Leonard Hankerson: Patience

[Oldfan]

Horse****. 85% or more of this board couldn't objectively recognize talent if it looked like Rocky Dennis and made crow noises.

Botched didn't claim that the ability to recognize talent was common. He paraphrased me saying that it is possible to see natural talent, or the lack of it, right away.

---------- Post added November-9th-2012 at 02:17 PM ----------

You know what stinks about these kind of discussions? It's that the inevitable pride and egotistical desire to be right in all of us can become a reason for us to actively ROOT for bad to happen to this team. Hankerson developing into a stud would be a great thing for this team, however, some on here will now be actively rooting against that since they took a certain position here in this very thread and don't want to look foolish.

I know, here comes the usual "I'd LOVE to be wrong" crap. Yeah, uh huh.

By the way, I think Hank is on and off. Shocker when talking about a 2nd year WR taken in the 3rd round recovering from a hip injury, I know.

It sounds like you have a deeper understanding of excessive pride than I do.

[thesubmittedone]

---------- Post added November-9th-2012 at 02:17 PM ----------

It sounds like you have a deeper understanding of excessive pride than I do.

Bah! You clever old man.

[GO HAMSKINS]

Im tryin g to figure why all the Hate for are own players? I mean if he doesn't pan out so be it..Hank is only a drafted player,not some big name free agent sigining..I mean if, and when, Hank85 does have a superstar/breakout year half of you fans would be angry at him if he decided to leave for the $$$ Smh same ol emotinal "loser mentality" from our fans...geeesh this town needs a winner real soon to stop some of this Hate towards are own players

[The Fitzster]

Extremeskins needs a "like" button

I agree. A like button would be nice. I sent a message to the powers that be for one the other day. I hope they are getting more requests.

[RedskinParadigm]

Leonard Hankerson is on pace for the following stats this year:

81 targets, 46 receptions, 608 yards, 2 TDs

These are some other higher-level WRs in their 2nd years as professionals:

Roddy White: 66 targets, 30 receptions, 506 yards, 0 TDs
Steve Smith: unknown targets, 54 receptions, 872 yards, 3 TDs
Hines Ward: unknown targets, 61 receptions, 638 yards, 7 TDs
Reggie Wayne: unknown targets, 49 receptions, 716 yards, 4 TDs
Sidney Rice: 31 targets, 15 receptions, 141 yards, 4 TDs
TJ Houshmandzadeh: unknown targets, 41 receptions, 492 yards, 1 TD
Donald Driver: unknown targets, 21 receptions, 322 yards, 1 TD
Rod Smith: unknown targets, 16 receptions, 231 yards, 1 TD
Ed McCaffrey: unknown targets, 45 receptions, 610 yards, 5 TDs




For some receivers, it just takes time.

[Oldfan]

...For some receivers, it just takes time.

That's true only if the talent is there. I don't see it in Hank, but what do I know?

[illone]

Being right is fun, but I'd rather have a good football team to be proud of.

[RedskinParadigm]

That's true only if the talent is there.

That's true. Just because he's in the same vicinity doesn't mean he'll automatically take that next step.

IMO, I agree with a few previous posters about his smoothness and fluidity coming in and out of his breaks. I really like the way he runs routes, which is why he has so many opportunities to make catches (even if he drops some of them). It's kind of how I felt about Carlos Rogers. Yes, he dropped INTs, but he was only able to show that weakness because of how strong he was in coverage. If Hankerson can clean up his concentration and deep ball adjustments, he could be a really good WR for this team.

I will say this though; I'd like to see him progress as we come toward the end of this season. It would be a good sign to see him come on better and better every week, similar to what we saw before he got hurt last year.

[Oldfan]

Being right is fun, but I'd rather have a good football team to be proud of.

Explain that, please.

[Taylor703]

I'm starting to wonder if part of his struggles are that he has not fully recovered from his serious hip injury? I saw Hank take some big hits at Miami so when I saw him slide before getting hit in I believe the Giants game I started to worry that he's terrified of being hit on that hip again? He's plenty fast and has tremendous size I just think he needs a little longer, like most NFL receivers, to develop. Giving up on Hankerson now because he hasn't developed into an elite receiver a season after suffering a major injury in a game in which he was dominating seems pretty silly to me. I think we should keep letting him work out the kinks, get completely healthy and allow him to keep building a rapport with RGIII. The explosiveness and tremendous hands he displayed his last year at The U will come in time, don't give up on him yet.

[illone]

Explain that, please.

It's pretty straight forward, which part didn't you understand, the part about being right, or being proud?

[Oldfan]

It's pretty straight forward, which part didn't you understand, the part about being right, or being proud?

Explain its relevance to something you read -- a quote would help.

[illone]

Explain its relevance to something you read -- a quote would help.

You know what stinks about these kind of discussions? It's that the inevitable pride and egotistical desire to be right in all of us can become a reason for us to actively ROOT for bad to happen to this team. Hankerson developing into a stud would be a great thing for this team, however, some on here will now be actively rooting against that since they took a certain position here in this very thread and don't want to look foolish.

[Riggo#44]

I wonder how many people in this thread claiming Hankerson is useless also thought Colt Brennan had "it"

[Oldfan]

Being right is fun, but I'd rather have a good football team to be proud of.

Okay, I see now that you were referring to a post from yesterday.

Question: If you are not sometimes guilty of this particular sin of pride yourself, how do you know that others feel it?