I'm still impressed reading from multiple sources that he can change direction and make cuts and run routes without slowing his momentum or speed. No chopping the feet, shoulder faking, settling down in his hips, or slowing down. For a DB that is virtually impossible to cover when you're backpedaling and also trying to change direction with him. And if the DB turns his hips to run strides with the dude and he cuts, it's over, there's no way to recover. Given that BA uses multiple route trees with varying depths on any given route, depending on coverage, he will be really tough to cover. My favorite play Saturday was when he was lined up to the left of the center and bracketed with a LB underneath, the CB over the top slanted toward the middle, and a safety shading him toward the sidelines. He broke inside and caught an easy 15 yarder. BA and others talk about his speed but that isn't what he abused the Texans with, it was his route running. He was open, it seemed like all the time. BA even said he should have had 10 catches for 200 yards in the first half, but some of the passes were off.
Even at such an early stage, I'd really prefer him as our #3. One preseason game doesn't make a player but this didn't come out of nowhere. He's been talked about (by people who know, apparently) in college and talked about all training camp, and now the first preseason game. I want to see more, but I don't need to see much more to put him @ 3.
