Is Toney like cordelle Patterson when he came into league?

when Cordell Patterson came into the league the Vikings said he was drafted to be a kick/punt returner and if he became a WR after a few seasons all the better but they were ok if he was a special teams only guy.

Toney is a much more established WR at this point in his career, and I think many would feel he was a bust if he only became a return guy with the occasional gadget play like Patterson.

In it he is running routes and making defenders fall down on his separation move. Watch that video, and then watch Patterson at Tennessee...they are aren’t really similar other than they are both outstanding athletes.

Toney is much more of a wide receiver than Patterson was coming out.

alike at all. One had speed and was a poor route runner and exclusively as a KR or deep threat.

Patterson is more like Ross than Toney

Had mediocre hands too

bigger too. almost 3 inches and 30 lbs...

Patterson. Poor hands. Poor route runner. Stiff hips lacks agility. Patterson is very very similar to Dwayne Harris. Harris is slightly smaller in size but they play a very physical game with very good straight line speed. Both would never be labeled as shifty or agile.

Toney. Fast. Quick. Very good hands. Exceptional change of direction and burst.

Cordells hands are like Engrams. Hands of stone.

Cordelle sounds a lot like Ross. I wonder if we'll utilize Ross in the same way, or if we're gonna try and make him a fit in the receiver room and let Toney do returns.

as players coming out of college.

here are 3 statistically supported differences:

Patterson only caught about 50% of the targets thrown his way at UT. Why? Because he was a very raw receiver without good hands. Just as has been the case in the NFL when he's played a traditional WR role extensively.

Patterson was the #2 receiver behind Justin Hunter the 1 year he played for TEN. I suppose there could be an argument made that Toney was #2 behind Pitts in the games he played, but numerically Toney ended the year with more targets and more receptions (albeit in more games). TEN did also have a pretty good TE that year as well who caught almost as many balls as Patterson (former Raider Mychal Rivera).

Patterson did not play his best against the good teams in the SEC as Toney did. Against Bama he was held to 1 catch. Against UGA he was held to 2 catches. In fact he only had one game with 100+ receiving yards in college, and it was a 200 yard game against Troy.

For those reasons and others Patterson was simply much more of a gamble on tools whereas Toney has put on tape some dominant performances vs. top tier competition.

I assume Cordarelle Patterson. If so I don't see any similarities. Cordarelle Patterson is like 235 lbs. They don't move similarly at all. Toney is smaller, quicker, and much more shifty.