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NGT: Vikings make WR Laquon Treadwell available

FranknWeezer : 8/14/2019 5:07 pm
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Laquon Treadwell is the fifth receiver — at best — on the depth chart and on the verge of bringing an unceremonious end to his Vikings’ career. So it should come as no surprise to anyone, including Treadwell, that the Vikings are shopping him, according to Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated.


Desperate times? Conditional 7th in '20?
Treadwell on the block - ( New Window )
They should  
Nine-Tails : 8/14/2019 5:08 pm : link
Give us a conditional if we take him
he's a  
FranchiseQB : 8/14/2019 5:08 pm : link
giant bust and they will probably cut him.
Shurmur will know him well  
Anakim : 8/14/2019 5:10 pm : link
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Wonder if Sy thinks there is still some potential there  
widmerseyebrow : 8/14/2019 5:15 pm : link
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I always thought this guy would bust  
huygens20 : 8/14/2019 5:16 pm : link
Not being able to separate in college is a big red flag. Now that he's against bigger stronger guys his ability to catch contested passes also gets hurt.
RE: I always thought this guy would bust  
pjcas18 : 8/14/2019 5:20 pm : link
In comment 14530486 huygens20 said:
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Not being able to separate in college is a big red flag. Now that he's against bigger stronger guys his ability to catch contested passes also gets hurt.


I hear this a lot and I'm not sure I understand it.

How did he catch 200+ balls and average over 10 ypc in three years of college (14.1 ypc his jr year) without being able to separate?

I read the same thing on here from a lot of people about Mike Evans his draft year.

He seems like he separates fine.

not being a dick, I legit don't understand how that much college success is possible without separation?

NFL bust not withstanding - a lot of people had that pegged for this guy. Just not sure I understand how college success for a WR can happen to these extents without being able to separate? Is it all against zone D's or something?
I mean I never really understood him as a first round pick to begin  
Zeke's Alibi : 8/14/2019 5:22 pm : link
with. His upside was great red zone threat, but he had a poor vertical and small hands for a WR of his height.
RE: RE: I always thought this guy would bust  
huygens20 : 8/14/2019 5:31 pm : link
In comment 14530489 pjcas18 said:
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In comment 14530486 huygens20 said:


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Not being able to separate in college is a big red flag. Now that he's against bigger stronger guys his ability to catch contested passes also gets hurt.



I hear this a lot and I'm not sure I understand it.

How did he catch 200+ balls and average over 10 ypc in three years of college (14.1 ypc his jr year) without being able to separate?

I read the same thing on here from a lot of people about Mike Evans his draft year.

He seems like he separates fine.

not being a dick, I legit don't understand how that much college success is possible without separation?

NFL bust not withstanding - a lot of people had that pegged for this guy. Just not sure I understand how college success for a WR can happen to these extents without being able to separate? Is it all against zone D's or something?



Because hes a physical receiver that caught a lot of jump ball and contested passes when not in space? You almost never saw him catch uncontested deep because he had no long speed.

Thats his tape in college.


I remember people said really similar things about Mike Evans coming out of college, but the difference is that he ran a 4.5 with good splits at his height/weight. So there's a big difference between projecting a 6'2 guy with no long speed and a 6'5 guy who had average athletic splits but with insane size and vertical.


To me they shouldve stuck treadwell him into the slot the entire time.
Well, he's only due $1.8MM this year. Fifth-year option was declined.  
Big Blue Blogger : 8/14/2019 5:37 pm : link
He wouldn't be the worst waiver claim. If he has a decent year, he might sign elsewhere and fetch a 2021 comp pick (though the comp formula that year may not favor the Giants, considering their current roster and the amount of cap space they will have to play with 2020).
That's because he SUCKS  
ZogZerg : 8/14/2019 5:44 pm : link
Hard pass!
Easy to forget  
if_i_knew : 8/14/2019 6:04 pm : link
How pissed that BBI got in 2016 when the Giants drafted Eli Apple instead of Treadwell
RE: RE: I always thought this guy would bust  
widmerseyebrow : 8/14/2019 6:21 pm : link
In comment 14530489 pjcas18 said:
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I hear this a lot and I'm not sure I understand it.

How did he catch 200+ balls and average over 10 ypc in three years of college (14.1 ypc his jr year) without being able to separate?


13 ypc is pretty average. Under that is pedestrian unless it's a high volume underneath slot guy like Welker or Edelman.
I'd give them a conditional 7th to get him into  
TheMick7 : 8/14/2019 6:32 pm : link
camp for the next 3 weeks if Shurmur believes he's worth a look. If after 3 weeks he's not going to make the roster,return him/cut him & keep the 7th!
he's too slow, he's a poor man's Lattimer  
gtt350 : 8/14/2019 6:36 pm : link
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Stiff as a board..  
djm : 8/14/2019 7:34 pm : link
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RE: Easy to forget  
santacruzom : 8/14/2019 8:58 pm : link
In comment 14530529 if_i_knew said:
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How pissed that BBI got in 2016 when the Giants drafted Eli Apple instead of Treadwell


Maybe it's easy to forget because that was a minority opinion? I do remember the selection of Apple raising eyebrows, but I don't remember a meaningful number of posters being pissed took him instead of Treadwell.
He always played slow to me in college  
UConn4523 : 8/14/2019 9:02 pm : link
was unhappy hearing we were linked to him that draft. Glad that didn’t happen.
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arcarsenal : 8/14/2019 9:07 pm : link
I liked him @ Ole Miss - I thought he'd be a good outside target with some size and could potentially be a poor man's Alshon Jeffery. But he just doesn't have the gear he needs to be a real weapon in the NFL. He's not a tough cover for a lot of these DB's.

I probably wouldn't even bother kicking the tires for little to nothing. He just doesn't seem like he's going to pan out regardless of where he goes.
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