Is Coker WR1?

[Joe Bear]

4 catches for 110 yards by a UDFA in his first game in more than a month is far more than "playing well." I swear a guy could put up 9 catches for 215 yards, 3 TDs and this board would say "he played decent but he's still not that good". It's OK to admit we have a star WR in the making.

[hepcat]

He's going to be a part of the team for the foreseeable future that's all I gotta say. Steal as an UDFA. 

[csx]

37 minutes ago, KSpan said:

Which changes nothing about Carolina's inability to extend this season as was suggested and makes that window actually even longer than 2 years.

I think the main question is why on earth would you want to extend so far before you need to

[t96]

He reminds me of Victor Cruz a bit. Yes he’s our best WR

[csx]

Hes likely our best young receiver. He's not better than Thielen. 

[ProcessBlue2]

I think he can be a good WR. I wouldn't exactly make him my #1 plan in 2025 though. 

[OldhamA]

7 hours ago, lightsout said:

We still don't know what we have in Coker. He played well today and has shown flashes this season in limited time. Looks like a ball player, but how will he perform when he starts getting different coverages? Is he an X? Is he a slot? Can he learn all 3 spots? There's a lot of unknowns there.

 

XL is young as well. We poo on him here because of his drops, sure, but the kid COULD develop. Give him time.

Coker is our most exciting receiver by far, but Philly Brown was exciting too. Where is he now? At home after doing nothing after his time here ended.

Brown looked nothing like this.

You can see Coker has excellent hands, runs good routes and has body control. He LOOKS like an NFL WR. 

[OldhamA]

7 hours ago, Shocker said:

This Coker guy has 17 catches and 1 TD.  Yeah, no one overacting here

21 catches, 373 yards, 2 TDs in 8 games with a washed up QB and a dogshit QB throwing him the ball. 

[t96]

3 hours ago, OldhamA said:

21 catches, 373 yards, 2 TDs in 8 games with a washed up QB and a dogshit QB throwing him the ball. 

And half those games as the #4/5 WR

[NAS]

8 hours ago, t96 said:

He reminds me of Victor Cruz a bit. Yes he’s our best WR

Good comparison 

[mav1234]

11 hours ago, Joe Bear said:

4 catches for 110 yards by a UDFA in his first game in more than a month is far more than "playing well." I swear a guy could put up 9 catches for 215 yards, 3 TDs and this board would say "he played decent but he's still not that good". It's OK to admit we have a star WR in the making.

He's promising, but almost all those yards came on a broken coverage. He did look open other times but Bryce couldn't get him the ball, however we'll have to see from the all22 how it went.

I'm excited about what he brings to us and I'm not ready to say what his ceiling is yet, but I'm also not ready to go with a star in the making. It's good we have more games to evaluate him with.

If he was really that guy, we wouldn't be needing to draft a receiver early this coming draft or go big in FA . But as of today we still need to.

[Tr3ach]

He is our #1,  but it's based on our lack of talent and the awful makeup of our wr group.  He has been a pleasant surprise and definitely happy with him, but on a decent team he wouldn't be the #1.  

[Joe Bear]

1 hour ago, mav1234 said:

He's promising, but almost all those yards came on a broken coverage. He did look open other times but Bryce couldn't get him the ball, however we'll have to see from the all22 how it went.

I'm excited about what he brings to us and I'm not ready to say what his ceiling is yet, but I'm also not ready to go with a star in the making. It's good we have more games to evaluate him with.

If he was really that guy, we wouldn't be needing to draft a receiver early this coming draft or go big in FA . But as of today we still need to.

 

Part of his ability is to create a broken coverage -- most every catch on this team is contested, year-in and year-out. So his hands, route-running savvy and overall talent equate to a star in the making. Also, I would far rather go QB, DL or trade down than pick yet another WR early.

[Joe Bear]

1 hour ago, NAS said:

Good comparison 

That's also the comparison I had in mind. Definitely Victor Cruz vibes. He's second in the league among rookies in YPC and, despite missing half the season, is 11th in yards.