WR You Need to Know About
by trigrdan | 4 years ago | 0 Comments
Lombard, IL – With the regular season wrapping up, it’s time to take a look at some of the real difference makers available in this year’s draft – the WR’s. With SO many WR’s projected to be drafted in the upcoming draft, we will take a different approach in looking at our scouting reports. Typically we will breakdown each individual player and work our way to the best in that grouping. With 27* projected to be drafted, we would be here all day. Instead, we will look at each skill group and tell you who to focus on and who to leave alone. If a player’s name is bolded, that was their highest rated skill. And off we go…
CATCHING
Although an important trait, almost everyone receives a CTH rating at the WR position, it’s almost a wasted rating.
B (75-77) – Rashawn James, Darius Sharp, Larry Greenard, Devon Ferrell, Joey Leach, Jeremy Reed
B+ (78-81) – Carey Schaub, Mike Colvin, George Riley, Terrell Davis, Shaun Killings, Marcques Locke, John Coakley, Avery Adkisson, Joe Lucas
A- (82-85) - Carson Garrity, A.J. McCain, Dom Justice, Jonathan Soto, Edward Smith, Joe Goodwin, Curtis Peek, Andrew Weldon, Larry Conner, Carlos McCree (All of these guys have early 5th round or better talent)
Unranked – Only 1 receiver did not receive a talent rating on CTH – Kameron Thompson. Is this a bad sign or something to look forward to?
SPECTACULAR CATCH
In my opinion, another wasted opportunity here. There are other ratings that we would like to see and this one shouldn’t be on here. Nonetheless, all but 2 WR’s received a rating here, so we’ll cover it.
B (75-77) - Joe Goodwin, Larry Conner, Joey Leach
B+ (78-81) - A.J. McCain, Mike Colvin, Rashawn James, Andrew Weldon, Carlos McCree, Terrell Davis, Larry Greenard, Marcques Locke, Devon Ferrell, John Coakley, Joe Lucas, Jeremy Reed
A- (82-85) - Carson Garrity, Dom Justice, Carey Schaub, Kameron Thompson, Curtis Peek, George Riley, Shaun Killings, Avery Adkisson (Outside of Adkisson, these guys all have mid-4th or better talent)
A (86-89) - Jonathan Soto
CATCH IN TRAFFIC
From the outside looking in, this appears to be a throw in rating. About half the guys graded out in this category and despite the ranges again being from B- to A-, the talent of those rated was all over the board.
B- (72-74) - Devon Ferrell
B (75-77) - Edward Smith, Mike Colvin, Darius Sharp, Larry Conner, Carlos McCree, Larry Greenard, John Coakley, Joe Lucas
B+ (78-81) - Kameron Thompson, Curtis Peek, Avery Adkisson
A- (82-85) - Carson Garrity
SHORT ROUTE RUNNING
Everybody needs a good SRR on their team, right? Somebody who you can get the ball out to quick? Look no further, these are your guys.
B- (72-74) - Jeremy Reed
B (75-77) - Joe Goodwin, Terrell Davis
B+ (78-81) - George Riley, Andrew Weldon, Shaun Killings
A- (82-85) - A.J. McCain
DEEP ROUTE RUNNING
Slim pickings here. That elusive deep ball guy you need on your team – try the FA market. Nobody in this rookie class will have DRR higher than a 77.
B (75-77) - Edward Smith, Darius Sharp
MEDIUM ROUTE RUNNING
It’s only getting worse! If you get rated in MRR it is not a good sign.
C+ (69-71) - Joey Leach
B- (72-74) - Marcques Locke
RELEASE
Here we go, the cream of the crop. EVERY receiver that was rated on their release is a mid-3rd round pick or better! These are your targets for the upcoming draft.
B+ (78-81) - Dom Justice, Jonathan Soto, Carey Schaub, Rashawn James, Kameron Thompson
TAKEAWAYS
The biggest takeaway is that we don’t have the full picture yet. Without our speed, acceleration, agility, and change of direction ratings it’s hard to tell how good these guys can be. There will surely be some lower rated guys who can have an impact based on speed alone. That being said, there are at least 8 WR’s who should go in the first 2 rounds and have an overall rating of 69+. Those guys are: Mike Colvin, Carey Schaub, Joe Goodwin, Edward Smith, Jonathan Soto, Dom Justice, A.J. McCain, Carson Garrity. I would also keep an eye on Kameron Thompson. Remember earlier when I said he was the only WR not to receive a CTH grade? Well that’s because he graded out in SPEC, RLS, and CIT. Sitting at 6’3” and 230 lbs. this guy is going to be a redzone beast for some lucky team.