Official Davente Adams Thread

[Brandon494]

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2014/profiles/davante-adams?id=2543495

Draft Analysis:

"This pick makes a lot of sense. The Packers lost James Jones in free agency to Oakland. They still have Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb. He's a big, physical wide receiver. He's going to have to learn how to run some different kind of routes in Green Bay. If I'm that young man, I'm going to attach myself at the hip to Aaron Rodgers." -- Mike Mayock

Overview

Also starred in basketball as a California prep. Redshirted in 2011, earning offensive scout team player of the year recognition. Was Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year in '12 when he amassed 102 receptions for 1,312 yards (12.9-yard average) and 14 touchdowns in 13 starts, setting conference freshman records for catches and yards. Led the nation in receptions and receiving touchdowns and set a single-season school record for receiving yards in '13 when he started 12-of-13 contests and piled up 131-1,718-24 (13.1). Owns MWC records for single-season and career touchdown catches (38) as well as the school mark for career receptions (233).

Analysis

Strengths
Has a rangy build with good body length and secure hands to palm the ball and make difficult one-handed grabs. Tracks and adjusts to the ball very well downfield. Extends outside his frame and plucks the ball out of the air. Natural hands-catcher. Terrific athlete with good leaping ability and anticipation to properly time jumps and highpoint the ball. Wins jumpballs in the red zone and shows very good hand-eye coordination to take the ball away from defenders. Exceptional production. Has a 39 1/2-inch vertical jump.

Weaknesses
Lacks ideal functional playing strength to consistently beat the jam and can get hung up at the line. Long strider and is not sudden out of his breaks. Production was inflated from a quick-hitting, lateral passing game.

Bottom Line
A rangy, sure-handed possession receiver with starter-caliber, positional traits. Lacks top-end speed and strength. As a 21-year-old, third-year sophomore entering the draft early, is still growing into his body and developing core strength. Comparing favorably to a poor man's Michael Crabtree, Adams possesses very intriguing upside to be groomed.

[woodbuck27]

I'm wondering what Aaron Rodgers thinks about this pick.

[mraynrand]

daventi is dagrande

[wist43]

Their passing game made it very tough to get a read on him... I had him below the other receivers that went around in that same area - and Moncrief who went to the Colts in the 3rd.

His production was grossly inflated b/c of their passing game, and a lot of the tape on him you could see he didn't get any seperation from the DB. He usually made the catch, but the DB was too often right there with him. He seemed like a one-gear runner with average speed that had a hard time getting seperation.

On the upside, he had great production, good hands, and decent size. We'll see.

[Bretsky]

Love the pick...would have loved Allen Robinson more but still loved the pick. I was kind of hoping Allen Robinson got drafted by a team with a stellar passing game so we could easily compare them.
But he went to Jacksonville.....where player careers die

[Joemailman]

Adams probably won't step right in and play the way Jennings and Jones did. As Wist alluded to, he has a lot to learn about route running. There's a lot to work with here though.

[Carolina_Packer]

I'm wondering what Aaron Rodgers thinks about this pick.

Aaron said "Love it" on Twitter in reaction to the Adams pick.

Nice post pick interview with Adams, where he references calling/texting Rodgers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YDwwy2mkas#t=104

[denverYooper]

Aaron Rodgers speaks in html.

[RashanGary]

Wist, keep in mind, he was "the man" at Fresno state. He saw bracket coverages and top defenders. Any time you're looking at the star WR on a college team who amasses 240 catches in 2 college seasons, you're looking at a guy who's catching the ball when everyone on both teams know he's going to be getting it. I would change the way you rate college WRs because I think there is flaw in your analysis. Good train of thought, makes sense, but flawed IMO none the less.

[Carolina_Packer]

Aaron Rodgers speaks in html.

Yeah, linking code ain't my thing!

[Carolina_Packer]

Wist, keep in mind, he was "the man" at Fresno state. He saw bracket coverages and top defenders. Any time you're looking at the star WR on a college team who amasses 240 catches in 2 college seasons, you're looking at a guy who's catching the ball when everyone on both teams know he's going to be getting it. I would change the way you rate college WRs because I think there is flaw in your analysis. Good train of thought, makes sense, but flawed IMO none the less.

Plus, it's always easy to second guess, and say that guys likee Donte Moncreif, Allen Robinson, Jarvis Landry would have been better, but who knows for sure. The Packers decision makers have their board, they have their grades and know who all these guys are, and still selected Adams. What does that tell you? They watched different Youtube videos than then nay sayers?

[KYPack]

We need a comment on Adams from our correspondent in Fresno, MTP.

[pbmax]

We need a comment on Adams from our correspondent in Fresno, MTP.

He checked in Friday night: http://packerrats.com/showthread.php...l=1#post785120

Fuck yeah TT finally listened when I posted to get a Fresno St player!!!!

You can't get analysis like from anywhere other than PackerRats and maybe a bar argument.

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

I was not a big fan of him entering the draft so I hope he changes my mind. I didn't think he was great at route running or getting enough separation. Looks like he has great hands and ball location though.

[Tony Oday]

He has AR so Calm Down and watch a superstar be born.