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Originally Posted by kcbubb
DJ can you explain how Austin is better than Watson? I need more detail. I’m not seeing that.
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Because when people want to talk about Watson's athleticism, what they really mean is that he's shockingly athletic for someone that TALL.
Because if you want to talk about athleticism, Austin beats him literally across the board.
40: 4.36 vs. 4.32 -- Austin
3-cone: 6.96 vs. 6.65 -- Austin
Shuttle: 4.19 vs. 4.07 -- Austin
Watson is a great athlete, but a generational one? He's not even the best athlete in this
class. He's just a very rare sort of athlete for someone as tall as he is.
And I don't care that much about his height. Not in a WCO w/ a QB that can challenge every blade of grass on the field.
Moreover, Austin is hard as a coffin nail. He's tough as ****. He wasn't some undersized slot WR out there looking to avoid contact. He was playing wide, getting off presses, working the middle and attacking the boundaries. To my eyes he is a FAR more dynamic player. He also looks more polished as an actual WR to me - very natural in his movements when he cuts or when he goes after the ball. And because of his build and stature, he's actually REALLY hard to knock off his route. If you get him off stride it just doesn't matter because he foot-fires right back into line.
He's just short. And yeah, that's unfortunate, but when you have a smart offensive staff and an elite QB, not to mention guys like Kelce, JJSS and MVS who can occupy the larger DBs on the defense anyway, you can find a LOT of space for Austin to work in. And if you get him in space, the defense is just completely boned. The way he gets to speed with those incredibly fast feet just make him impossible to isolate and keeps all those easy money sideways short pitch and catches in the playbook. I just don't see that with Watson.