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RashanGary
04-27-2022, 03:24 PM
2010

1st Round
Great Pick - Demaryius Thomas - 9,763 career yards
Great Pick - Dez Bryant - 7,506 career yards

2nd round
Bust - Dexter McCluster - 1,042 career yards
Bust - Arrelious Benn - 990 career yards
Great Pick - Golden Tate - 8,278 career yards

3rd round
Bust - Damian Williams - 1,327 career yards
Good pick - Brandon Lafell - 5,398 career yards
Great pick - Emmanuel Sanders - 9,245 career yards
Bust - Jordan Shipley - 858 career yards
Good Pick - Eric Decker - 5,816 career yards
Good Pick - Andre Roberts - 3,079 career yards
Bust - Armanti Edwards - kick and punt returner
Bust - Taylor Price - 80 career yards

2011

1st round
Great pick - AJ Green - 10,278 career yards
HOF pick - Julio Jones - 13,330 career yards
Bust - Jonathan Baldwin - 607 career yards

2nd round
Bust - Titus Young - 990 career yards
Good pick - Torrey Smith - 5141 career yards
Bad pick - Greg Little - 1,890 career yards
Great pick - Randall Cobb - 7,168 career yards

3rd round
Bust - Austin Pettis - 1,034 career yards
Bust - Leonard Hankerson - 1,408 career yards
Bust - Vincent Brown - 941 career yards
Bust - Jerrel Jernigan - 391 career yards


I'm going to add the other years in below posts

RashanGary
04-27-2022, 03:39 PM
2012

1st round
Bust - Justin Blackmon - 1,280 career yards
OK pick - Michael Floyd - 3,959 career yards
OK pick - Kendall Wright - 3,858 career yards
Bust - AJ Jenkins - 223 career yards

2nd round
Bust - Brian Quick - 1,593 career yards
Bust - Stephen Hill - 594 career yards
Good pick - Alshon Jeffrey - 6,786 career yards
Bust - Ryan Broyles - 420 career yards
Bad pick - Rueben Randle - 2,644 career yards

3rd round
Bust - DeVier Posey - 272 career yards
Good pick - Mohamed Sanu - 4,871 career yards
Great pick - TY Hilton - 9,671 career yards


2013

1st round
Bad pick - Tavon Austin - 2,239 career yards
Great pick - Deandre Hopkins - 10,581 career yards
Good pick - Cordarrelle Patterson - 2,635 career yards with kick return and rushing

2nd round
Bust - Justin Hunter - 1,349 career yards
Great pick - Robert Woods - 7,077 career yards
Bust - Aaron Dobson - 698 career yards

3rd round
OK pick - Terrance Williams - 3,377 career yards
Great pick - Keenan Allen - 8,535 career yards
Bad pick - Marquise Goodwin - 2,636 career yards
Bust - Markus Wheaton - 1,559 career yards
Bust - Sedman Bailey - 843 career yards

RashanGary
04-27-2022, 03:53 PM
2014

1st round
Good pick - Sammy Watkins - 5,059 career yards
Great pick - Mike Evans - 9,301 career yards
Great pick - Odell Beckham Jr - 7,367 career yards
Great pick - Brandin Cooks - 7,917 career yards
Bad pick - Kelvin Benjamin - 3,021 career yards

2nd round
Bad pick - Marqise Lee - 2,184 career yards
OK pick - Jordan Matthews - 3,288 career yards
Bad pick - Paul Richardson - 1,809 career yards
Great pick - Davante Adams - 8,121 career yards
Bust - Cody Latimer - 935 career yards
Great pick - Allen Robinson - 6,409 career yards
Great pick - Jarvis Landry - 7,598 career yards

3rd round
Bust - Josh Huff - 523 career yards
Bad pick - Donte Moncrief - 2,578 career yards
Good pick - John Brown - 4,748 career yards
Bust - Dri Archer - 23 career yards


2015

1st round
Great pick - Amari Cooper - 7,076 career yards
Bust - Kevin White - 323 career yards
Good pick - Devante Parker - 4,727 career yards
Good pick - Nelson Agholor - 3,884 career yards
Bad pick - Breshad Perriman - 2,233 career yards
Bad pick - PHillip Dorsett - 1,744 career yards

2nd round
Bust - Devin Smith - 248 career yards
Bust - Dorial Green-Beckham - 941 career yards

3rd round
Great pick - Tyler Lockett - 6,067 career yards
Bust - Jaelen Strong - 330 career yards
Bad pick - Chris Conley - 2,807 career yards
Bust - Sammie Coates - 528 career yards
Bad pick - Ty Montgomery - 1,104 career yards

RashanGary
04-27-2022, 04:04 PM
2016

1st round
Bust - Corey Coleman - 789 career yards
OK pick - Will Fuller - 3,136 career yards
Bust - Josh Doctson - 1,100 career yards
Bust - Laquon Treadwell - 1,184 career yards

2nd round
Good pick - Sterling Shepard - 3,884 career yards
Great pick - Michael Thomas - 5,950 career yards
Good pick - Tyler Boyd - 4,571 career yards

3rd round
Bust - Braxton Miller - 261 career yards
Bust - Leonte Carroo - 192 career yards


2017

1st round
OK Pick - Corey Davis - 3,343 career yards
OK Pick - Mike Williams - 3,662 career yards
Bust - John Ross - 957 career yards


2nd round
Bad pick - Zay Jones - 1,884 career yards
OK pick - Curtis Samuel - 2,114 career yards
Good pick - Juju Smith-Schuster - 3,855 career yards

3rd round
Great pick - Cooper Kupp - 5,517 career yards
Bust - Taywan Taylor - 697 career yards
Bust - ArDarious Stewart - 82 career yards
Bust Carlos Henderson - 0 career yards
Great pick - Chris Godwin - 4,643 career yards
Good pick - Kenny Golloday - 3,589 career yards
Bust - Chad Williams - 202 career yards
Bust - Amara Darboh - 71 career yards

RashanGary
04-27-2022, 04:16 PM
2018

1st round
Great pick - DJ Moore - 4,313 career yards
Good pick - Calvin Ridley - 3,342 career yards

2nd round
Good pick - Courtland Sutton - 2,658 career yards
Bust - Dante Pettis - 739 career yards
Good pick - Christian Kirk -2,902 career yards
Bad pick - Anthony Miller - 1,589 career yards
Bad pick - James Washington - 1,629 career yards
Good pick - DJ Chark - 2,042 career yards

3rd round
Good pick - Michael Gallup - 2,902 career yards
Bad pick - Trequan Smith - 1,486 career yards


2019

1st round
Good pick - Marquise Brown - 2,361 career yards
Bust - Nkeal Harry - 598 career yards

2nd round
Great pick - Deebo Samuel - 2,598 career yards
Great pick - AJ Brown - 2,995 career yards
Good pick - Mecole Hardman - 1,791 career yards
Bust - JJ Arcega-Whiteside - 290 career yards
Bust - Paris Cambell - 360 career yards
Bust - Andy Isabella - 426 career yards
Great pick - DK Metclalf - 3,170 career yards

3rd round
Great pick - Dionte Johnson - 2,764 career yards
Bust - Jalen Hurt - 0 career yards
Great pick - Terry McClaurin - 3090 career yards
Bust - Miles Boykin - 470 career yards

RashanGary
04-27-2022, 04:59 PM
34 picks in the first round

1 - HOF pick - 3%
9 - Great Picks - 26%
6 - Good picks - 18%
5 - OK picks - 15%
4 - Bad picks - 12%
9 - Busts - 26%


43 picks in the 2nd round

10 - Great picks - 23%
9 - Good picks - 21%
2 - OK picks - 5%
7 - Bad picks - 16%
15 - Busts - 35%


44 picks in the 3rd round

7 - Great picks - 16%
7 - Good picks - 16%
1 - OK pick - 2%
5 - Bad picks - 11%
24 - Busts - 53%

RashanGary
04-27-2022, 05:03 PM
1st round 29% great or better
2nd round 23% great
3rd round 16% great

1st round 47% good or better
2nd round 44% good or better
3rd round 32% good or better

1st round 26% busts
2nd round 35% busts
3rd round 53% busts

RashanGary
04-27-2022, 05:05 PM
You have almost as good of a chance to find a good or better player in the second round as in the first round for receivers. The idea of taking a 1st round receiver because we have to find our guy seems flawed. We're just as likely to get our guy in the 2nd.

RashanGary
04-27-2022, 05:08 PM
My thought on the draft is to sit tight in the first round and take BPA. If its a receiver, great. Otherwise move up in the second to get the guy we really want from the 2nd round.

Jaire
04-27-2022, 05:42 PM
Great Job. Agreed. I didn't know it was so close.

Of course, classes differ from one another: each is unique. This seems a deeper class and one I would wait til the second round (and I happen to like second round receivers better than many in round one.)

RashanGary
04-27-2022, 05:53 PM
I also put this together

RashanGary
04-27-2022, 05:54 PM
Top 21 receiving yards leaders from 2021. I added a few players who were injured in 2021 after the top 10.

Cooper Kupp
Round 3 Pick 5
6'2" 204
4.62 40
31 vert
6.75 3 cone
4.08 shuttle

Justin Jefferson
Round 1 Pick 22
6'1" 202
4.43 40
37.5 vert

Davante Adams
Round 2 Pick 21
6'1" 212
4.56 40
39.5 vert
6.82 3 cone
4.3 shuttle

Ja'Marr Chase (pro day)
Round 1 Pick 5
6'0" 200
4.38 40
41" vert
7.0 3 cone
3.98 shuttle

Deebo Samuel
Round 2 Pick 4
5'11" 214
4.48 40
39" vert
7.03 3 cone
4.14 shuttle

Tyreek Hill (pro day)
Round 5 Pick 26
5'10" 185
4.29 40
40.5" vert
6.53 3 cone
4.06 shuttle

Stefon Diggs
Round 5 Pick 10
6'0"195
4.46 40
35" vert
7.03 3 cone
4.32 shuttle

Tyler Lockett
Round 3 Pick 5
5'10"182
4.40 40
35.5 vert
6.89 3 cone
4.07 shuttle

Diontae Johnson
Round 3 Pick 2
5'10" 183
4.53 40
33.5 vert
7.09 3-cone
4.45 shuttle


DJ Moore
Round 1 Pick 24
6'0" 210
4.42 40
39.5" vert
6.95 3 cone
4.07 shuttle

Kenny Golladay
Round 3 pick 32
6-4 218
4.50 40
35.5 vert
7.0 3 cone
4.15 shuttle

AJ Brown
Round 2 Pick 19
6'0" 226
4.49 40
36.5 vert

Allen Robinson
Round 2 Pick 29
6'2" 220
4.60 40
39" vert
7.00 3 cone
4.00 shuttle

DeAndre Hopkins
Round 1 Pick 27
6'1" 214
4.57 40
36" vert
4.5 shuttle

Calvin Ridley
Round 1 Pick 26
6'1" 189
4.43 40
31" vert
6.88 3 cone
4.41 shuttle

Mike Williams (pro day)
Round 1 Pick 7
6'4" 218
4.54 40
32.5" vert

Keenan Allen
Round 3 Pick 12
6'2" 206

Chris Godwin
Round 3 Pick 20
6'1" 209
4.42 40
36" vert
7.01 3 cone
4.00 shuttle

CeeDee Lamb
Round 1 Pick 17
6'2" 198
4.50 40
34.5" vert

Tee Higgins (pro day)
Round 2 Pick 1
6'4" 216
4.59 40
31" vert
4.53 shuttle

Michael Pittman
Round 2 Pick 2
6'4" 223
4.52 40
36.5" vert
6.96 3 cone
4.14 shuttle

So 10 of the top 21 were taken before pick 6 in the 2nd round.
9 of 21 were taking between pick 6 in the 2nd round through the end of the third round
2 were taken in the 5th round

RashanGary
04-27-2022, 05:59 PM
So 10 of the top 21 were taken before pick 6 in the 2nd round.
9 of 21 were taking between pick 6 in the 2nd round through the end of the third round
2 were taken in the 5th round

This shows that first through early second rounds are the premium spots. The rest of the 2nd and 3rd is still good.

RashanGary
04-27-2022, 06:04 PM
George Pickens, Jahan Dotson, Christian Watson (I dont like because of poor ball skills), Skyy Moore, John Metchie, Jalen Tolbert and Alec Pierce (Im suspicious of because of so/so production) all have something to offer in the 2nd and 3rd rounds.

Jaire
04-27-2022, 06:52 PM
Simms noted that Pierce's production was because of the system. They could have gone to him much more.

Pierce is my top pick for the Packers. It's a no brainer. I agree on Watkins, but he is perfect for MLF's system and also can return.

RashanGary
04-27-2022, 06:59 PM
Simms noted that Pierce's production was because of the system. They could have gone to him much more.

Pierce is my top pick for the Packers. It's a no brainer. I agree on Watkins, but he is perfect for MLF's system and also can return.

My guy is Jahan Dotson. It looks so easy for him, going and getting the ball. Hes as natural of a pass catcher as youll find. A little small. But man, I cant see him failing. Hes smart and super skilled. Hes gonna be a player.

RashanGary
04-27-2022, 07:26 PM
I added the most productive year at college to each of these guys

Top 21 receiving yards leaders from 2021. I added a few players who were injured in 2021 after the top 10.

Cooper Kupp
Round 3 Pick 5
1,700 yards

Justin Jefferson
Round 1 Pick 22
1,540 yards

Davante Adams
Round 2 Pick 21
1,719 yards

Ja'Marr Chase (pro day)
Round 1 Pick 5
1,780 yards

Deebo Samuel
Round 2 Pick 4
882 yards

Tyreek Hill (pro day)
Round 5 Pick 26
281 yards

Stefon Diggs
Round 5 Pick 10
848 yards

Tyler Lockett
Round 3 Pick 5
1,515 yards


Diontae Johnson
Round 3 Pick 2
1,278 yards


DJ Moore
Round 1 Pick 24
1,033 yards

Kenny Golladay
Round 3 pick 32
1,156 yards

AJ Brown
Round 2 Pick 19
1,320 yards

Allen Robinson
Round 2 Pick 29
1,432 yards

DeAndre Hopkins
Round 1 Pick 27
1,405 yards

Calvin Ridley
Round 1 Pick 26
1,045 yards

Mike Williams (pro day)
Round 1 Pick 7
1,361 yards

Keenan Allen
Round 3 Pick 12
1,343 yards

Chris Godwin
Round 3 Pick 20
1,101 yards

CeeDee Lamb
Round 1 Pick 17
1,327 yards

Tee Higgins (pro day)
Round 2 Pick 1
1,167 yards

Michael Pittman
Round 2 Pick 2
1,275 yards



3 out of 21 did not go for 1,000 yards in college. By and large these were all dominant college players who came to the NFL. Alec Pierce's lack of production is a huge concern. If he was that good, his QB would have been getting him the ball. Facts. And his QB is a second round draft pick. No excuses.

HarveyWallbangers
04-27-2022, 07:34 PM
When we draft Watson, I'm going to bump this. :)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmDRs1LbrlU

HarveyWallbangers
04-27-2022, 07:36 PM
I'm a homer on Watson. He's a great kid and hard worker. My daughter got his autograph (plus Trey Lance and Cordell Volson) this past weekend. During the Bison ring ceremony on Saturday, there was a tornado warning, so the players and some of us fans were all huddled together in the basement of the Fargodome for about 30 minutes. I got to talk to Watson and Phoenix Sproles (Darren's cousin). Really great kids. I told him Green Bay would be a great fit for him.

I think some of the things being said about him aren't actually fair or true. His hands aren't great, but they aren't nearly as bad as people make them out to be. This isn't MVS. 2 drops on 58 targets (43 receptions) his senior year. He eliminated the concentration drops. His depth of target is crazy, and he didn't get the luxury of screens and crossers to pad his catch rate stats. I don't think he'll ever have good ball skills, but it's not as important for players like him. MVS would have been fine with better hands and better ball tracking ability. Watson has ball tracking ability in spades.

https://steelersdepot.com/2022/02/contextualization-of-wr-christian-watsons-2021-pass-targets-at-ndsu/

RashanGary
04-27-2022, 07:37 PM
If there is 1 player who checks every box that the elite NFL players check, it's Jalen Tolbert.

6'1" (He's in the perfect height range)
194lbs (He's just on the lower edge of being in the perfect weight range)
4.49 40 (He ran right in the range of great NFL players)
7.08 (He's right on the edge)
36" vert (He's well in the range)
Elite college production
Great senior bowl


Jalen Tolbert is the sleeper in this draft, not Alec Pierce

HarveyWallbangers
04-27-2022, 07:41 PM
I like Tolbert, but he's a small college kid who looked pretty ordinary at the Senior Bowl with a step up in competition. He had a hard time getting off CBs. I like him, but he has his warts. I would be okay settling on him.

Calvin Austin and Christian Watson were the two best at getting separation at the Senior Bowl. Watson was voted top WR by opposing DBs.

One CB who gave the WRs a real hard time at the Senior Bowl was Tariq Castro-Fields.

HarveyWallbangers
04-27-2022, 07:42 PM
Check out the 5:55 mark of that Watson video above for why MLF is going to like Watson. I think he and Alec Pierce are the best at it in the draft. Pickens can be, but isn't always motivated.

Deputy Nutz
04-27-2022, 07:48 PM
I'm a homer on Watson. He's a great kid and hard worker. My daughter got his autograph (plus Trey Lance and Cordell Volson) this past weekend. During the Bison ring ceremony on Saturday, there was a tornado warning, so the players and some of us fans were all huddled together in the basement of the Fargodome for about 30 minutes. I got to talk to Watson and Phoenix Sproles (Darren's cousin). Really great kids. I told him Green Bay would be a great fit for him.

I think some of the things being said about him aren't actually fair or true. His hands aren't great, but they aren't nearly as bad as people make them out to be. This isn't MVS. 2 drops on 58 targets (43 receptions) his senior year. He eliminated the concentration drops. His depth of target is crazy, and he didn't get the luxury of screens and crossers to pad his catch rate stats. I don't think he'll ever have good ball skills, but it's not as important for players like him. MVS would have been fine with better hands and better ball tracking ability. Watson has ball tracking ability in spades.

https://steelersdepot.com/2022/02/contextualization-of-wr-christian-watsons-2021-pass-targets-at-ndsu/

We had a kid go to NDSU to play football last year and unfortunately he didn't make it out of camp, and came home. Great kid who always did everything right, but he was with the big boys and I think it was a struggle for him and he came to realization that he was done with football. I hold the program in very high regard. I consider NDSU at top 15-20 program nationally. I have listened to their coaching staff on both sides of the ball speak at clinics and they are very knowledgeable and are one of the most in demand staffs at clinics nation wide. I would assume any draft prospect from NDSU has had the best coaching and is ready for the next step

RashanGary
04-27-2022, 07:50 PM
I heard Tolbert had a good senior bowl. Only problem I've read is focus drops.

HarveyWallbangers
04-27-2022, 07:59 PM
I heard Tolbert had a good senior bowl. Only problem I've read is focus drops.

I watched all of Senior Bowl practices and the game. I would say he was solid. He didn't do anything to hurt or help his stock, but he wasn't anywhere near as good as Watson. A guy like Calvin Austin is going to look better than a guy like Jalen Tolbert in those settings, so I don't fault him too much. That's what makes Watson's week so impressive. He's 6'4", but he's twitched up.

I'll take Pierce's Jordy Nelson to Tolbert's Michael Gallup. :)

RashanGary
04-27-2022, 08:05 PM
I watched all of Senior Bowl practices and the game. I would say he was solid. He didn't do anything to hurt or help his stock, but he wasn't anywhere near as good as Watson. A guy like Calvin Austin is going to look better than a guy like Jalen Tolbert in those settings, so I don't fault him too much. That's what makes Watson's week so impressive. He's 6'4", but he's twitched up.

He has a hesitation and uncertainty going after the ball. Watch Dotson go get the ball and then Watson. It's night and day. One is natural and the other is clumsy. I could see a Will Fuller like trajectory for Watson. I don't doubt that Watson looks like the best player running routes and after the catch. But actually catching it. I'm not a fan.

RashanGary
04-27-2022, 08:14 PM
Watson's low production in college is a big red flag too. Only 3 of 21 of the top receiving yards leaders didn't go over 1,000 in college. Big red flag.

HarveyWallbangers
04-27-2022, 08:36 PM
Watson's low production in college is a big red flag too. Only 3 of 21 of the top receiving yards leaders didn't go over 1,000 in college. Big red flag.

Did you watch that video? NDSU ran the ball 70% of the time--which is certainly unique. They basically threw it 1/2 as many times as the other WRs teams, so his 800+ yards is like 1600+ yards. Per Cheesehead TV: Watson and Jameson Williams ran almost the exact same pass routes (meaning routes where a team threw the ball) in college--which is crazy. Watson was more productive, had better career stats. That video explains the "lack of production". You can blame the NDSU offense entirely for that. Their second leading WR had 250 yards receiving last year. They threw the ball around 250 times last year and had 2200 yards passing.

RashanGary
04-27-2022, 08:43 PM
Did you watch that video? NDSU ran the ball 70% of the time--which is certainly unique. They basically threw it 1/2 as many times as the other WRs teams, so his 800+ yards is like 1600+ yards. Per Cheesehead TV: Watson and Jameson Williams ran almost the exact same pass routes (meaning routes where a team threw the ball) in college--which is crazy. Watson was more productive, had better career stats. That video explains the "lack of production". You can blame the NDSU offense entirely for that. Their second leading WR had 250 yards receiving last year. They threw the ball around 250 times last year and had 2200 yards passing.

Fair enough. That makes sense.

Alec Pierce is definitely a red flag. A second round pick for a QB and only 880 yards. The next guy had 550. Not good.

HarveyWallbangers
04-27-2022, 08:50 PM
Fair enough. That makes sense.

Alec Pierce is definitely a red flag. A second round pick for a QB and only 880 yards. The next guy had 550. Not good.

I don't think Javon Walker had 1000 yards in his college career. Circumstances. Pierce was open a lot more than he got the ball--that's for sure. Ridder also had a tendency to overthrow him on deep shots. I watched a lot of Cincinnati film (Ridder, Pierce, Jerome Ford). It's why I'm not real high on Ridder. He has accuracy issues.

To be honest though, a lot of the success these guys have in the NFL will be on the team they go to and the scheme fit. I think Watson, Pickens, Pierce, and Tolbert would all do well with the Packers. Pierce is certainly more talented than Lazard, and he's a great blocker. Watson is certainly more talented than MVS, and he's a great blocker. I'd be very happy if we could get two studs at other positions in the first round (DT Travis Jones and S Daxton Hill, for example)--yet still get 2 of those 4 guys OR one of those guys and Trey McBride. I have a feeling we'll get one, but only one, of those guys.

RashanGary
04-27-2022, 09:08 PM
I watched the Christian Watson video. He definitely has the most upside in this draft. His movement skills for his size are off the charts. He moves like hes 6-1.

Hes going to take a little bit to develop with the limited route tree from college.

Hell probably always have concentration drops.

But his upside is off the charts. The Packers like to draft for upside over polish. Hes definitely a Packer type pick.

HarveyWallbangers
04-27-2022, 09:20 PM
I wish we could trade down and get him, but I suspect KC has a lot of interest in him too. They like their athletic freaks (Tyreek, Mecole Hardman). Rumors are KC is looking to move up, probably past us. Watson is going to be this year's Brandon Aiyuk for me. :)

Of those 21 guys you listed, only 4 are under 195 pounds (none under 180 pounds). Tyreek is an athletic freak. Built like a fire hydrant, runs like the wind. The others are Tyler Lockett, Calvin Ridley, and Diontae Johnson. Lockett and Ridley are low 4.4s with good 3 cone. Johnson is the big outlier with his size and average testing. Lockett has a bit more speed, burst, and agility in testing than Dotson--but it's close and I see Dotson as a similar player.

Jaire
04-27-2022, 09:39 PM
I see Watson as a the best MLF fit (with special teams plus). Pierce as the best Aaron Rodgers fit, and more affordable: they could get him at the top of round two. The only two guys I watched interviews on: they fit the GB character profile imo. If they were to move down I could see them getting both.

I haven't watched Tolbert and like Pickens a lot.

Packers had Pickens and Watkins in for team interview. Pierce, they don't need too: MLF is friends with his OC in Cincinnati.

Joemailman
04-27-2022, 09:56 PM
Fair enough. That makes sense.

Alec Pierce is definitely a red flag. A second round pick for a QB and only 880 yards. The next guy had 550. Not good.

Cincinnati ran the ball a lot. More than they threw it. And they spread the ball around when they threw it. Had 8 guys with 200 or more receiving yards.

HarveyWallbangers
04-27-2022, 10:33 PM
I read an article on Watson in a Tampa newspaper. Apparently, as a junior in high school during the recruiting cycle, he was 6'0" 170 and ran a 4.7 40--which explains no offers. He had a huge growth spurt as a senior. He was 6'3" 195 by the end of his senior year. NDSU has connections around the country. They tend to get lineman from the upper midwest and their skill position players from Florida, Texas, and Georgia. Watson's high school coach told NDSU that they had a guy who would be playing on Sundays. NDSU offered. He later got interest from other colleges, but Watson stuck to his original commit. Similar story to Trey Lance. Once NDSU offered Lance a spot to play QB (he had previously got offers from Big 10 schools to play LB or S), Boise State came in and offered a spot as a QB. Trey's brother, Bryce, is a WR on NDSU. That is why he was back in Fargo and how my daughter got his autograph (again).

Bretsky
04-28-2022, 12:10 AM
Let's get Dotson AND Watson and all have a party !!!!!!!!!! I'd be happy with those two !!!

texaspackerbacker
04-28-2022, 07:18 AM
I read a thing that Olave praised Aaron Rodgers as the greatest ever and said everybody would want to play with him - that shows the guy is smart on a couple of levels hahahaha. My ideal first round would be tp get both Olave and Watson. Yeah, two WRs in the first round - we just don't have any other pressing needs, and any other positions can be addressed in the second and lower.

SudsMcBucky
04-28-2022, 09:38 AM
Although there's NO WAY I'm going to do this, I'd love to see who the QB's that were on the teams of the GREAT PICKS and BUSTS and the correlation.

Joemailman
04-28-2022, 10:38 AM
Although there's NO WAY I'm going to do this, I'd love to see who the QB's that were on the teams of the GREAT PICKS and BUSTS and the correlation.

I was king of thinking the same thing. Are Driver, Jennings, Jordy etc. as good if drafted by Jets or Jags? And maybe teams like the Packers who have had great QB's don't draft WR's in the 1st round because they feel they don't need to.

run pMc
04-28-2022, 11:24 AM
I think a great QB can make an ok WR good and a good WR great, but you're a bad WR there's not much of a future for you.

Freak Out
04-28-2022, 11:43 AM
When we draft Watson, I'm going to bump this. :)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmDRs1LbrlU

Move up to draft him if need be.

Joemailman
04-28-2022, 12:20 PM
Move up to draft him if need be.

Might need to, because I think the Chiefs might want him too.

HarveyWallbangers
04-28-2022, 12:30 PM
I was listening to a Brett Kollman podcast, and he said rumors are the Saints may be interested in him at #19. :(

Might not be the worst thing--since it would drop another WR down to us. However, a run on WRs in round 1 might be a bad thing if we are looking to snag one in round 2.