SlotBack ~ Tyreek Hill ~ West Alabama Tigers
5080/185
Regarding SlotBacks
Most Fans don't know that WideOuts can generally be broken down into 3 Categories, based on traditional Roles, and that those Roles naturally enough call for 3 distinctive Skill Sets, based on the classic X, Y, and Z Positions:
Split Ends are usually the bigger, taller WideOuts who line up in the X Position, on the Line of Scrimmage.
SlotBacks are usually the quicker, smaller WideOuts who line up at the Y Position, off the Line.
FlankerBacks are usually the faster WideOuts who line up at the Z Position, off the Line.
The Split End prototype would be about 6030/225 or so.
The Flanker prototype would be about 6000/200 or so.
The SlotBack prototype would be about 5010/195 or so.
However a given Coach chooses to deploy the Soldiers at his disposal is of course entirely up to him, and most WideOuts will see Snaps at multiple Positions and in multiple Alignments, but I believe that it is valuable to categorize WideOuts in terms of classic Skill Sets, to better define the differences in the kind of Impact they might wield at the next level.
This is how I break things down when I'm evaluating Split Ends, Flankers, and SlotBacks:
Separation: Getting Open. This encompasses Combat Skills & Fluidity to beat Press, Acceleration out'f the Blocks, Fluidity and Ricochet in navigating Traffic, Route Running Precision, the capacity to deceive Defenders, and Field Vision for Timing Seems and Open Zones. All other Aspects of a WideOut's Job Description are dwarfed by this one.
Catch Point Capacity: In Transit or Contested: Hands, WingSpan, Vertical Agility, Combat Skills, and Timing.
Yards After Catch are well and fine, but it seems to me that 90% of the Value of a Flex End and any WideOut is getting open and catching the Ball. Anyone who's read my Work extensively knows that I consider Blocking to be the Heart & Soul of FootBall, but that is a philosophical position, and I recognize that with most Philosophies, where it comes to Wide Receivers and Flex Ends...it's just Gravy. And so is Yards After Catch: Moving The Chains is What Wins.
Broken down into SubCategories, it'd go something like this:
Separation
* Combat Skills
* Fluidity
* Acceleration
* Ricochet
* Routing
* Deception
* Field Vision
Catch Point Capacity
Catch Point Capacity
* Timing
* Combat Skills
* Vertical Agility
* Hands
* WingSpan
Split Ends are usually the bigger, taller WideOuts who line up in the X Position, on the Line of Scrimmage.
SlotBacks are usually the quicker, smaller WideOuts who line up at the Y Position, off the Line.
FlankerBacks are usually the faster WideOuts who line up at the Z Position, off the Line.
The Split End prototype would be about 6030/225 or so.
The Flanker prototype would be about 6000/200 or so.
The SlotBack prototype would be about 5010/195 or so.
However a given Coach chooses to deploy the Soldiers at his disposal is of course entirely up to him, and most WideOuts will see Snaps at multiple Positions and in multiple Alignments, but I believe that it is valuable to categorize WideOuts in terms of classic Skill Sets, to better define the differences in the kind of Impact they might wield at the next level.
This is how I break things down when I'm evaluating Split Ends, Flankers, and SlotBacks:
Separation: Getting Open. This encompasses Combat Skills & Fluidity to beat Press, Acceleration out'f the Blocks, Fluidity and Ricochet in navigating Traffic, Route Running Precision, the capacity to deceive Defenders, and Field Vision for Timing Seems and Open Zones. All other Aspects of a WideOut's Job Description are dwarfed by this one.
Catch Point Capacity: In Transit or Contested: Hands, WingSpan, Vertical Agility, Combat Skills, and Timing.
Yards After Catch are well and fine, but it seems to me that 90% of the Value of a Flex End and any WideOut is getting open and catching the Ball. Anyone who's read my Work extensively knows that I consider Blocking to be the Heart & Soul of FootBall, but that is a philosophical position, and I recognize that with most Philosophies, where it comes to Wide Receivers and Flex Ends...it's just Gravy. And so is Yards After Catch: Moving The Chains is What Wins.
Broken down into SubCategories, it'd go something like this:
Separation
* Combat Skills
* Fluidity
* Acceleration
* Ricochet
* Routing
* Deception
* Field Vision
Catch Point Capacity
Catch Point Capacity
* Timing
* Combat Skills
* Vertical Agility
* Hands
* WingSpan
Tyreek Hill Scouting Report
Separation: Impressive, and with awesome Potential. Hill can't beat Press Coverage, though he should rarely have to, and both his Field Vision and Routing are rough and raw, but his Speed, Ricochet, and Fluidity are sensational.
Catch Point Capacity: Mediocre. He actually converted from HalfBack to WideOut a couple of Years ago ~ for my money all SlotBacks should be employed as Hybrids, anyway!! ~ and his Tracking & Timing are a little raw, as are'is Hands.
Catch Point Capacity: Mediocre. He actually converted from HalfBack to WideOut a couple of Years ago ~ for my money all SlotBacks should be employed as Hybrids, anyway!! ~ and his Tracking & Timing are a little raw, as are'is Hands.
Tyreek Hill Prospectus
Even at 5080, Hill would do well to lay on another 10 Pounds of Beef, but there's no doubting his immense Potential.
He will need Time & Training, though, as his Field Vision and Routing are still pretty raw.
If everything falls right, including Hill Beefing Up so that he can develop into more than just a Gadget Player, including his having the Intelligence and Drive to put in the Time & Training that he needs to develop his Game and benefit from it, including a Coaching Staff with the Intelligence and Patience to train'm...and of course if the despicable, gutless, and contemptible Violence that he was arrested for a couple Years ago prove to be the exception to his Character, an aberrational even that he's outgrown...then he could develop into one'f the deadliest Weapons on the Planet.
All that of course makes Tyreek Hill a classic Huge Upside Long Shot, one worth making an Investment in.
Grateful Thanks, as always, for the crucial Work done by the folks at Draft BreakDown!!
He will need Time & Training, though, as his Field Vision and Routing are still pretty raw.
If everything falls right, including Hill Beefing Up so that he can develop into more than just a Gadget Player, including his having the Intelligence and Drive to put in the Time & Training that he needs to develop his Game and benefit from it, including a Coaching Staff with the Intelligence and Patience to train'm...and of course if the despicable, gutless, and contemptible Violence that he was arrested for a couple Years ago prove to be the exception to his Character, an aberrational even that he's outgrown...then he could develop into one'f the deadliest Weapons on the Planet.
All that of course makes Tyreek Hill a classic Huge Upside Long Shot, one worth making an Investment in.
Grateful Thanks, as always, for the crucial Work done by the folks at Draft BreakDown!!
Yank Rank: Contender ~ Par Value
| Market Value #165 | Yankee Grade 4th/5th Round |
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None of this is even remotely a Complaint, mind you, but rather a Warning!! Caveat Emptor!!
None of this is even remotely a Complaint, mind you, but rather a Warning!! Caveat Emptor!!
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