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(04-12-2016, 09:11 AM)Bengalfan11164 Wrote: i don't understand the Braxton Miller obsession.

Poor route runner.
Only 1 year as a WR.

why sign a project in the 2nd?
Why sign a slot wr in the 2nd?

Especially since the Bengals already have Mario Alford who has more experience and more speed as a 2nd year player.

I will try to explain what you call an "obsession" with Braxton Miller, although I would hardly call interest in the second round and obsession.  

Braxton Miller is a phenomenal athlete.  Phenomenal.  I saw him play HS ball as a TRUE FRESHMAN and he put up something like 40 points against a Centerville team that gave up an average of 7 points a game.  He is just so elusive in open space.  He may be raw as an athlete, but I think of guys like Clay Matthews that showed up at USC at 165lbs.  And then he goes on to be a huge force in the NFL.  JJ Watt was a walk on.  Now he is the most dominant player in the NFL on defense.  Those guys were "raw".  They weren't 5 star recruits (and Miller would not have been as a WR).  But they have that skill set that set them apart.  They are unique.  I don't mean just the 40 speed, or the vertical jump.  Its what they can do on a field with pads on.  

Miller is also the kind of "student of the game", high-character guy that I want on my team.  From the people I have spoken to that attended the Senior Bowl, they said that he was flat-out amazing doing things that he had just learned.  

It isn't where he is right now.  It is where he could end up.  I know people will throw Margus Hunt and others at me and say things like "potential is what gets coaches fired", but I think a talent like Miller at the very least is a SIGNIFICANT upgrade over a player like Sanu.   If he continues to develop, he is the next Antonio Brown.  

Imagine THAT across the field from AJ Green.