04-16-2024, 01:57 PM
(04-16-2024, 10:52 AM)Whatever Wrote: That's because you're failing to take into account all the limitations Higgins has, and those limitations are always going to limit his opportunities unless he plays for a team that's just uncompetitive.
Higgins is almost strictly an intermediate level receiver. He lacks the short area quickness for most shorter routes like whips, flats, shallow crosses, and WR screens. He also lacks the long speed to be consistently threaten the defense on deep routes. His lack of speed even makes certain intermediate routes like deep crosses unviable. Therefore, unless you just sit there and force feed Higgins targets on the handful of routes he is effective on, like outs, digs, curls, in's, and back shoulder fades, you're very limited in his usage. That's the real reason he's not a #1 WR. To be a #1, you need to be a two level threat. Higgins isn't.
Great post Whatever. People seriously need to come to this reality. Tee Higgins has limitations that make him being an elite #1 WR just not
realistic. He relies on his size for most of his production. He lacks short area quickness to run crisp short routes, unlike say Adonai Mitchell
and Ladd McConkey in this draft. Brian Thomas Jr also has quicker feet than Tee with the same size.
Tee also doesn't have deep speed like Brian Thomas Jr. These are just facts. Tee is limited in his route tree. Curls, outs, digs, posts, ins and
back shoulder fades are about all he can be effective at. For example, a Sluggo or double move is not possible with Tee as it would be incredibly
slow and would take forever putting Burrow in a bad spot relying on the OL to hold their blocks for a long time.
