Picture this... it's 1st and 10
Golladay outside
Toney in the slot
Engram on the line
Barkley in the backfield
Do you prefer Shep or Slayton as the other outside receiver?
I'm leaning Slayton just for big play potential. That is an exciting skills group.
Who do you take?
This, I bet he plays more third downs than Barkley at RB. Especially early in the season when Barkley is on a pitch count.
Gene, your thoughts on the draft (on paper)
+1
Golladay outside
Toney in the slot
Rudolph at tight end
Ross as the other outside receiver
Barkley in the backfield
Engram on the unemployment line
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The next Anquan Boldin. He's not a flyer, so he's not going outside - slot is where he belongs ...
Catching the slant routes, then leaving a trail of would-be tacklers in his wake.
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^ This
How many times have the WRs been short due to injuries the past couple years. The depth this year should help when 1 or 2 of them are out
The next Anquan Boldin. He's not a flyer, so he's not going outside - slot is where he belongs ...
Catching the slant routes, then leaving a trail of would-be tacklers in his wake.
Toney ran in the 4.3's at his pro day and Boldin was a 4.7 guy. On film, Toney is the quickest player on the field and it's not even close. Also beat guys deep by just running by them (see the SEC championship game)
So a gadget player? I highly doubt the Giants took Toney to play the Lucky Whitehead role in Garrets offense
27 receptions his senior year over 15 yards, tied for 6th nationally. He can separate and get vertical, and he can work underneath and force missed tackles and get yac.
Get the ball in Kadarius Toney’s hands, and good things happen. The 6-foot, 193-pound Florida product is one of two receivers in this class that ranked inside the 90th percentile for both yards after the catch per reception (8.77) and forced missed tackles per reception (0.358). In fact, no Power 5 wideout with 100-plus receptions over the past seven collegiate seasons (2014-20) has forced more missed tackles per reception than Toney.
Given that he seems to be a late bloomer it’s probably wrong to pigeonhole what his upside might be.
“He’s capable of playing outside receiver. He will play outside receiver. And he’s been told he’ll play outside receiver,” Tolbert said. “Just like with Kenny Golladay now, we’re teaching him the concept of everything so wherever they line up they’ll know what to do and won’t be pegged as an inside or outside guy.
“There are some guys who have skills to be more productive as an outside or inside,” Tolbert added. “But the good thing about KT is the fact he can do both at a really high level.”
Which is great to see; he's not going down without a fight. I'm impressed.
I think Shep is a solid 2/3 option as well, but again for that to be showcased he needs this additional help that’s coming in because he’s he’s just NOT #1 material. He’s the type of guy who I think would be the #3/slot WR on a super bowl caliber team— do the fact we’re talking about him as possibly the #4 guy makes me very happy.
Sorry I went off in a tangent lol. To answer your question— I think Slayton will be the 2nd WR on the field most snaps, certainly the #2 outside receiver, but I don’t necessarily classify shep as the any specific # of receiver— he could be anywhere from #4 to #2 depending on the play/situation/formation
They have a lot of options now. Will depend on the situation, down and distance.
He ran in the 4.3's - he can fly. Do people just make stuff up or can they really not tell that he's fast?
They have a lot of options now. Will depend on the situation, down and distance.
Or Pio!
Sorry - I couldn't help myself.
He ran in the 4.3's - he can fly. Do people just make stuff up or can they really not tell that he's fast?
Great point-- he can absolutely fly. I think what happened is there's literally like one clip of him getting chased down from behind and people immediately said "oh he's not a burner like Tyreek Hill, he's not the fastest, etc.".... Like okay 1) NO ONE is as fast as Tyreek Hill, that fact doesn't make ANYONE slow lol, but ... 2) We do sometimes see the fastest of the fastest get chased down sometimes. For instance, I think in the clip where Toney gets chased down-- he gets a little tripped up and THEN he starts to approach his top speed, while meanwhile the corner chasing him already has a head of steam in his chase-down. It's amazing in fact Toney doesn't get chased down faster in the clip-- but what happens is the corner just reaches his top speed before Toney does because he started running unimpeded earlier, so he gets a chance to chase him down. I'm not necessarily convinced that corner could beat Toney in a straight-up foot race (and even if he could, there are just not THAT many dudes who can run sub 4.4, even in the NFL).