Saints' Newest Playmaker
by Dirty-Chan | 4 years ago | 6 Comments
With the Saint's only having two picks in the first 4 rounds of last year's draft, it definitely looked like a significant reach grabbing a WR (whom scouts had as a 5th round talent) in the second round. The Saints however, proved scouts wrong by possibly finding themselves a superstar and one of the game's best deep threats in Auburn's product, WR Anthony Schwartz.
Though his obvious 40 time (4.28) and world class speed was eye opening for scouts, it has been his route tree, jump ball wins and consisent hands that have turned this kid into a bonafide playmaker. Though, mostly spending time in the slot, Schwartz has shown flashes of being a good overall route runner and a physical receiver as well that can win contested catches, if need be. Auburn limited this WR to only a few routes, which in turn scared teams away from this WR, ala WR D.K Metcalf in 2019.
The WR's slash line is a blistering 58 rec/1872 yds/ 26 tds through only 10 games. He should garner more attention moving forward and is truly a bright spot on a struggling Saints team.
