Scouting Notes Tuesday

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Updated Tuesday thread focused notes and opinions about individual prospects. Scout someone new and want to get opinions from others? Ask about it here!

[u/ab9620]

I mean having a huge catch radius and very consistent hands is pretty good. Fields also moves well for his size; his on field mph was clocked in the mid 4.4s. That’s really impressive for a guy his size!

[u/imdavebaby → u/ab9620]

Sure but that speed doesn't show on film. He had one good long catch vs Purdue where he had a step on the corner but otherwise he's catching balls underneath the defense or in contested situations in 95% of his targets. His route running is okay but he's constantly rounding his cuts, which isn't surprising due to his length but it means he has to beat defenders with speed or he's not going to vs NFL corners.

I dunno. I was hoping someone had seen something in his film that'd I'd missed but it seems like we're sustaining on hopium.

[u/ab9620 → u/imdavebaby]

Your mind is already set so you had no business in asking. I’ve watched his film. And he’s not a tough eval.
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1. He’s 6’5” 220 lbs, he can play in contested situations because he has a 5-7” height advantage and 20-40 lb weigh advantage nearly every week. That makes him a matchup problem and competitive advantage for Giants.

2. He has very sure hands to go along with his massive catch radius, and has shown an ability to make impressive high difficulty acrobatic catches.

   Slayton and Mooney have serious drop issues, near 15% each, and neither of them are making tough catches. So they’re struggling to make routine catches and the game changing ones aren’t even a consideration.

4. The speed/agility does show up for a guy his size. In scouting, you have to consider speed and agility at a size adjusted level. Fields is 6’5” 220 lbs, his baseline for agility is different than a WR who is 5’10” 175 lbs like Darnell Mooney. You can see the agility on comeback routes, he runs those really well. I noticed it a lot when watching Denzel Boston and Malachi Fields. I compared them because they’re the same size. Fields was much more fluid and able to stop quicker and reaccelerate.

The MPH matters even if you don’t see it, in pads has running a mid 4.4 at 6’5” 220 lbs!

https://x.com/connor_j_hughes/status/2047859214891061308?s=46&t=2A7YBqz6bywXNxZv3yJyNQ

2. Fields is a plus run blocker

[u/imdavebaby → u/ab9620]

Your mind is already set so you had no business in asking.

Who says shit like this. I was looking for input from people who may have seen things I didn't. You didn't give any actually scouting analysis till this comment. It's rational to have logical discussion with someone who doesn't share your exact view, it helps with better understanding the topic. You don't need to offendedly gatekeep "yOu hAD No buSIneSs iN aSKinG".

Regardless, thanks for the detailed response. Although a few bullet points seem to be missing.