Voch Lombardi's Mock Pick for Bengals at #9

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(03-28-2017, 08:37 PM)Au165 Wrote: All that's cool, but it doesn't change the fact he hasn't shown he can beat press. Alabama pressed him and they neutralized him. In the NFL teams will press him because that's what his weakness is, they will dare to because they can.

I'm not saying he won't be good but the hype lately is out of control. He isn't a day one superstar like people expect. Id expect Fuller/Boyd production as a rookie.

One of the big knocks on DeSean Jackson coming out of college was he had difficulty beating press man.  This is not a fatal flaw that can't be overcome.  Truth is, any college WR that's a mid 4.4 guy or better didn't deal with a lot of press man in college, and has to learn to overcome it in the pros.  Plus, even if he struggles with it as a rookie, there's lots of ways to beat press man with scheme.  You can stack receivers, run bunch formations, put him in motion, line him up off the LoS, and/or run rub/pick plays.  Plus, it's not press man he struggled with against Alabama.  Ross clowned A'doree Jackson when USC tried to run press man on him.  What he struggled with was Marlon Humphrey's jam, and Humphrey has a very good jam.  Not every NFL CB has a good/great jam, so you move the guy around and try to get the matchup you want.