Antoine Wesley is interesting - especially when viewing him post-combine
he's got really surprising flexibility and precise route running which he works really well in short-areas to get open - has a real understanding of how to set up a corner too - demonstrates a real nuance and craft with the route running elements of the game - he does have a weird tell where he flails his outside arm away from his body at the break but that's not something that's a real hindrance to him at the next level
and on top of that he's probably got the best hands in the draft (certainly out of the prospects ive watched so far)
the problem is that he has a distinct lack of explosion and i think the fact that he did everything except the 40 is pretty telling of how he thinks he would run - 40 times arent anything but it tells you that he probably thinks his long speed is an issue
he makes up for it with good agility and flexibility and that may well translate to decent enough short-area burst (or something that has the same impact on a corner) especially for a tall receiver but i wonder about that top-speed - great catch radius, great length, great hands, great ball tracking, good nuanced route running, not great burst or speed and yet he somehow makes consistent big plays down the field and with the ball in his hands in college
this is a really tricky grade - feels like a better route-running version of the marcell ateman grade last year
he's got really surprising flexibility and precise route running which he works really well in short-areas to get open - has a real understanding of how to set up a corner too - demonstrates a real nuance and craft with the route running elements of the game - he does have a weird tell where he flails his outside arm away from his body at the break but that's not something that's a real hindrance to him at the next level
and on top of that he's probably got the best hands in the draft (certainly out of the prospects ive watched so far)
the problem is that he has a distinct lack of explosion and i think the fact that he did everything except the 40 is pretty telling of how he thinks he would run - 40 times arent anything but it tells you that he probably thinks his long speed is an issue
he makes up for it with good agility and flexibility and that may well translate to decent enough short-area burst (or something that has the same impact on a corner) especially for a tall receiver but i wonder about that top-speed - great catch radius, great length, great hands, great ball tracking, good nuanced route running, not great burst or speed and yet he somehow makes consistent big plays down the field and with the ball in his hands in college
this is a really tricky grade - feels like a better route-running version of the marcell ateman grade last year
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