I’ve seen comps of Walter Jones (for Paris) and Devonte Adams (for Wilson) on this board today. Good news everyone - we are going 17-0 this year!!!
But seriously, Wilson looks great coming off the LOS and really looks similar to Adams. Here he is at the Senior Bowl where he really made a name for himself. He constantly had 2 to 3 steps of separation on the DBs.
Here he comes off the line right at the DB:
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Next he makes a hard sell of running an outside fade route and gets the DB to open his hips:
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Then once the DB commits and opens his hips, Wilson uses his short area quickness and strength to break free on the slant route:
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Wilson runs great routes. Combine that with his short area quickness and strength it's no surprise how he gets so much separation even though he isn't the fastest WR out there:
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By the time the Ball gets there Wilson has a 3 step cushion on the DB:
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Now compare that to Adams.
Adams is also great at selling routes off the LOS:
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Here Adams gets the DB to commit to the outside route and open his hips:
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Once the DB opens his hips Adams uses his short area quickness and strength to break into the slant route and create separation:
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Adams ends up with 3 steps of separation here and an easy TD:
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