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Is Tavon Austin a bust to you?


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Found this today which was interesting to me. 

I've heard people say McVay has stated that he's a decoy and defenses have to account for him at all times. Still, this is a guy with the second highest salary on the entire team, and was drafted 8th overall in the 2013 draft ahead of DeAndre Hopkins and Keenan Allen. His best season to date has been 55 catches for 509 yards/8.8 YPC/3 TD's. 

Apparently on one of those NFL documentary shows Tavon got a new contract and Jeff Fisher said to him "Congratulations, you've earned this". Interesting. 

Regardless of what McVay's use of Austin, I don't see how he isn't a complete bust at this point. I know McVay didn't draft him, but can you not find a less expensive decoy down the road? Also, wasn't he replaced as a return man for Pharoh Cooper because his hands were so bad fielding the ball? 

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Just now, PapaShogun said:

I usually don't, but I randomly found that tweet among other NFL news. 

Well, I have some times by accident trusted a Rapoport tweet. Guess it happens to all of us.

Tavon Austin was drafted too high by the wrong team and used the wrong way, and then still got the second contract with too much money attached to it.

If he was a 2. round pick by the Saints, we would most likely talk about him in a completely different way. I think he could work well in their screen game and would be utilized both as a decoy and the gimmick player he should be.

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Yep. He hasn't even been explosive in the return game, which is one of the reasons he was thought so highly of. He started off well in returns, but then he tailed off. 

His stock was inflated by the spread offense he played in during college, and his fast 40 time further clouded opinions on him.

At this point, he simply has no value outside of a gimmick play or occasional carry. Not what you'd want out of the #8 pick.

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12 minutes ago, Malik said:

over drafted and never put in a position where he could succeed.

overdrafted yes; not sure where you're going with the boded part.  Austin has been a de facto starter at WR and KR for most of his career, so he's gotten plenty of opportunities.  He has had to deal with a parade of quarterbacks with the Rams, but in all fairness, he was never much help to them either. 

He has value as a niche player, but being drafted 8th overall was a mistake.  Solid kick returner, but no higher than WR4 on most teams.

3 minutes ago, DontTazeMeBro said:

Yes. He can’t play his position. You have to deviate from the offense to come up with gimmicky ways to get him the ball. None of these gadget players are worth it

Agree, I'm sick of teams wasting high draft picks on gadget players.  Then you have to disrupt the continuity of the offense with trick plays, just to get them involved; and about 90% of the time, they don't work.

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