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Originally Posted by freddyg12
This may sound funny; the only real "ability" Loyd has is speed & athleticism. I mean that not as a compliment, but that he is actually limited otherwise.
No matter how many acrobatic catches he makes, he doesn't catch the ball well inside, and in traffic. Sure he'll make a great catch when he can extend up w/a defender on him, but he doesn't make that many grabs when a db is lurking behind him.
He might've been able to high jump, triple jump, pole vault or run hurdles (don't know if he has that kind of speed though). He's gifted athletically but he's not a football player, doesn't seem to have the drive or the instincts for the game. The fact that he still is playing says something about his natural ability, but I don't think his natural ability is such that he could be a top nfl reciever if he wanted to. I think he could be much better than he is, but he'd never be "great."
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Essentially, this is a perfect description of the Brandon Lloyd conundrum. You see the highlight reels, and you think that there's no way that this guy doesn't have all the talent in the world. But that's the thing: he's never shown a single skill outside of the ability to make seemingly miraculous catches in one on one situations where his position should be much, much better anyway.
Bottom line is that the Redskins did not miss anything on Lloyd. It's true that his season with the Bears would have bested anything he actually did here, but he remains one of the worst "regulars" in the NFL, and we're better without him than with him.