Wide receivers are the cause for a ton of NFL Draft volatility, so what should you watch for when scouting these pass catchers?
Let's talk about a WR's ability to blockto find consensus on. There is so much variety and difference across the board at this position. This makes it difficult to understand what to look for when scouting them for analysts.
I'm a big believer, firm believer in traits over production. That's at the core of my scouting and what I think a lot of NFL teams, how they view this, and that's not the same thing as saying stats don't matter, of course they do. I want guys that were productive in college and there's different, not all production is created equal, put it that way. And I think that's important to factor in as well.
And so being able to be sudden and have the quickness needed to snap off the route, but also having the understanding of depth and pacing to understand when to do it and how to set up the defensive back. And so that's the route awareness part. And some guys, the best of the best have both. Some guys lean one over the other.
A guy like DK Metcalf at Ole Miss was not running this advanced route tree. And, you know, that was one of the reasons he fell to the end of the second round was, okay, he's just, he's big, strong, going to run on a straight line. But obviously, he's been more than that.
So there's so many, we mentioned Garrett Wilson earlier. He was a guy that, there were times where he was unable to get that separation because he's okay with winning in contested roles because he feels like he can do it. So he didn't always feel the need like, oh, I have to separate from this guy. If my quarterback throws it up, I'm going to come down with it.
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