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lol no

DeAnthony is a special player. No one is questioning that. Saying that he is always the best player on the field is silly. Every team in this conference has at least one skill guy that could be the best player on the field at any given for time. it's the highest level of college football.

Reggie Bush is a once in a generation player, someone who could and would have succeeded anywhere, no matter the circumstances.

DeAnthony Thomas is a very, very good player who plays in a system that makes him special. He could be an elte cornerback anywhere but on offense, he needs Oregon's system as much as it needs him. No chance in hell he could touch the ball 20 times per game in our system and made it through the season whole.

I am not arguing one way or another, but the majority of CFB fans outside of Los Angeles would say the opposite. You are definitely not giving Watkins his due; regardless of what conference he plays in the, the kid can play.

I think the same reason why USC's receiving corps is much better than Clemson's doubles as why it's tough to truly assess it.

Watkins was far and away Clemson's biggest pass catching threat on offense, the guy that everyone game planned to stop. Marqise was the second best receiver on his own team this past year, and had much easier coverage accordingly. Completely impossible to say what would have happened if their situations were reversed, and Watkins was playing opposite Woods and Lee was the man in Clemson. On one hand, Sammy got a lot more opportunities; on the other, he also had the burden of much tougher coverages.

Too soon to tell either way, IMO, but both are superstars in the making.

Well, DAT at #4 or #5 implies a minimum of 3 ahead of him (he didn't say DAT would be #6):
1. Barkley
2. Woods
3. Lee

That's laughable.

I guess the Float writer forgot to watch the LSU game. Not only were DAT's fumbles a killer for the floats, but that ignores guys like Honey Badger, Rueben Randle and the LSU RBs.

And in the deranged float fan mind, I guess he'd have been better than any of the studs on Bama's defense if they had played each other ?

What a joke.

And I agree about vs SC- he'd be about the 4th best player.

I think he is definitely a talent and would have loved to have seen him running back kicks and catching passes out of the backfield for SC.

But he is a situational player, as I don't think he is durable enough to be able to handle enough touches that would allow him to dominate game in and game out the way a guy like Barry Sanders did. He was a one-man wrecking crew. DAT is an explosive change-of-pace.

It will be interesting to see this year how he holds up as they increase his workload.

I guess the NFL Draft will answer the question for us. I sure hope our TEs are first-round types when they leave school... And they seem to have the potential, but they still have a lot of work to do before they can enter that conversation.

Yeah I guess Oregon's "system" helped the kid return all those punts and kickoffs to.The kid's a blur out there and will juke your sock's off.DAT is a freaking beast period.The only thing Lee does better than DAT is going up and getting the football.Other than that,he does nothing better than DAT.Oh I forgot Lee also fights for yardage better but hey DAT's to busy not getting caught to fight for yardage.No need to hate on the kid because he chose to play for the Fuck's.

You're not actually trying to say that DAT is a better WR, are you?

The only routes that DAT runs are slants and outs. Not impressed.

What I'm telling you is DAT is a better player period and that's no slight on Lee.I don't like what went down with his recruitment but I'm no fool either.

He could have done the samething at SC that he is doing at Oregon imo.He doesn't need to touch the ball 20 times to have a huge impact on the game.If he get's the slightest opening,he will house it.