Johnny Wilson moves so much better than I remembered. His 2022 was the best season of any WR in this class vs man coverage (in terms of yards per route run) by a huge margin. It not hard to see why. He big-brothers CB's to create separation and provide huge windows - similar to Mike Evans. His arms are the longest ever. His catch radius is 99th percentile, his speed score 98th percentile.
He's a true X with plus blocking. I'm not saying he'll have a career like Evans, but he's the closest thing to Evans from a size, movement, and skill standpoint since Evans himself. Specifically for Miami, he'd give them a guy who can beat press with ease, convert tough 3rd downs, and that translates to the red zone as well. Imo being the isolated receiver (led all WR's in yards when isolated), with a weak-armed (and inaccurate QB), in college with the wide hashes, made him less productive than he would have been otherwise.
Anyway, he gets open, and even when he appears covered, the window he provides on back-shoulders is particularly large. Guys his size tend to struggle to get to their spots on time and with any fluidity, but Wilson gets to his spots consistently and is very fluid. In fact, he comes off the line very fast - lots of urgency in his routes.
He struggles to throttle down once he's near full-speed, and his YAC depends on the QB hitting him in stride. Once he stops his feet, he's not elusive, but with momentum, he's strong and smooth. His hands are inconsistent - some spectacular grabs, higher drop rate than you want.
There are a few WR's in this class that move different - have some freakiness to them that shows up on the field - and Wilson is toward the top of that list.
All offseason, and really going back to last offseason, I've been talking about how Miami needs to add some physicality to the skill groups, and Wilson would be a hell of a physical add.
