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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855

    Mickens had a bad game. Check the stats, he had a good season. I could rattle off multiple games in which he played very well. He's not a star, but get some fucking perspective. He can play.

    Not even trolling but besides Cal I can't think of a game where he actually made a reception that resembled a WR. I'm guessing almost 90% of his stats if not more were bubble screens.

    Again not complaining about that as he is fast but he's not a real WR either.
    There were at least 3 or 4 times this year where I was shocked to see Mickens make a play downfield. I remember this because I went off all offseason about how terrible his hands were and how he can't catch anything longer than a screen pass, so everytime he made the plays downfield I felt stupid.

    He's no star, but he's much more of a receiver than JaWarren Hooker, IMO. For one thing, he's a heck of a lot tougher than Hooker. Mickens is reasonably strong for his size. He's not a track guy playing football.

    He's also not world class fast like Hooker. That kid could flat out fly.

  • TheHB
    TheHB Member Posts: 7,100
    I think Mickens has a lot of potential, actually. He had a shitty bowl game, but so did Price and a lot of other players. Mickens is only going to be as good as the coaching and plays he gets called his way. Sark fell in love with the bubble screen and it so happened Mickens made it work. That just tells me he can do other things, too. But only with a coach who knows what the fuck he's doing.
  • TheHB
    TheHB Member Posts: 7,100
    Ja'Warren Hooker hated football. Mickens doesn't.

    HTH
  • Houhusky
    Houhusky Member Posts: 5,537
    Mickens has had only two good games in his career:

    2013 BSU - 9 catches 109 yards
    2013 Cal - 6 catches 180 yards (2 TDs)

    Otherwise he was rather forgettable(maybe not as much as Hall or Polk)

    medians (2013):
    5 rec/game
    39 yards/game
    7.8 yards/catch

    excluding his two good games (2013):

    AVG: 4.5 rec/game | Median: 5 rec/game
    AVG: 36.3 yards/game | Median: 39 yards/game
    AVG: 8.36 yards/catch | Median: 7.2 yards/catch


    Mickens is better than Hall/Polk, Sark was better than Tyrone, blah blah blah

    Maybe he can be more than better than Hall or Polk next year with a real head coach...
  • IrishDawg22
    IrishDawg22 Member Posts: 2,754
    At the beginning of the year I think most people on here would have taken 65-688-5 from our 4th receiving option.

    He is what he is, a small shifty slot receiver that can be very effective in the short passing game and showed some improvement down the field.

    If there is a receiver who DESERVES the critical eye it is our 5* Parade POY.
  • phineas
    phineas Member Posts: 4,732
    I never want to see another bubble screen in my life. I hope that shut went down to socal with dude brah to die. I believe I watched us throw back to back bubble screens on Friday for - 5 yards. God I hate that piece of shit
  • WildcatHB
    WildcatHB Member Posts: 46
    edited December 2013
    phineas said:

    I never want to see another bubble screen in my life. I hope that shut went down to socal with dude brah to die. I believe I watched us throw back to back bubble screens on Friday for - 5 yards. God I hate that piece of shit

    Bubble screens can work well if you have fast guys that can make a guy miss. Why the fuck would you ever run a screen to a slow ass tight end?
  • phineas
    phineas Member Posts: 4,732
    WildcatHB said:

    phineas said:

    I never want to see another bubble screen in my life. I hope that shut went down to socal with dude brah to die. I believe I watched us throw back to back bubble screens on Friday for - 5 yards. God I hate that piece of shit

    Bubble screens can work well if you have fast guys that can make a guy miss. Why the fuck would you ever run a screen to a slow ass tight end?
    Yea, I didn't even want to bring up the screens to softfarian Jenkins. That shits embarrassing