Darren Waller

[GlennW]

You know they've got to come up with the negatives but you can't deny what you see from the raw numbers. I think Darren's helping himself today.

He ran the fastest time of any receiver over 6'4" if I'm not mistaken.

 

[jwsavhGT]

Interesting talk surrounding Waller in the following article.
http://predominantlyorange.com/2015/02/21/broncos-nfl-scouting-combine-rumors-targeting-rt/

 

[COJacket]

Interesting talk surrounding Waller in the following article.
http://predominantlyorange.com/2015/02/21/broncos-nfl-scouting-combine-rumors-targeting-rt/

Being a long time Denver fan, would love to see the big guy out here in the Rockies. I said months ago that Waller would be converted to a tight end and become another Julius Thomas if he works hard. Still believe it.

 

[takethepoints]

I don't think how he did in the receiving drills will make much difference overall. Whoever drafts him - and I think he will be drafted - knows that Waller has some work to do on short routes; we don't throw them much. Oth, I think any NFL scout would look at him and see that this probably won't continue as a problem, what ever position he ends up in.

I also wasn't surprised by his 40 times. Coach always said he had the physical tools and anyone can look at the game films and see that he has a good turn of speed, especially for his size. Now it's up to the coaches.

 

[AlabamaBuzz]

Vertical of 37" and a broad jump of 125"

 

[Sean311]

4.4 whaaaaat that dude is a freak...his potential is sky high if he puts in the work in the NFL

 

[CuseJacket]

 

[LongforDodd]

Someone's going to get a steal in the late rounds if he doesn't go sooner.

 

[Skeptic]

Someone's going to get a steal in the late rounds if he doesn't go sooner.

Was he running hard?

 

[Jean-Baptiste Rochambeau]

I gotta say he never looked that fast on the screen. Good for him and it has to help his ranking.

Cha-ching!

 

[Frenchise]

Was he running hard?

He seemed to back off at 30 yards. Looked like he could do it faster.

I never realized how fast he was !

 

[orientalnc]

Waller has to decide he wants to play on every down. That was his problem at Tech for quite a while. Great at times, but would drop easy balls at others. He certainly has the physical tools.

 

[Skeptic]

He seemed to back off at 30 yards. Looked like he could do it faster.

I never realized how fast he was !

You know, might he be one of those guys who figure if they do it once, then pretty soon it is expected of them?

 

[bigtechfan67]

Maybe money can better motivate him

 

[bigtechfan67]

Could u imagine him being a db where he played in high school real freaky athlete

 

[LongforDodd]

Was he running hard?

It didn't look like it, did it? But that vid had to be slo mo, to some extent.

 

[Techster]

Could u imagine him being a db where he played in high school real freaky athlete

He has said before he prefers playing defense over offense (played DB in HS), but WR was where the coaches thought he could make the best impact and where his future was. It seems they were correct.

 

[cuttysark]

That is an exceptional 40 yard time for somebody with his measurables. Too bad they don't have the receivers doing any blocking drills as Waller would put everyone to shame.

BTW, everyone including receivers have to block when not running a passing route even in the NFL. It's called being a complete player.

 

[GTNavyNuke]

........BTW, everyone including receivers have to block when not running a passing route even in the NFL. It's called being a complete player.

In theory that's right. Most WRs I saw playing this year couldn't/didn't block at all. If you had a team where all of the backs and WRs blocked, that would be a great team ......

 

[Skeptic]

That is an exceptional 40 yard time for somebody with his measurables. Too bad they don't have the receivers doing any blocking drills as Waller would put everyone to shame.

BTW, everyone including receivers have to block when not running a passing route even in the NFL. It's called being a complete player.

One of the scouts at the combine, I believe, pretty much dismissed Waller's blocking ability as kind of getting in front of and screening or some such. Whatever, not highly rated.