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Auden Tate is the WR I will be pimping this year -round 2.

I like the Pettis kid out of Washington. Big time deep threat and a great KO returner. Round three
 
antdrewjosh said:
I like the Pettis kid out of Washington. Big time deep threat and a great KO returner. Round three
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Definitely interesting from a returner outlook. This draft looks good depth wise at the position. And good the Steelers need one.

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slashsteel said:
Hey Cope what is your thoughts on the Burnett kid out of USC, JuJu's school? I would think he would be a good slot-sleeper ?
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With JuJu around to coach him up Steelers style.
All would work on offense
 
He is a nice to have that early. I can't see us going O before round 3 and hopefully, it's a play making TE. I know the Steelers are high on McDonald but he missed more than half his games this year with basically minor injuries. You just can't rely on him. That plus he is known for dropping balls and he had a few of those with us when he was in the games.
 
Hines57 said:
I know it won't happen but Larry Fitzgerald to the Steelers (he's a FA) would be ******* sweet if he wanted to finish his career here. Would make Bryant expendable
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I thought Larry was re-upped during the year?
 
Cope said:
DJ has interesting measurables. The gold standard is 6'2" 200lbs. DJ checks the box on height at 6'3" but he is vastly undersized at 187. To me, he'd be a good speed option, but not durable to make every catch over the middle like a JuJu. I did watch his highlights. Here's a link to all his catches in 17':



The first thing that jumps out to me is, he's a body catcher. DJ is more comfortable catching the ball with his body as opposed to using his hands. In the pros, this will lead to drops. He has great speed and nice quickness, and I like him on end arounds or with the ball in his hands on quick screens. His returns look great as well, but being a body catcher, I don't know if I risk him as a PR. KR yes, but he may put balls on the ground with his technique.

One thing I do love about his technique, is he has perfect elbow positioning on balls over his head catching in the 'basket catch/ pinkie to pinkie position". He's making a net with his forearms here and it maximizes the chance at a catch. His elbows are in tight to his body every time.

I currently wouldn't take him before the 4th-5th rd. I strictly see him as a deep ball threat at the next level, until he adds some size and hits the jugs machine daily. I don't trust his technique as a possession receiver, but I do trust him to make deep plays with his speed and excellent deep ball technique.

Edit: I'd compare him to Martavius Bryant coming out of college. He's smaller than Martavius, but a much better runner with the ball in his hands. Their college hand positioning is very comparable as well.
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Him being a body catcher would make him a legit possession receiver.
He can bulk up a bit.

His deep ball tracking is great too
 
MTC said:
Him being a body catcher would make him a legit possession receiver.
He can bulk up a bit.

His deep ball tracking is great too
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Body catcher makes him a legit candidate to drop the ball, and for the Steelers to drop the ball on the pick.
 
slashsteel said:
Body catcher makes him a legit candidate to drop the ball, and for the Steelers to drop the ball on the pick.
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Idk, Hines seemed to cover the ball well on those short yardage passes.
But Hines was also a strong hands guy.
 
CoolieMan said:
doesn't change the fact he came from Mississippi
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if yinz live most of your life in Memphis and still live there... and some yahoo comes up to you on a airplane to bumfuck and asks where ya from? where ya out of? your answer is Mississippi?
 
I want zero WR before any comp pickss in round 3.
 
MTC said:
Him being a body catcher would make him a legit possession receiver.
He can bulk up a bit.

His deep ball tracking is great too
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Body catching is a tool. In certain situations, you have to catch with the body, but if you rely on it as your only way to catch or for the majority of your catches, balls will hit the ground. If you get hit while body catching, all the force goes to the football, and you have to fight to keep possession. Also, you know all those short DBs in the league, well now they can swat at the ball since you body catch, and balls hit the ground.

JuJu is a great hands catcher and a possession receiver. He has strong hands, a big body, and catches balls away from him so the DBs can't make a play on it. Cobi Hamilton was the biggest body catcher we had, and he got cut after starting in the playoffs one short year ago. Bryant's hands got much better this year, he was a body catcher, but that year off with the juggs machine did really improve his hand placement. Hopefully he continues to improve.

I'll do some writeups tomorrow. I've been busy, sorry guys...
 
slashsteel said:
Hey Cope what is your thoughts on the Burnett kid out of USC, JuJu's school? I would think he would be a good slot-sleeper ?
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Here's his 2016 highlights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0baFjcgdkwY

First 2 catches were in the gut zone. thrown to his gut/belly button. 9 times out of 10 this is a body catch by players. He caught both with his hands!

Already is showing me he's a hands first catcher. Good quickness, and great fight after the catch to gain yardage or the EZ.

and 2017:


His 2016 highlights showed good fundamentals. His 17 highlights shows how he built on them into an expanded role in the offense. He really looks a lot to me, like AB. He's running all the routes, and making tough/incredible catches, due to his excellent hand placement and body technique. He's not big, but he uses his speed and body to create space, just like AB. I'd be fine with him being picked up, because he would do really well learning from AB. They have the same body/speed/technique coming out of college.

His RAC is excellent, both with his balance, body control, and stiff arms. Plays a lot bigger and tougher to bring down than normal receivers his size. He's great completing catches on the sideline and back of the EZ (great field awareness). Also breaks off his routes really well on scramble plays to help his QB (sounds a lot like AB right?)

His size will cause him to drop. He's really light. Anywhere from 150-170lbs. At least his 17' highlights don't look like he's under 170. He's very quick, I like his wiggle and I'd consider him if he drops to the 5th, but his film shows me he's a 3-4th rounder. I take him low, because on our team, where do you put him. If we keep AB JuJu and Bryant at the XYZ, you can bring Burnett in as the other Y replacing Eli. Also looks like he can play X, and back up AB. I wouldn't put him at the Z spot at all.
 
Uh....I've told you people who the wr the Steelers will draft is....stop wasting time on this lesser talents

 
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