08-31-2024, 02:02 AM
Kinda crazy this is only at 16 pages
If Burton is good like we think he could open the door to the Super Bowl. I’m actually disgusted we’ve let his preseason standing on the depth chart convince us he’s not an X-factor this season.
With that said i watched alot of Burton’s tape and i have to be a Debbie downer.
If you peg a guy as WR4, deep ball guru, he has to get SEPARATION.
I’m ngl guys, Burton has everything a WR needs and even w/o what is going to address, he’d still likely end up as a solid WR2…but…..
It’s obvious why he hasn’t climbed the depth chart this offseason and it’s cause he gets almost no separation on his deep balls. I watched every preseason snap and i feel confident this can be fixed. Burton for whatever reason has no ability to trick DBs at the LOS. He has no separation because of FOOTWORK. The good thing about Burton is his ball in the air skills are elite, his hands are above average. So even if his LOS false moves are TRASH, he could still be a 1000 yard WR if he started on another team.
To me this is insane upside and i get why he lasted so long. It wasn’t just because of character issues but because he had holes in his game that would force you to forgo him in the 1st two rounds.
The good thing for us his mental are off the chart and he was smart enough to enlist TJ Houshmandzadeh as his trainer. Housh was a GOD at the LOS. The other good thing is Burton is a sponge for WR data. If Jordan Shipley comes to practice to help one day, Burton is the type of kid to ask Shipley how he was so good his rookie year.
When i go over these factors it’s obvious why we drafted him. If he works on his release he’ll be a GOD at WR and I’m not joking. He literally has everything else the position asks for besides blocking.
If Burton is good like we think he could open the door to the Super Bowl. I’m actually disgusted we’ve let his preseason standing on the depth chart convince us he’s not an X-factor this season.
With that said i watched alot of Burton’s tape and i have to be a Debbie downer.
If you peg a guy as WR4, deep ball guru, he has to get SEPARATION.
I’m ngl guys, Burton has everything a WR needs and even w/o what is going to address, he’d still likely end up as a solid WR2…but…..
It’s obvious why he hasn’t climbed the depth chart this offseason and it’s cause he gets almost no separation on his deep balls. I watched every preseason snap and i feel confident this can be fixed. Burton for whatever reason has no ability to trick DBs at the LOS. He has no separation because of FOOTWORK. The good thing about Burton is his ball in the air skills are elite, his hands are above average. So even if his LOS false moves are TRASH, he could still be a 1000 yard WR if he started on another team.
To me this is insane upside and i get why he lasted so long. It wasn’t just because of character issues but because he had holes in his game that would force you to forgo him in the 1st two rounds.
The good thing for us his mental are off the chart and he was smart enough to enlist TJ Houshmandzadeh as his trainer. Housh was a GOD at the LOS. The other good thing is Burton is a sponge for WR data. If Jordan Shipley comes to practice to help one day, Burton is the type of kid to ask Shipley how he was so good his rookie year.
When i go over these factors it’s obvious why we drafted him. If he works on his release he’ll be a GOD at WR and I’m not joking. He literally has everything else the position asks for besides blocking.
-Housh
