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Okay, so I was thinking about how hard it can be to evaluate players in the draft. But then I remembered DeAndre Hopkins, from last years draft. I thought about him and how good he actually was as a rookie:
52 catches for 802 yds and 2 tds.
Well anybody who follows college football knows Watkins was and is better than Hopkins. People were way more excited about Watkins coming out the next year at the time Hopkins was drafted. So we know for near fact Watkins is capable of producing better numbers as a rookie and having a better career. He's very likely to do something like this:
70 catches for 980 yds and 5 tds.
Anyway, we know Watkins is better and we know Hopkins was pretty good (I'd rather have taken him then Tavon personally and avoided the trade we did). So if this can be seen as fact, does this indeed make Watkins worth the 2nd pick to anyone? It does to me. I was leaning against taking him but with Lewan looking as good as he did at the combine, I'd now like to go 2. Watkinds, 13. Lewan.
I guess what I'm asking is, hypothetically if we draft Watkins at 2nd pick what would he have to do in his rookie season to prove to you he was worth it? If he does anything better than Hopkins stats from last year, I'm satisfied personally...
52 catches for 802 yds and 2 tds.
Well anybody who follows college football knows Watkins was and is better than Hopkins. People were way more excited about Watkins coming out the next year at the time Hopkins was drafted. So we know for near fact Watkins is capable of producing better numbers as a rookie and having a better career. He's very likely to do something like this:
70 catches for 980 yds and 5 tds.
Anyway, we know Watkins is better and we know Hopkins was pretty good (I'd rather have taken him then Tavon personally and avoided the trade we did). So if this can be seen as fact, does this indeed make Watkins worth the 2nd pick to anyone? It does to me. I was leaning against taking him but with Lewan looking as good as he did at the combine, I'd now like to go 2. Watkinds, 13. Lewan.
I guess what I'm asking is, hypothetically if we draft Watkins at 2nd pick what would he have to do in his rookie season to prove to you he was worth it? If he does anything better than Hopkins stats from last year, I'm satisfied personally...