Anyway I think Dave was tired, because in his conclusion he seemed to mix up Watkins and Matthews. (He was troubled by Matthews' 3 drops, but the chart listed ZERO drops for Matthews and 3 for Saint Sammy the Divine).
Jordon Matthews is the guy that you should pay attention to. I sent the Scout.com link for you to peruse this in-depth statistical chart for yourself, but if you have any questions, feel free to email me...for once.
Anyway he's Jerry Rice's cousin and is being called a "West Coast" reciever. Most of his catches were short ones that he took off and ran with.
The scouting report contradicts almost all of his stats. Like Josh Gordon, his about average clock-time is deceptive because he's a long strider. The report says he "won't run away from anybody" but that's patently incorrect. (I know all I saw were highlights, but he got the ball and outsprinted everybody again and again--how can they say that stuff?)
He's physically like Josh in stature and strength, as well. Make no mistake--Josh Gordon IS faster than Matthews, and in the NFL Matthews might not become a number one, but he's just about perfect for number two on your team.
He's RELIABLE as hell, as you can see by the fact that he caught over 87% of the passes thrown to him by four different quarterbacks!!! FOUR! He accounted most of his team's offense.
The report also called him skinny. Well he's not all built up in his upper body (YET), but that's still wrong.
I know that statistics can be deceptive, but they are good for showing patterns and tendencies, and per those charts Dave put together, Matthews is better than everybody else, including Watkins.
He's projected to go in the second or third round, Ray!
That's why I just had to tell you about him--Grossi just mocked you drafting Kelvin Little at 26!
Ok Benjamin. I know he's a big monster and could immediately run all Cameron's routes for depth and most of his drops were from looking to run before he'd secured it and he's less experienced and might improve, so I can't pick on Tony for his theory that you'd take him there.
But now that I've told you about Matthews, you can think about a cornerback, ILB, Garropollo/Murray (oops) or guard there instead, and steal Matthews later.
The guy that was really close to Matthews in the stats was Brandin Cooks, and he's projected for the second or third round too. But you can ask Kyle about this: Matthews is the better fit here as the number two. Cooks is 5'10", 186, but was super-reliable, productive, and is a burner.
But as Kyle will tell you, he got Hawkins to compete for the slot, and Matthews has the size and catch-radius to run the slants and crosses number two will need to run against press man coverages, and is lethal in the red zone.
Just keep Cooks in mind in case he slides some more, because he's not just a slot guy, but can play outside as well. He'd be a steal in the third, even if you already have Matthews.
Hey are you going to start paying me anytime soon?
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