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What are the odds we use this guy for kick returns, and do we think he’d be good in that role?
 
A few recap points, some that have already been mentioned:

-This is not a track star whose HS coaches convinced to try out for the football team. He’s been playing football in a highly competitive region of Florida since he was 7 years old. It was his football coaches and mentors who pleaded with his mom to get him to train for track

- He was coached in HS by NFL legend Pat Surtain at American Heritage HS which now has several players in the NFL including Schwartz and Surtain Jr.

- Two factors that may have decelerated his profile a bit at WR are that he had horrible QB play while at Auburn and he spent so much time training and competing in track in HS and College. Now fully devoted to football and getting top notch coaching from O’Shea, some pre draft mentorship from Randy Moss, and WR tips and examples from Landry and OBJ, I think his upside *could* be higher than he’s getting credit for.
 
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A few recap points, some that have already been mentioned:

-This is not a track star whose HS coaches convinced to try out for the football team. He’s been playing football in a highly competitive region of Florida since he was 7 years old. It was his football coaches and mentors who pleaded with his mom to get him to train for track

- He was coached in HS by NFL legend Pat Surtain at American Heritage HS which now has several players in the NFL including Schwartz and Surtain Jr.

- Two factors that may have decelerated his profile a bit at WR are that he had horrible QB play while at Auburn and he spent so much time training and competing in track in HS and College. Now fully devoted to football and getting top notch coaching from O’Shea, some pre draft mentorship from Randy Moss, and WR tips and examples from Landry and OBJ, I think his upside *could* be higher than he’s getting credit for.


I've only watched a little bit of him since he's been drafted, but I've already seen way too much of Bo Nix. He's terrible.
 
Remember we have Landry, Odell, Hooper, Chubb, Hunt, who all can really receive then add in Swartz, who you have to be aware at all times because of his speed, Felton is another gadget guy as well, Swartz to me wasn't a pick for BPA but for pure scheme... To me, he isn't scary if you made him a first option, but put him with the best RB tandem, two WRs one who was a top 5ish and another 1000+ possible receiver plus a legit TE threat in Hooper, with that personal, his speed will make it a lot harder to play Beckham with double teams since his speed creates someone over the top. He is a perfect fit for the offensive side of the ball in my mind as long as he catches...
 
A few recap points, some that have already been mentioned:

-This is not a track star whose HS coaches convinced to try out for the football team. He’s been playing football in a highly competitive region of Florida since he was 7 years old. It was his football coaches and mentors who pleaded with his mom to get him to train for track

- He was coached in HS by NFL legend Pat Surtain at American Heritage HS which now has several players in the NFL including Schwartz and Surtain Jr.

- Two factors that may have decelerated his profile a bit at WR are that he had horrible QB play while at Auburn and he spent so much time training and competing in track in HS and College. Now fully devoted to football and getting top notch coaching from O’Shea, some pre draft mentorship from Randy Moss, and WR tips and examples from Landry and OBJ, I think his upside *could* be higher than he’s getting credit for.

He has decent hands, but i am not overly confident he becomes a complete WR soon or ever.

But complete WR's are not common, how many Hopkins or Fitzgeralds are there. What he will become is a weapon in the offense of a very creative coach. Imagine Swartz in Sean Peyton's offense. He would get him the ball a half a dozen times a game in space and use schemes to get him open. Well guess what, we have a mind coaching us like a Sean Peyton.

He will be very fun to watch anytime he is on the field, even as a rookie.
 
He has decent hands, but i am not overly confident he becomes a complete WR soon or ever.

But complete WR's are not common, how many Hopkins or Fitzgeralds are there. What he will become is a weapon in the offense of a very creative coach. Imagine Swartz in Sean Peyton's offense. He would get him the ball a half a dozen times a game in space and use schemes to get him open. Well guess what, we have a mind coaching us like a Sean Peyton.

He will be very fun to watch anytime he is on the field, even as a rookie.

We don't need him to be the number 1 guy anyways, we just need him to be a legit gadget guy to mix in. What type of defense would you run if you saw him, Odell, chubb, Landry, Hooper all on the field at the same time?
 
Nickel, but the issue will be our guys will out execute their guys.
I’d have Schwartz wide left, Landry in the slot, Hooper in line on the right, OBJ wide right and Chubb or Hunt in the back field.

Run Schwartz on a deep post, pulling the outside CB and S deep and to the middle of the field, Landry runs a slant from left to right across the field taking the slot CB with him and trying to pick the LB without getting caught, Hooper blocks for a second and then flares right attracting that right side of the field LB, and OBJ runs a deep sideline route.

Chubb or Hunt squirt through the middle of the line and then flare to the left, catch the short pass from Baker and then have wide open space to run up the left sideline.

I’m probably missing something that the defense can do to blow that up, but it sounds good in my head
 
I’d have Schwartz wide left, Landry in the slot, Hooper in line on the right, OBJ wide right and Chubb or Hunt in the back field.

Run Schwartz on a deep post, pulling the outside CB and S deep and to the middle of the field, Landry runs a slant from left to right across the field taking the slot CB with him and trying to pick the LB without getting caught, Hooper blocks for a second and then flares right attracting that right side of the field LB, and OBJ runs a deep sideline route.

Chubb or Hunt squirt through the middle of the line and then flare to the left, catch the short pass from Baker and then have wide open space to run up the left sideline.

I’m probably missing something that the defense can do to blow that up, but it sounds good in my head
Well, either you're getting called for an illegal formation, or you have Schwartz lined up as your X and he just gets pressed at the line by an NFL CB and is no longer in the play.
 
Finally clicked with me last night.

If he hits his ceiling, I think Schwartz is Kenny Stills.
 
Finally clicked with me last night.

If he hits his ceiling, I think Schwartz is Kenny Stills.
I hate NFL player comps. Each player is his own man, and likely generates a new unique style that future players are lazily compared to.

But, force me to make a comp for Schwartz, it's Raghib Ismail. Similar speed, size, and they're actual football players more so than track stars who try to play football.
 
Finally clicked with me last night.

If he hits his ceiling, I think Schwartz is Kenny Stills.
Future NFL Hall of Famer Kenny Stills.

I think we’d all be on board with that my friend.

edit: all except @Out of the Rafters at the Q who compared him to confirmed NON Hall of Famer ex Golden Domer Raghib “Rocket” Ismail, who mixed in a couple very nice years with the Panthers in the late 90s.
 
I hate NFL player comps. Each player is his own man, and likely generates a new unique style that future players are lazily compared to.

But, force me to make a comp for Schwartz, it's Raghib Ismail. Similar speed, size, and they're actual football players more so than track stars who try to play football.

You know what, that one works as well, bit of a throwback to ol' Rocket makes a ton of sense.

Sure, each player is his own man, and each player definitely has his own style/impact on a game, but there are certain prototypes that help me envision his role on a football team.
 
You know what, that one works as well, bit of a throwback to ol' Rocket makes a ton of sense.

Sure, each player is his own man, and each player definitely has his own style/impact on a game, but there are certain prototypes that help me envision his role on a football team.
I expect that Schwartz gets used to apply more horizontal pressure to a defense. I look at SF, and just how much pressure they put on a defense horizontally--it means that the run game just needs one break to go its way and you're gashing the defense. With Chubb, there's a good chance that means you're taking it to the house.

I think a lot of my goals this year are the same they were last year. Motion. Motion at the snap. Never let a defense get comfortable. Run the ball, play action, apply horizontal pressure, get their safeties looking into the backfield, then hit them with the occasional OBJ or Schwartz getting behind them.
 

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