Kyle Williams = Steve Smith (his words)

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I never thought the Pats would draft this guy but I like this kid a lot.
Raw on details, only 5'11", 190, but an X with real game play speed, a great release, hands catcher, good tracking skills and a guy who can separate. Built like A.Brown.
Yes, he's a little raw in route running skills but his natural speed and vision come through in every touch. He has the ability to take a screen to the house.
He had more 20+ mph touches than any WR in this draft. He's a TD threat every time he's thrown open.
He was wasted for 2 years at UNLV as a WR/RB but developed quickly at Wash. St. as a WR. Great with the ball in his hands.
He has plenty of room to get better at WR with coaching. A+ in my book. This is the athlete we've wanted for 15 years that Bill would never draft.
He won't be a superstar right out of the gate but give him time to develop under WR's coach Todd Downing and Josh McD. His natural ability is there.

Caveat: He has to want to work to improve the details of his route running to help his QB more, especially from the flanker position.

Evan Lazar had him as his 33rd best pick of the draft despite his raw skillset.
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Every target (not highlights). His athleticism, hands and speed pop off the screen despite his QB constantly underthrowing him.
 
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This is an exciting pick. This guy has big potential in the NFL IMHO. He's quick, a good route runner and gets separation. He can play inside and outside, and with Diggs likely playing more in the slot as he ages, this is a really good pick. Williams is a starter for me and Maye will be delighted with this pick.
 
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3 things I meant to mention above.

Williams has the speed and receiving ability DBs will have to respect.

1. His stats vs man coverage at Wash. St. in 2024 are impressive
20 receptions
0 drops
505 yards
7 TDs
25+ yds/reception

and his stats vs zone are also impressive for 2024
50 receptions
5 drops
700+ yds
7 TDs
14 yds/reception

2. His speed, even if he's only a sacrificial X early in the season, will draw coverage to help Diggs get open so Diggs can cook.

3. He provided 40% of Washington State's receiving offense and 45% of their passing TDs. (35% is considered exceptional)
 
sg14 said:
Smith described Engelwood, Ca as a town where you learn the truth about yourself, paraphrased.
I thought Engelwood as up scale. Or not a tough town.

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Compton, Long Beach, Englewoooood!
 
Who will be on the Chopping block. Boutte , Bourne or Baker .
 
Flagg the Wanderer said:
Add Polk, and pick 2 that are gone.
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We will find out if Polk disastrous Rookie season. Was caused by Mayo & his coaching staff 🤬.Hollis , Diggs & Williams is a improvement over the fighting Bourne’s
 
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More on Kyle Williams. As I said in my initial post, he's not nearly a finished product. There's plenty of details he needs to learn about route running before he's done.
His success in college was due mainly because of his natural physical/athletic ability.

The most important part is the tools are there and he can be molded to grow right along with Drake Maye. Any decent NFL WR coach should only take about a month
to sharpen his route running. The things he doesn't do now are only because he doesn't know to do them. That's not his fault. Coaching will fix all that but then it's up
to him to apply those things on the field.

I rely heavily on studies done by a few people when I evaluate WRs. One of them is Matt Harmon who has a team that charts each receiver's routes and determines success
rate for each different route. Invaluable. Then they compare that success rate/kind of route with the actual # of routes he ran in games. IOW, did the coach use him to best advantage.
I can tell you, as much success as KW had on the field, his coach did not use him to best advantage.

Check out these graphs and you'll immediately see the discrepancies.
(In the first graph, the red arrow for screens should be a green arrow to reflect his 94% success rate.)

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His most successful routes per the top graph are:
comebacks (100%), screens ( 93.8%), curls (88.2%), slants (86.8%) and flats (87.5%).
Now compare Route % (2nd graph)
comebacks (0.7%), screens (5.4%), Curls (17.2%), slants (17.8%) and flats (4.7%)

This kid should be running a higher % for comebacks, screens, slants and flats and LESS post and dig routes. His curl % was about right.
There's room to improve his success just by altering the routes he runs.

It's up to Josh McDaniels to use him properly.
 
Roberto71 said:
This is an exciting pick. This guy has big potential in the NFL IMHO. He's quick, a good route runner and gets separation. He can play inside and outside, and with Diggs likely playing more in the slot as he ages, this is a really good pick. Williams is a starter for me and Maye will be delighted with this pick.
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If this dude takes this opportunity seriously I feel he's going to benefit the most from having Diggs in the WR room. He can teach him the nuances of running routes. With his speed and ability to separate despite that he could be deadly with better route running.

Steve Smith isn't the type of analyst that goes wild over young WRs, so his seal of approval tells me he's got all the potential in the world.
 
One last thing I'll about Kyle Williams. Don't go by his combine to judge his athleticism. He was injured when he went to the combine so his results
do not match what you see on the field. He had to end his combine early and didn't do the agility drills at all.
 
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