Smith was awarded the Heisman Trophy for his accomplishments alongside several other awards and honors. Allen and Payne have both notched 54-plus tackles in five consecutive seasons, and both were Pro Bowlers in 2022. Devonta Smith has put together a senior season that may not be repeated for long time. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Pitts is already tied with Rob Gronkowski for 25th on the rookie tight end yardage list. Of course, it took two months to get to this point, which doesn't say great things about him as a coach. 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Recent rookies who finished with DVOA and DYAR similar to Toney's projections include Deebo Samuel in 2019, Brandin Cooks in 2014, and DeAndre Hopkins in 2013. In reply to Bizarre Jackson splits by jheidelberg, Wait, this is important: to be clear, those are ***KIRK COUSINS'*** splits when losing/winning, NOT Lamar Jackson's. He was magical," Tannenbaum said. I know QB runs are scored differently, 2nd and 5: 6 yards (FD) [45] He was the third wide receiver taken in the draft after Ja'Marr Chase and Jaylen Waddle. Hes going to make an impact just like (Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver) AJ Green did, Burleson said Thursday on NFL Networks Good Morning Football. You look at what Jefferson did [as a Minnesota Vikings rookie], it's scary thinking about how good Chase can be," Tannenbaum said. Three produced first downs, and he also had a 12-yard gain on second-and-19 that counted as a successful play. Stroud, Ohio State. You wonder, can he stand up to the rigors of pro football, then you think Ohio State's defense is going to have a lot of NFL players. It's not even really close anymore. I would want him to take me through his decision process.". Zaccheaus only had three catches, but they were all big plays: 3-yard touchdown; 49-yard gain on second-and-8; 6-yard touchdown. "He's a do-it-all WR with dynamic ability after the catch. Fields shows improvement almost in real time, but management doesn't get a cheap reason not to fire Nagy (and hopefully Pace too). Ja'Marr Chase or DeVonta Smith | Who Should I Start? [14] On September 28, Smith set career highs with 274 yards and five touchdowns in a 5931 victory against Ole Miss. He also won two national championships while at Alabama prior to being selected by the Eagles tenth overall in the 2021 NFL Draft. He had five dropbacks with 2 or 3 yards to go for a first down and only converted one of them (a 23-yard completion to Jamal Agnew on fourth-and-2). For example, on Sunday his line was 8/10 for 83 with a long of 17. [17][18], After the season, his teammates Henry Ruggs and Jerry Jeudy forfeited their remaining NCAA eligibility to enter the 2020 NFL Draft, where they ended up as first-round picks, but Smith decided to return to Alabama for his senior year. The Chicago O-line also was holding up pretty well in pass pro which obviously helped. The Bengals stuffed Chubb twice and he also had a fumble. Now most mock drafts and player rankings look the same. You guys see his film, this guy can play. Now, DeVonta had the better body of work. DYAR says that Kirk Cousins outplayed Lamar Jackson. Pitts' size6-foot-6 and 248 poundsmakes it especially difficult to label him as one or the other. Conner ranks first this week despite a 4-yard gain and a fumble on first-and-24. Mahomes struggled in short yardage. So, Chase is the ultimate playmaker and he seems to be overshadowed by Alabamas. WebJa'Marr Chase School: LSU Position: WR 6-0 , 201lb (183cm, 91kg) Draft: 1st round, 5th overall of the 2021 NFL draft by the Cincinnati Bengals 1 7 Ja'Marr Chase Overview Game DAVIE, Fla. -- A top Miami Dolphins priority this offseason is surrounding quarterback Tua Tagovailoa with better offensive playmakers, and their top asset is the No. By the way, he was cooking his rookie year. [5] He scored his first collegiate touchdown on a 27-yard reception against Vanderbilt on September 23. Smith is on pace to finish with 164 DYAR and a 5.3% DVOA. Do you have a sports website? It has to be something to do with the blocking scheme matching player's core strengths because it feels impossible that all their players could get worse. [53], In Week 3, against the Washington Commanders, Smith had eight catches for a career-high 169 yards and a touchdown in the 248 win. In reply to Yeah I posted in the Open by TomC. Thomas and Lattimore both missed a majority of 2022 due to injury but are prime candidates for bounce-back years. If and when he plays for a functional offense, that will open up the deep routes, which in turn will create YAC opportunities underneath. Toney has been very good, however, at getting the Giants to midfield. Your login session has expired. From the point Atlanta went up 24-6 in the fourth quarter till the end of the game, Siemian went 11-of-15 for 111 yards and two touchdowns, plus a 27-yard DPI. DeVonta Smith vs He would need to average 58.9 yards in each of Atlanta's nine remaining games to match Ditka. Stroud, Mike Tanier's Final Three-Round Mock Draft, Things to Do While Waiting for Aaron Rodgers. Jackson was the best passer this week in the red zone, going 6-of-7 for 28 yards with three touchdowns. Ja'Marr Chase and DeVonta Smith are incredible talents. There's no doubt that Pitts is the top rookie tight end this season; the only question is whether he can threaten any all-time records. WebGet instant advice on your decision to start Ja'Marr Chase or DeVonta Smith for Week 18. Yeah, Coleman had his one season (2018) when his main competition was Ito Smith, but whether it was Devonta Freeman or Raheem Mostert, he usually was outshined by someone else. He has also been very much a one-game wonder, with 10 catches for 189 yards (18.9 yards per reception) in a blowout loss to the Cowboys, 18 catches for 163 yards (9.1 yards per reception) in his other seven games. He had 120 yards on 21 carries and no fumbles. But Chase chose not to play last year, and Smith weighs 166 pounds. For ESPN NFL Draft expert Todd McShay, he prefers Chase, but only slightly. His 175-pound frame is the big question. Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. Look at his frame. . Unsurprisingly, there's a heavy Alabama influence, too. I mean, some of them under Gailey appeared to be on track to becoming long term functioning linemen. Possibly even negatively valuable? He's tough -- stronger than his frame and size indicate. He is 210 pounds and he has speed for days, McShay said. Ian Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images, Watch more top videos, highlights, and B/R original content, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. He only had two dropbacks with more than 10 yards to go for a first down and he converted both of them, with a pair of 20-yard gains on first-and-15. [15] On November 9, against LSU, he had seven receptions for 213 receiving yards and two touchdowns in the 4641 loss. 2021 NFL draft coverage All 259 picks | Every team's class And a receiver who probably should have just let the ball sail out of bounds. College Cousins had the best DYAR this week in the first quarter, when he completed all five of his passes for 71 yards and a touchdown. They were 22nd/28 in epa/play because the first half still counts. He did at Ohio State, he has so far in the NFL. That Waddle video should be a caution on thinking these numbers represent ability, talent, or even performance. Yes, the 17-game season certainly helpsDitka averaged 76.9 yards in 14 games in his first year. Tua and Smith played together in Alabama. Ja'Marr Chase, LSU. ", Dolphins coach Brian Flores addressed Smith's size at the Senior Bowl, saying, "you can nitpick all you want about a guy's size, but good players are good players are good players. (Mike White lost 11.) It was a pandemic, I wouldn't hold it against him if he didn't feel safe. One of the questions going into April's draft will be whether LSU's Ja'Marr Chase or Alabama's Heisman Trophy winner Devonta Smith will be the first receiver off the board. Football Outsiders content published by ESPN. With A.J. [26] The following week, he had eight receptions for 231 receiving yards and three touchdowns in a 5517 victory over LSU. This is the same Vikings defense that allowed Sam Darnold to gain 49 yards on only three carries. Again, it's the workload that sets them apart. NFL Nation: Analysis for every pick That's much larger than the average wide receiver last year (6-foot-1, 202 pounds) and more in line with the average tight end (6-foot-5, 252 pounds). They followed that up with strong 2022 campaigns and guided the Bengals to another AFC Championship Game appearance. And what about DYAR? Just calculate it entirely as one total combined number. Few players have ever lasted in the NFL with such a limited route tree, but then there are a lot of things going on in the desert this year that we have rarely seen before. Normally I would think "opponent adjustments", but the Vikings defense entered the week as the #4 ranked defense per DVOA. But he was, Taylor was the week's worst passer on deep balls, going 0-for-8 with an interception. Mostly because he gains a league-high 52 DYAR due to opponent adjustments. I seems like good teams, try to build the best 53 man roster they can with the resources available to them. Smith topped his receiving yards against LSU. Yeah, that game's the start of what I was looking for - noticeably faster decision-making from Fields (still slow, though, but looking a lot more like just an NFL rookie). Smith and Chase are 1 and 1A for Kiper. [27] In the SEC Championship against Florida, he had 15 receptions for 184 receiving yards and two touchdowns in the 5246 victory. That play was a dolphins problem. Which is wacko-bad. Tagovailoa headed to the Miami Dolphins as the fifth pick of the 2020 draft before Waddle went sixth overall in 2021. By the way, he was cooking his rookie year. Or write about sports? Prescott's stats going to the left before the knee injury to Pat Surtain II: 2-of-7 for 37 yards and no touchdowns, and one of those completions was a 5 yard gain on 3rd-and-6. Makes plays at all three levels. What's the point? [29] In the CFP National Championship Game against Ohio State, Smith set records for title game catches (12) and touchdown receptions (three), and also totaled 215 yards, despite leaving early in the third quarter with a hand injury. ", Kiper agrees, saying questions about Smith's size "don't make any sense. I mean, in some sense, who cares if every QB is "better" than almost every RB? Now, DeVonta had the better body of work. The fact he was bunched up with Pitts, Chase and Smith pre-draft was well-earned, not a product an Al-Davis-like fantasy. 8 pick after a trade down with the Carolina Panthers. I think this is on Zimmer primarily because the team has been that way through several OCs now. Lamar, Kyler Murray, and Jalen Hurts (well, at least up until now) aren't actually playing the same positions as Kirk Cousins. Listed at 6-foot-1, 175 pounds, Smith attended the 2021 Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., but did not get his official measurements taken. He told ESPN he would draft Chase in the top-5 if he had a reliable quarterback, and would draft Smith in the top-15. He's durable. What I saw from him was frankly horrible -and yeah, I did see the discussion in Audibles, no argument those special teams are a mess. He'll still take a bunch of sacks, but he looks like he'll hit on big plays a lot to make up for it. There's something special about DeVonta. The 2021 NFL Draft features another loaded receiving class. I appreciate the insight! Devonta Smith put together a Heisman Trophy and national championship season in his senior year. If there's a downside to Moore, it's that he's no longer catching opponents off-guardhe had 11 catches for 182 yards (16.6 yards per catch) in Weeks 1 and 2, 23 catches for 170 yards (7.4 yards per catch)and exactly zero DYARin seven games since. WebJa'Marr Anthony Chase (born March 1, 2000) is an American football wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). This was the third time during the 2020 season that he surpassed the 200 yard receiving mark. He completed five of his eight throws of that distance for a total of 68 yards. Kirk's totals include 21 passing DYAR for his 33-yard completion to Antoine Wesley. I know based upon Josh Allen comments by Aaron before this year, that 2020 was weighted substantially more than his prior seasons by FO. Devonta Smith and Ja'Marr Chase are one and two in the wide receiver prospect rankings for the 2021 NFL draft. (In first place: Dallas' Dalton Schultz, Pitts' beanpole peer.). Ja'Marr Chase Career Stats | NFL.com Pitts is also chasing Gronkowski for the rookie tight end DYAR record. Otherwise, as we discussed with Chase, it's difficult to find historical comparisons to this year's rookies. Recent and Trending topics from Football Outsiders. The first two were incomplete, but the next five were all completed, for 116 yards and a touchdown. I'd be very excited to have someone like Smitty on our team.". McShay's favorite pick for all 32 teams Regardless, we're counting Pitts as a tight end, and he's a fine one. This is now the worst game for any wide receiver this season. It'll be interesting to see where he ends up - if he can average replacement level-ish, that's well,bad, but not "abandon all hope" bad. There probably is some talent on this offensive roster, but I have no idea how to evaluate it because there just isn't enough good tape to evaluate it. It appears the consensus top two pass catchers are JaMarr Chase out of LSU and Devonta Smith from Alabama. I very much doubt Smith would be doing any better in Miami than Waddle is. In Va, Too bad there's no defensive table, then we'd Josh Allen at the bottom of one, and Josh Allen at or near the top of the other. 7 overall to the Detroit Lions. Will Ja'Marr Chase or Devonta Smith get selected first? Ja'Marr Chase. The 2020 CFB season is over, so Jack gives his take on the ultimate debate of Devonta Smith vs. JaMarr Chase, the best 2021 NFL Draft Wide Receivers. What was special in 2019 when DYAR/DVOA of Jackson lines up with my and most fans, perceived reality of Jackson? He was uncoverable against top competition.