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Burton plays football with a lot of emotion, maybe even too much at times with the taunting, but no one has ever called him lackadaisical on a football field, He plays HARD. He is a versatile receiver who may also have the most sure hands in a very deep WR class. Zac Taylor on Burton: You want to talk about Jermaine (Burton) specifically, you can see him see him run all sorts of routes from all positions. You see him making contested plays down the field, you see him run away from people down the field, you see no drops on tape this year — didn't see a single one. And you saw run after the catch. You saw great scramble awareness, getting in phase with the quarterback and creating big plays on scrambles.

Thomas is big and fast, but is route running is well below average. Certainly can't spend much time in the slot as a rookie. Burton has good size and excellent speed, great hands, plus a good route runner. He played both inside and outside at Alabama, and will do the same for Cincinnati. Burton should be a day one starter for Cincinnati.

Walters and the WR room will help Burton a lot with acting like a pro, but absolutely no one will help him as much as Burrow. I would be more afraid of Burton if he were going to a place without an elite QB who has a commanding presence. Certainly not a problem in Cincinnati. The Burrow presence should make a huge difference in Burton's development. So far Burton has not been a big YAC guy for some reason, but he has shown every other elite trait you could want. He has good length, excellent speed, great hands, is even a good route runner. He is known as an outside WR at Alabama, but he has the traits to play in the slot too and I fully expect him to start in Boyd's place this coming season. Even in a very deep receiver class it is amazing how many evaluators have Burton as their WR4 on tape alone. If he had entered the draft last year with a much weaker WR class, - even with his maturity issues - I'm convinced Burton would've been drafted late 1st-early 2nd round. Teams only pushed him down farther this year because they had cleaner options with other WRs who were almost as talented. Here another evaluator weighs in on Burton's talent:

If you look at this particular college stat, maybe we should have known the Bengals were targeting Burton all along. I bet you the offensive coaches were aware of this.

That's a Bulldogs site. Enjoyed reading the Georgia fans reaction to the comments about Mims from the coach they call "Satan." They were not complimentary lol.

Well, players certainly get far more total reps in practice than they do in official games.

Here is a quote from Kirby Smart about the inexperience of Mims: "I think the eight career starts is a mistake," Smart told reporters during Georgia's Pro Day on Wednesday, March 13. "What does that matter if you block Travon Walker, Nolan Smith, Robert Beal your whole career... Would you rather have a guy who's played 27 games and played against nobody or somebody who played against first-round draft picks every day at practice? I know which one I'm picking. ... He's uber-talented. He's going to play a long time [in the NFL]."

This is hilarious...

Give teams like the Eagles credit for securing their future with these extensions to elite players. They may be costly but they are trying to win championships. When you extend your star players, you can afford to miss on some draft picks here and there. I cannot imagine the Bengals ever giving 84M in guaranteed money to a non-QB like Chase. And if AJ Brown gets 84M guaranteed, I cannot imagine Chase's agent accepting any less than that. So we figure to be back in familiar standoff territory soon enough.

Why wouldn't the Broncos wait until the 1st round plays out before trading for Wilson? We are only talking about Day Three draft pick exchanges for Wilson here. There was plenty of time to make a decision.

This might mean the Broncos will select Byron Murphy at pick 12. They reportedly like him a lot.

"I think you've got to have some flexibility." Especially when you have a massive hole at nose tackle...

I would bet the Jets front office wish Rodgers would shut up. They want to win game and sell merch, but their leader is such an embarrassment.

Unless the Bengals are willing to spend more money on UDFAs than they did last year, the only way they will be able to sign any is to draft them late on Day Three. Teams like Kansas City and Philadelphia are willing to spend more for UDFAs including guaranteed money. Sometimes a coveted UDFA will actually make more than the 7th round pay scale.