watching those incompletions (had to mute coz the guy's comments didnt always jive with what i was seeing) - there were a lot of uncatchable balls and some awful throws that Dez had to play defence (look no further than dez vs broncos to see the litany of garbage thrown his way) but that being said he didnt look that comfortable or confident attempting to catch some of those balls - maybe its concentration and being disillusioned with his situation but as much as this guy professes otherwise he still didnt look right last year - he still flashes his ability but i wonder if the mental arduousness of playing with dak last year destroyed his concentration and lost his confidence (part of what made him so successful and so great was his aura of knowing that a 50/50 was more like a 75/25 when it was targeted dez's way and having beat the CB in the redzone before the snap)
so absolutely id bring dez in but id still worry about his concentration and his hands based off last year's film
agree with it all, i wasnt even listening and just watching and agreed with the title of the vid. dez definitely wasnt himself, he looked lost on occasion, unsure, timid almost, and he didnt catch and turn upfield with the same authority he once did, he looked like he was thinking almost as if hes a rookie on a learning curve, it was WEIRD to see dez like that. i attribute this sudden change in personality to dak being garbage on placement and communication, hes throwing to the wrong route, calling the wrong audibles, and his ball placement was about as bad as it gets when he was targeting dez, there is no way in hell dez was playing with any sort of rhythm or confidence that he had a chance to make a play.
You know something dude, Dez is one of those players that was a freak coming into the league. Somebody that should be able to function even after declining a touch. But with Dak play like garbage I’m sure it has effected Brice Butlers game as well. Not saying Dez can’t play but Brice looks more explosive sudden and fluid running routes. Brice is the bargain in free agency. Dez is gonna cost bank cuz of his name. Brice is gonna be pretty cheap. Can get him for about $5-6mil per year at the most.
dak for some reason had much better ball placement and chemistry with butler and butler still had problems with drops. i actually just got halfway through watching every target of the season, and the first half of the vid was littered with drops on well placed balls. ill take dez and his contract over butler, im not a fan. ill give it to you though he does look like a good athlete and a natural built wr, he has good body control, hand placement, and ball tracking, but im seeing a good number of balls bounce right off his hands and he doesnt explode off the screen enough to excuse that, im ok with routine drops if youre making one big play after another, like a prime d. thomas, julio jones, amari cooper, megatron etc. they all have/had dropsies, but made up for it, the number of drops I saw in only half a season of footage is disheartening for a guy who isn't 1/10th the playmaker that the worst wr on that list is...
