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Marcus Easley


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Teams recognize he’s a little raw but they like the skill set and everyone is looking for big receivers that can run. The Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers showed a great deal of interest in him at the combine. He’s had an on-campus visit from the New England Patriots and will make a visit to the Jets. He has private workouts upcoming with Cincinnati, Cleveland, Philadelphia and San Francisco

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Former-UConn-walkon-Easley-lining-up-visits.html

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Really really like this kid. A walk on at UConn who earned his scholarship on the field in a primarily rushing offense. Raw but size, speed, strong hands and a willingness to block combine to be a solid 4th round prospect. Lots of sites have him as a 6th rounder but i don't think many teams will be able to sleep on his potential. I say we take him with our 4th or somehow acquire another 4th or a 5th so that we can swoop him up.

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I like your thinking CrimsonGlidePanthers but don't like the players. Benn and Shipley are big names but neither are a speed threat. Also we don't have a 5th.

I know Shipley returned some kicks in college but in the NFL he likely won't look as good.

Give me Andre Roberts and Antonio Brown.

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If we get a raw WR I'd rather it'd be him than Baybay.

He might be raw but Thomas (I can't stand that nickname) has probably the biggest upside out of any WR in this draft. He also could be the most productive as a rookie due to his athleticism and on our team will almost always be single covered. Classic boom/bust pick.

I think we are at a time when with one more playmaker at reciever our O could explode. I mean who are D coordinators going to gameplan to stop? The ground game with the beasts Stewart and Dwill or how bout Smith/Thomas/Barnidge and hopefully the baddest mofo of them all Matt Moore? Dangerous!

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