Calvin Johnson vs. Randy Moss

[d34ng3l021]

Originally Posted by 661rep

Better WR right now? Randy Moss

Better WR comming out of college? uhhh I still would take Moss.

I also heard Randy ran three 40 times in the 4.2 range anyone know if this is true?

Thats what Patriots people say. They recently timed him at a 4.29...

The better question would be, who was the better prospect? Calvin might stand a chance there.

[Shiver]

Calvin Johnson was the much better prospect. He has Moss' speed and jumping ability. Except he blows Moss out of the water, when it comes to physicality. As well as character.

[Paranoidmoonduck]

People forget that Moss had some real concerns outside of his character as a prospect. People didn't believe he was strong enough or used his hands well enough to beat the bump and didn't work well across the middle, making him one dimensional.

Of course, it turned out his one dimension was good enough to keep corners dropped way back, and he had such good deep ball instincts that practically no one could contain him for very long.

If we're talking who was the better prospect, it's Calvin Johnson by a large margin. It's all well and good to say you'd take Moss over him, but anyone who actually followed that draft would tell you there's no comparison in terms of prospect rating.

As for right now, despite Moss' ridiculously crappy play towards the end of last year, I think he can still beat almost every NFL corner if motivated. Obviously, he wasn't going to be motivated in Oakland, but he might add a whole new deep ball aspect to that Patriots offense. If he's lost a step, then it's only to move from the most dangerous to one of the most dangerous.

Calvin Johnson is going to have to adjust to the pro game, adjust to Martz's offense, adjust to Jon Kitna, and adjust to Detroit. Right now he's not on Moss' level, but he has all the tools to be there in a few years.

[Caddy]

CJ has the potential to do what Moss has done, but give it 5 years untill Johnson is labeled better than Randy Moss.