Someone please explain the Tavon Austin hype.

[TheMaulClaw]

I love Ace Sanders and think he is better than Joe Adams or AE..but it is not close to Tavon of he would have been featured quite a bit more at SC.

Also the combine is used to confirm film speed...Tavon plaed fast and timed fast(confirmed blaze)

Ace played fast and looked to be in the 4.4 speed but really ran Joe Adamsish speeds 5.59 4.6ish ..the big difference is Ace can accelerate as he cuts while Joe Adamns slows down as he cuts.

Ace has more forward explosion and has a cooler name.

I agree that Tavon is amazingly explosive, more so then Ace. But you could argue that Ace's returns actually were a bit more impressive considering he displayed a good bit of power and played in the SEC.

[DaveThePanther2008]

I don't have a dog in this Tavon Austin argument but I had to point out that what you said was EXACTLY what they were ALL saying in 2011 before we drafted Cam... When you draft safe, you get safe. When you draft flashy, you can potentially, get flashy.

Percy Harvin was drafted four WR's after Darius Heyward-Bay in 2009, good thing Oakland played it safe... turned out great for them.

You are comparing T. Austin to Cam Newton? Seriously? So if Cam was coming out this year and was available at our spot you would consider Austin over Cam? I hope not.

Michael Crabtree went after Heyward-Bey too. It took him 4 seasons before he became a vaild WR in this league. You want to waste a #1 pick on a WR that might take 3 or 4 years to be something. He is fast, he is quick, he is dangerous in the open field. Said the same Poo about AE and J. Adams. Why not allow Joe Adams to develop and select a position of greater need. Or is Joe Adams a wasted pick?