I think the poster above that mentioned Terry Godwin as an AD comparison was spot on. Just a really good, really solid receiver that does everythign well. Catches just about everything, runs good routes, has plenty enough speed, can surprise you with an amazing catch here and there, etc. But Pickens just had that "extra" category. His catch radius was a mile and whenever the QB threw the ball towards whichever way pickens was running you got excited knowing he was probably gonna catch it. No matter how covered he was you just felt like he was gonna come down with it, and he pretty much did more times than not.

AD isn't that receiver. And that's not an insult or a knock on him at all. He just isn't as good of a receiver as pickens IMO, but to be fair we haven't had many in our entire history that have been either.

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Posted by DawgsLife

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Posted on 4/5/22 at 1:17 pm to WG_Dawg

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I think the poster above that mentioned Terry Godwin as an AD comparison was spot on. Just a really good, really solid receiver that does everythign well. Catches just about everything, runs good routes, has plenty enough speed, can surprise you with an amazing catch here and there, etc.

Exactly.

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But Pickens just had that "extra" category. His catch radius was a mile and whenever the QB threw the ball towards whichever way pickens was running you got excited knowing he was probably gonna catch it. No matter how covered he was you just felt like he was gonna come down with it, and he pretty much did more times than not.

No doubt this is true, too. And if he could have stayed on the field more I would have easily put him in the elite category. It's just hard for me to do that when he was hurt a lot of the time. Maybe it is just my imagination. It just seemed he was hurt a lot.

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Posted by djsdawg

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Posted on 4/5/22 at 5:49 pm to WG_Dawg

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think the poster above that mentioned Terry Godwin as an AD comparison was spot on. Just a really good, really solid receiver that does everythign well. Catches just about everything, runs good routes, has plenty enough speed, can surprise you with an amazing catch here and there, etc.

Fair but add in how he has the length of Pickens and will only grow better. Tons of potential. I lean more towards Conley as a comparison.

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