Wer'e 3 years in and he has been unstartable, for 80 percent of his career. A lot of these metrics people shoot off to give a reason why a guy that isn't producing is good, are flawed. There is a lot going on, on every single NFL play, and a lot of these metrics really don't account for the realities of how the play is actually playing out on the NFL field, factoring in defenders reactions to anticipation of the play going elsewhere etc. The bottom line is, Elijah Moore isn't startable, and hasn't been for the vast majority of his career. He hasn't done enough to demand targets.frerichs5 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 10:45 am Just asking a question here based on above posts. If Moore has good separation analytics…the 3rd of WRs and 6th overall is interesting. That tells me 3 of the best 6 “separators” aren’t even WRs? Seems hard (for me personally) to take that specific stat alone seriously.
I wonder if he ranks so high because all his depth stats are low. It seems not hard to have more separation on bubble screens, targets out of the backfield, etc. But maybe I’m not the most informed on how those stats really work.
His biggest highlights as a Brown include an off season of playing out of the backfield, that untimately resulted in one of, if not the worst run play from scrimmage in Browns history. He is inarguably, not even close to the most reliable WR's from this class at this point. However, Rondale Moore, which lost a close battle to Elijah, didn't fair too much better, in Giles defense.
FWIW, I like Elijah, coming out of college. None of us, as FF "scouts" ever get to talk to these guys, or have a clue what they are like as people, which can make a big difference. We don't get a FF scouting Combine....maybe we need to push for one.
We're just peeking through key holes.
For one reason or another, Moore has just not translated to an NFL WR that matters, to date.