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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sunshinepacker" data-source="post: 1036461" data-attributes="member: 9033">If all hit their ceilings then I think the Watson-Julio comparison is appropriate. Watson was a very raw route runner coming out of college and has missed a lot of practice time with his injuries so I'm still hopeful that if he can stay healthy this season (huge, massive, ginormous IF) then we might see the next great NFL receiver break out. His combination of size and speed, coupled with what we've seen when he's healthy, show the potential of a truly great receiver.Reed is a difficult guy to comp to current players because, thus far, MLF has used him SO heavily in the slot and there aren't a lot of other high level players who compare well to his usage. 72% of Reed's targets last year were when he was in the slot (70 out of 97); 21 of the other 27 targets were screens. I like the Cobb comparison for Reed but I think a more current comp would be Christian Kirk. Both are smaller receivers who excel with quickness. They were 0.02 seconds apart in the 40 while Kirk was slower in the shuttle (neither was good in the shuttle). The primary difference as of now is that the Packers have more options to throw the ball to than the Jags and MLF is a far better offensive coach who uses Reed in myriad ways. I believe Reed is an amazing slot receiver but until MLF shows that he thinks he can play outside a little more often then he sort of has a ceiling on his production. Amon-Ra, probably the highest-level comp to Reed, plays a lot of snaps from the slot but he's only at 55% of his targets come from the slot.I think Keenan Allen is a great comp for Doubs, though I think the likelihood of Doubs hitting that level is pretty small. Allen is a phenomenal receiver and I don't see any scenario where Doubs gets the kind of usage that Allen has received over his career.I don't think Wicks has played enough snaps for us to truly know what he's capable of in the NFL. BUUTTTT....Based on one year and only 516 offensive snaps, his ceiling might very well be Davante Adams. He's not the fastest guy on the field but his routes are so, SO crisp (and he was a freaking rookie!!) that I could see him becoming one of the best route runners in the NFL this season if he truly works at it (note, I don't expect that, progression in the NFL isn't linear). If he can establish the release package that Adams has? The sky is the limit.In a perfect world, in two years the Packers could have Julio Jones and Davante Adams catching passes from Jordan Love. THAT's the world I wanna live in.</blockquote>

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