White Shogun:
The only reason I
compared Hass to Furrey is b/c
Hass if your being objective should be a
second receiver on an NFL depth
chart b/c 1st receivers are deep
threats which isn't Hass's strong point. Furrey
is a 2nd receiver on pace for
1000 yards and I think Hass
in his first season</span>
would have put up similar numbers
to the similar sized Furrey who
runs alot of Slants and down and ins even
though he's faster then Hass.
I am not dissing Hass...
maybe I should have compared him to
Prohl or maybe even Issac Bruce or Jerry Rice (to
break the cardinal rule of comparing white to black) or
Steve Largent, who all had great hands and
were great route runner's with agility.
Largent however, is faster than Hass,
and is one of the all time
greats, where as Hass in my opinion
if he played would be only be putting
up similar numbers to Furrey in his first</span> season. Remember we're talking 1st season here. Well maybe I wasn't before, but I am now.
Here's my new analyis. As we
all know you don't have to be
Matt Jones, who ran a 4.37 40 and is 6'6 and broad Jumped
10'9, to be succesful. Jerry Rice
Tim Brown and Issac Bruce are
great players who are similar in speed
to Hass. Hass actually ran a 4.5 flat at Proday which would be about average for "starting receivers" in the NFL, but
also ran a 4.58 at Proday and a 4.59 at the NFL Combine...(look all
this up at NFLdraftscout.com) However to be a
number 1 WR nowadays you have
to be able to stretch the feild
and although Hass can do this,
it is not his strong point. My new
prediction is that, without the caste system,
I would hypothesize an Issac Bruce
type career for Hass, which is
quite a compliment! He could be a "great</span>" number 2 receiver in the NFL .
In addition if you
read the scouting reports on
Colston, if I remember
correctly, has "great hands, and runs
great routes" with a 40 time in
the mid 4.5s. The only reason he
catches alot of long balls is
because of his size 6'4?...kind of like Plaxico
in this way. Joe Horn is really more of a deep threat than Colston.
Size and strength may be the only advantage Colston has over Hass
though. In every other area they are similar with Hass having a slight
advantage in hands and quickness in my opinion. Believe me I know my
scouting reports. I subscribe to Nfldraftscout.com, so when I hear
people make blatant statements about lack of talent I can argue based
not only on college production but also workout numbers! I have had
light arguements with some of my friends who believe in the "black
athletic superiority" myth.
Edited by: ToughJ.Riggins
