WR Chris Conley is having a hell of a Combine

convertedpatsfan · Feb 22, 2015

MrNathanDrake said:
Catching is one thing that WR's can seriously improve over time. If you look at Aaron Dobson, he didnt have ANY drops his entire senior year at College, but then he came to the NFL and had a ton of drops in his rookie year. It's one of those things that can be fixed or diminish. Much of it has to do with concentration and effort.

If you ask Panthers fans about Brandon LaFell before this season, they would've said he dropped too many passes. Yet he was great for the Patriots this year, barely dropping anything.

Catching is one of my least worries about a WR prospect unless the guy has small hands, and in this case Conley has above average hand size.

He is definitely raw and will need a lot of coaching, but this is the type of guy I think McDaniels would love to mold.

I agree. And Dobson will probably improve. Part of it is comfort level due to lack of practice, and if he's overthinking whether he ran the right route or not. I hope he'll do better with a full offseason and training camp, assuming he stays healthy.

Though on LaFell, he also has some really small hands for a WR (8 3/4") and I think that issue was exasperated by playing with a QB with some accuracy issues like Newton. Playing with Brady has been the best thing that could have happened to him.

VJCPatriot · Feb 27, 2015

Love the athletic ability. He wasn't featured much in a run-heavy Georgia offense, but he was efficient and made big plays when called upon to move the chains.

I wouldn't mind taking a flyer on Conley with a mid-round pick 4th/5th. His combine performance might mean he gets taken a lot earlier though. Conley's athleticism and size is freakishly good though.

TriplecHamp · Feb 27, 2015

from what I remember of him at UGA he was a converted corner and was blazing fast. Injured himself celebrating a Gurley td iirc. Also I've seen him have a few other lapses in judgement on the field with dumb unnecessary penalties.

BelichickFan · Mar 4, 2015

Bill's getting a close up of him :

https://twitter.com/CoachKelin_J/status/573166224609292289

manxman2601 · Mar 23, 2015

Mike Loyko on Chris Conley:

When Bill Belichick went down to Georgia to work out WR Chris Conley, I kind of shook it off as nothing. The more I research this kid the.

More he stands out as prototypical #Patriots player. No one is more decorated in terms of Intangibles, Character, Integrity in this class

https://twitter.com/NEPD_Loyko/status/579444051100975104

mayoclinic · Mar 23, 2015

manxman2601 said:
Mike Loyko on Chris Conley:

https://twitter.com/NEPD_Loyko/status/579444051100975104

Plus he does a great star wars video. Can you imagine what he could do with Darth Bill?

BelichickFan · Mar 23, 2015

manxman2601 said:
Mike Loyko on Chris Conley:

https://twitter.com/NEPD_Loyko/status/579444051100975104

Conley has had a little Patriots buzz recently :

NFL_DRAFT_Bites @NFLDraftBites · Mar 21
Coaches believe can develop talent look at UGAs Chris Conley & say could be MY Steal. Belichick in particular, kids ridiculously explosive

BelichickFan · Mar 23, 2015

So what round are we looking at for Conley and Parry ? Obviously pre draft "noise" means little but these two seem like possible Patriots. I am thinking of Parry as a strong candidate for our run of picks in the late 3rd to early 4th although I could see him going in the mid 3rd. Conley, I assume will be a bit later, more of a 5th round pick but the way Bill drafts I could see him going as high as the 4.2 Mankins pick.

manxman2601 · Mar 23, 2015

BelichickFan said:
So what round are we looking at for Conley and Parry ? Obviously pre draft "noise" means little but these two seem like possible Patriots. I am thinking of Parry as a strong candidate for our run of picks in the late 3rd to early 4th although I could see him going in the mid 3rd. Conley, I assume will be a bit later, more of a 5th round pick but the way Bill drafts I could see him going as high as the 4.2 Mankins pick.

He's not the same guy but Conley strikes me as the Josh Boyce pick so 4th round makes sense. I'd still rather have McBride or Smelter though.

mayoclinic · Mar 23, 2015

manxman2601 said:
He's not the same guy but Conley strikes me as the Josh Boyce pick so 4th round makes sense. I'd still rather have McBride or Smelter though.

I still want to convert Conley back to CB. Smelter + Conley would be a ridiculous back end of the draft. Great upside.

32. Marcus Peters / Byron Jones
64. Marcus Hardison
Trade up from 96: Ali Marpet
Late round: DeAndre Smelter, WR
Late round: Chris Conley, WR/CB

That would leave a 3rd round comp and at least a 4th to use on DT, RB, EDGE or other areas.

mayoclinic · Mar 23, 2015

manxman2601 said:
Mike Loyko on Chris Conley:

https://twitter.com/NEPD_Loyko/status/579444051100975104

Conley's a great example of the trajectory vs. potential discussion we've been having. Based on his college productivity, I have a really hard time projecting his trajectory. But his potential is sky-high.

manxman2601 · Mar 23, 2015

mayoclinic said:
Conley's a great example of the trajectory vs. potential discussion we've been having. Based on his college productivity, I have a really hard time projecting his trajectory. But his potential is sky-high.

I can't comment, I've not watched him.

mayoclinic · Mar 23, 2015

As an aside, Byron Jones (6'1" 199#, 45" VJ, 12'3" BJ) and Chris Conley (6'2" 213#, 4.35 40, 1.53 10-split, 45" VJ, 11'7" BJ) would be a ton of size and athleticism at CB.

manxman2601 · Mar 23, 2015

mayoclinic said:
As an aside, Byron Jones (6'1" 199#, 45" VJ, 12'3" BJ) and Chris Conley (6'2" 213#, 4.35 40, 1.53 10-split, 45" VJ, 11'7" BJ) would be a ton of size and athleticism at CB.

I was just going to say that with Nearly 90" of vertical jumping between them, if we draft Jones and Conley, no-one is scoring with a Hail Mary pass against us. It's also remarkable to think that a 40" BJ and an 11' BJ are considered pretty remarkable and yet there's two guys in this draft that killed even those numbers.

If they drafted these two and Abdullah, that would be one hell of an explosive trio to add to Jamie Collins.

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