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Rams43
You don’t see ANY upside to Atwell other than his speed, ellard?
Some pretty smart football people took him at 57 and other teams were reportedly ready to pounce right after them. Sooooo…
To me he doesn't seem like a guy that is going to break tackles, make great run blocks, go up and make the difficult catch, juke everyone on punt returns, kickoffs, bubble screens, catch fade routes in end zone. He doesn't have any of those skill sets at this time. He is a one trick pony he can run really fast in a straight line to me. The definition of a track star. Because of his ridiculous size he needs wide open lanes and needs to beat his man by several yards to have a chance. So far from what we seen of him he has been regulated to line of scrimmage out routes. He doesn't seem to have the ability to immediately turn the corner on people even though he is extremely fast. His few deep attempts have been disastrous with either picks, drops, or getting manhandled. He looks overmatched at this point as a deep threat. This could all change but I see much more upside in making Jacob Harris a receiver and using him as our deep threat next year.
