ROUND 2 PICK 53 - WR DAVANTE ADAMS (FRESNO STATE)

Ankle still bothering Davante

After a year and a half, Adams ranks 12th among all the entire class of 2014 wide receivers with 70 receptions, 13th in yards (768) and tied for 14th in touchdowns (three).

"He's a strong, hard runner in the vein of Dez Bryant," an NFC personnel man said Tuesday. "That has ways to affect DBs as equally as speed. He's got good quickness. It's just the long speed.

"This is his second year. I think he has the potential to grow into being a good player. Those guys (Jennings, Nelson, Cobb) are a different level, but Jordy wasn't Jordy in his first couple years. It does take time."

Jennings had the worst drop rate (8.1%) of his Packers' career in his second season. In his Year 2, Nelson sprained a knee and was relegated to No. 4. Jones' second year was a downer due to a recurring knee injury, erratic hands and negligible run after the catch.

"He's hit the bump in the road," said Van Pelt. "It's a crossroads for him. He's got to toughen up, get mentally tougher and make the plays that are there for him to make.

"I wasn't there but I hear talk of 'J.J.' (Jones) in his second year having the drops. Guys have that. It's part of the growth process.

I think it's an important reminder that in their second years, Jordy, Jennings, and JJ all had some pretty mediocre years. As explained above. Still, here's a look at the rookie WR's since 2014:

How Class of 2014 WRs Stacks Up

In order, here are the career statistics for the first 12 wide receivers selected in the 2014 draft plus other productive players.

That he was still injured this last game was obvious to anyone watching the game.

That the coaches left him in there useless like that is the part that needs a spotlight right now.  As in RIGHT NOW.  It is either on the coaches for not seeing it or accepting it, or on the sheer ineptitude of his backup.  

Either way, trotting him back out there to watch him literally trot around again should not even be an option right now.

Janis must really suck running routes and recognizing defenses.

Anyone thinking Adams flat out sucks and was "only OK" last year needs to watch him vs. NE and DAL.  No mediocre WR has days like that.  "oh but what about the other games? "  He was a rook for chrissake.   He's young, he's still developing and now he's injured.  We'll see next season.  Like most good players, he surprised some defenders last year as a rook, they now know how to defend him, and he has to develop a counter to those punches.  On top of that he was thrusted into the #2 slot.  He's been brutal but that's not unusual.  His struggles have been magnified by the overall dumps of the passing game.  He needs to work his way out of it.

He was a rook behind Nelson and Cobb, so he was rearely (if ever) the 1st or 2nd option.

FER CHRISSAKES!!

Yes? How may I assist you?

Far be it from me to defend Duhvante, but this $hit be broke-dick all over. It ain't just him droppin' balls and running crap routes. And there were plenty of worms killed in that span of 3 weeks by #12, who seemed to get his mojo somewhat back vs. the Queens.

Hungry5 posted:

Janis must really suck running routes and recognizing defenses.

He may not be that bad if he would just remember which side of the line to run them on.

Chad Johnson literally in tears describing @tae15adams' route running *NSFW*

(via @ochocinco)pic.twitter.com/MPQXtbQdIN

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) August 29, 2019

A wise man once told me, “Make them chase you” https://t.co/QJAYX4T5Mc

— Davante Adams (@tae15adams) May 8, 2020

Wow 😳 

Was that Benny Hill chasing Adams?

One of the keystone cops 🚓 

I'm in the mood for some Yakety Sax.

The Seattle DB plays that pass just like King played Kittle. And for that matter, any WR who gets a big completion on King. A complete 180 turn. And whenever they do that, it's an EZ-PZ completion with that much separation. 

Which is so strange and drives me nuts cuz it's such bad technique. I see NFL CBs doing that all the time. I was taught in high school football and basketball that you open up to the offensive player. It's the only way and allows you to recover. The 180 robs you of steps and position. 

IMHO King stands up too much. Like in any sport, the straighter you stand, the higher your center of gravity and thus the longer you take to get in and out of cuts. 

So you're saying Lester Hayes was the best DB of All-Time?

I never stand up if I can help it.

@Tdog posted:

Which is so strange and drives me nuts cuz it's such bad technique. I see NFL CBs doing that all the time. I was taught in high school football and basketball that you open up to the offensive player. It's the only way and allows you to recover. The 180 robs you of steps and position. 

Because kids watched Darrell Revis and now watch Richard Sherman do that speed turn on basically every play. Those guys watched Deion do it every play. They could/can do it because they had/have the athleticism and most importantly the instincts to recover from being out of position normally. It’s why those guys don’t get beat deep normally, but it’s not something every corner can do. Sherm especially doesn’t have the recovery speed if he’s beaten deep, which I’m sure is why he does it, but he has amazing instincts to recover before QBs not named Rodgers can beat him underneath. Most CBs, like King, don’t have that and do get beat.

That speed-turn may be successful for some, but it takes quicker feet and more brains/experience than King has at this time.

Lester Hayes was certainly one of the stickiest cover corners of all time.

Best receiver in GB since Sterling Sharpe? He and Jordy are kind of 1a/1b IMO, they both do things better than the other one, but overall I'm not sure it's fair to say one is better than the other. I think Adams is a more naturally gifted athlete and with better instincts, but Jordy was a more reliable. 

Putting Adams in the slot is just criminal.

@Grave Digger posted:

I think Adams is a more naturally gifted athlete and with better instincts, but Jordy was a more reliable. 

Jordy's sideline catches and ridiculous hands where he plucked the ball and twisted his body, WHILE staying inbounds was nothing short of insane. I remember watching some of the best CB's and safeties in football during Jordy's prime just shake their head in utter awe of "how in the hell did he catch that?" OR "there's no way he stayed in bounds". And yet, time and again he did just that. 

I don't know if I will ever see a WR as reliable in that fashion as Jordy was. 

@H5 posted:

Adams and Jones stand alone in some categories. 

and I HATE to say this but........that goll dang Chris Carter was the gawd of sideline catches.  Hated him for it too.  Jordy was our gawd, but Carter was the NFL’s gawd.

17 could be better if he actually had some decent WR help around him.

I liked first throw to DA in game 1...DA counted how many defenders were around him. 

Jordy with the Body Control. Cris Carter even said Jordy was doing it better than he did.

...and HEY! We got Funchess...and MVS....and Lizzard

LaFondler has his Derrick Henry, so we will run it 1,000 times per game, and 17 will be back down to about 500 yards and 6 TD's on the season. 12 will throw for even fewer yards, have a lower QBR and Danic-uh will assume the chief whipping post status Olivi-uh had for a couple of years.

that post was painful to read

I had to read it like 3 times to make sure I understood

Oshbaul had to read it twice.

@Boris posted:

I had to read it like 3 times to make sure I understood

Masochist.