"3rd and Jauan" Jennings l WR Tennessee, signs with Vikings

Originally posted by Heroism:
Why would they move him to TE? Dude is already slow as a slug at 215 lbs, so he's not going to get bigger. TE's have to block guys like Nick Bosa. That's a terrible idea.

Big slot. That's it.

You think he makes the roster? We are crowded at WR.

Deebo, Aiyuck, Bourne, Taylor, Pettis, Hurd, Jennings, James.

Originally posted by Young2Rice:

Originally posted by Heroism:

Why would they move him to TE? Dude is already slow as a slug at 215 lbs, so he's not going to get bigger. TE's have to block guys like Nick Bosa. That's a terrible idea.

Big slot. That's it.

You think he makes the roster? We are crowded at WR.

Deebo, Aiyuck, Bourne, Taylor, Pettis, Hurd, Jennings, James.

I see James getting cut and Taylor and Pettis are on the bubble

Originally posted by ninerfan4life:

Originally posted by Young2Rice:

Originally posted by Heroism:
Why would they move him to TE? Dude is already slow as a slug at 215 lbs, so he's not going to get bigger. TE's have to block guys like Nick Bosa. That's a terrible idea.

Big slot. That's it.

You think he makes the roster? We are crowded at WR.

Deebo, Aiyuck, Bourne, Taylor, Pettis, Hurd, Jennings, James.

I see James getting cut and Taylor and Pettis are on the bubble

I think Taylor stays and it ends up being a battle between Pettis, Jennings and James.

James has the returner on his resume and Pettis has that high draft slot going for him. Jennings might have to shine at ST to make it.

Originally posted by Young2Rice:
You think he makes the roster? We are crowded at WR.

Deebo, Aiyuck, Bourne, Taylor, Pettis, Hurd, Jennings, James.

No idea.

But I see 2 players in that list with guaranteed roster spots(Deebo and Aiyuk).

Originally posted by NYniner85:
Yeah hence he was drafted in the end of the 7th rd

Yeah ultimately any 7th rounder is a long shot. But give me a guy who actually could create separation at the Senior Bowl in KJ Hill

If he lands on the P.S. I doubt he gets snatched up by another team.

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by Young2Rice:

You think he makes the roster? We are crowded at WR.

Deebo, Aiyuck, Bourne, Taylor, Pettis, Hurd, Jennings, James.

No idea.

But I see 2 players in that list with guaranteed roster spots(Deebo and Aiyuk).

I would add Hurd to this list, assuming he's healthy (which is a big assumption of course)

Originally posted by Heroism:

Why would they move him to TE? Dude is already slow as a slug at 215 lbs, so he's not going to get bigger. TE's have to block guys like Nick Bosa. That's a terrible idea.

Big slot. That's it.

This, moving him to TE makes zero sense.

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by Heroism:
Why would they move him to TE? Dude is already slow as a slug at 215 lbs, so he's not going to get bigger. TE's have to block guys like Nick Bosa. That's a terrible idea.

Big slot. That's it.

This, moving him to TE makes zero sense.

Defensive ends and OLBs will wreck him.

Originally posted by dhp318:

Originally posted by NYniner85:
Yeah hence he was drafted in the end of the 7th rd

Yeah ultimately any 7th rounder is a long shot. But give me a guy who actually could create separation at the Senior Bowl in KJ Hill

We needed a big WR. Hurd is still a Q, and his issue as a WR in college was making the contested catches. He's not quite there yet. While Jauan doesn't have the same athletic ability as Hurd, but he's got much better hands and is more polished as a WR.

We just can't have a whole WR corps of small WRs.

Originally posted by dhp318:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Yeah hence he was drafted in the end of the 7th rd

Yeah ultimately any 7th rounder is a long shot. But give me a guy who actually could create separation at the Senior Bowl in KJ Hill

I liked Hill is well. I'm not gonna skip a beat on who they take in the 7th rd. Personally I wanted Hunter Bryant. His knee must be f**ked or something.

This guy makes the team. I think his floor is Kassim Osgood. Excellent special teams gunner. If Mostert is going to get a majority of the carries, they need a gunner to replace him. And if Jennings can prove valuable in the pass game r as a tenacious blocker from the slot, Kyle will sure as hell get him snaps!

Originally posted by dhp318:

Yeah ultimately any 7th rounder is a long shot. But give me a guy who actually could create separation at the Senior Bowl in KJ Hill

You act like Jennings didn't show well at the SB, he did.


https://247sports.com/college/tennessee/LongFormArticle/Jauan-Jennings-Senior-Bowl-2020-NFL-Draft-Tennessee-Vols-reaction-142565586/





Hill's fine but he's just another small slot. He would be mostly redundant with Taylor, James and now Finke. Jennings brings a degree of size, physicality and flat out aggression that this current WR group is mostly lacking.

Originally posted by Young2Rice:

You think he makes the roster? We are crowded at WR.

Deebo, Aiyuck, Bourne, Taylor, Pettis, Hurd, Jennings, James.

Aiyuk
Deebo
Hurd


Pretty much the only three with a guaranteed spot.


Bourne a notch below that.




Benjamin, Taylor, James and Jennings all on thin ice.

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
You act like Jennings didn't show well at the SB, he did.

https://247sports.com/college/tennessee/LongFormArticle/Jauan-Jennings-Senior-Bowl-2020-NFL-Draft-Tennessee-Vols-reaction-142565586/

Hill's fine but he's just another small slot. He would be mostly redundant with Taylor, James and now Finke. Jennings brings a degree of size, physicality and flat out aggression that this current WR group is mostly lacking.

I wouldn't pay too much attention to the editorializing. You can watch a video of some of his reps at the SB and decide for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2EaT7_RIyo The jump ball was nice, but overall it didn't seem that impressive.

KJ Hill's reps were much more impressive here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Taud921TZg

Long shot to make the team no matter who it is in the 7th round, so not that big a deal. Obviously the team felt that he had a better shot to make the team than Hill. But I don't really care if the guy plays a big slot or small slot or any slot. Just give me the guy who has the most transferable NFL skills.