Originally Posted by Iconic (Post 16915987)

Had to go dumpster diving to find this tweet from ages ago but see for yourself.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Receiving yards % by route for Jalin Hyatt, JSN, Jordan Addison and Quentin Johnson (2021-22, via PFF) <a href="https://t.co/ZmwXMnSCHe">pic.twitter.com/ZmwXMnSCHe</a></p>&mdash; Austin Gayle (@austingayle_) <a href="https://twitter.com/austingayle_/status/1625967430706274304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 15, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

As I said before, we do not know if it was a “wasn’t asked to do” rather than “can’t do” situation. I get Heupel’s offense ran a bunch of deep choice stuff and Hyatt was forced into running a lot of flys. But with all these unknowns it just remains to be seen why you'd take him when there may be better options without as many question marks. I'm not even opposed to taking him, I just see better value elsewhere personally.

Originally Posted by Iconic (Post 16915987)

Had to go dumpster diving to find this tweet from ages ago but see for yourself.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Receiving yards % by route for Jalin Hyatt, JSN, Jordan Addison and Quentin Johnson (2021-22, via PFF) <a href="https://t.co/ZmwXMnSCHe">pic.twitter.com/ZmwXMnSCHe</a></p>&mdash; Austin Gayle (@austingayle_) <a href="https://twitter.com/austingayle_/status/1625967430706274304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 15, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

As I said before, we do not know if it was a “wasn’t asked to do” rather than “can’t do” situation. I get Heupel’s offense ran a bunch of deep choice stuff and Hyatt was forced into running a lot of flys. But with all these unknowns it just remains to be seen why you'd take him when there may be better options without as many question marks. I'm not even opposed to taking him, I just see better value elsewhere personally.

Originally Posted by kccrow (Post 16916332)

This is meaningless in arguing he can't run other routes. Just because he gets the bulk of his yards on "fly" routes, and that can be vastly misinterpreted at that, it doesn't speak to the volume of routes he ran whatsoever or prove that he can't run other routes effectively. That's what I want.

Originally Posted by Iconic (Post 16916370)

It's not perfect, but it is somewhat indicative. There is also no evidence to suggest he can run other routes effectively, the tape at least to me, does not bare that out and neither do the stats. If he was running comebacks, curls, crossing, etc. routes as good as the go why did he do jack for two years and then suddenly with Heupel’s system change and go spamming, break out? Sure, we could operate on complete assumptions here and assume Hyatt is the second coming of Jerry Rice - that still begs the question of why, statistically, that does not show at all compared to his peers. I'm not a Hyatt hater, but to disregard this entirely is a little naïve.

Originally Posted by The Franchise (Post 16915031)

Haven’t you heard? We’re trading up for a LT.

Originally Posted by kccrow (Post 16916521)

He ran a lot of crossers, overs, drags, and posts. I'm not sure why those would ever come into question. Reid doesn't ask much in terms of comebacks, curls, and hitches, especially from his Z. I don't think I'd start worrying about that much. Again, I've been presented with nothing that speaks to this narrative that he can't run routes. It's largely made up by people assuming all he did was run go routes, and because he didn't run a large volume of possession receiver-style routes. I wouldn't be drafting Hyatt to run curls all day. That doesn't take advantage of his greatest asset which is his speed and acceleration. Reid would never use him that way.