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<blockquote data-quote="Voyageur" data-source="post: 1032262" data-attributes="member: 17953"><p>In later rounds, good GMs pick guys for skill positions like WR, that nobody heard of, but have a measurable history of having talent. They may not be in the slightest bit polished, but they can be turned into pretty darned good players. For me, when it comes to that late round WR picks, there's a few things I like to consider as important. Hand size. The longer the fingers, the easier it is to hang onto a football. Fearless. The guy who doesn't care when someone dishes out punishment when he's trying to catch the ball, because he dishes it out too, when he can. Last but not least, he has to be able to play the game between his ears. A guy who can think, and read a defender's moves, and understand the qualifications of his QB, can turn into an amazing possession receiver, and often a lot more. I look back at Donald Driver's career, and how he spent his time learning where he should be, and when he should get there, not only on the designed plays, but more often on broken plays. That's something that no matter how much you coach a player up, it's between his ears. He either gets it, without it being told to him, or he don't. I'd rather have a WR who runs a 4.6 than a guy that runs a 4.3, if the guy with the 4.6 understands exactly what he has to do to succeed.</p><p></p><p>I've seen a lot of players like that. They live each play inside their head, before it happens. Examples. Raymond Berry of the Colts, years ago. He had one leg shorter than the other, a congenital back condition that meant he wore a brace underneath his uniform, and in those days it wasn't supple plastic. He was also nearly as blind as a bat! Worse, when someone in the Colts organization was asked how fast he was, he said he was so fast they didn't use a stop watch to time him, they used a calendar!</p><p></p><p>But, what Raymond did was amazing. He and John Unitas, who went to the Colts at the same time, and had been cut the previous year by the Steelers in his attempt to make their team, had minds alike, and both of them went on to become Hall of Famers, even though both weren't considered "star potential." Why? Because Berry Understood what Unitas would do, and he understood what the defenders were trying to do, and they had total trust in each other in doing what had to be done.</p><p></p><p>Yogi Berra said something a long time ago. It's funny, because of what he said, but there is no better way of putting it. "Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical." The guy who can play the game in his head, and has already played out what's about to happen will come out the winner more often than not.</p><p></p><p>Therefore, grabbing a WR late in the draft, who has intangibles is not dumb. Sometimes that's the guy that suddenly becomes a stud on your team. I think the 49ers will agree when they look out on the field and see Mr. Irrelevant is their QB, and a darned good one. Brock Purdy is the epitome of what we're talking about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voyageur, post: 1032262, member: 17953"] In later rounds, good GMs pick guys for skill positions like WR, that nobody heard of, but have a measurable history of having talent. They may not be in the slightest bit polished, but they can be turned into pretty darned good players. For me, when it comes to that late round WR picks, there's a few things I like to consider as important. Hand size. The longer the fingers, the easier it is to hang onto a football. Fearless. The guy who doesn't care when someone dishes out punishment when he's trying to catch the ball, because he dishes it out too, when he can. Last but not least, he has to be able to play the game between his ears. A guy who can think, and read a defender's moves, and understand the qualifications of his QB, can turn into an amazing possession receiver, and often a lot more. I look back at Donald Driver's career, and how he spent his time learning where he should be, and when he should get there, not only on the designed plays, but more often on broken plays. That's something that no matter how much you coach a player up, it's between his ears. He either gets it, without it being told to him, or he don't. I'd rather have a WR who runs a 4.6 than a guy that runs a 4.3, if the guy with the 4.6 understands exactly what he has to do to succeed. I've seen a lot of players like that. They live each play inside their head, before it happens. Examples. Raymond Berry of the Colts, years ago. He had one leg shorter than the other, a congenital back condition that meant he wore a brace underneath his uniform, and in those days it wasn't supple plastic. He was also nearly as blind as a bat! Worse, when someone in the Colts organization was asked how fast he was, he said he was so fast they didn't use a stop watch to time him, they used a calendar! But, what Raymond did was amazing. He and John Unitas, who went to the Colts at the same time, and had been cut the previous year by the Steelers in his attempt to make their team, had minds alike, and both of them went on to become Hall of Famers, even though both weren't considered "star potential." Why? Because Berry Understood what Unitas would do, and he understood what the defenders were trying to do, and they had total trust in each other in doing what had to be done. Yogi Berra said something a long time ago. It's funny, because of what he said, but there is no better way of putting it. "Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical." The guy who can play the game in his head, and has already played out what's about to happen will come out the winner more often than not. Therefore, grabbing a WR late in the draft, who has intangibles is not dumb. Sometimes that's the guy that suddenly becomes a stud on your team. I think the 49ers will agree when they look out on the field and see Mr. Irrelevant is their QB, and a darned good one. Brock Purdy is the epitome of what we're talking about. [/QUOTE]
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