LaFell has had streches of reasonable NFL production, James Washington looks like a decade-long NFL player, and even Greg Salas and Nick Toon had cups of coffee before ultimately not panning out.

There have been just 10 wide receivers over the last 10 years who've finished as a top-24 fantasy receiver while seeing fewer than 87 targets.

He figures to be an immediate contributor in this offense, the question is, how good will this offense be? Darnold should look his way early and often, but the scoring upside is simply a huge question mark. Loved them both, but Metcalf's landing spot moved him into the driver's seat.

AJ Brown was by far my favorite WR prospect last year but even I didn't expect his enormous late-season breakout. Maybe I underestimated just how much Brown could do without an elite quarterback.

Brown's target share was 24 percent in that time, which ranked 10th among wide receivers. That won't happen again. In the 2020 NFL Draft, Mims probably will end up being a second- or third-round pick. Projection: A starting “X” receiver in a vertical offense. Already a premium subscriber? But I feel like if I just go there more, and I just get familiar with it, I could have a great time.

So Mims has a track to the WR1 spot as early as 2021 and will need to prove his worth this season in order to give New York a vision of what they are playing with for the future. If you have been following the work we are doing on prospects here at RotoExperts closely, or have just been a dynasty fantasy football player for a long time, you know that the first mark of a successful NFL wide receiver is “did he play as a true freshman?”.

Denzel Mims. Well, he proved everyone wrong catching 52 passes for 1.051 yards and eight TDs. Some of them had Mims graded on the third day of the 2020 NFL Draft. Sync your team to My Playbook for custom start/sit advice. This year, that receiver might be Denzel Mims. Receivers with those athletic traits generally aren’t easy to come by, and generally demand some kind of investment, either cap dollars or early draft picks.

He's still a phenomenal talent, but he needs to get the bump in pass attempts to take the next step. His offseason testing caught everyone's eyes and coupled with the steady production he had at Baylor, the full package caused him to rise up boards. 2020 NFL Draft prospect profile: Denzel Mims, WR, Baylor. - He was noticeably absent in the playoffs which scares me a bit. The Giants and 49ers are two of the most undermanned teams heading into Week 3.

Overall he put his natural athleticism on display for everyone to see. Mims has a catch radius the size of Mars, with unfathomable leaping ability, tremendous concentration and body control in the air, and the hand strength to snag and secure balls at the very extent of his considerable frame. Not bad, but not elite. Mims' wide catch radius also was a plus in that he was able to bring in just about every ball regardless of where it was placed. PASSING VOLUME. I surveyed seven teams, and the consensus returned that Mims would most likely go on Day 2. You see a lot of people that look scary. Denzel Mims was used as a vertical/fade specialist — which makes sense for a 6'3″ guy who ran a 4.38 40 — but when he got to run other routes, you'd see flashes of an explosive route runner. The Jets have an out on Jamison Crowder's contract after the season and Breshad Perriman was signed to a one-year deal. But he can also shows inconsistencies which should be ironed out of his game. Georgia defeated Baylor with a final score of 26-14. Games Watched: vs. Kansas State (2019), vs. Texas Tech (2019), vs. Oklahoma (2019), vs. Texas (2019), Yards (YPC): 2,925 (15.7 yards per catch), Yards (YPC): 1,020 (15.5 yards per catch), Best: Size, athleticism, competitive toughness. Holistically, the film grinding community seems higher on Mims than mock drafts and NFL scouts do at this moment in time. 2020 NFL Draft prospect profile: Denzel Mims, WR, Baylor. But both have the ceiling to be WR1s in the right situation. He was nice enough to make that an 8 game sample so just x2 for fun. Those players are much easier to peg and draft according to production and athletic testing. 21 wide receiver in his rookie season. The Jets have 154 wide receiver targets up for grabs. Join the Best Live Fantasy Chat Community! Mims has a slight tendency to let his concentration wander and can suffer concentration drops, as well as a tendency to hop and body-catch the ball. After a strong week of practices at the Senior Bowl and a (hopefully) impressive combine, it wouldn’t surprise me to see Mims end up going where players like Mecole Hardman or JJ Arcega-Whiteside went in the 2019 NFL Draft. He’s a well-coached and refined physical specimen. The experience I had, I was very scared.

But the "a lot of people that look scary" line threw me for a loop.

1 role with 25% of the team's targets and 38% of their air yards; resulting in 622 receiving yards in those games. I'm not very confident, to say the least. Show full articles without "Continue Reading" button for {0} hours.

... Watch some of the top rookies from the 2020 NFL Draft class take the field at training camp. The issue is that Mims is a rookie who hasn't seen any preseason action and hasn't had much time to be around the team. No, I'm a California resident looking for the California Consumer Privacy Act form. This, of course, is a not a 1:1 analogy but is it statistically true that the better wide receivers play at a younger age, the better they project as pros. He finished with 186 receptions for 2,925 yards and 28 touchdowns, including a senior year in 2019 that saw him start 13 games for Baylor, recording 66 receptions for 1,020 yards and 12 touchdowns. Former Saints DB, Kenny Vaccaro, is constantly telling AJ, "Mike(Michael Thomas) would still be working right now", really helping to instill a good work ethic on Brown, knowing what it takes to be the best.

If you were a pro-Mims analyst you would say that the encroachment of Jalen Hurd is not horribly concerning due to his future in the NFL. Those team evaluators say Mims also has some issues with drops, does not play as fast as his timed speed, and is not great on 50-50 receptions. How have the Giants deployed tight end Evan Engram differently this season? Mims was drafted by the New York Jets in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft as the 59th pick.