D. Morgan on T-Mac: “I made the decision pretty early [January]

[MHS831]

1 hour ago, tukafan21 said:

He plays more like AJ Green than either of those two.

But to be fair, I did see a number of analysts say that there really aren't a lot of great comparisons for him, that he's a little bit unique.  He's more athletic than Evans or London, but doesn't use his physicality of either of them, but he uses it more than guys like Sutton does.

what I noticed when I watched minutes and minutes of his video--he is really effective at varying his speeds during the route and he is very good at getting open and improvising when the play breaks down.  I feel that he will make XL step up.   I love the WR room.  I was watching Horn--man, he goes from zero to 60 quickly, and he sure looks faster than 4.46.  He was often the checkdown WR for SS.  I think we could have something there-

[tukafan21]

26 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

what I noticed when I watched minutes and minutes of his video--he is really effective at varying his speeds during the route and he is very good at getting open and improvising when the play breaks down.  I feel that he will make XL step up.   I love the WR room.  I was watching Horn--man, he goes from zero to 60 quickly, and he sure looks faster than 4.46.  He was often the checkdown WR for SS.  I think we could have something there-

I can tell you've done your research on him from this post, as I had part of it in that response at first but removed it as for whatever reason I just felt my explanation of what I was trying to say felt clunky and wasn't getting my point across.

It's the varying his speeds during routes part.

I actually think that's why he had so many people saying he didn't seem like he had urgency in his route running, because he does THAT so well, and I think sometimes people see it and think he's loafing it out there but he's really just playing mind games with the DB's a lot of the time.

He was soooooo good at those "I'm going to fake only running a 5-7 yard slant to sit in the hole but half as second before I know the QB is going to throw me the ball I'm going to take off at full speed" type of routes.

We loved running those with him, he'd just run a slow short slant while the action is to the other side of the field through a play action or first read to the opposite side, and then he'd just take off on just enough of an angle to give him space on the defender and catch the pass in stride so he never slows down and gets those long strides moving.

And yes, he's great at improvising.  Part of it is that him and our QB have played together since the 8th grade, but it's also something Bryce excels at so I think the two of them will build chemistry on those fast.

Edited 12 hours ago by tukafan21

[Coheed]

3 hours ago, tukafan21 said:

He plays more like AJ Green than either of those two.

But to be fair, I did see a number of analysts say that there really aren't a lot of great comparisons for him, that he's a little bit unique.  He's more athletic than Evans or London, but doesn't use his physicality of either of them, but he uses it more than guys like Sutton does.

AJ Green is who I think of as well; the body control, fluidity of movement, hands catcher, always high pointing the ball with the occasional insane/acrobatic type of grab, etc 

[Montsta]

I don’t watch college football anymore (used to be Stanford STH but meh), but my wife is Hawaiian and her favorite color is purple, so I guess I knew Tet was my new favorite player to root for when he came out in a purple suit and lei and threw up the Shaka. 

[rayzor]

11 hours ago, Davidson Deac II said:

Not a hint of it in the press.  Morgan would be tough to play poker with.  

he doesn't blink. that's the problem. 

[ImfromClayton]

I actually like that we made the decision early. Production is more valuable than the underwear olympics in my humble opinion. Use that pre-draft time to determine things like character and work ethic. 

[shaqattaq]

OK, so we knew all along that TMac was our pick.

1. Fantastic job hiding it! Don't play poker with DMo.

2. Theilen's pay bump in March makes more sense now. A savvy vet  to mentor Tmac, Horn,(rookies) XL (1 yr NFL & basically 1 yr college experience), and Coker (limited playtime last season).

[countryboi]

This dude has been talking us in circles for months 

[Lame Duck]

I like the fact Bryce scouted him for us…. You can tell Bryce and T-Mac clicked.  Both grew up in the same area and have a lot in common and they both been talking about each other nonstop lol.  You want that kind of locker room chemistry in mid-season but Bryce has been putting in work already.  I bet you Bryce will spend a ton of time working on timing with these guys during offseason.  It might take few games for defense to create chemistry and trust but offense should be good.

[CPF4LIFE]

I mean thats all fine and good as long as tet lives up to the hype. Because if he doesn't then that 180 is gonna be a truck on fire. 

Edited 3 hours ago by CPF4LIFE

[ECHornet]

Cheers OP. I wanted TMac to be the pick and was so excited, and surprised, when his name was called. 
 

Last year, I wanted one of the Xaviers, Worthy or Legette. So Dan has been delivering on my wish lists. Now I hope it pays off over the next few years. 
 

With our trade up last year into the first, we could have a dynamic WR duo on cost-controlled contracts for 4 years. 

[CRA]

1 hour ago, shaqattaq said:

OK, so we knew all along that TMac was our pick.

1. Fantastic job hiding it! Don't play poker with DMo.

2. Theilen's pay bump in March makes more sense now. A savvy vet  to mentor Tmac, Horn,(rookies) XL (1 yr NFL & basically 1 yr college experience), and Coker (limited playtime last season).

I'm sticking with my longstanding view.  You can't actually believe anything a team says to the masses when doing PR runs.   The real goal isn't to be truthful....it's to sell what they did.  Every team after the draft essentially tells the same story year after year.....you won't believe it but guess what we got exactly who we wanted in every round.  Steals practically. 

I think it's all partial truths.  If the decision to draft Tmac was made so early.....then why were legit reporters talking about them working the phone so hard the day before the draft to move. 

if you make a thousand different plans.  I guess you somewhat nail your plan. 

[ForJimmy]

4 minutes ago, CRA said:

I'm sticking with my longstanding view.  You can't actually believe anything a team says to the masses when doing PR runs.   The real goal isn't to be truthful....it's to sell what they did.  Every team after the draft essentially tells the same story year after year.....you won't believe it but guess what we got exactly who we wanted in every round.  Steals practically. 

I think it's all partial truths.  If decision to draft Tmac was made so early.....then why were legit reporters talking about them working the phone so hard the day before the draft to move. 

if you make a thousand different plans.  I guess you somewhat nail your plan. 

Yeah I agree.  One of the plans worked out.  

I do like the Seahawks GM responding that Milroe wasn't his QB1.  A reporter asked if the reports were true that Milroe was QB1 on his board. He closed his eyes in thought and was like no we wasn't, but tried to save it a little by saying he was "close."  Must have gotten him when he was overtired and let out some truth.  

[CRA]

1 minute ago, ForJimmy said:

Yeah I agree.  One of the plans worked out.  

I do like the Seahawks GM responding that Milroe wasn't his QB1.  A reporter asked if the reports were true that Milroe was QB1 on his board. He closed his eyes in thought and was like no we wasn't, but tried to save it a little by saying he was "close."  Must have gotten him when he was overtired and let out some truth.  

or when they were visiting with him, someone from his team was just doing some standard smoke blowing at Milore.....which you got to think all teams do for guys on their board they like.  I would imagine the Panthers probably talked to a lot of edge rushers and told them things that would contradict.   How many guys did they likely tell were at the top of their board or they viewed as the best guy(or some variation of that type talk)

given Milore showed up at the draft (he can thank Sanders for that not getting attention)....I do feel someone likely oversold him their impression of him.