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SI's Peter King gives props to JKerley

Delmonico

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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/peter_king/08/08/tour/2.html


5. Jeremy Kerley, WR/KR, New York Jets, last round. At practice Wednesday, Kerley did an out-route right in front of me, caught the pass with his fingertips, diving, and got both feet inbounds, barely. What a catch. A Cris Carter, parallel-to-the-ground catch while making sure his feet touched green, not white.

The fifth-round pick from TCU, who made a lot of catches like that from Andy Dalton, is challenging for the slot receiver job, and kick and punt return gigs. He's a guy Rex Ryan loves, special-teams coach Mike Westhoff loves more, and you can feel him getting a real shot to touch the ball and score touchdowns. "Jeremy Kerley's got a chance, I think, to be something special,'' Ryan said. Will he be in the regular offense enough to matter? Maybe not. I just feel something with him and Ryan.
 
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tcuball3 said:
wonder how Bart Johnson and Jimmy Young are doing? anyone heard?
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Per Twitter, Jimmy Young had a great start to his training camp and in fact had at least one "play of the day" write up. Jimmy has a good chance of making the bears because of their depth at the position and his blocking ability.


I have not heard anything from Bart's camp with Cinci, which makes me wonder if he's getting any reps. I'm not sure how much of a chance Bart will have with Cinci, a slim one if Andy wants a familiar pair of hands to throw to on 3rd down. Lets just say that Bart isn't going to win a job based on his ability to pancake a safety or run faster than one.

Is anyone a bit surprised Jeremy is making highlight with his hands? I can't recall him making spectacular catches with TCU? He did his spectacular work with his feet, after catching the ball?
 
jake102

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Kerley had tremendous hands during his time at TCU. All the TCU wide receivers are obviously taught to catch with their hands, not bodies.
 
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Jake102 said:
Kerley had tremendous hands during his time at TCU. All the TCU wide receivers are obviously taught to catch with their hands, not bodies.
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Kerley started out a lot like Laterrance Dunbar who never had great hands. (He was a great player and tough as nails.) However, I thought Kerley improved significantly and had extremely reliable hands over his last 2 seasons at TCU. Can't wait to watch Jets games this fall.
 
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ReedFrawg said:
Kerley started out a lot like Laterrance Dunbar who never had great hands. (He was a great player and tough as nails.) However, I thought Kerley improved significantly and had extremely reliable hands over his last 2 seasons at TCU. Can't wait to watch Jets games this fall.
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good hands and great concentration (look at him on punt catches with people all over him) and caught everything last year.
 
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West Coast Johnny said:
Per Twitter, Jimmy Young had a great start to his training camp and in fact had at least one "play of the day" write up. Jimmy has a good chance of making the bears because of their depth at the position and his blocking ability.
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He has a chance, I don't know about a great chance. There are already five veteran WRs on the team and a few rookies competing for what is probably only one more open spot. He's done a nice job in practice thus far, but he still has a long way to go if he wants to make the opening day roster.
 
Delmonico

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Mike M. said:
He has a chance, I don't know about a great chance. There are already five veteran WRs on the team and a few rookies competing for what is probably only one more open spot. He's done a nice job in practice thus far, but he still has a long way to go if he wants to make the opening day roster.
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Of the UDFA WRs, Dane Sanzenbacher of Ohio State seems to have the early edge. An ultimate place on the practice squad is not out of the question.
 

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