Thoughts on Laquon

Thing that got me was his speed times were bad,  that should have been a major red flag. You have a lot more early separation if the DB has to worry about getting beat on the deep route.  That is the GB type of receivers and why Rogers can hit a lot of them right off the line, because the first 5 yards are free.
We are already close to the bust label on Treadwell, that would make 2016 draft one of the worst Viking drafts ever.

   This is pretty much Treadwell in a nutshell. Big possession guy. If he reaches his potential. He can be a guy teams can't afford him to see one on one coverage. 

Offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur had some high praise for WR Laquon Treadwell and what he's shown this offseason:

I thought this preseason mental progress stuff sounded familiar. :)


Leslie Frazier impressed with Ponder's progress :P :

www.vikings.com/news/article-1/Frazier-Recaps-Mini-Camp-Ponders-Progress-Provides-Injury-Updates-and-More/5aa516e2-f011-46ff-8618-b26f284987a3


Q: What have you seen from Christian Ponder over these last five weeks?

A: I really like the way that he has matured mentally and just seeing how he has taken the reins from a leadership standpoint. He is more vocal than he has been in the past. His football above the neck has been impressive in the time that we’ve been out here on the field practicing. So he’s got the athletic ability but you want him to make good decisions under the center and some of the things he’s done in these practices kind of leads me to believe, along with our staff, that he’s grown a lot in that area making better decisions with the football, which should in turn help us down the line.

Q: What have you seen from his accuracy?

A: I think he’s much better. He’s worked his tail off trying to improve his accuracy. Our coaches have put him through a bunch of different drills and through his hard work I think he’s improved in that area. Now we’ve got some things we’ve got to get done in training camp, but he’s put in the work to improve and we are seeing it.

Q: How long do you think it will take him to get the timing down with Greg Jennings and Cordarrelle Patterson?

A: Well, I think we’ve made a lot of progress in the time we’ve been out here. We run a lot of different drills to work on that timing so I think we made progress and we are about where we need to be going into training camp. Obvious answer to the question is by the time we line up against Detroit we better have that timing down. We have time to get that done and you’d like to have it done at least by the third preseason game. You’d like to feel like you are just about there. We will see where we are but we think we are getting closer to where we need to be.

Sounds like a good task for OJ. 

After seeing Bradford toss to the turf on simple timing routes, I have to believe some confidence was lost on Treadwell's ability to be where is was supposed to be.

It is well known that I liked Doctson (off the board), Thomas, and Shepard more than Treadwell, but there is still hope for Laquon. The Vikings will give him reps to prove himself.