2024 WR Class Deep Dive with Dane Brugler

People can't stop talking about Marvin Harrison Jr. But what other WRs in this year's class can provide needed value for teams around the NFL? Dane Brugler is here for a giant deep dive into the best wide receiver prospects of 2024. Lock in!
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[@jrsands]

4:25 MHJr 17:16 Malik Nabers 24:34 Rome Odunze 34:18 Brock Bowers 47:27 Brian Thomas Jr.

[@devonstailey4784]

50:45 AD Mitchell 56:15 Ladd McConkey 1:01:48 JaLynn Polk 1:06:23 Malachi Corley 1:08:16 Keon Coleman 1:12:18 Jermaine Burton 1:14:15 Johnny Wilson 1:15:13 Xavier Worthy & Troy Franklin 1:21:43 Xavier Legette 1:25:57 Malik Washington 1:28:18 Jalen McMillen & Roman Wilson

[@SaquonFields]

bless up

[@merrittboydston7569]

👑

[@Dobbsey34]

Not all heroes wear capes. Thanks fellas

[@RMV1560]

@@devonstailey4784 I am genuinely surprised no Ricky Pearsall

[@nickdoingitbig]

The Beast is the single greatest piece of draft information around. I still reference past years to read about players who boomed and busted.

[@joeynickles7962]

It’s really, really good. The amount of work that goes into it is crazy. My only thing is I wish the player evals were longer and even more detailed. But they’re still quality and when you have to write so many I think you have to force yourself to be more succinct.

[@joeynickles7962]

Odunze a dawg. He’s just built like that. I’d file his name under the category: “Least Likely to Ever Become a Diva”

[@tbam994]

Wonderfully stated

[@adiloren13]

Yeah, he's kind of like DJ Moore in that.

[@lewispasco7814]

How did you guys talk 1.5:hours and not utter one word about Ricky Pearsall?

[@LionsOnTheHunt313]

I like Pearsall more than McKonkey

[@jasoneng3161]

1:07:23 Rashee rice running away from dudes on and off the field 💀💀

[@ferrisyounis3105]

haha

[@SayjbeeMOB21]

Elite content 🔥💯

[@joeynickles7962]

With respect to Worthy and the relative paucity of big, down the field plays, Quinn is missing on a LOT of those throws. That’s absolutely a significant part of it. With respect to Franklin, we’re definitely seeing two different guys. The hands were incredibly inconsistent in the games I watched and he fought the ball over and over and over again. I also thought some of the tracking stuff was incredibly inconsistent and that Worthy outshines him clearly in that department. Worthy settles under it like a center fielder whereas Franklin is making these wild last nano-second adjustments as he realizes the ball is on a slightly different trajectory than he thought. So we couldn’t be more opposite on Franklin and Worthy other than the fact that they both have “mid” hands. Franlklin also does give better effort in the run game (watch the end of the Georgia game where they’re down by like 40 and he’s pissed off and scrapping like a hungry dog). But the ball tracking, it’s Worthy by a mile. I have Franklin as a late 3rd-early 4th and Worthy as a high-mid 2nd.

[@smercxz]

We are in the same EXACT page. Love it. Good analysis

[@adiloren13]

"You'll never see him juke a guy"; "can he power through an NFL jam consistently?"; "blocking is not his favorite thing to do" yet he's this perfect prospect. Not buying it. He's a great prospect but Nabers and Odunze are right there with him and if their names were Isaac Bruce Jr. and Tim Brown Jr.; they would probably be getting equal hype. I'm not saying that it's all about his name. Jerry Rice's son is clear evidence of that in this very draft but the hype head start that Harrison received led to him being anointed "generational" and the best receiver in the draft prematurely.

[@TheeDevinMartin]

I’m started to land here as well. Are we so sure MHJ would be this generational, number 1 WR, can’t miss prospect without the name? I mean he’s really good but feel it would be more of a conversation without the name

[@cooldude7821]

Same production with McCord & Stroud. QB proof. Best WR in the draft.

[@adiloren13]

@@cooldude7821 I'm just going off the tape. He's great but Nabers looks better.

[@cooldude7821]

@@adiloren13 Ok.

[@joeynickles7962]

Dane’s soliloquy on Jermaine Burton is 100% on the mark. It’s almost exactly what I wrote down. He’s such a smooth, fluid mover, and has such natural hands and natural feel for the position and getting open, but something is off there on the football character side of things. There’s no way a guy that moves like that and is as natural as he is should be so up and down.

[@jwheels9876]

Ive seen Worthy trying to truck over dudes at 170 lbs meanwhile AD Mitchell goes down on 1st contact every play lol. And if the dude had 60+ catches and only 18% went for 20+ that tells me hes not just some one trick pony who runs vertical routes all game long.

[@toekneecornhighsir7299]

Really hoping MHJ goes to the Cardinals or Chargers... Hoping the Pats don't end up with him. He'd be much more fun with a real QB

[@jonathangogol6118]

No one wants to see Herbert with weapons lmao how is Bowers not a fit for the Chargers with Roman and Harbaugh. “They need so much more” but he’s a fit for the Broncos who don’t have a QB or anything else? You guys are ridiculous. You don’t think Herbert would feast with Bowers?

[@LionsOnTheHunt313]

Xavier Legette's backstory should be taken into account when doi g his eval imo. Dude has overcome a lot. He won't slip past the 2nd Rd 💯

[@thomasarnold8003]

Fuckin rights i was screaming this at the screen. Dude is gonna ball tf out.

[@LionsOnTheHunt313]

@@thomasarnold8003 Ya I really appreciate when EVERYTHING is taken into account, not just stats & athletic testing. XL WILL BE A MONSTER!!!

[@Bongoinc69]

Officially requesting a 5 min clip breaking down long snappers with Dane

[@kls36]

Kinda wish Worthy never ran that 40. People have, by and large, been extra negative on him since (and I recognize he isn't the most sure handed WR at all).

[@jacksonklark6119]

Why do people bring up speed as a negative for Worthy? There is a very small sample size for receivers as fast as worthy so of course there aren't many good ones most players drafted aren't good.

[@ryandrab6291]

Another FSU WR but he played QB Aquan Bolden and ran like 4.8..

[@manray371]

If Odunze falls to the Giants at 6 It'll be exactly what that offense needs and he keeps getting better and better!

[@michaelwalsh2495]

hellyeah, the best ball knowers on youtube talking about the best new ball catchers 🤓

[@kane6529]

Robert Mayes mustache is very familiar with balls, possibly of those that belong to minors

[@jerryfinger1967]

Did they talk about adonai Mitchell?

[@alejandroarreola1216]

Who’s that kid with a mustache ???

[@Swerve-Online]

Harrison fans always have to use 2 years of stats to get him close to Nabors. They can't face that Nabors blew by him in year three.

[@wendyuwaje]

I’ll believe it when I stop seeing Nabers get jammed when he’s pressed.

[@Swerve-Online]

​@wendyuwaje you will never believe it then cuz he dominated press all year.

[@wendyuwaje]

@@Swerve-Online well he didn’t as 10/14 of his tds are from the slot

[@seaneltringham8871]

Actually ur wrong about Keon Coleman he actually did run track

[@stephenhegarty6179]

What would it take for Buffalo to move up for top 4 WR and would it be wise ?

[@FantasySportsZen]

Too much. And, no.

[@brianmyers4444]

Swap firsts and throw in a second….deal done….look at Seattle at 16…..

[@zaywhitt502]

I hope he’s all-world like EVERYONE says when he gets to the league. Cuz if he’s not the best in this class it’ll be hilarious.

[@smercxz]

MHJ is a Ceedee Lamb type. Don’t pay attention to the dude we always comp dudes by size and height and whatever. His playstyle is Ceedee Lamb all the way thin about it.

[@renz4738]

After the catch ain’t even close brother 😂 not comparable at all. You’re lost

[@iurunner34]

Thank god Dane is back. Dear Dane, you work 11 months of the year to get ready for April. You cant be disappearing for a month. You've got Mel and Rick Spielman doing three shows a week. Get it together. Thanks!

[@macdaddy111]

You do know that he actually has to spend time in the film room.....right? 😂

[@renz4738]

Weird guy

[@Panthers8912]

Just fyi, everyone watching this video not only knows about The Beast, but is actively awaiting its arrival. Don’t need u to sell us on it lol

[@jacksonklark6119]

Franklin had a significantly higher drop rate than worthy. He's skinny lile worthy but not nearly as fast idk why you'd have him over worthy

[@macdaddy111]

Jeremiah Smith gonna have people like MHJ who??? lol

[@jacksonklark6119]

Worthy was used more as a yac guy in 2023.

[@tonypassaretti]

The damn password still does not work three days after it was supposedly posted. When will this crap end?

[@jaysondenison8958]

Ewers was the problem at Texas not his weapons

[@thomasarnold8003]

Yall really gonna shade X Legete for being a one hit wonder, WITHOUT acknowledging the shit he went through to get where he is today?!? Sorry but you guys get paid to do this you should know these things.

[@Doubleuneal]

I dont understand why people aren’t talking about Brock Bowers and the Bears…Waldron uses 2 and 3 TE sets, very often…Kmet is a Y, Everett is the move on a 2y contract and the bears need a big body receiver…if the 3 receivers are off the board at 9, i think bowers is very much in play for that offense and ppl are sleeping on it.

[@koldkalibur82]

Which would you consider to be a greater need? A TE in two years, or a WR in perhaps 1 year? Which would be a greater need? OL, DE, DT, WR, or TE? Who could have a greater impact on the Bears long term, Bowers? Or everyone predicted to go before him? I believe none of the answers to all of those questions are TE or Bowers. Bears have greater needs than at TE.

[@Doubleuneal]

@@koldkalibur82 Calling bowers a TE is short sighted. I would select at least 6 or 7 other players over him at other positions but he’s as blue as prospects and we need as many blue players as possible. He needs to be in the conversation.

[@dbmagee21]

Jalynn Polk is Mohammed Sanu

[@aidanwood1607]

Polk’s floor might be Sanu but he is not sanu

[@MrSonicification]

That is an incredibly generous view of Sanu

[@werb24]

These TV scouts are all just talking heads. These are a bunch of guys that don't have to make any decisions, never have their misses checked, and either have groupthink or just try to change it up to drive clicks. Anyone that listens to these dudes for actual assessment need to have their heads examined.

[@toekneecornhighsir7299]

These KZbin commenters are all just anonymous trolls. These are a bunch of teenagers that don't have to form any opinions, never have their comments noticed, and either have stupidthink or just try to troll to drive rage. Anyone that listens to these NEETs for actual discussion need to go touch grass.

[@brianmyers4444]

There a quite a few sites that check their hits and their misses….and real scouts miss on opinions A LOT…..

[@choosecarefully408]

"Oh, those poor Bears & their inability to get an élite receiver in this draft..." Hey, *you called for* Fields to not pass to certain receivers on certain plays. Anyone could see that this led directly to failure for the entire team. Anyone but you? So either you're All Inept or you all intentionally sabotaged Fields so you could move on from him. Which one doesn't make not getting one of these your fault? You kept calling for this for Over A Year.

[@AiyukIsHim]

yea you right DJ moore is a bum lol "who has 4 1k seasons" just accept fields isnt that good and move on he is a RB

[@hanlonlowell7391]

Dane = THE BEAST

[@LionsOnTheHunt313]

Xavier Legette on the Lions to complement Ra', Jamo, Laporta, & Gibbs would be 🔥

[@346rt]

Just discovered Robert Mays. Not a bad pod to start with🎉. Thank you Robert.

[@jaycutler118]

it's just painful gonna be watching MHJ become a perennial all pro. i hate being a Bears fan

[@johnrawes4908]

1967 players 🤣 God bless you Dane

[@JJ-zr6fu]

So MHJ is a possession wr? Can we explain the two Notre dame games?

[@BangaDub]

"Running away from people on and off the field" lol 💀

[@Electric_Funeral]

MHJ bench presses 380. I don’t think you have to worry about physicality with him. Watch his hands too, in press at the LOS he has elite hand fighting. His ability to combat press is an advantage, not a concern

[@shanem6253]

No he doesn’t lol

[@Electric_Funeral]

@@shanem6253 after a quick google, I’ll give you a quote from Nate Tice, “But Harrison Jr. has so much more to his game than simply dunking on smaller opponents. His pedigree of being the son of one of the most refined route runners of all time shows up on every Ohio State passing play. His overall polish, despite weighing 209 pounds and standing at just under 6-foot-4, is what starts to crystallize the more you watch him, whether it’s on all-22 or the TV copy. Every aspect of his game oozes off the screen, from the route tempo and clean footwork; to the feigns on route stems that keep cornerbacks off-balance; to his bend and body control to sink and stay tight on his route breaks; to even his varied releases, like an elite pass rusher he can alter between speed and power when going against press or man coverage.”

[@wendyuwaje]

@@shanem6253I know Nabers can’t.

[@shanem6253]

@@wendyuwaje no shit neither of them can bench anywhere close to 380 lol

[@hack.nicklaus]

it's always funny to me how BOTH Texas guys get questioned for being underwhelming like it's not a coincidence.. their coaching, scheme, and QB were so poor. AD is a future WR1, you can't teach what he does and his insanely high 16y ADOT leads to low YAC when you're not getting fed cheap production/screens (only 4 screens) like Odunze (18) and Nabers (14)

[@LionsOnTheHunt313]

Knocking Odunze and Nabers for getting many more screen plays as.an argument is just silly. That just is a difference in OC's, or possibly they're both better at running those plays. One of the common knocks on him is toughness, which I have no idea if thats true or not. Don't get me wrong tho, I think AD can be a WR1 as well.

[@BucsDucs99]

Worthy isn't really underwhelming statistically. I think he's a bit underwhelming on tape though. Mitchell was underwhelming in both ways at multiple schools; it's not exclusive to playing with Quinn Ewers.

[@joeynickles7962]

You don’t see football players described with this word often but the adjective that comes to mind for MHJ (and Adonai Mitchell): lithe. “Thin, supple, graceful.” That’s usually a word you’d reserve for a dancer but, honestly, that’s kind of what he looks like on a football field.