NFL Scouts are freaking out over Devonta Smith weight 6002 166lbs

[NatiboyB]

It seems like every season we see this same BS play out...A player doesn't have good combine or size traits yet somehow they simply just know how to play the game and end up producing in the league....I get that he's small and some teams do have schemes that require bigger targets but in the right situation/scheme I can see him producing. And besides once they get him on some good HGH/PEDs/Peptides (lets just be honest) he will put on some weight.

Just like its someone who has all types of athletic ability and impresses everyone but doesn't translate to the field.

 

[NatiboyB]

Lol teams don’t draft WRs to block

Jamar Chase don’t be givin af bout blocking lol if u want blocking better go to 12 or 13 personnel

team has issues if they are concerned with a WRs blocking.

 

[Apprentice]

Bro...I’m no longer interested in the zero fault talk you are determined to leave with.
Its boring no arguing with fan boys.

“Fanboys”

lol u posted a YouTube scouting report talkin bout he has problems vs physical DBs which showed reps from a game he had 150+ yds and 200+ yds

now u deflecting to his blocking like AB/Marvin Harrison/D Jax/Diggs are known for blocking

u don’t draft WRs 1st rounds for the blocking talent, we talkin bout football u was talkin bout emotion earlier and U the only in here displaying it

 

[NYC Rebel]

“Fanboys”

lol u posted a YouTube scouting report talkin bout he has problems vs physical DBs which showed reps from a game he had 150+ yds and 200+ yds

now u deflecting to his blocking like AB/Marvin Harrison/D Jax/Diggs are known for blocking

u don’t draft WRs 1st rounds for the blocking talent, we talkin bout football u was talkin bout emotion earlier and U the only in here displaying it

Nah dog....

Now you going over the top on me making statements on my behalf.

This is corny.


No one is as stupid as what your imagination just spit out. Youre a fan boy.

 

[Apprentice]

Nah dog....

Now you going over the top on me making statements on my behalf.

This is corny.


No one is as stupid as what your imagination just spit out. Youre a fan boy.

Don’t kno wat u talkin about I’ve addressed everything you’ve said directly, u just an emotional nikka not a good trait

this is a football convo leave the emotions for politics or sumthin that actually matters

u grown as hell callin nikkas insults when U can’t defend a point without gettin emotional time to revisit

 

[desjardins]

He very well may be fine in the NFL, but I agree with the cacs on PFF. At the range he's being projected, top 10'ish, as a WR you gotta be special. Part of that is physical like it or not. Them other attributes people hyping up like shiftyness and route running, you can get that outside of the top 10. People like Antonio Brown went late so it's inexact science when it comes to those non physical freak guys
I get the feeling now more than one of these WR being talked about as top 10 might be available to the eagles so if they go that route, no pun, i'd prefer someone else

 

[JLova]

Who was that receiver who got folded? He dove into the end zone when the pass was coming and literally got bent back...like his head was by his feet.

NFL physicality is no joke. You have to be concerned.

 

[Smitty Belafonte]

they said the same about desean Jackson and he is smaller than smith.

steve smith jr was just as small.

Desean Jackson and Steve Smith both stayed injured their whole careers.

 

[LurkMoar]

I’m sorry he’s going to get broken in half, he’s not even a burner either.

 

[Inertia Creeps]

Lot of people misconflating height with size in this thread. There is no height cutoff to play in the NFL if you have the requisite size and skills, as much as some stupid GMs have historically used it to talk themselves out of star/generational prospects (Brees, Russ, Kyler, etc.). But there most certainly is a bare minimum size threshold if you want to survive a now 17 game NFL season beating year in, year out. And this kid absolutely does not meet it currently. Doesn't mean he isn't worthy of being drafted or that he won't or can't ever succeed in the league... it just means that he undeniably is going to have to lock himself in a gym and pack on 15+ lbs of lean, functional mass, bare minimum, if he ever wants to play a full season in the league without ending up in a wheelchair.

I know WR is a "skill" position and it's true you don't need to be some 6'4 230 jacked super soldier like DK Metcalf to be successful... but there's a reason why there's official weight classes in other sports like wrestling, boxing, etc. Don't matter how quick, agile, or "skilled" you are or how high your IQ is for the game... if your ~160 lbs soaking wet you are going to be folded once beasts like Jamal Adams make contact with your brittle ass... and that's before you get into things like being asked to block or if god forbid a heavier defensive player that isn't just a safety/cb drills you on a blown up play. Like y'all were clowning that viral picture of pre-draft Kyler Murray imitating Bo Jackson for how small he looked... dude was literally 40 pounds heavier then than Smith is now. There is absolutely an unofficial "weight class" you have to make to survive in the NFL. Hopefully this young man goes to an organization with a good training staff that helps him reach it without losing too much of the quickness and mobility that made him a prospect in the first place.

 

[KING WILL]

I get it the concern over his wgt...

But my question is (and it's why I hate some aspects of the combine**) what did they expect?

Did they not watch any film of him? You can clearly see hes a skinny guy. Did they expect him to weigh 185, or some shyt???

 

[Trot LaRoc]

Who was that receiver who got folded? He dove into the end zone when the pass was coming and literally got bent back...like his head was by his feet.

NFL physicality is no joke. You have to be concerned.

Literally folded up like an envelope



That being said I think if he can get to 175 in a year, he'll be cool....would still draft him...maybe not top 10 tho but late 1st sure

I'm 5'9 160 and cant picture getting hit by a safety. Might literally vaporize lol

 

[Stop_It_5]

One of the most underrated aspects of DeVonta's game is his mental & physical toughness. Don't let the slender frame fool you.

 

[PortCityProphet]

Lot of people misconflating height with size in this thread. There is no height cutoff to play in the NFL if you have the requisite size and skills, as much as some stupid GMs have historically used it to talk themselves out of star/generational prospects (Brees, Russ, Kyler, etc.). But there most certainly is a bare minimum size threshold if you want to survive a now 17 game NFL season beating year in, year out. And this kid absolutely does not meet it currently. Doesn't mean he isn't worthy of being drafted or that he won't or can't ever succeed in the league... it just means that he undeniably is going to have to lock himself in a gym and pack on 15+ lbs of lean, functional mass, bare minimum, if he ever wants to play a full season in the league without ending up in a wheelchair.

I know WR is a "skill" position and it's true you don't need to be some 6'4 230 jacked super soldier like DK Metcalf to be successful... but there's a reason why there's official weight classes in other sports like wrestling, boxing, etc. Don't matter how quick, agile, or "skilled" you are or how high your IQ is for the game... if your ~160 lbs soaking wet you are going to be folded once beasts like Jamal Adams make contact with your brittle ass... and that's before you get into things like being asked to block or if god forbid a heavier defensive player that isn't just a safety/cb drills you on a blown up play. Like y'all were clowning that viral picture of pre-draft Kyler Murray imitating Bo Jackson for how small he looked... dude was literally 40 pounds heavier then than Smith is now. There is absolutely an unofficial "weight class" you have to make to survive in the NFL. Hopefully this young man goes to an organization with a good training staff that helps him reach it without losing too much of the quickness and mobility that made him a prospect in the first place.

And you have proof of this how?

Im gonna re-ask a question that went unanswered earlier....if weight is such a factor for injuries explain the 200+lbs players who stay injured.
Or are injuries a mix of bad luck, wear and tear, and shyt we know nothing about?

Everybody saying he's gon get folded etc like big nikkas don't get lit up week in and week out.
Yall acting like the man has never been hit before

 

[Dwight Howard]

Todd Pinkson was three inches taller and 15 pounds heavier. I don't think Robby Anderson is 190 either, but all we can go by is the information listed.

166 lbs is a problem regardless of how dudes try and spin it. Especially considering how people were hyping up Donald just the other day when we thought he put the beats on dude. He's not going be able to block dudes efficiently that are bigger than him. Yes, he put up numbers in the SEC, the but NFL is a different breed and you dudes should know that.