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Originally Posted by Saccopoo
So, Mayle never played football?
Interesting observation...
Now that we've established that Mayle actually did play football, I'll give you my reasoning why I think he's better than Smelter (who I also like a lot).
Mayle plays with a lot more verticality than Smelter. Mayle uses his hands better on the ball and catches away from the body, extending his catch radius. Smelter is a body catcher and doesn't have a large catch radius.
He runs better routes than Smelter (and that has a lot to do with the system, but when comparing the two, Mayle is much quicker on his breaks and out of his cuts than Smelter).
Mayle tracks the ball better than Smelter on deep routes.
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Mayle is a complete body catcher who plays with zero hops and fails to get separation underneath. He also ran a 4.6 forty and has average length.
Deandre Smelter, on the other hand, does go up and get the ball and against good competition and actually gets separation underneath.