Cameron Giles wrote: ↑Sat Oct 27, 2018 3:09 pm
FantasyFreak wrote: ↑Sat Oct 27, 2018 2:57 pm
There is a good possibility DK still declares this year.
Seems risky to me. I think his stock would go up more if he returns to school healthy and beasts.
Just going from what Dan Brugler said, if he can test, his stock will not drop too much, with his measurables. The thinking is he is still top 50, and it might be riskier to go back, and have another injury, and may never make a dime. He signs as a top 50 pick, he's got a good 4 year deal. Supposedly his intention was to declare, and I can see him jumping ship to then NFL for millions of dollars rather than to a team who's coach played arguably the top WR prospect on special teams and got him hurt.
“I think D.K. was somewhere Top 50,” Dane Brugler, the lead NFL Draft analyst for The Athletic, said. “And not only me, but talking to scouts, they view D.K. as a Top 50 prospect. Could have gotten to the first round? Absolutely. That was in the mix. He’s the guy you want coming off the bus, first and foremost, with the freakish build that he has. He’s a workout warrior. You see the speed on the field. A freaky talent like that, those guys don’t last very long in the NFL Draft. Not only the measurables when you talk about the workout numbers, but he produced quality film, especially with his ability to get vertical. We see that often in the Ole Miss offense, obviously, but very strong at the catch point. There’s a lot to like about D.K. Metcalf.
“But the injury kind of changes things a little bit. I think most still expect him to declare for the draft. That would make sense. But how will the injury affect his NFL decision, but also moving forward, is there anything long-term that teams have to worry about? Will he be able to give full workouts before the draft? There’s a lot of unknown at this point. The NFL Draft, the NFL Combine, the most important aspect of the combine is the medicals. That’s where it’ll be huge for D.K. Metcalf just for the doctors to look at him, see what’s going on with the neck, make sure that he’s on pace to make a full recovery and then, long-term, there aren’t any worries. This is a draft class where there’s not that one true top wide receiver this year. A.J. Brown, he’s up there. Riley Ridley from Georgia’s up there.
There’s about five or six receivers that are in that late-first, early-second-round discussion. They’re all jockeying for position. Unfortunately, this injury is going to hurt D.K.’s chance of being the first receiver off the board. But as long as the medicals turn out OK, he’ll still be an early-round draft pick most likely. As long as he’s healthy and on the field, he’s going to be able to help an offense.”
This WR class is very deep this year, if the bolded is the case.