Paul Richardson

I'm not a huge fan of this pick given some of the players that were available but I think he has a good chance to be a serious weapon for us . The 134 he put up on Oregon tells me he has some chops and gives me confidence in his ability. I predict he will have a great training camp and I can't wait to see him play in the preseason .

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If you follow Richardson on Twitter you'll be happy to know self confidence is not a problem........so he should fit in rather nicely on this team.

I'm a little worried about his size though, hard for slight receivers to stay healthy in the NFL.

I wasn't a huge fan of the pick at the time, but after further research became pretty content with the selection. There were a few analysts that actually had Richardson as the top WR still available at the start of the second day. Dude is seriously fast.

I'm really hoping he ends up being a nice addition. I think he's going to be a mix between Percy and DeSean Jackson, and while he has a lot to prove, I think he will silence the critics by the end of the 2015 season.

He's gained 15 lbs since college, so that's good.

From watching highlights (yes, I know I don't get to see the bad film) he's got good hands, runs good routes, does more than just GO routes, and has a 5th gear that's seriously hard to match.

Also...look at what he did in college. Then look at who was throwing to him. Colorado didn't have great QB's.

I thought Richardson's combine performance was more impressive than his college tape. He looked really smooth running routes and explosive out of his breaks.

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Love me some P-Rich! He has good hands and he runs good routes but my god can he fly! He really struggled to get good balls thrown to him at times. He shouldn't have that problem with our QB's. Man I can't wait till TC let alone preseason when this guy's making people look real bad. Here's to P-Rich and crew leading us to another 4-0 preseason! Go Hawks!

Harvin and Richardson are going to embarass the hell out of alot of DBs this year.

I have a hard time thinking a rookie WR is going to produce much. Hell, I will think it is a huge draft success if he just returns punts.

Scottemojo":11dxh8ji said:

I have a hard time thinking a rookie WR is going to produce much. Hell, I will think it is a huge draft success if he just returns punts.

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That's one of the issues I had with this pick he really didn't do that in college much and I doubt he will return much for Seattle. I am optimistic about the rest of his game though and who knows maybe that's something they will try.

I'm going to laugh when he wins the starting split end job.

Scottemojo":3htjve83 said:

I have a hard time thinking a rookie WR is going to produce much. Hell, I will think it is a huge draft success if he just returns punts.

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Norwood as a red-zone threat, to me, is a very realistic scenario.

I think there's a good chance they both get playing time this year.

WR is maybe the most notoriously slow starting position in the NFL. So much to learn, so much competition to overcome. Guys like Keenan Allen, or even Doug Baldwin, are notoriously rare. Even top 10 pick WRs rarely have much impact in year one.

If Richardson ends up with 500 yards in 2014 I would consider that a great start to his career.

I noticed him when Colorado played UW. I kept wondering "Who the hell is that guy?"

But honestly, if you played Colorado he was basically the only guy you really had to worry about.

How he managed to produce in spite of some QB challenges and the fact that every defense knew to key in on him - that is both a mystery and a point in his favor.

It isn't reasonable to expect for most WRs to produce immediately, most need 2-3 years to produce. (even Golden Tate looked iffy the first year). But then I have learned that Pete doesn't care what the coaching/scouting rules say - and he gets it to work for him.

I think Richardson would get a bit of a pass the first year but he won't need it.

I think Richardson is going to be more of a big play machine than a five catch a week guy, especially this season. I could see him finishing with 500 yards and 5 TDs on just 25 catches. He'll be invisible some games and make huge plays in others.

kearly":11ogbbao said:

I think Richardson is going to be more of a big play machine than a five catch a week guy, especially this season. I could see him finishing with 500 yards and 5 TDs on just 25 catches. He'll be invisible some games and make huge plays in others.

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Concur.
He is a threat to get behind the defense at any time. He will contribute immediately in that regard.
I also think he will surprise when catching in traffic. Kippy will have a few select plays for him this season that I expect him to execute well. I also expect that he'll be open often with Harvin on the field. [emoji106]

Last year, Kearse and Stephen Williams were the 4th and 5th WRs. More often than not they were deep field specialist asking to stretch the field vertically.

Williams ended up get cut for Bruce Irvin. And Kearse took on a more all around role has Rice received less plays because of his knee.

So, I can see why the Seahawks drafted Paul Richardson, and were even looking at him at 32. He has a tremendous skillset that was obviously a weakness on the rest of the roster. Dude, has speed. He's fast, athletic, can jump, can make difficult catches, but most importantly, Richardson can track a deep ball.

I don't expect the team is worrying if Richardson starts or not, they more or less sat Tate for 2 years, but I also think they'll force his skillset early and often in the early going of the season to make Defensive Coordinnatoors respect his deep field ability.

And if Paul Richardson shows up in his opportunities and starts making the hugh splash plays that he's capable of, just think what Kearse, Miller, Baldwin, Lynch, Willson, McCoy, Norwood, etc, and Russell Wilson can do when Richardson and Harvin are both spreading out the field horizontally and vertically and taking multiple defenders with them.

Like Kearly said Richardson has the potential to be 25-30 catch guy with 400+ yards and some long TDs scores. If that guy shows up on the field, it would not surprise at all if the Seahawks would be enjoying a hell of an offensive season. Top 5 status. They were 8th or 9th last year per DVOA despite all their struggles with injuries and inexperience.

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kearly":1ik581io said:

I think Richardson is going to be more of a big play machine than a five catch a week guy, especially this season. I could see him finishing with 500 yards and 5 TDs on just 25 catches. He'll be invisible some games and make huge plays in others.

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Concur.
He is a threat to get behind the defense at any time. He will contribute immediately in that regard.
I also think he will surprise when catching in traffic. Kippy will have a few select plays for him this season that I expect him to execute well. I also expect that he'll be open often with Harvin on the field. [emoji106]

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Yep agree with both of you..thats the way I see it too.

Agree with Kearly that Richardson likely wont have a high catch year, but he has a very real opportunity to be that guy that takes the top off a defense that we've really not had in Seattle since Joey Galloway.