Josh Downs WR UNC

[Cowboyny]

We'll miss Noah Brown's blocking as the 3rd WR on the field. He was literally a better blocker than TE Schultz.

Heard that they hope Semi would eventually take on that role in camp last yr.

 

[AsthmaField]

Schultz was pathetic.

He was definitely not a good in-line blocker.

 

[xwalker]

Heard that they hope Semi would eventually take on that role in camp last yr.

Yes, it was obvious that they were trying him in that type of role. He needs to stay healthy.

 

[xwalker]

It sounds funny, but he was better than Shultz.

There was an outside run play where Noah Brown stonewalling Kayvon Thibodeaux.

I thought Brown was one of the toughest guys pound for pound on the team.

 

[beware_d-ware]

Man we usually see eye to eye so surprised you don’t like him.

I think the big difference in him and Beas is you get a bigger catch radius due to his height and his 10 yard split is elite (almost .1 seconds faster than Beas) indicating he’s more explosive and has better start stop speed. He’s also a contested catch stud so he plays big.

I love him in the 2nd but we can’t agree on everything.

We're all going to get half these calls wrong anyway, lol. Might as well stir up the pot a bit.

 

[Cowboyny]

Yes, it was obvious that they were trying him in that type of role. He needs to stay healthy.

Absolutely. However, still think he is apart of their plans and reportedly had a strong camp last yr.

 

[Beaker42]

He's one of my biggest dislikes of the entire draft class.

Dude is an exact size-speed match to Cole Beasley, but plays like he's Dez Bryant. It makes for fun tape to watch, but I don't think it's translatable.

If you are going to run that kind of Beasley, Edelman type game where you win on short slot routes all day, your timing needs to be sharp. Break and hit your spot in 2 seconds. And for the hundreds of passes Downs caught at UNC, not a lot of them were timing routes. He just kind of street-balled until he got open, and that won't play against much better athletes.

He is more than quick enough to play a timing based game. But that introduces a little risk to his profile compared to a dude like Addison, whose tape is nothing but crispy timing routes. Addison falls into that "zero chance he sucks" zone. Downs is more like "minimal chance he'll be elite, moderate chance he sucks", and I don't really like that for a 2nd rounder.

Biggest ? Of all - can Dak hit those short routes without throwing behind or into a DL’s arms?