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sleeper/bust picks of the draft

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OH10;835329; said:
Poor? He's the homeless man's Ted Ginn.
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He's the Big 10's all time career leading returner.

Last year's stats....

Breaston 58 receptions, 670 yards, 11.6 ypc, 2 TD
Ginn 59 receptions, 781 yards, 13.2 ypc, 9 TD
So how would Breaston be a "homeless man's" Ginn? As far as value goes, Breaston was a better pick because no offense but Ginn was not worth the ninth pick and you're getting 80% of Ginn's production at a much cheaper price. Ginn is a phenomenal returner with blazing speed but he doesn't go over the middle, has very limited route running skills and has average hands. I don't see him being anything more than a low 2/high 3 receiver.

Busts: JaMarcus Russell, Levi Brown, Justin Harrell
Sleepers: Alan Branch, Anthony Gonzalez, Roy Hall, Brandon Siler.
 
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Just saw a replay of the Lions vs Cincy game last night on NFL network. Go ahead and close this puppy down we have a winner.

No doubt about Leon Hall being the biggest bust of the draft. He's amazingly bad.
 
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SNIPER26;896575; said:
He's the Big 10's all time career leading returner.

Last year's stats....

Breaston 58 receptions, 670 yards, 11.6 ypc, 2 TD
Ginn 59 receptions, 781 yards, 13.2 ypc, 9 TD
So how would Breaston be a "homeless man's" Ginn? As far as value goes, Breaston was a better pick because no offense but Ginn was not worth the ninth pick and you're getting 80% of Ginn's production at a much cheaper price. Ginn is a phenomenal returner with blazing speed but he doesn't go over the middle, has very limited route running skills and has average hands. I don't see him being anything more than a low 2/high 3 receiver.
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Breaston's the Big Ten all-time leading returner--in yardage--solely because he played a full year more than Ginn did.

I don't know where you get "80% of Ginn's production" from those stats. Yardage and average-wise, maybe, but look at the TD/catch ratio:

Ginn: 1/6.55
Breaston: 1/29

Lastly, your statement "he doesn't go over the middle, has very limited route running skills and has average hands" is little more than sour grapes. He did go over the middle (maybe not all that often, but he did), his routes were markedly better by the end of his junior year, and he dropped only a few balls last year that I can recall.
 
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