How good can Tee Higgins be?

[Nicomo Cosca]

(04-20-2021, 04:53 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Before I watch some cherry picked clips tell me how many there are. I have a strong feeling they don't include every route Higgins and Boyd ran.

-I saw our receivers get open many times.  

-The "separation" stats from nextgen show that both Boyd and Higgins got separation at the same rate of most of the best WRs on other teams.

-Boyd has been an absolute elite receiver on 3rd/4th down and that is not possible for a receiver who can't get open.

Both guys are good at making contested catches. It would make things a lot easier on Burrow if we had at least one option that is running wide open at times. And then be able to actually take it to the house. Even when Tee or Boyd do get a step on a DB, they usually get caught from behind pretty easily (the long bomb to Tee against Indy for example). The only time I remember seeing either guy take one for a TD last year was Boyd against the Dolphins, and it was just a terrible angle taken by the MIA player (he let Sample block 2 Fins at once).