last season in the 2nd and probably the only reason was those combine numbers.
Also, I might add that Anquan Boldin had a fine career and was no blazer and was like 2 or 3 inches shorter than Tee.
I honestly don't know how good Tee can be, he seems so young and to do what he did as a rookie was very telling.
