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[QUOTE="OrangeDW, post: 1439525, member: 2458"]
I never saw the "talent" that many here are talking about throughout this thread.  Could he get open deep?  Outjump CB's and come down with the ball?  Make people miss and break long runs after the catch?  Break tackles and make long runs after the catch?  Make tough catches?  I don't recall ever seeing any of these things.

All I ever saw him do was get open underneath(largely a function of his position and routes he was running), and catch short passes(and even dropping too many of these easy ones) before being quickly tackled or catch those quick screens in the flat where he sometimes could get a few extra yards because he was bigger than the DB covering him.  That's...something I guess.  Useful.  Played a role.  Not anything special.

I'm stumped.  Where was this top notch talent?  What am I missing?

We've had guys that were considered really talented but ultimately fell short of expectations, but I at least saw the talent and the reasons why expectations were high.  Jim Turner was 6'4 and really fast and while never that good of a WR, he at least took a couple kickoffs back for TDs and provided a home run threat that produced a few big play TDs.  Johnnie Morant made a 1 handed catch with 2 defenders near and took it to the house, and dominated a few games in his senior year at least.

I never saw Broyld do anything worthy of the hype that he got and is still getting.

Not meaning to rip him, I'm just honestly stumped.
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