I'm not going to try and compare Donnie Avery with the likes of Trung Candidate. All of his stats seem to be glowing from all the scouting reports that you might come across and read. And I really don't know too much about the kid.
The coaches seem to love him and he seems to be well liked by all the coaches.
What scares me though is the fact the main reason that they seemed to have focused on him when drafting him was his supposed incredible speed. Speed is fine because usually it leads to YAC, which Avery says is his "best friend", but it just gives me shades of the past when they said the same thing about Trung Candidate. Who turned out to be just a "toy" to tinker with and to be shelved when his so called formidable skills never developed.
With Bruce gone though, we can't afford to have our second round draft pick become a coaches "toy", we don't have that luxury.
Just as Torry won't make a comment or assessment on Avery, the jury here is also still out and will wait to see more evidence on whether or not Avery has what it takes or gets shelved like other unwanted toys.
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