XL makes a list of sophomore breakout candidates

[DaveThePanther2008]

A rookie with 3 different QBs in one season. (good and bad Young and Dalton).  Some terrible drops, I am sure he still envisions the drop against Philly every day.  Reduce the drop and more confidence in what he is doing is going to help him.

I love AT,JC and TMac in our WR room but XL will be a big part of our offense.  No way are we just going to slide a first round pick to the bottom of the pecking order because of a weak rookie season. 

[csx]

5 hours ago, WhoKnows said:

I’m not too critical, he was close to 100 targets. I don’t know if drops weren’t an issue but he had one season so it’s hard to extrapolate. He had 7 games of 94+ yards his only big season. He did that against Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, Furman, UNC, Florida and Jacksonville St. he had 71 yards or less against Georgia, Tennessee, Clemson, Texas A&M and Missouri. Basically, good games against teams under .500 in the SEC and the meh OOC teams and meh games against the .500 or better in the SEC and Clemson.

I wanted McConkey so maybe I am jaded a bit but we have 3 WRs better than him right now on the roster and maybe more if another rookie flashes. I don’t think they will limit him as much as he’s got to step up his game to earn anywhere near the targets he had last year. 

Mconkey had 3 games over 94 yds in his 3 seasons.

During his best season he only got  to 71 yds twice.  

No idea what you were attempting with this

[jayflip]

7 minutes ago, csx said:

Mconkey had 3 games over 94 yds in his 3 seasons.

During his best season he only got  to 71 yds twice.  

No idea what you were attempting with this

Who knows?

[csx]

1 minute ago, jayflip said:

Who knows?

McConkey was obviously better last year but that just shows those college stats he picked don't define pro success 

[Icege]

This is going to be one of the more competitive camps we've had at WR in awhile...

The only locks are XL, TMac, and AT.

Coker and Horn Jr both have strong chances at making it.

I can see David Moore being WR6.

Renfrow might be the WR7 if they decide to carry that many, or he could join Dan Chisena on the PS (who gets stashed to help on ST more than at WR).

[panthers55]

16 hours ago, WhoKnows said:

WR talent includes hand catching, body control and contested catching/snatching the ball. If you don’t have that at 24+ years old, I don’t think you can say he definitely has the talent to breakout.

Also, it’s highly likely that XL’s snap count goes down. Thielen and Coker only played 10 and 11 games last year. Legette played 16 games and had 50% more snaps than Thielen and Coker. Add in a true #1 WR, a real 3rd down RB, more rookie WRs and a rookie TE and unless Young throws for 4000+ (he and Dalton had 3400 last year), XL’s opportunities don’t look better this year.

Personally, I think the top 3 WRs will be TMac, Thielen and Coker and XL rotates in as needed.

What you described are techniques you learn not things like speed or athleticism which are much harder to develop if you are lacking. Like many rookies, they could dominate at the college level but find it more difficult when every pro opponent has good talent and likely more experience.

How catches get distributed will depend of who Young trusts to catch the ball and who gets open.

Young will feed the hot hand. If that isn't Legette he can blame himself.

[Bear Hands]

XL working out really rounds out a complimentary room - McMillan is X, Legette can go slot or flanker — same with Coker. All dependent on what teams bring at us.

The nice thing is McM will warrant the CB1 and have him preoccupied.  So teams with lighter DB rooms will have an issue with Legette. Not to mention Coker will be a perfect valve who proved to have sticky hands. 

We theoretically should be able to carve defenses up pretty methodically. 

Still think adding a speedster to this mix instead of Thielen could round it out to the point where we’re a problem for teams. A Mims/Jamo type would be huge.

Thielen seems like a great presence but he’s nearing a point of only being so helpful on the field. Been a stand up dude here so no problems with him sticking this year, just hope it doesn’t limit Coker.