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Re: I don't think we know if he is or isn't.

May 20, 2017 03:47AM
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RockRam
Austin has been misused so badly and has played with bad QBs in bad, unimaginative offenses. So it is really hard to know what he can and cannot do. Good
WOs typically have to be able to battle for contested balls, have a sizable catch radius, and have the physicality to hand fight and break Press Man coverage. That's not Austin.

I think he is similar to Percy Harvin.
So I don't think Austin becomes a WO per se and as a routine, runs deep routes.

I see him more as a guy who lines up in different places, trying to gain specific advantageous match-ups by scheme, or with the purpose of drawing coverage towards himself and reaching a spot on the field that opens up the field for someone else.

NFL CBs are used to dealing with fast guys. Austin is fast; but he's not off the charts. Speed isn't everything in a WR. But neither is size; there's been some pretty unconventional WOs that have succeeded (Ty Hilton comes to mind). DeShaun Jackson is hardly prototypical, either. But both have been effective.

Austin drops quite a few passes. Also, the writer was right about him letting the ball into his body when he catches it. He doesn't take the ball out of the air aggressively. Maybe his arms are too short for that; he catches like a T-Rex would if a T-Rex could.
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  MMQB: Austin Not A Field Stretching, Downfield WR

RamBill1268May 19, 2017 09:34AM

  Austin Not A Field Stretching, Downfield WR

Anonymous User720May 19, 2017 09:50AM

  Re: Austin Not A Field Stretching, Downfield WR

Classicalwit390May 19, 2017 05:14PM

  Re: You assume Wrong Classicalwit

Anonymous User442May 20, 2017 12:17PM

  you know what they say about when you assume....

Rampage2K-472May 21, 2017 09:38AM

  He's right about OJ Howard

LMU93496May 19, 2017 11:47AM

  big penalties

wv ram440May 19, 2017 12:12PM

  I'd settle for even less...

JamesJM386May 19, 2017 12:19PM

  NFL penalty stats show......

NewMexicoRam332May 20, 2017 12:30PM

  Re: big penalties

reggae300May 20, 2017 12:44PM

  Re: MMQB: Austin Not A Field Stretching, Downfield WR

joram325May 20, 2017 02:08AM

  I don't think we know if he is or isn't.

RockRam356May 20, 2017 02:24AM

  Re: I don't think we know if he is or isn't.

Classicalwit345May 20, 2017 03:47AM

  Re: I don't think we know if he is or isn't.

zn374May 20, 2017 05:27AM

  Its all speculation as usual

Hazlet Hacksaw322May 20, 2017 03:08PM

  certainly I have my own ideas

reggae348May 20, 2017 03:25PM

  Re: certainly I have my own ideas

AlbaNY_Ram339May 21, 2017 01:14AM

  problem is (maybe)

zn278May 21, 2017 05:01AM

  Re: certainly I have my own ideas

Rams43334May 21, 2017 08:06AM

  to an extent sure

zn313May 20, 2017 03:51PM

  Absolutely

Hazlet Hacksaw259May 22, 2017 03:21AM

  Yeah, all speculations..

JamesJM313May 20, 2017 04:02PM

  True or false

reggae269May 20, 2017 05:54PM

  Re: True or false

zn286May 20, 2017 06:33PM

  Yeah i think the Pats would find a way to use him

Hazlet Hacksaw276May 22, 2017 03:24AM

  Re: Yeah i think the Pats would find a way to use him

Rams43284May 22, 2017 06:44AM

  well the Rams did

zn292May 22, 2017 07:44AM

  Has McVay come out and said any of this?

Hazlet Hacksaw403May 22, 2017 08:15AM

  No...I am reading between the lines

zn307May 22, 2017 08:31AM

  Re: well the Rams did

Rams43277May 22, 2017 08:41AM

  I doubt it

zn284May 22, 2017 08:49AM

  Re: I doubt it

Rams43293May 22, 2017 08:59AM

  Re: I doubt it

zn319May 22, 2017 09:15AM

  Re: I doubt it

Rams43314May 22, 2017 09:50AM

  Re: I doubt it

zn457May 22, 2017 10:01AM

  Not the only who thinks he knows

Hazlet Hacksaw276May 23, 2017 04:03AM

  Who cares and frankly he could be and has been here and there

LesBaker317May 21, 2017 11:24AM

  Re: Who cares and frankly he could be and has been here and there

dzrams280May 22, 2017 10:12AM

  Re: He is not a fit for this offense

merlin199May 22, 2017 06:57AM

  Re: He is not a fit for this offense

Rams43319May 22, 2017 08:43AM

  Totally disagree about a "drop mike" post!

Ramgator293May 22, 2017 08:46AM