Why is McNutt only a 4th round projection?

McNutt regularly dropped passes and had a very hard time separating from coverage. If that is the case then consider this.

If you're already considering him "elite", he's not going to get much better, look at what's written above.

If he's not going to get much better then he's not going to be at the top of any teams list.

If he's not going to be at the top of any teams list then he's going to be towards the bottom.

If he's going to be towards the bottom then he's going to go in the later rounds.

That is why he's only a 4th round projection and not 2nd like you think he should be.
 
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McNutt will go in the third round tonight. There aren't any available WR's that are much better than him at this point. I don't need no stinkin' badge to tell you that he will get drafted tonight. Just watch.
 
McNutt had trouble separating from dbs partially because the offense was pretty predictable. If the defense knows where you are going, it's more difficult to get open. With that said, late third or fourth round seems about right.
 
As an NFL coach/exec anyone who switched positions during their college career and was one of the best in their conference I would be happy to have on my team. He shows hes a team player with the ability to get better and learn. It really doesnt matter where he goes but I do agree 4th seems low. The draft is what it is there is more then stats/talent/combine numbers looked at when drafting though.
 
DJL said:
McNutt had trouble separating from dbs partially because the offense was pretty predictable. If the defense knows where you are going, it's more difficult to get open. With that said, late third or fourth round seems about right.
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Thats complete BS. McNutt had little trouble separating from most defenses. He struggled against guys like Dennard and Flemming, because those guys are both very, very good corners.
 
Because scouts know what they want. It doesn't mean he can't produce or that he's bad. It's all comparative, if you saw teams make a rush on WR his stock might rise.
 
I agree that Denard is a very good corner and that is certainly part of it. BUT, Iowa's offense was stagnant and predictable that day. They didn't stretch the field and Nebby's corners were jumping the underneath stuff. Same thing at Penn State. I think we respected the corners a little too much and played too conservatively. Like I said before, McNutt is a fourth round pick. He's got talent, and accomplished a lot, but he still has something to prove.
 
DTF said:
Because scouts know what they want. It doesn't mean he can't produce or that he's bad. It's all comparative, if you saw teams make a rush on WR his stock might rise.
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I guess......You have your X receiver, your Y receiver, your F receiver, guys who can play all 3 spots, guys who can run strictly vertical routes.....I get all that. TJ Graham on anybodies radar? Posey missed half his senior year, he is good I did not think he was 3rd round good.
 
Wonder if separation skills and ability should be two different things. While I think he has learned some skills, his lack of explosion makes it hard for him to separate against better athletes.
 
Iowa/ Big 10 bias? The NFL will take a murderer if he fits the scheme. McNutt is an elite receiver for Iowa standards, a serviceable pro at best.

We Iowa fans are downright delusional when it comes to the WR position. It is easily the worst offensive position in program history as far as next level projections are concerned. Production is a major blind spot. McNutt was a great college receiver, but as others have said, his stats say as much about the rest of the receivers on this team as they do about him. He was taken out of games by good teams. That doesn't happen with premier WR talent.

He'll find a home and I think he'll produce, but the idea that there is an Iowa bias conspiring against him is nuts. Iowa has a great track record in the draft.
 
the argument that Mcnutt only produced because Iowa had no one else to throw to is laughable. one he played the majority if his career next to what was then the best wr in school history. two if he was that dominant compared to other weapons teams would have completely schemed to take him out of the game and he still produced at an elite level.
 
i have a few reasons why i believe he has fallen.

1) from the tape scouts are saying he didnt come off the line as hard when he wasnt one of the primary options. or when blocking.

2) his hands are inconsistent.

3) he struggled against top cbs. i noticed that marvin is still learning to use his hands and get off the line when against press coverage. he struggles getting separation off the line against good cbs. i dont think the 4.5 is anything bad it was the tape of how he was nonexistent against top cbs like nebby and isu and ou.

i attribute #2 & #3 to the fact that he is still learning the position as he can be coached up in those two. #1 comes off a little diva (not sure i would say this about him) but that is what scouts have written.

i believe he is still very developmental and you want sure things early. he will be drafted and probably have a good career. i would like him to get on a team with a savvy veteran wr to really teach him up. such as indy or arizona.
 
Foval21 said:
i have a few reasons why i believe he has fallen.

1) from the tape scouts are saying he didnt come off the line as hard when he wasnt one of the primary options. or when blocking.

2) his hands are inconsistent.

3) he struggled against top cbs. i noticed that marvin is still learning to use his hands and get off the line when against press coverage. he struggles getting separation off the line against good cbs. i dont think the 4.5 is anything bad it was the tape of how he was nonexistent against top cbs like nebby and isu and ou.

i attribute #2 & #3 to the fact that he is still learning the position as he can be coached up in those two. #1 comes off a little diva (not sure i would say this about him) but that is what scouts have written.

i believe he is still very developmental and you want sure things early. he will be drafted and probably have a good career. i would like him to get on a team with a savvy veteran wr to really teach him up. such as indy or arizona.
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So that makes him just like Randy Moss so therefore he would be "elite" and completely undervalued.
 
There have been 11 receivers drafted thus far. Him getting picked in the 4th pretty much means he's a top 15 receiver or so. I don't have much problem with this projection. He's just not fast or explosive enough to be a really high pick. Doesn't mean he isn't good enough to have a good career.
 
i think if he gets with the right team and coaches and veterans he could develop into a very good #2 type receiver. you cant coach his size but they can coach him how to use it...for example he could be a great redzone threat for jump balls and such.
 
DuffMan said:
the argument that Mcnutt only produced because Iowa had no one else to throw to is laughable. one he played the majority if his career next to what was then the best wr in school history.
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And most of his career at Iowa, he played second banana to an ego-maniacal coke head who couldn't stick in the CFL or Arena league.

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ICHawk24 said:
After failures against Nebraska and Oklahoma, JVB, McNutt and KOK were all deemed TURRIBLE by the "smart" people here. Don't you think the poor performance of one would result in poor performance of the others?
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I personally blame KOK for his lack of production versus penn state as they often single covered him versus a freshman making his first start. Knebby had a solid scheme versus McNutt that should have opened things for other receivers and Iowa's passing game was not built to attack it for that game.

I do think KOK held back JVB and McNutt versus elite defenses.
 
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