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Originally Posted by kccrow
Johnston. I'm a lot higher on him than the pundits.
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Maybe its PTSD but I see more Jon Baldwin than Tee Higgins.
Pros: He's big and has all the athletic traits. He has a nifty spin move after catch that lets him get YAC at the collegiate level. Terrific acceleration and deep speed that shows when the pads are on.
Cons: He doesn't play to his size (fails to high-point balls and waits for the ball to come to him). He struggles with press coverage, lacks the ability to run sharp routes, and has a problem with drops.
Projecting his college game to the pros, I can foresee that NFL corners will absolutely key in on his catch/spin move and that move will lose effectiveness. As a corollary, will the extra thinking he will have to do to adjust this tendency cause additional drops?
Press corners will absolutely get in his chest and, unless something changes in his game, he will be nullified on such plays. I don't feel he is capable of running Reid's route tree without significant coaching.
He will need to be tethered to a juggs machine and coached to high-point the ball rather than waiting until it hits his chest (this seems like something his college coaches should have been working with him on, so not sure why it isn't there.)
Just my opinion on a few videos I have watched on him. What do you see Crow?