Indy medical combine - DeVonta Smith

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(04-21-2021, 12:52 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Definitely true, but that was also influenced by his numerous injuries leading up to draft day.
Had he been basically healthy up to draft day, I doubt there would have been as much concern of him being durable at 5'11", 188 lb.

As for Smith, I think he was a great WR in college, but I don't see him being as good as Chase or Waddle in the NFL. I think he'll be a good slot guy and probably put up WR2 numbers, but I don't see him as a true WR1.
Heck, it wouldn't surprise me to see Terrace Marshall and/or Rashod Bateman outproduce Smith in the NFL when it's all said and done.

"Production" at WR is variable on so many levels.  Marshal and Bateman will be outside WRs.  If you have an elite outside WR, it opens up the middle for your TE and slot WRs.  I don't see an elite slot WR opening up the outside so much.  Smith is an anomoly.  He is fairly tall at 6'1" but a stick figure below 170 lbs.  And that is with him probably TRYING to weigh more.  NFL rigors, that dude might be 155 lbs.  

Waddle might play outside or inside, depending on the team.  

I would imagine that Chase would take those 104 targets that went to AJ Green last year, and I would imagine him coming down with 70 of them over 43.  If he catches 70 balls, you can count on at least 1000 yards, possibly more like 1200 because he is not easy to bring down and has great catch on the run ability.  If he does that, imagine what Uzo, Sample, Boyd, and Higgins can do.  I am not sure if there has been a team with three 1000 yard receivers (all from WRs) but that would be very realistic here.