We spent a large portion of Wednesday attempting to make sense of the wide receivers in this draft. Last year, Calvin Johnson may have been the closest thing we've seen to a "sure thing" in 10 years. This year, the five candidates for first-round status (Malcolm Kelly, Limas Sweed, DeSean Jackson, James Hardy, Devin Thomas) all seem to have major flaws.
In discussing Texas receiver Limas Sweed's body of work with an AFC scout, I found out that the player might be trying to overcome a lot more than a wrist injury. Here's a portion of what the veteran scout had to say about Sweed and his alma mater:
"I think some people have him propped up too big. He is the prototypical NFL receiver, but I'm never oversold on a Texas guy. Sometimes they remember too well where they come from, and I don't think they're willing to work as hard. It's not that I don't like Mack [Brown] and the program, but they're treated like Gods. They don't understand that nobody's going to worship them anymore. This isn't North Texas and Arkansas State they're playing now."
"You see it a little from Arkansas kids too. With Sweed, though, my biggest issue is 'does that wrist affect the way he gets to the ball?' I know we're not taking him in the first round."
