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Originally Posted by BigChiefFan
How exactly does a player get 157 receptions for 2287 yards, 17 TDs with a 14.6 average in two seasons and not get separation? Is he going to take it to the house on every play? No, but name one player that will? Nobody takes it to the house on every reception. His production speaks for itself. Strong is a quality prospect, it's a shame not many can see it.
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Dunno, but take a look:
http://draftbreakdown.com/video/jael...n-nelson-2014/
That's Steven Nelson spending an entire afternoon in Strong's pocket. Nelson's an okay prospect; probably a 3rd round guy. Strong just doesn't have the physical tools to shake free of a guy that's just an okay college prospect.
Admittedly, here's him playing better against a better prospect than Nelson in Marcus Peters:
The takeaway I get from this is actually more of an indictment on Peters, however. Peters appears to be an absolute
ass zone CB here. Perhaps he improved but any time he was asked to play zone or even plain ol' man coverage, he struggled to diagnose the route. When he was in press-man, however, he was able to neutralize Strong fairly easily. And for a guy that's supposed to simply be a bigger, more physical player than the DBs that are covering him, it was surprising to see Peters going blow for blow with Strong physically.
I just don't see him as being a good fit here and with the depth that will be available at WR throughout this draft, reaching for him in the first would just be a monumental failure.