DawgTalkers.net Forums The Archives 2022 NFL Season 2022 NFL Draft David Bell, wide receiver, selected with the 99th pick

Bell is my pick for becoming our most productive rookie. Not that my choice means much. LOL

I was listening to a CBD podcast and Bell was being interviewed and Nathan Z had a very interesting stat. He pointed out that when Purdue and Bell played Northwestern with Greg Newsome, the number of catches Bell had against Newsome was 40% of the entire career total of catches Newsome gave up. That is one game and it account for that high of a percent. That sounds impressive.

Bell will be just fine.

We have talked about OROY. Bell could be that if the team decides to put him in that position. Sometimes players aren't stars, they are made stars. Bell could be one of those guys who gets the ball and he ends up with 80 receptions as a rookie. Look at Kupp. When he came out he wasn't seen as a star player. Today, every team in the league would love to have him in their starting lineup.

If you can catch the ball, you can catch the ball. QB's and coaches love that. If it's 3rd and 9, coaches call plays that favor the guy who can catch and QB's look for the guy who can catch. Those factors are 2/3 of the recipe.

Wow. That's worth reading twice... Much was made of Newsome's other-worldly "shutdown" numbers -- here was his kryptonite.

When Kupp came out the general consensus was that he may not have first round physical talent, but was a football player. Welker and Edelman were the comparisons.

It has proven to be accurate.

Bell is seen as a football player. Heck they are football players!

My point is he was drafted in the 3rd round. If teams though he was going to be a good as he has played, he would have probably been the 1st receiver drafted in the 1st round. Heck, maybe a top 3 pick.

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It was actually very tough to write. I retyped it several times trying to make it easier to read. When I heard it I was impressed and Bell even replied he felt he had a bad game because it was "only" 9 catches fro 70+ yards.

Calling a player a “Football Player” is generally a nice way to say that the person in question may not have the measurable to make them a first round draft choice but they have the intangibles that make they valuable on the field. Think Brian Sipe and Wes Welker.

I understand that.