The KuppAngeles Rams

[dal4018]

I 'm quite sure his college coach was watching him in action yesterday

[dal4018]

I was just talking about Dez...
There's nothing wrong with Dez Bryant
Every team in the NFL has a receiver (or two) that perform similar statistically

The problem is with the Cowboys
They are a team that dramatically over values their players and sign them to insane contratcs
The Cowboys found themselves in a position where they thought they couldn't win without Dez Bryant

That type of thinking leads to really bad (and long) contracts

Dez is a perfectly fine receiver
Worth about $4.5 Mil
Presently he's being paid $16,000,000.00

And that is entirely the cowboys fault

Next:
Kirk Cousins
A soon to be 30 year old quarterback that has never won a meaningful game
and does't make anyone around him better (like some other QB's tend to do)

He's already extremely wealthy
I wouldn't touch him for a penny over $15.5 Mil a year
The Redskins need to just let him go to Denver (after driving up the price a little)
Ideally forcing Denver to pay him the $25 Mill a year he just isn't worth

Yes, the problem is that Bryant is being paid like an elite, #1, speed receiver, and he's not that kind of receiver anymore. He's slow (and he was never fleet of foot to begin with, so being even slower than that is a problem) and he's not a guy that demands extra coverage anymore. Yes, you're right, he's just like an average #3 or #4 receiver, but he's paid like he's a top receiver in the league.

As for Cousins, the Redskins will have to decide if they can stomach a 2 win season to get into a position to draft a top notch QB. I agree, there's a danger in paying any QB so much money that it hinders your being able to field an effective team around him, and Cousins is certainly less deserving of that money than say a Brees or Brady would be. But you have to accept that you're going to lose a lot of games to get into position to draft a rookie QB who can replace him. Or, like the Eagles did with Wentz, make a bunch of trades to move up in the draft and hope that Cleveland still thinks they can get by without a drafting a QB.

Bryant was never a speed demon coming out of college at Oklahoma St he was another Michael Irvin clone who was slow as molasses coming out of THE U.

[dal4018]

Ok I'll go ahead and stick my neck out and say what I think we can expect. I think you guys over rate him. I've watched him over the years and I don't think he's anywhere near the top of the list in terms of the best receivers to come out of I-AA/FCS. I think he will play. But his best 40 at the combine was 4.62 seconds. He's downright slow by NFL wide receiver standards.

I'll go ahead and say I don't think he's ever going to amount to much in the NFL. But the nice thing is that if it turns out that he does you guys can link this post and tell me how wrong I was.

Larry Fitzgerald 4.63
Jerry Rice 4.71
Cris Carter 4.63
Anquan Boldin - 4.71
Brandon Lloyd - 4.62
Hines Ward - 4.55
Brandon Marshall - 4.52
Dez Bryant - 4.52
Antonio Brown - 4.47

It's not all about speed as you can see from the list above. Kupp has great hands and makes catches other receivers drop, he also runs great routes and his QB's had confidence in him. I would love to have see Green Bay get him.

Its not about speed tell this to guys like Randy Moss,Bob Hayes that was their calling card into the NFL.

[Gil Dobie]

Larry Fitzgerald 4.63
Jerry Rice 4.71
Cris Carter 4.63
Anquan Boldin - 4.71
Brandon Lloyd - 4.62
Hines Ward - 4.55
Brandon Marshall - 4.52
Dez Bryant - 4.52
Antonio Brown - 4.47

It's not all about speed as you can see from the list above. Kupp has great hands and makes catches other receivers drop, he also runs great routes and his QB's had confidence in him. I would love to have see Green Bay get him.

Its not about speed tell this to guys like Randy Moss,Bob Hayes that was their calling card into the NFL.

There are exceptions of course, but you have to be able to catch and run plays.

[dal4018]

Its not about speed tell this to guys like Randy Moss,Bob Hayes that was their calling card into the NFL.

There are exceptions of course, but you have to be able to catch and run plays.

Yes catch and run it goes without saying my point is not being caught afterwards.Its a like a burglar stealing something from your home and starts walking as a means of escape instead of driving a fast car.

[kalm]

Larry Fitzgerald 4.63
Jerry Rice 4.71
Cris Carter 4.63
Anquan Boldin - 4.71
Brandon Lloyd - 4.62
Hines Ward - 4.55
Brandon Marshall - 4.52
Dez Bryant - 4.52
Antonio Brown - 4.47

It's not all about speed as you can see from the list above. Kupp has great hands and makes catches other receivers drop, he also runs great routes and his QB's had confidence in him. I would love to have see Green Bay get him.

Its not about speed tell this to guys like Randy Moss,Bob Hayes that was their calling card into the NFL.

The point is it’s not ALWAYS about speed.

Kupp has a quick first step and reaches max speed quicker than most WR’s enabling him to cover more distance, faster.