Emanuel Hall
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Still pending agility drills, but I'm not too worried based on what I've seen on film. He'll make his money on deep shots and comebacks, but he's also a breakaway threat on slants. He demands attention from a defense. In terms of jumps, top end speed, and 10 yard split, he looks like a clear match for what the Patriots look for in a downfield threat.
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@ChrisR2223 I know you love receivers, so here's some light reading for ya.
I read a recent criticism of Hall that said he should get more separation with his speed. I don't think that's valid, but I'll use an example of a contested pass to show what I like so much about Hall and how he adjusts downfield. Notice the details here, because he understands some nuances of playing receiver, despite the knock that he's just a straight line guy (for example, he joked at the Combine that his favorite play call is simply a go, but if you listen to his interviews, he comes across as an extremely articulate, thoughtful player).
First, even though he beats the corner, he sees that the ball is underthrown (despite the narrative that Lock has a huge arm, he underthrew Hall a fair bit), so Hall alters his path to cut off the angle; he slows down to track the ball, but his strides are still longer than the corner's, who is racing full speed to catch up to a decelerating Hall, who could dust him if he turned on the jets again. He glides like Moss, even if he didn't test as fast. Next, at about the 25 yard line, Hall jabs out with his hand to maintain distance. Important to note -- the entire time he's looking up (not back), but continues to fend off the corner. As the ball comes close, he brings his arms up and uses his elbow to push the defender's arm down, then snags the ball before the corner can disrupt him further.
How's this separation? They didn't connect, but he made the safety look like he was running in molasses. That's Tyreek Hill sort of dangerous speed.
Or how about this one? Again the safety busted the coverage, but regardless, neither player can keep up with Hall physically.
Last play from this game against Georgia in 2017. Their attempts to double Hall, or at least have a safety shaded to his side of the field, didn't really matter. I'm starting to feel bad for their secondary, but this should give you an idea of how dangerous Hall is down the field. He beats the corner and the angle of the safety for a 60+ yard score. That's a weapon outside.
Another slant. This time it's not a 3-step slant
like the one I posted earlier in this thread, but it should show you much corners respect his speed. Hall gets up on the defender's toes, and the corner panics, giving a free inside release for Hall to pick up the easiest first down of his life. His instant separation on slants reminds me a little of Gordon or OBJ, although he's a different style player.
I should also note that over the next few plays, Hall runs hitches or comeback routes and shows the ability to sharply snap off the route at the stem -- the corner was already spooked by this point, however, so he's playing the deep ball and giving up the easy stuff underneath. I may have to continue this in another post since I'm limited in the amount of media I can embed per post (only 5 links; the RAS card is an upload).
Stay tuned . . .