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Hester wasn't as much elite speed as elite acceleration and change of direction.
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Hester wasn't as much elite speed as elite acceleration and change of direction.
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caneallday21
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Maybe I'm just too much of a Hester guy but hey id love to be wrong
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Thomas >> Smith
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Thomas going to out points on the board
Hes a great route runner too
Now way you can be offended by a poster saying hes more like dorsett tho.
If hes dorsett at wideout and anywhere close to hester on special teams with ahmmon richards our offense going to be explosive
But we are
Hes a great route runner too
Now way you can be offended by a poster saying hes more like dorsett tho.
If hes dorsett at wideout and anywhere close to hester on special teams with ahmmon richards our offense going to be explosive
But we are
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Dorsett's ankles would be broken if he tried half the things in Thomas' highlights
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What an awful and so blatantly incorrect comparison.
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Yep. Dorsett was straight line fast but changed direction like a 1975 Fleetwood Brougham. Thomas changes direction like a Kawasaki ZX-10.
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Thomas is ******* filthy!
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Darkhipster should be perma-banned for trolling and posting bullshyt.
Kid is NOTHING like Dorset, except maybe speed. Dorset has straight line speed, but little to no wiggle.
Thomas is exceptional at keeping his top end speed while breaking ankles and making defenders look like fools.
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Honestly a better comp than either or the 2, but still not perfect
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Harley is more like dorsett... Thomas is santana moss 2.0 ... hard to compare to Hester because he is much more elite at WR
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Hester was fast but he was more change of direction and instant acceleration off the change than straight line fast.
His route running is a lot like Santana's, but his return game looks identical to Hester's. He'll slow walk a guy right out of his cutback lane and boom he's gone.
We always joke when people say things like, "he's a combination of Sean Taylor and ed Reed." But in this kids case it's actually true. Hester/Santana/Kevin Williams clone.
We always joke when people say things like, "he's a combination of Sean Taylor and ed Reed." But in this kids case it's actually true. Hester/Santana/Kevin Williams clone.
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Actually yes. His CB highlights were unreal. He'd start at nickel from day 1.
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Would be the best CB on the team next year.
As great as is film is for offense, he looks maybe even more impressive as a CB
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I don't see Hester at all. Hester, IMO, was faster in a straight line and was more of a one-cut-and-go guy. Sure, he could make people miss (partially attributable to extraordinary vision), and could go from 0 to 60 as well as anyone, but JT seems quicker laterally and shiftier.
Also, JT looks quicker than Santana did coming out of high school. I remember Santana being bigger/stronger/stockier than JT - a guy that would go over the middle and make a play - although that may just be my mind playing tricks on me.
If I had to compare him to someone, I would say DeSean Jackson. Quick, smaller frame, shifty, can play outside and in the slot.
At the end of the day, if JT produces like any of the names mentioned in this thread, we all win.
I'm really hoping to see him on the field this year, although I doubt he will see a meaningful snap as a true frosh KR/PR. He should have every chance to see the field as a WR, though.
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Also, JT looks quicker than Santana did coming out of high school. I remember Santana being bigger/stronger/stockier than JT - a guy that would go over the middle and make a play - although that may just be my mind playing tricks on me.
If I had to compare him to someone, I would say DeSean Jackson. Quick, smaller frame, shifty, can play outside and in the slot.
At the end of the day, if JT produces like any of the names mentioned in this thread, we all win.
I'm really hoping to see him on the field this year, although I doubt he will see a meaningful snap as a true frosh KR/PR. He should have every chance to see the field as a WR, though.
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