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roguewarrior wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 11:29 am I met him on a practice visit momentarily, but never watched him in BG game action-before my time. Was he a stand out dominant guy for BG? Was he expected by this forum to be a Pro? Curious if his current NFL trajectory was expected by most here, or if this is a surprise?

BillyLP wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 12:00 pm

roguewarrior wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 11:29 am I met him on a practice visit momentarily, but never watched him in BG game action-before my time. Was he a stand out dominant guy for BG? Was he expected by this forum to be a Pro? Curious if his current NFL trajectory was expected by most here, or if this is a surprise?

His speed was something I have never seen at BG before or since. No one in the country could keep up with him, which lead to his biggest games being against teams like Oregon and Georgia Tech. I figured he'd get a UDFA look for his speed alone, but I thought best case scenario was a season or two on a practice squad. His hands were decent but never at the level of Freddie Barnes or Roger Lewis (just pulling from recent names). I never would have guessed he'd be a legit contributor for a playoff team with an already stacked WR corp.

hammb wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 12:06 pm

BillyLP wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 12:00 pm

roguewarrior wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 11:29 am I met him on a practice visit momentarily, but never watched him in BG game action-before my time. Was he a stand out dominant guy for BG? Was he expected by this forum to be a Pro? Curious if his current NFL trajectory was expected by most here, or if this is a surprise?

His speed was something I have never seen at BG before or since. No one in the country could keep up with him, which lead to his biggest games being against teams like Oregon and Georgia Tech. I figured he'd get a UDFA look for his speed alone, but I thought best case scenario was a season or two on a practice squad. His hands were decent but never at the level of Freddie Barnes or Roger Lewis (just pulling from recent names). I never would have guessed he'd be a legit contributor for a playoff team with an already stacked WR corp.

And it was also a total shock that he got drafted. He didn't even attend the combine. Every year there are 20-30 drafted players that didn't go to the combine, but generally if you don't get an invite you're an after thought. Of course he ran that 4.32 at the BG pro day, and that had to put him on the map for TB.

He had good, but not great production here, on some awful teams. I remember he was ridiculed for some drops and for putting up yards when we were already losing the games. We've definitely had WRs who put up more impressive stats and did it on better teams with better offenses. But he was (in my memory) the first of our big time WRs to go out and show NFL speed/athleticism. He also benefits from the NFL rules getting tighter and tighter, in terms of what DBs get away with. Miller is lightning, but he's so small...15 years ago he probably wouldn't have gotten this opportunity. (also helps to be the over the top deep threat in an offense loaded with other threats and the GOAT at QB)