06-04-2020, 10:40 AM
(06-04-2020, 08:57 AM)fredtoast Wrote: And some people fall ionto the trap than any of the million or so young men taller than 6'4" can be a good NFL wide receiver.
There are dozens of different things that make a great WR. Speed is not the only one, but when a player lacks speed he has to be exceptional at something else. Tate is not exceptional at anything else.
That is why he was not a great WR in college.
That is why all 32 teams agreed he was no better than a 7th round pick.
He just is not that good of a WR, and it is absurd to claim that every tall WR taken in the 7th round can be turned into Rob Gronkowski with just the proper coaching. If all it took was coaching I am sure the Patriots would have a new Gronk by now.
I'm gonna pull a Fred here and look up a stat
Auden Tate was 26th in the NFL with averaging 14.4 YPC
you know who averaged less than him
Speedsters such as
Will Fuller
Brandon Cooks
Deebo Samuel
Phil Dorsett
Marquis Brown
Odell Beckham
Tate was 2nd in the North behind James Washington
And it's all the more accomplishment that Tate didnt run alot
Of vertical routes or deep posts
And all those WRS I listed had better QBs than Tate had last
Year
So don't you tell me Auden Tate isn't a good WR sir.
Does it really matter 31 teams passed on Tate ?
Totally stupid logic.
If Tate is so subpar as a WR then explain to me from the
Rolling Hills of Tennessee how Tate averaged 14.4 YPC?
Quite a jump from his 2018 YPC.
