Sunday, May 15, 2016

1.08 Detroit Vipers - WR Corey Coleman

In the real world: Coleman led the nation with 20 receiving touchdowns last season on the way to winning the Fred Biletnikoff Award, and he went to a Cleveland Browns team in sore need of all the help it could get at wide receiver, period. The Browns see him as the draft's most dynamic player. He did have 10 drops this season and seven the year before (although some of last year's drops could be attributed to having to work with four different quarterbacks). He's raw as a route runner, but he's got speed and can be dangerous after the catch.
In the TUFF world: The Vipers still needed help at wide receiver, even after the emergence of Allen Robinson last season. Longtime starter Vincent Jackson is now 33 and entering his 12th season as a pro. A starting trio of Robinson, Coleman and 2015 first-rounder Kevin White, with Jackson and fifth-year veteran Kendall Wright as backups, could be a vast improvement from 2013 (when Detroit counted on malcontent Mike Williams, substance abuser Justin Blackmon and rookie Justin Hunter to produce, and were let down by all three).

Rick Dailey (Denver Devils) said of this pick: "I never thought Coleman would fall that far; if so, I wouldn't have moved up." (Rick originally had the 1.06 pick, but moved up to 1.03, where he took Laquon Treadwell.)  This pick gets the green checkmark for value, because while the two other Biletnikoff Award finalists went 2nd and 3rd, this one fell to #8.

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