11-30-2020, 09:50 PM
(11-16-2020, 01:23 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Did anyone catch that play where Burrow scrambled left, all the way to the sideline, and dumped off like a 2 yard pass to Sample? It was really a throwaway play, with no chance of success. But I do think it kind of sums the abilities of Drew Sample.This was a Zac Taylor special. Garbage ? ?
Few, if any Tight Ends, make that catch in bounds. And it wouldn't have mattered much if he tapped his feet in, as we would have picked up all of 2 yards on a 3rd and long. So I'm not knocking him for that. But what really struck me was, not only did he drop a pass lobbed to him from 6 feet away, he akwardly got all tangled up and fell down. It just looked so unathletic.
Anways, all of the above isn't really my main point, was just curious if anyone else had a laugh at that. My point, that Drew Sample is a bum, is based on all of what we've seen so far.
Drew Sample has 183 yards throught 9 games, with 6 of them being starts, and with him seeing a TON of reps. He's projecting to finish the season with 325 receiving. This is an offense that has attempted more passes than any other team in the league (more opportunites). This is an offense, where another fellow 2nd rounder in Tee Higgins, is immediately producing as a rookie, who is projected to finish with 1,072 yards and 7 TD's.
If you look at his total body of work, which account for both seasons, he's played in 18 games. In those 18 games he has 213 yards receiving. That is astonishing low for any TE, much less 2nd round pick.
And making things even more ridiculous, he has ZERO TD's. Zip, zilch, nada. Not one single TD. When he's had the opportunity he dropped one, and had a guy basically just outmuscle him and take the ball away from him for an iNT.
His current target average is 6.5 yards. Really think about this number. It tells you exactly what you see when you actually watch him targeted. He's a check down, dump off target, with absolutely no ability to catch the ball beyond 10 yards.
Oh, and in just in case anyone wants to make the case he's too busy blocking to contribute in the pass game. He was 3rd in the league in routes run going into last week game. Not to mention the fact, you don't draft Tight Ends to in the 2nd round to block.
I'll wrap it up here, as none of this is really needed for people that actually pay attention to this guy. Just look and you'll see that he's a total bum of a player. He would have been a bad pick even in the 3rd or 4th. You can get guys like this late in the draft or off the street. Whoever call for or signed off on this pick should be immediately fired,
