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Originally Posted by RunKC
I don't get you Sac. You hate on Avery for dropping passes and want to upgrade with another guy that drops passes?
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Avery is 5'11", 185 lbs. and can't/won't run inside routes. I can't remember Avery blocking anyone.
Moncrief is 6'3", 225 lbs., is just as fast, is a very good route runner and is only 20 years old. He also will block a dude into the ground.
Yeah, I hate on Avery dropping passes. I also hate on passing on a guy with as much upside as any receiver in this past draft.
And Moncrief's drops are more due to lapses in concentration than they are stone hands like what Avery has.
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Outside the numbers, there aren't many receivers as dangerous with the football in the air. With the way Moncrief can go up and get the football, he extends his catching radius. Furthermore, explosiveness was on full display against a talented Horns secondary in 2012, but to be a complete receiver at the next level, he's got to make more plays across the middle of the field.
Against LSU in 2012, he was matched up for most of the day with CB Tharold Simon. Consequently, Moncrief abused him all over the field. But, Simon wasn't alone. Moncrief's ability to dominate the space between the numbers and the sideline was evident throughout the game. Whether it was on stutter and go routes, slants or fades down the sideline, he couldn't be stopped. About the only aspect of the passing game in which Moncrief doesn't excel is in short catch-and-run situations. He has great speed out in space, but doesn't have the wiggle to get himself free after the catch.
Prior to playing Mississippi State in 2012, the MSU secondary members ran their mouths. A lot. That didn't sit well with Moncrief and he made two future NFL Draft picks pay in a big way. Whether MSU played man or zone, Moncrief whipped every DB he faced. They got turned around in man coverage when he beat them on slant routes all night long. The inability to cover Moncrief may have cost MSU the Egg Bowl. Furthermore, Moncrief didn't have any lapses in concentration as he did against LSU in key spots.
In 2013, Moncrief saw nearly every defense's best cover man and shared the limelight with true freshman star Laquon Treadwell. Regardless, if an NFL team craves big play ability, Moncrief must to be near the top of that team's wish list.
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• Excellent route runner - sells deeper routes even on speed turn
• Against smaller corners he'll dominate them stalk blocking
• As good a deep threat as there is in the game
• Adjusts to the ball extremely well downfield, acrobatic
• Uses body to shield defensive back from the ball on hitch or quick throw
• Stutter and go footwork is brilliant - double move is exquisite for young receiver
• Glue sticks for hands - when ball is out away from his body, he snatches ball
• Body control, gets DBs on his hip, it's over
• Strength keeps DBs from impacting route or ability to make catch.
• DBs won't break up pass if he gets you on his hip, which he does well
• Beats DBs inside WHEN THEY HAVE INSIDE LEVERAGE - uncanny
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This guy with Andrew Luck is going to be absolutely devastating and Smith would have loved this guy.
I'm calling it right now - we ****ed that pick up big time.