Wide Receiver Class Lacks Extra Gear, Disappoints at NFL Combine

February 27, 2016   ·   Sean Tomlinson   ·   Jump to comments

An image comes to mind when you think of the past two wide receiver draft classes, especially the wealth of talent that descended on the league in 2014.
The image isn’t much of an image at all, and it’s distorted. Mostly, pictures of the fastest rookie receivers in 2014 and 2015 when they’re in full flight resemble the grainy, pixelated snapshots vintage flip phones produced.
They were a blur during their NFL Scouting Combine performances—and still are now. I’m talking about the likes of Odell Beckham Jr., John Brown, Brandin Cooks, Sammy Watkins, Amari Cooper, Phillip Dorsett and Nelson Agholor. The common thread between all of those shifty, grass-burning names? They ran the 40-yard dash in 4.45 seconds or better.
With both the combine and on-field brilliance of two supremely talented draft classes still fresh, a regression felt inevitable. The spiking curve had to slow at some point and dip back down to a new plateau.
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