Why Did We Draft Fred Davis?

[fd86bro]

he's the fastest te on the team most athletic, watchhhhhhh

[PennSkinsFan]

Originally Posted by fd86bro

he's the fastest te on the team most athletic, watchhhhhhh

Never doubted that for a moment. He just needs to grasp the mental part of professional football, including managing and understanding the offense. According to Zorn, this is one of his issues.

Lots of players are fast and speedy, but if you can't grasp the play book and fit into the offense, the speed means nothing. Taylor Jacobs was fast too.

[SouperMeister]

Originally Posted by PennSkinsFanhR

Never doubted that for a moment. He just needs to grasp the mental part of professional football, including managing and understanding the offense. According to Zorn, this is one of his issues.

Lots of players are fast and speedy, but if you can't grasp the play book and fit into the offense, the speed means nothing. Taylor Jacobs was fast too.

And we passed on Anquan Boldin (4.7 at the combine) for Taylor Jacob's speed (4.4). That worked out well. Hopefully Davis gets it together soon. One aspect that made trading up for Cooley so desirable to Gibbs was Cooley's intelligence. I recall hearing that Cooley had one of the better scores on the Wonderlic test. He went on to lead the team with 6 receiving TDs as a rookie, and never looked back. Athletic ability is great, but we all want to see Davis combine that with intelligent play that wins the coaches' trust.

[Beemnseven]

Martellus Bennett numbers:

12 catches, 206 yards, 2 touchdowns

Thomas, Davis and Kelly numbers combined:

13 catches, 89 yards

Kelly has been injured, so I'll give him a pass. But the front office has to be scrutinized for taking a player with known knee issues. And I'm not saying they should be world-beaters out of the gate, but by now, we should be seeing something.