Brandon LaFell

[Killa Cam 69]

Oh wee mayne !! But for real he looked nice today.. Beyond excited for Thursday!!

[KendrickPanther]

Calm the F down it's going to be ok. We will get through this.

[L-TownCat]

From Wikipedia:

I'll just leave this here since you don't seem to have a very good grasp of how football works...

WR =/= Speed

WR = Speed+Size+Hands+Route Running+Blocking+Heart

LaFell may not have great speed (+0), but he has very good size (+1), hands(+1) and blocking(+1). His route running is also pretty good and still improving(+.5). Heart is, to a degree, an unknown. He has never been asked to carry a team on his back, but he has consistently come up clutch on big 3rd downs(+0).

Right now #11 pulls a 3.5/6 with room to improve...

Smitty is well on his way to a golden jacket with a 5/6.

Why some insist on dismissing LaFell simply because he doesn't run a 4.4 is beyond me.

If not for being on an iPhone, pie, you would get it all.

[Davidson Deac II]

Lafell looked great today but he's still slow as hell! They have found some routes he runs well and it work but you don't see him running down the sideline past people.

He is as fast as several current and previous NFL receivers, such as Ricky Proehl, Wes Welker, Keyshawn Johnson, and Moose. Speed is a great asset, but there are other things that are just as important, if not moreso.

[MasterAwesome]

I don't understand the point of that Wikipedia excerpt...but yeah, there are a ton of effective WRs in the NFL that lack speed. I thought LaFell looked pretty damn fast on that run play though. Pretty agile too...pretty sure I saw a juke in there somewhere.

[frash.exe]

Told you guys LaFell was good for a 1,000 yard receiving effort this year

he's on pace for 1,240 and 8 touchdowns

[panthers34]

I told everyone that Plaxico isn't better than Lafell and thank god Lafell backed me up

[philw5289]

why does he go by Jo Jo lol?

[Steven Smiff]

Who called him LaFail?

[Fox007]

Great day for LaFell looks like he is going to be a very solid #2 for years to come. As for our future #1 how likely is it we dish out some bucks to get Greg Jennings an have smitty in the slot.

We could also get Watkins or Hopkins from Clemson when the time comes.

I would love to get Jennings though, that would be epic.

[natty]

You can knock his speed all you want but someone who has run a 90+ yard touchdown has adequate speed for the NFL.

[Fox007]

Whether its this draft or the next I think Sammy Watkins will be the first WR off the board, so I doubt we could get him. Would love to have though

Where would we be without wishful thinking?

[LinvilleGorge]

You can knock his speed all you want but someone who has run a 90+ yard touchdown has adequate speed for the NFL.

He's every bit as fast as Moose was. Plenty fast enough considering his physicality.

[Fox007]

He's every bit as fast as Moose was. Plenty fast enough considering his physicality.

He is also basically the same size as Moose. His blocking ability is very good.