re: Auburn in the NFL

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Remember when a lot of you actually believed that Duke Williams was more talented than Coates?

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Ummm, Duke is still a better pass catcher. He's just dumb as hell and doesn't have the work ethic to overcome his deficiencies (his speed) like Coates has.

Coates still has stone hands and is bad at finding the ball in the air. He's in the NFL because he had ideal size and is an top tier athlete with freakish strength and speed. If he had Duke's attitude problem then teams probably wouldn't be willingly to overlook his bad hands. And if Duke had Coate's good attitude and work ethic teams would've been more willing to overlook his lack of speed.

Dukes problem was never lack of talent. He had enough talent that one point he was considered he top WR prospect in all of CFB.