Who does Miles Austin remind you of?

Don't bomb me....Santana Moss in his good ole days.
 
There is a lot of T.O. in Miles, and that ain't all bad. If Miles can keep his head straight, he'll be a star for a long time.
 
mmohican29;3187244 said:
Sterling Sharpe- great RAC ability and hand strength. Someone current, established? I'd say Anquan Boldin with better speed.

Yep, all those guys looked like RBs playing WR.
 
He reminds me more of Tim Brown, maybe Jimmy Smith. He's still got a long way to go before he belongs in these kinds of comparisons but he's on his way.
 
Hines Ward has 21 plays of 40 or more yards in 185 games. Austin has accumulated 7 already this year. They are not similar.
 
Antonio Freeman and Don Beebe come to mind, Beebe especially.
 
I'd say he's like TO in his prime.. maybe better. His hands might actually be better, but his speed and strength remind me of TO.
 
Everyone has already named the players I would say...To me, it's a combo of these three:

Hines Ward - His smile after every play and general love for the game makes it hard not to compare.

Terrell Owens - You can DEFINITELY tell that Miles learned A LOT from Owens while he was here! However, he doesn't have the ego or the personality issues...He's like the best parts of Owens without the all the baggage!

Anquan Boldin - His physique and physical style of play is very similar...although Austin is faster and more elusive.
 
mmohican29;3187244 said:
Sterling Sharpe- great RAC ability and hand strength. Someone current, established? I'd say Anquan Boldin with better speed.
Those are the exact two names I was thinking.
 
Hines Ward - Work Ethic, Smile, and love for the game. He's like a tight end inside of a WR's body.

Anquan Boldin is another comparision.
 
I find it very interesting in regards to the number of TO analogies. I hadn't thought about that, but now I think I get it. He has great work ethic and I guess that's where I see some Jerry Rice. So I'll give him the ultimate compliment and say he's a TO/Rice hybrid.

I find this strange now because I never thought he'd be nearly this good. I had him behind Hurd in my preseason mental lineup.

Looking at his situation now all I think is just...wow. He's only going to get better and he didn't even start the season. WOW!
 
JLAZeroSeven;3187279 said:
Terry Glenn?

Thats who he reminds me of and even who I think he patterned his game after.

To me he is a bigger more physical Terry Glenn.
 
CATCH17;3187531 said:
Thats who he reminds me of and even who I think he patterned his game after.

To me he is a bigger more physical Terry Glenn.

Strange...Terry Glenn is so.....short.
 
CowboyMcCoy;3187536 said:
Strange...Terry Glenn is so.....short.

Yeah but the way the cut, run routes, and just have that unique type of way of catching the football remind me of each other.

Glenn wasn't your everyday receiver. He had a uniqueness about him and I see some of that in Austins game.

Austin has a different style than you everyday bigtime receiver.
 
CowboyMcCoy;3187234 said:
He reminds me of Jerry Rice. I can't explain why. Maybe someone could help me with this.

But my question is: Who, if anyone, does Miles Austin remind you of?
I'm with Ray Sherman. There aren't too many people like Miles. He has a strange combo of size, strength, and speed.
 
Avaj;3187315 said:
Don't bomb me....Santana Moss in his good ole days.

CATCH17;3187546 said:
Yeah but the way the cut, run routes, and just have that unique type of way of catching the football remind me of each other.

Glenn wasn't your everyday receiver. He had a uniqueness about him and I see some of that in Austins game.

Austin has a different style than you everyday bigtime receiver.
I think if you're going to compare him to someone, you have to pick someone in his ball park in terms of size. Moss and Glenn are tiny speedsters, more like DeSean Jackson. Not much like Austin at all, in my opinion. Neither of those receivers has the strength/power like Austin either.
 

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