Rico Gathers looks slow

[CowboysFaninHouston]

go through the clops, watch Jarwin run and watch Rico run. Jarwin, looks natural, light footed, but Rico looks lumbering and not wiggle no route running. He is just big and that can get you so far. I think rico is on his way out nothing positive is coming out of camp about him

https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/201...18-training-camp-practice-4-recap-and-updates

 

[glimmerman]

go through the clops, watch Jarwin run and watch Rico run. Jarwin, looks natural, light footed, but Rico looks lumbering and not wiggle no route running. He is just big and that can get you so far. I think rico is on his way out nothing positive is coming out of camp about him

https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/201...18-training-camp-practice-4-recap-and-updates

Camp just started. It will get heated up. He looked good last year in preseason. There is a reason we keep stashing him on PS and IR.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Camp just started. It will get heated up. He looked good last year in preseason. There is a reason we keep stashing him on PS and IR.

he looked good against 3rd and 4th stringers....where he can out physical them. he doesn't seem to run good routes, not sudden or sharp.

 

[glimmerman]

he looked good against 3rd and 4th stringers....where he can out physical them. he doesn't seem to run good routes, not sudden or sharp.

He is someone’s pet cat. Not sure who. JJ, JG or Linehan. I think they are gonna throw him in the mix and see what shakes loose. He has been given much opportunity here for some reason.

 

[Ranching]

go through the clops, watch Jarwin run and watch Rico run. Jarwin, looks natural, light footed, but Rico looks lumbering and not wiggle no route running. He is just big and that can get you so far. I think rico is on his way out nothing positive is coming out of camp about him

https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/201...18-training-camp-practice-4-recap-and-updates

6'7" 275lbs against 6' 210 lbs. I'll take it in the red zone. Speed doesnt mean too much inside the 20.

 

[links18]

Geez, give it a week or so, before cutting the guy. Maybe, a preseason game or two or three?

 

[John813]

He is 285lb. Not too many guys are fast/quick at that weight.

Waiting for PS to really "judge" anyone.

 

[GenoT]

6'7" 275lbs against 6' 210 lbs. I'll take it in the red zone. Speed doesnt mean too much inside the 20.

The problem is, once you get in the red-zone, everything tightens up. Your route running has to be more precise and your cuts have to be extra sharp — especially when you’re playing against first-string RZ defenders.

I’d be happy to see Rico make the roster, but I doubt the coaches are gonna hold a spot for a “red-zone specialist” who might see the field maybe 2-3 series a game and whose mere presence on the field will guarantee particular attention from defenders (see: Gavin Escobar).

 

[Doc50]

Camp just started. It will get heated up. He looked good last year in preseason. There is a reason we keep stashing him on PS and IR.

.........And that reason is to wait for his development.

If he can't compete in TC this year, he probably goes home. He's had every opportunity to become a football player, and it's time to put up or shut up.

I think that roster spot will be too important for a guy of his limited skill set.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

he looked good against 3rd and 4th stringers....where he can out physical them. he doesn't seem to run good routes, not sudden or sharp.

He wasn't even a third or 4th stringer. He was a practice squad guy who looked good against competition better than him. He deserved praise for that:

 

[jazzcat22]

If he gets a full head of steam after the catch, he will be very hard to stop. Well actually even after he just catches the ball, he can still get extra yards with defenders on him. Goal line, short yardage situations. He can be a weapon. But he still has an uphill battle to make the team at this point.

Need to give it a few more weeks, or even until the end of TC to really see.

 

[Plankton]

Gathers' foot speed isn't going to be the difference between him making the team or not. It's going to be his ability to block in line, and to reliably be able to sit down in a zone and present a good target for his quarterback.

 

[Doomsday101]

I don't think he is slow for 285 pounds.

 

[Doomsday101]

He got down to 265 pounds last season to try and improve his foot speed as a receiver, but Gathers is now back up to his college basketball playing weight. "Last year was a big adjustment," Gathers said Wednesday from the Cowboys' last OTA session. "I was going for more trying to be quicker, trying to be faster. But that hurt me in the blocking game a lot where I felt like I was just a body, just a body catching a blow." His ability to make some contributions as a blocker could be the biggest factor in the size of Gathers' role this season with the Cowboys, but the team likely won't have a clear sense of how far he's progressed on that front until the preseason.

https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/cowboys-rico-gathers-added-weight-in-offseason/

Pretty much even Rico knows he needs to improve as a blocker which is why he put on the weight.

 

[Jenky]

6'7" 275lbs against 6' 210 lbs. I'll take it in the red zone. Speed doesnt mean too much inside the 20.

I disagree. It messes up timing and there will be no separation.Yeah, he'll be able to body up the DBs and LBs, but that will require near perfect passes to him.

 

[Avery]

This is Rico’s third year. It’s put up or shut up time.

 

[AmishCowboy]

I think Rico's time is almost up

 

[glimmerman]

Preseason will tell a lot. Game 3 to be exact. When he is playing with the first team against first team defenses. We will see what he can do.

 

[Jake]

At 6'7", 275 move Rico to defensive end and Randy Gregory (6'6", 240) to tight end. Gregory's 40 time was faster as well (4.64 vs 4.75).

 

[Ranching]

I disagree. It messes up timing and there will be no separation.Yeah, he'll be able to body up the DBs and LBs, but that will require near perfect passes to him.

Messes up timing? Lol, like all receivers run the same exact routes at the same exact speed.