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Originally Posted by BossChief
Devils advocate hype train:
He was only a WR for 2 years of his life before getting drafted. Those 2 years were for a small school with small coaching.
He went into one of the toughest systems for WRs to pick up at the NFL level. Couple that with his only 2 years in a small school and it’s probably reasonable to expect him to be a little behind in development.
This shows in his overall field awareness and the amount of time he doesn’t “play fast”. If they can get him to a point he’s not thinking so much (and after the fumbles, probably overthinking everything) maybe we see the kid develop into the player some of us thought he could be coming out (Welker and Edelman).
To the credit of those initial comparisons of “upside” to those 2 greats, here are those 2s stats and Moores over their first 2 seasons in the nfl:
Welker
29 catches, 434 yards. 0 touchdowns
Edelman
44 catches, 444 yards, 1 touchdown.
Skyy Moore
43 catches, 494 yards, 1 touchdown (not counting playoffs.)
If these coaches can turn Skyy into a player that allows us to let Hollywood walk after this season and would allow us to use draft resources at other need positions to further bolster the roster…that would be huge. It would give Veach flexibility to make a big move now or during next years draft when we have the extra pick for Sneed.
Of, as Veach says, take a BIG swing.
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What a high quality and positive post about Skyy. Would love to see him not suck but I can't even say we've seen glimpses. I bet the aforementioned players fans saw glimpses in those first two seasons. Obv hope he balls out. Seems like a good kid.