I honestly think that if he played it 100 percent of the time, he could be a starting WR on this team. The thing is, he's a great corner.. and those don't grow on trees. So he's likely more valuable there. But Diggs has great ball skills, and great change in speeds, so he knows how angles and change of speed works. You don't want players playing both ways in the pros. It's too much to ask of them and could hurt your team. But if he wasn't so good at defense, I can see him being very good on offense. I can also see them doing these things everyone once in a while, in Moore's more gimmicky-style plays. Just not all the time.
I would love to see Parsons get some reps in the slot, or at RB, FB. etc. If he's any good at it, why not? I also think Diggs can play. But this isn't something you do all the time. Maybe one a season. Or something.
Who knows though. I'm stoked to have Diggs on my team. I view him as probably the team's most underrated player.
The reason people talk about this is obviously because it's the offseason. And Diggs' brother is one of the best receivers in the league.
Then Parsons, well, you can can picture him playing almost any position. 246 pounds and runs a stinking 4.3, which is faster than most WRs. Plus his tenacity; it's hard not to imagine.
Plus, he really does want to play offense. If they could manage it without it hurting his play on defense, I'm all for it. But I don't think that's the case. So I don't see it happening, not a significant amount at least.
If he had been a top 2 receiver on his college team, he would have stayed at WR...
It made sense to try it with Deion because he is arguably the greatest athlete in the history of football.
- Even with Deion, it was as impactful as fans had hoped.
- He made some highlight plays, but overall it wasn't better than having a legit #3 WR.
Diggs success is not from "out athlete-ing" WRs.
- His advantage is on the mental side of the game.
- He "sees the field" and obviously studies film to know the tendencies of WRs and QBs.
- Quinn gave him the freedom to play the high risk style of under-cutting WRs.
- He plays within the scheme and knows where is help is located (or should be located).
- They actually gave him more help from the Free Safety than they gave to Brown on the other side.
- If you review the big plays allowed by Diggs, the FS was usually right there and it was debatable if it was on Diggs or the FS.
- When you review big plays allowed by Brown, the FS was often no where in sight.
Parsons is in the rare Deion, Bo Jackson, Barry Sanders type of 1 of a kind athlete.
- It almost defies physics to see him get under the pads of a 320 pound OG and push him backwards.
- Then on the next play cover a WR on a 9-route.
- He could likely be a super star RB, WR or TE. He could play CB or Safety. He already plays LB and DE.
- The issue is that they were on the verge of wearing him out last year.
- He was showing signs of fatigue at times in the last few games.
- He plays a position that has the 2nd shortest career on average (RB is 1st).
- LBs routinely go against OL that outweigh them by 60 to 80 pounds. That eventually takes a toll.
