Sunday, September 25, 2011

Your guide to wide receivers in the 2012 Draft

Yesterday was a rare treat for fans of the NFL Draft.  This is especially true if your team has a serious lack of talent at the offensive skill positions.  It's even more true if that lack of talent is sharply focused on the WR position.

The first game of the morning featured UNC vs Georgia Tech.  This allowed us to see the most under-the-radar candidate, Dwight Jones. Then, Oklahoma State squared off against Texas A&M which gave us a chance to look at the presumptive top-two receiver candidates in the 2012 draft:  Justin Blackmon and Jeff Fuller.  Then we had a dandy between Clemson and Florida State.  We got a chance to see freshman phenom Sammy Watkins catch 8 passes for 141 yards.

As I watch my Rams go down in flames at the hands of the Ravens, who are the very best team in the AFC, my mind can't help but wander forward to the 2012 draft.  Why not?  We're racing out to an 0-3 start, and this season is quickly slipping away from us.  It's going to take one hell of a rally in the second half for us to dig out of the vicious hole we are in.

I can't help but notice the offensive lack of skill and talent at the offensive skill positions.  We'ed better start thinking about the draft.  This time, we better move mountains and extinguish the fires of Hell itself if that's what it takes to get some serious WR talent.  I warned everybody that the only thing we had to do this past off season was acquire a deadly play-maker for Sam Bradford to throw it to.  We didn't do it.

Without further ado, here are the top guys, as I see them:


Num
Name
Pos
College
Class
Height
Weight
Speed
Hometown
Birthday
1
Justin Blackmond
WR
Oklahoma State
Junior
6-1
215
4.45
Ardmore, Oklahoma
1/9/1990
2
Jeff Fuller
WR
Texas A&M
Senior
6-4
220
4.42
Stanford, California/McKinney, Texas
4/20/1990
3
Dwight Jones
WR
North Carolina
Senior
6-4
225
4.5
U.North Carolina
1/1/1989
4
Robert Woods
WR
USC
Sophmore
6-1
180
4.6?
Carson, California
4/10/1992
5
Sammy Watkins
WR
Clemson
Freshman
6-1
190
4.42
Fort Myers, Florida