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Top 10 WR in this year's draft

Ricky Spanish

By Ricky Spanish,
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Brandon LaFell

We need to replace Moose, and he's the best blocking receiver in the draft. Did you notice that in his highlights there's actually blocks he's throwing? He's not a burner, but he's physical, has played for a big time program, runs good routes, has soft hands, and BLOCKS.

If he drops to our pick, he'll be a day one starter.

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Brandon LaFell

We need to replace Moose, and he's the best blocking receiver in the draft. Did you notice that in his highlights there's actually blocks he's throwing? He's not a burner, but he's physical, has played for a big time program, runs good routes, has soft hands, and BLOCKS.

If he drops to our pick, he'll be a day one starter.

LaFell's also known for being immature and lazy. One thing that has been quite an obvious trend in our drafting for the past few years is that we do not want to risk early picks on players with bad intangibles.

While I'm here I might as well put my 2c on the rest of the WR's.

Bryant: Fantastic, he's my no.1 pick. He has all the tools to be a great receiver but more than anything he REALLY loves the game. That will carry him through the tough spots in his career.

Arrelious Benn: Yeah, he's just not productive enough. If you look at the top WR's today such as Jennings, Fitz, Andre Johnson etc. they have all been productive in their college days, at least when they were healthy. Sorry, but this is a bottom line to me.

Tate: I like him, but I don't love him. He really is a Smitty clone. He's fast, agile, competes for the ball etc. I would wish that he was smarter though. I think a lot of the top receivers in today's game strive from their football knowledge, knowing how to read coverages, run routes and get open. You get a lot more open from that than running a 4.3. He was productive too, which is a big thing for me. I would like to draft him, but I do like other guys better.

Damian Williams: USC wide receiver :rolleyes:. The reason they don't usually work out is because they have this cockiness to them and when they're suddenly not the best or even average any more, they get completely lost and lose their confidence. I've had the chance to watch this guy talk a bit on the college skills challenge. He fit the bill.

Demaryius Thomas: Not much really, nothing really stood out to me. Decent physically, nothing impressed me with his routes though. He didn't really get any separation either, and that's just from college film. I would hate to think what would happen in the NFL.

Mardy Gilyard: Sorry for all the Gilyard fans out there, but this guy just did not impress me at all. He does have a talent in the YAC category and he is a smooth athlete, but that's it. He doesn't have the top end speed to go with that, he is undersized and that definitely showed during the skills challenge. He almost looked winded after running through those sandbags. Most importantly, he couldn't locate the football and dropped quite a few passes. Argh. Next.

Dezmon Briscoe: I was impressed. He locates the ball very well, makes all the difficult catches, has enough speed to get separation and the odd long TD, tough, ran some nice routes and was probably the most productive WR of them all... I really like him. I would like to hear some more about his character, just because I haven't heard anything good or bad on him, but right now, he's in my top 3.

Jordan Shipley: I love this guy. Aggressive to the ball, runs some very good routes, understands the mental part of the game, both in knowledge and in determination, fast and strong enough, productive and played in a successful program. If we get to pick this guy up with our second rounder, I think we should pull the trigger right away.

So in review, right now my rankings are:

1. Bryant

2. Shipley

3. Briscoe

4. Tate

Then everyone else. I know this looks miles away from the Mel Kiper or Mike Mayock big board, but in all honesty, I don't care :P. Just my 2c guys.

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a lot of the mock drafts i've been reading have us taking andre roberts in the later rounds. he is pretty beastly in his videos. i'd be ok with that I spose.

After viewing all of the videos, I'd say that briscoe impressed me the most. shipley impressed me with his technique, he just looked like a solid receiver all around. LaFell is a guy i've been big on, simply due to the fact that he is projected to go around when we have our second pick. however, if briscoe is there, take him instead. If he isn't, then I say it's a toss up between LaFell and shipley. in the even later rounds, if we still don't have a receiver, I say we go after andre roberts, the citadel kid.

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Anyone else on the Golden Tate bandwagon? I've got to admit, I think he has actually become quite underrated. I think he's the most complete WR out there, although I do think Dez Bryant is crazy good.

Ditto been on it for a couple of months. I would rather have the much cheaper Tate then pay out the a$$ for Bryant. Tate is going to light this league up.

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LaFell's also known for being immature and lazy. One thing that has been quite an obvious trend in our drafting for the past few years is that we do not want to risk early picks on players with bad intangibles.
Are you Scott Wright or something? Because he's the only scout I can find who questions LaFell's work ethic. The rest think he's pretty good, and a very solid pro prospect. His numbers have never been great, but LSU is a run-first team and he caught one out of every four passes they completed. He was consistent, reliable, and he's a playmaker. He's also a high-character guy.

You're not going to find a sure-thing receiver outside the first round, everyone's got questions. LaFell will never be a number one receiver, but he's got a solid career as a good run-blocking possession receiver written all over him. For as long as we run our basic Erhardt-Perkins offensive scheme, receivers like LaFell will be a perfect fit.

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