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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
There's like 6-8 hardcore draft nerds on the board, right?
And to a person each of them love this pick and most were on the player WELL before some of the media sorts were.
I'll take the wisdom of that particular crowd over...well, the other guys in this thread....100 times out of 100.
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I’m convinced those 6-8 hardcore draft nerds have better takes on the draft and draft prospects than a good portion of the “professional” guys.
For me, the things that stand out about Rice are:
Explosive leaping ability (vertical and broad)
Elite 10- and 20-yard splits
Above average agility drill times
That’s the profile of a receiver who does the things that they need to do to work in Reid’s system.
I see some Jeremy Maclin/Stafon Diggs components to his game as a route runner/receiver, but with a bigger catch radius and plucker hands.
I still was excited about Tillman and would have pulled the trigger there, but getting one of Mingo/Tillman/Rice is a plus.
My main regret re: Mingo is that we won’t get to make Tombstone memes for his whole career.