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You really think Treadwell making his first TD catch since he was drafted in 2016 makes up for all of those drops, including the INT? Not to mention his drop last week against the Niners!?!! I'm ready to give Beebe a shot.
Size? Treadwell posed for a pic with my 15-year-old son at training camp this season. There is no way that dude is more than 6'0" or possibly 6'1". He absolutely is not 6'3". My son is barely 6'0" and looked taller than him in the pic.
By my unofficial count, Treadwell has 6 drops this season, including 4 against the Packers.ChicagoViking wrote: ↑Mon Sep 17, 2018 2:03 am Size? Treadwell posed for a pic with my 15-year-old son at training camp this season. There is no way that dude is more than 6'0" or possibly 6'1". He absolutely is not 6'3". My son is barely 6'0" and looked taller than him in the pic.
I have managed to get field passes for some games over the past couple of seasons and have seen Treadwell up close and personal practicing and making one-handed grab after one-handed grab a la Cris Carter. I came into this season optimistic he could turn his promise into stardom. Sadly, he has shown no ability to translate his clear abilities into on-the-field performance.
I watched his misses closely on NFL Game Pass. The short pass up the middle when Cousins was getting tackled was definitely trying to run with the ball before securing it. Stupid mistake. The last drop was a ball thrown a bit behind him, hit his finger tip, and jammed his finger. Kind of freak. The other two seemed to me to be caused by his inability to catch balls thrown with the velocity Cousins throws them at. Those balls bounced off his hands. That has to be a technique issue. In the post game comments, Cousins said good things about Treadwell, so maybe he's redeemable yet.
He's 6'1. 74 inches If you want to be exact. It was his weight and arm length that made him a big sized target.ChicagoViking wrote: ↑Mon Sep 17, 2018 2:03 am Size? Treadwell posed for a pic with my 15-year-old son at training camp this season. There is no way that dude is more than 6'0" or possibly 6'1". He absolutely is not 6'3". My son is barely 6'0" and looked taller than him in the pic.
I have managed to get field passes for some games over the past couple of seasons and have seen Treadwell up close and personal practicing and making one-handed grab after one-handed grab a la Cris Carter. I came into this season optimistic he could turn his promise into stardom. Sadly, he has shown no ability to translate his clear abilities into on-the-field performance.
Fair enough, but I think his weight and height reported elsewhere are exaggerated. Arm length and hand size may be accurately reported, I suppose. He is listed at 6'2" or 6'3" elsewhere, which I do not think is accurate, and his weight has been reported at 215 to 221, and right now I would guess he is no more than 200. My son is 6'0" 150 lbs., and Treadwell doesn't look much bigger than him standing right next to him.S197 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 19, 2018 1:18 pm He's 6'1. 74 inches If you want to be exact. It was his weight and arm length that made him a big sized target.
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Thanks for this. If I remember correctly, the Redskins receivers also had a lot of drops when Kirk was there. I wonder if we can just blame Cousins for throwing too hard.Lars wrote: ↑Tue Sep 18, 2018 11:46 pm I watched his misses closely on NFL Game Pass. The short pass up the middle when Cousins was getting tackled was definitely trying to run with the ball before securing it. Stupid mistake. The last drop was a ball thrown a bit behind him, hit his finger tip, and jammed his finger. Kind of freak. The other two seemed to me to be caused by his inability to catch balls thrown with the velocity Cousins throws them at. Those balls bounced off his hands. That has to be a technique issue. In the post game comments, Cousins said good things about Treadwell, so maybe he's redeemable yet.
That's kinda silly. You think he throws harder than Favre? The last thing we need is a QB laying off on his passes so our underachieving WR3 can catch them. I think it's more of a concentration thing with Treadwell. I think he puts too much pressure on himself to make the big play instead of just catching the ball. Hopefully this will wake him up, but I also hope they don't trust him quite yet in important situations.808vikingsfan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 19, 2018 7:15 pm Thanks for this. If I remember correctly, the Redskins receivers also had a lot of drops when Kirk was there. I wonder if we can just blame Cousins for throwing too hard.
Sorry, it was meant to be a joke.Dames wrote: ↑Thu Sep 20, 2018 8:10 am That's kinda silly. You think he throws harder than Favre? The last thing we need is a QB laying off on his passes so our underachieving WR3 can catch them. I think it's more of a concentration thing with Treadwell. I think he puts too much pressure on himself to make the big play instead of just catching the ball. Hopefully this will wake him up, but I also hope they don't trust him quite yet in important situations.
Haha... I guess my sarcasm meter was broken!808vikingsfan wrote: ↑Thu Sep 20, 2018 12:03 pm Sorry, it was meant to be a joke.
Totally agree about putting too much pressure on himself. I guess being a 1st rounder amongst a 4thand ufas can do that. He just needs to relax and start playing