Kevin White WR, WVU

Originally posted by daragon:
White will be first WR taken. Book it.

This. We'd have to trade up to have a chance, he's killing it at this combine.

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
Why do people continue to insist that you beat a big grabby, hold-prone CB using a big WR. That's more or less playing into the CB's hands and giving him a bigger target to grab on to. The guys that Sherman has struggled with covering the most are smaller, quicker and faster guys that got to where he couldn't get to.


I like White because he's a very good weapon all-around, but not necessarily the guy I'd want to put up against Sherman.

I agree with this - I don't think we should be looking for a guy to beat Sherman necessarily. Sherman doesn't chase receivers around, so we can stick our 3rd receiver up against him. We should just be looking for the best players we can find and guys who can beat some of their other corners.

Jeremiah just compared him to Julio Jones and I'm starting to agree with that. I don't think he's quite as fast, but both are powerful guys and White is really competitive which I love. He's probably my favorite WR now. I don't really focus on bench press numbers, but with him, it confirms how competitive he is and that he's willing to put in work.

Originally posted by daragon:
White will be first WR taken. Book it.

I don't think so at all. Cooper might not have the same ceiling but he's far more polished and has a better resume. White is much more of a wild card, more raw as a receiver. Both will go Top 10 but I think Cooper definitely goes in the first 5 picks.



Amari Cooper-3 seasons at Alabama-3463 yards, 31 TD's.

Kevin White-2 seasons at WVU, 1954 yards, 15 TD's.

Conley looked really good and White surpassed expectations. That said, if there is a
DL at 15 they may see the WR depth as good enough to wait until the 2nd round...expecially if White is gone.

As far as finding someone to beat Sherman...that's on the QB more than the WR. You can't throw it up against Sherman, you have to throw it to the opposite side of the receiver.

Originally posted by dtg_9er:
Conley looked really good and White surpassed expectations. That said, if there is a
DL at 15 they may see the WR depth as good enough to wait until the 2nd round...expecially if White is gone.

As far as finding someone to beat Sherman...that's on the QB more than the WR. You can't throw it up against Sherman, you have to throw it to the opposite side of the receiver.

Or just avoid that side of the field completely......

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by dtg_9er:
Conley looked really good and White surpassed expectations. That said, if there is a
DL at 15 they may see the WR depth as good enough to wait until the 2nd round...expecially if White is gone.

As far as finding someone to beat Sherman...that's on the QB more than the WR. You can't throw it up against Sherman, you have to throw it to the opposite side of the receiver.

Or just avoid that side of the field completely......

Originally posted by doc_brown_:
Big bodied, deep threat? Yes please!!! Kevin White = My Draft Crush!

Plus he leads all receivers with 23 reps on the bench press. Dude is a beast!

Originally posted by fortyninerglory:

Originally posted by doc_brown_:
Big bodied, deep threat? Yes please!!! Kevin White = My Draft Crush!

Plus he leads all receivers with 23 reps on the bench press. Dude is a beast!

He won't make it past the Faiders now.

Yeah, Cooper is more realistic at this point

Originally posted by eastcoast49ersfan:

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
Why do people continue to insist that you beat a big grabby, hold-prone CB using a big WR. That's more or less playing into the CB's hands and giving him a bigger target to grab on to. The guys that Sherman has struggled with covering the most are smaller, quicker and faster guys that got to where he couldn't get to.


I like White because he's a very good weapon all-around, but not necessarily the guy I'd want to put up against Sherman.

I agree with this - I don't think we should be looking for a guy to beat Sherman necessarily. Sherman doesn't chase receivers around, so we can stick our 3rd receiver up against him. We should just be looking for the best players we can find and guys who can beat some of their other corners.

Jeremiah just compared him to Julio Jones and I'm starting to agree with that. I don't think he's quite as fast, but both are powerful guys and White is really competitive which I love. He's probably my favorite WR now. I don't really focus on bench press numbers, but with him, it confirms how competitive he is and that he's willing to put in work.

I agree with you on Sherman. That has been his only criticism and look at the Pats. They ran Edelman opposite Sherman and he killed it. We need the best available Wide out and just have Stevie Johnson line up on Sherman's side with Anquan and the best third wide out in the slot and opposite Sherman.

He deft will be out of our reach now putting up good combine numbers he easily goes in as the #1 receiver now.

Originally posted by fortyninerglory:

Plus he leads all receivers with 23 reps on the bench press. Dude is a beast!

He's actually tied with Sammie Coates and Geremy Davis at 23

Top5 lock.

Originally posted by mayo49:
He won't make it past the Faiders now.

I still think Cooper is easily the top WR. He's done nothing to hurt himself whatsoever at the Combine.


People are obsessing over White's numbers but ignoring just how raw he is. One productive year at WVU in a Blitzkrieg style passing offense. If I had to put my job and life savings on the line, I'm still going with the guy who's produced for 3 seasons in the SEC.

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
I still think Cooper is easily the top WR. He's done nothing to hurt himself whatsoever at the Combine.


People are obsessing over White's numbers but ignoring just how raw he is. One productive year at WVU in a Blitzkrieg style passing offense. If I had to put my job and life savings on the line, I'm still going with the guy who's produced for 3 seasons in the SEC.

I agree that Cooper is the better prospect. Dude is polished!