Will Darnell Washington bring fear to opposing DBs?

I hope he brings fear to opposing DBs like what Gronk did. I hope all our rookies bring fear to opposing defenses and offenses. I think TJ Watt and Cam Heard are the only ones.

 

hopefully they all do, but we will have to wait and see. i'm homer so they all will of course.

 

I think LB/Edge/DE will be the ones that fear him the most due to him chipping as the 6th lineman.

 

He's going to have to get his pad level down a bit against NFL level guys. Tough to do when you're 6'7". That said he's a big boy and should be able to pull a planet theory on those guys at least. If he's helping on a chip though...

 

im with you on that. was ecstatic we got washington as hopefully we can counter the bills, chiefs, bengals fancy dan throwing game with an equally unstoppable run it down their throat game and make them fear us. fight fire with fire i say.

ps the only ones are/were actually Peter Perrett, Alan Mair, John Perry and Mike Kellie

 

He is a big fast target for Kenny to throw to so I think opposing LBs and safties who have to cover him will fear him the most. He may not have had many passes thrown to him because Georgia used Bowers in that regard but he has hands and looks to catch everything...even the tough contested throws. The combine catch was just an example. The bonus is he is a nasty willing blocker aswell.

 

Gotta use him.


Last Season we were begging for more Pickens involvement.

 

Agree Blast. He is a freight train that can catch. They are taking the running attack up another notch also with the additions on the Offensive Line.

Your also correct about even thinking about comparing him to Gronkowski. How about comparing him to Darnell Washington, Freight Train out of Georgia.

 

Though different type of players coming out of college, I see him more like Matt Spaeth. I think he will be better than Matt in how they use him, and if he averages 1.5 TDs a year for his career he will be more productive there as well, lol. IDK the O strategy, the thought of going back to running the Bus till the clock runs out is great, but when teams can score a TD or FG running the field with less than a minute you need more. I think the development of KP is kind of set in that mold, run and control the clock, but surround him with the weapons to also go the distance. Its going to be fun to watch.

 

“He’s only here to be a run blocker…….. he can’t do this he can’t do that”

Nobody knows what he can/can’t do or what he will/won’t be. People saying he doesn’t have the ability to get open and beat man but that’s presumptuous seeing as how he was used at GA. He was never consistently featured at GA as a pass-catcher and was playing behind another TE. His role at GA was primarily as a blocking TE but that doesn’t mean that he can’t expand his game with good health, hard work and dedication. Dude is a freak and if he can stay healthy then the ceiling is very high.

 

If they put him in motion and he has a head of steam turning the corner as a blocker, you will see DB's running for their lives.

 

The one thing I did see on the highlight tapes that troubles me is that he has a tendency to try and hurdle defenders. It's impressive when it works, but I would think the potential for leg injuries rise dramatically. I would rather see him use his size and strength to initiate contact. In one highlight, a DB had met him on a dead run and bounced back 5 yards post contact. Made the tackle but paid the price. I want to see him use his size and strength to pound smaller DB's and inside backers.

 

My take on all that is that he won't be pressed into service right away as a receiving TE because they already have Pat. I agree with your assessment as well. I think as he gets more reps and experience, he'll get more opportunities catching the ball. Obviously because of his size and athleticism his potential is mind boggling.

 

This is all I’m saying. He didn’t need to develop a route-tree with the dogs. Pickens didn’t have much of a route tree last year.

 

The question is, does Canada have the ability to get the most out of his talents, whatever they might be? I certainly have my doubts. I for one think Washington has the ability to be more than a blocker, I would hope for at least 40+ receptions.

 

I will say the additions on paper make this more plausible. So many variables, execution, development, depth. Last year we had one of the youngest (if not the youngest) O's. You can see where they want to take this, to compete at the highest level they need to add 7 to 10 pts a game to their production. That is 5 sustained drives with 3 TD's and 2 FG's. Getting 4 FG's and a TD just won't do it. You can win time of possesion, every O stat for most of the game and still lose, lol.

 

Folks again look at the players,/ receiver/rb/ TE and
Add up targets for these players and how much bitching
Will be going on if these targets aren't met. I know 2Wr's on current roster that want
At minimum 100 targets.You can figure out which 2.

 

I do not think that's unrealistic, in retrospect Muth had 63, Gentry had 19 and Conner 12. It really comes down to schemes and effective production. I have no idea of desired outcome, but they probably want KP's to be 25 or so a game. If Washington's blocking helps create a dominant rushing attack his receptions may be lower, but his value won't be diminished.

 

High school and college highlights do not necessarily make for a longer pro career. (in reference to the hurdle)

 

I agree that he’s going to have to put the hurdling days behind him. On another note tho, the fact that he had an instinct to hurdle makes the concern of him having chronic knee pain less of a likelihood in my opinion. If he were playing on a bad/shaky knee or knees I don’t think he would’ve been playing that way.

 

Washington and Harris are gonna be the "Hurdle Brothers".