2014 NFL Combine - Players - The WRs

[OldSchool]

Hmm . . . didn't know that he didn't start playing organized football until Junior Year in HS. Gosh damn I wish we had multiple picks in the top 2 rounds.

[OldSchool]

Those are some great wheels.

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by OldSchool

Those are some great wheels.

I agree. Missouri FS Braylon Webb does an excellent job of catching Latimer from behind and making a touchdown saving tackle.

Personally, I don't think Latimer fits well with the Chiefs offensive system.

When watching him, the first word that came to my mind was "stiff." He's not very fluid on his breaks (and really doesn't make many breaks anyway as the Hoosier seemed to use him exclusively on deep and fade corner routes because of this). He doesn't create very good separation off the line and doesn't have very good open field agility.

Single speed receiver that doesn't seem to have a great feel for the game.

I think he's getting overvalued because of his strength/straight line speed combination. Teams are looking at his base parameters, his basketball first background and thinking that they can coach him up.

He doesn't have the explosiveness of guys like Watkins, Beckham, Moncrief or Cooks and he doesn't have the instincts/naturalness of a Matthews or Robinson.

I'd easily take Clemson's Martavis Bryant over him. (Yet another guy running a Combine official 4.42 with a 39" vertical at 6'4", 211 lbs. - Jesus this draft is ****ing absolutely loaded with WR's.)

I think that Latimer going to be overdrafted by someone.

[ForeverChiefs58]

Gil Brandt of NFL.com, reports Florida State WR Kelvin Benjamin recently blew off a private workout with an NFL coach who had made a special trip to work him out...Benjamins excuse was that he was too tired.

[kccrow]

Originally Posted by ForeverChiefs58

Gil Brandt of NFL.com, reports Florida State WR Kelvin Benjamin recently blew off a private workout with an NFL coach who had made a special trip to work him out...Benjamins excuse was that he was too tired.

I've felt he's been overrated by at least 3 rounds through the entire process. He's not very good. He's tall, big whoop. Lot's of tall guys have failed, ask Mr. Baldwin. I don't think Benjamin is as good as Baldwin was coming out, which makes it even more laughable that draft people consider him a 1st round talent.

[OldSchool]

Originally Posted by kccrow

I've felt he's been overrated by at least 3 rounds through the entire process. He's not very good. He's tall, big whoop. Lot's of tall guys have failed, ask Mr. Baldwin. I don't think Benjamin is as good as Baldwin was coming out, which makes it even more laughable that draft people consider him a 1st round talent.

I think Coleman is every bit as good as Benjamin and he could probably be had in the 4th.

[planetdoc]

Mort on ESPN's best show (NFL Insiders): Andy Reid likes Brandin Cooks; GM John Dorsey likes bigger WRs. No 2nd rd pick. Tough spot for KC

http://www.arrowheadpride.com/2014/5...hiefs-at-no-23

[jd1020]

We got another GM that wont listen to his coach?

[planetdoc]

Originally Posted by jd1020

We got another GM that wont listen to his coach?

I think Dorsey is correct on this. The majority of the top wr in the nfl are tall. They can vetically seperate and contest for balls.

I dont think its a simple as size, but likely has to do with explosive ability (the ability to move a lot of weight quickly).

[jd1020]

Originally Posted by planetdoc

I think Dorsey is correct on this. The majority of the top wr in the nfl are tall. They can vetically seperate and contest for balls.

I dont think its a simple as size, but likely has to do with explosive ability (the ability to move a lot of weight quickly).

I'm not sold on Cooks becoming the next Steve Smith, but **** this noise about size. Plenty of smaller guys that make it work.

[OldSchool]

Originally Posted by jd1020

I'm not sold on Cooks becoming the next Steve Smith, but **** this noise about size. Plenty of smaller guys that make it work.

Make it work, sure, if that's all you're looking for in a WR. If you want guys who just "make it work", take them in the 3rd or later rounds, not the 1st or second. That should be reserved for guys who can dominate at all areas of the field.

[planetdoc]

The Big Promise of Brandin Cooks
(highlights of a puff piece)

The smallest man in this year’s NFL draft just might be the most talented

There are other guys you watch where there are segments of the field they just aren’t going to be able to live in,” says NFL Network draft analyst and former pro scout Daniel Jeremiah. “The entire field is open to this guy. Courage is not a problem.” Cooks says his ideal NFL comparison is Steve Smith, an outside-the-numbers jump-ball winner undeterred by stature. He relishes traffic. He also happens to be the fastest receiver in this draft. Kiper has called him an “oh-so-slightly more athletic version of Tavon Austin,” who went eighth overall a year ago.

Winning the 40 was the combine triumph everyone knows about, but Cooks piled up smaller victories throughout his time in Indianapolis. “I’ve talked to different teams that interviewed him, and they were just blown away by how football smart he was,” Jeremiah says. At Oregon State’s pro day, Brennan heard the same reviews. Five different teams said he was the best interview they’d had.

[OldSchool]

Originally Posted by planetdoc

The Big Promise of Brandin Cooks
(highlights of a puff piece)

So he's going to be gone before our pick? Eh.

[Ragged Robin]

Well then.. that was disappointing

[OldSchool]

The greatest and deepest WR draft class in the last 10 years and we don't take one.