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What makes a great deep threat WR?
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Jan 24, 2013 at 6:25 PM
- pdizo916
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speed and hands?
Jan 24, 2013 at 6:29 PM
- titan
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Speed, hands, and height...route running not so much anymore.
Jan 24, 2013 at 6:32 PM
- Hayes4Dayes
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It would be nice to have a little desire as well. Height would be handy, but Steve Smith did it for years going up and getting the deep ball, and not exactly a very big receiver.
Jan 24, 2013 at 6:46 PM
- jreff22
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hands hands hands....and some speed
Jan 24, 2013 at 6:56 PM
- WRATHman44
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Gotta be able to track the ball in the air and adjust to the trajectory. For contested throws, you need to time a jump properly, shield the ball from the defender w/ your body, and aggressively catch the ball away from the body.
Jan 24, 2013 at 7:06 PM
- RishikeshA
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Watch Julio Jones in the NFC Championship, he uses a subtle push off when he makes his cut that takes the defensive back off stride. You must have speed but size is a big factor today. Watch the Seattle cornerbacks, they just mug the receiver at the line of scrimmage. Smaller wide-outs are negated by such tactics, no matter how fast they are. These maneuvers mess up the offensive flow.
Jan 28, 2013 at 8:42 AM
- almondJoy
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Originally posted by WRATHman44:
Gotta be able to track the ball in the air and adjust to the trajectory. For contested throws, you need to time a jump properly, shield the ball from the defender w/ your body, and aggressively catch the ball away from the body.
Ditto
Jan 28, 2013 at 10:44 AM
- qnnhan7
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Must beat that corner on a consistent bases. Whether with speed or route running or a combo. Must fight for the ball when in tight coverage. Then there's the safety to worry about, especially hanging on to the ball for that hit. If he can do all that, he's a deep threat.
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