Chris Brazzell is a Carolina Panther!

[TrueOrange]

Round 3, pick 19. 83rd pick overall.

 

[Beauknowsfootball]

Saban said we don’t run routes. He’s still butt hurt that we rushed the field on him.

 

[UTwild82]

Yeah, not a good look for our WRs when Mel says "But those Tennessee receivers...go look at his Tulane highlights"

Need him to ball out next year to get that stink off our name regarding our receivers.

 

[Skooter]

Analysts just said “he can run every route.” I’m wondering if he had some bad interviews. They intimated his routes and play weren’t why he dropped.

 

[Special Ed]

I hope he makes a Brazzellion dollars.

 

[Boca Vol]

Saban said we don’t run routes. He’s still butt hurt that we rushed the field on him.

I doubt that he cares that much.

 

[TheVolsFrog]

Yeah, not a good look for our WRs when Mel says "But those Tennessee receivers...go look at his Tulane highlights"

Need him to ball out next year to get that stink off our name regarding our receivers.

I remember the route talk before the draft.
TN has got to get rid of that stigma

 

[VOLATNES]

Analysts just said “he can run every route.” I’m wondering if he had some bad interviews. They intimated his routes and play weren’t why he dropped.

Heard that too. Curious what that meant. Was there some knock on him off the field?

 

[Skooter]

Heard that too. Curious what that meant. Was there some knock on him off the field?

“Attitude” has been recently brought up, which is why I’m assuming interviews didn’t go great.

 

[zeppelin128]

I remember the route talk before the draft.
TN has got to get rid of that stigma

That narrative has been following us around for years, and it is only going to change when one of Heup's dudes has a breakout NFL season.

Hopefully Brazzell is that dude.

 

[TrueOrange]

Analysts just said “he can run every route.” I’m wondering if he had some bad interviews. They intimated his routes and play weren’t why he dropped.

Here were some of the knacks against him from various sources:

- he needs to become more physical on contested targets underneath.

- Brazzell didn’t see many in-your-face press challenges this past season, but he’s likely to get an early taste of it as a pro.

- Two-high shells and zone-heavy looks can shrink his snap-to-snap impact

- Doesn’t often tilt coverage off-balance with route fakes.

-Builds speed down the field but separation isn’t guaranteed.

-Inconsistent catch finisher over the first two levels.

-Not especially elusive or determined after the catch underneath.

-Rarely saw press/tight coverage on short throws.

- He is not as efficient getting out of breaks on routes as expected for someone with his length

 

[Evol]

Is there a clip of him getting picked?

 

[GBO2011]

Every year my favorite players go to my least favorite teams. And to add insult to injury, Alonte Taylor left the Saints to go to the Titans

 

[kell7517]

Here were some of the knacks against him from various sources:

- he needs to become more physical on contested targets underneath.

- Brazzell didn’t see many in-your-face press challenges this past season, but he’s likely to get an early taste of it as a pro.

- Two-high shells and zone-heavy looks can shrink his snap-to-snap impact

- Doesn’t often tilt coverage off-balance with route fakes.

-Builds speed down the field but separation isn’t guaranteed.

-Inconsistent catch finisher over the first two levels.

-Not especially elusive or determined after the catch underneath.

-Rarely saw press/tight coverage on short throws.

- He is not as efficient getting out of breaks on routes as expected for someone with his length

Goodness. That’s a lot of negative information. Hope he proves them all wrong.

 

[volfan102455]

Here were some of the knacks against him from various sources:

- he needs to become more physical on contested targets underneath.

- Brazzell didn’t see many in-your-face press challenges this past season, but he’s likely to get an early taste of it as a pro.

- Two-high shells and zone-heavy looks can shrink his snap-to-snap impact

- Doesn’t often tilt coverage off-balance with route fakes.

-Builds speed down the field but separation isn’t guaranteed.

-Inconsistent catch finisher over the first two levels.

-Not especially elusive or determined after the catch underneath.

-Rarely saw press/tight coverage on short throws.

- He is not as efficient getting out of breaks on routes as expected for someone with his length

Did they even watch him play?

But seriously the in-your-face coverage is not something he can control. It is like he is penalized because defenses can't defend against the Tennessee offense when it is really clicking.

 

[YankeeVol]

Heard that too. Curious what that meant. Was there some knock on him off the field?

That's what I heard on the NFL Sirius/XM radio today on my drive.

That's the first I'd heard about it.

 

[Skooter]

Rarely saw tight coverage on short throws is odd. When pressed and a 6’4 wr with speed, why throw short. Hot it everytime and beat him down the field.

 

[YankeeVol]

 

[Freak]

Saban said we don’t run routes. He’s still butt hurt that we rushed the field on him.

Anyone have a link to this clip or an article with his Saban's quotes?

 

[Stacmot]

Saban said we don’t run routes. He’s still butt hurt that we rushed the field on him.

I saw that too. I laughed out loud

 

[WillisWG]

I believe Chris will outperform that draft spot. Will say he needs to add 10-15 pounds.

 

[VOLINVONORE]

Here were some of the knacks against him from various sources:

- he needs to become more physical on contested targets underneath.

- Brazzell didn’t see many in-your-face press challenges this past season, but he’s likely to get an early taste of it as a pro.

- Two-high shells and zone-heavy looks can shrink his snap-to-snap impact

- Doesn’t often tilt coverage off-balance with route fakes.

-Builds speed down the field but separation isn’t guaranteed.

-Inconsistent catch finisher over the first two levels.

-Not especially elusive or determined after the catch underneath.

-Rarely saw press/tight coverage on short throws.

- He is not as efficient getting out of breaks on routes as expected for someone with his length

He sure catches a lot of passes and gains a lot of yards. Rarely drops a pass he gets his hands on, and scores a lot of points. I guess there critics don't look at the stats. What ids even more impressive, if what they claim is true, the defense knows when to ball is coming to him, and he still makes the catch. Seems like pretty good talent to me.

 

[GBO2011]

I believe Chris will outperform that draft spot. Will say he needs to add 10-15 pounds.

I hate to say it. I hope he doesn’t and then after his rookie contract is up become a hall of famer literally anywhere outside of Charlotte, Tampa Bay, Atlanta, or Kansas City

 

[whm324]

I hate to say it. I hope he doesn’t and then after his rookie contract is up become a hall of famer literally anywhere outside of Charlotte, Tampa Bay, Atlanta, or Kansas City

Well, us Panther fans will cheer him on during his rookie contract and beyond.

 

[njvols]

I remember the route talk before the draft.
TN has got to get rid of that stigma

yeah I don't know if it's real or not. I can say JH get's "yardage" out of most all his WRs and maybe tilts the scale that they should be drafted higher. I'll also say, we've not had the high end WRs coming out like we've got on roster this year...over next few years. I mean Hyatt was awesome his SR year, but, in reality, he didn't find his identity in JH offense until SR year...and obviously has struggled in NFL. I think the "route tree" or "JH offense" is just a cover for WRs, in reality, being top of the heap in pure talent....JMO