As NFL rookie minicamps begin, attention shifts to the 2025 draft class, but Ben Solak revisits the promising 2024 draft class, focusing on wide receivers. He emphasizes the tendency for media attention to fade on rookies after their selection, leading to missed evaluations of their potential. By analyzing the performance and usage of 13 second-year receivers, Solak aims to frame significant questions surrounding their development as WR1s. With nine wide receivers selected among the top 37 picks in 2024, this year's crop exhibits substantial promise worth exploring again.
To go over the class, I'd like to ask -- and answer -- one outstanding question for 13 different second-year receivers based on their rookie usage and output.
Everyone has an opinion on Rome Odunze until Odunze is selected by some team they don't watch every Sunday, and all those Odunze takes fall to the wayside.
Is it a productivity thing? Everyone who catches at least 30% of his team's passes or accumulates 30% of his team's yards is clearly the WR1?
I reintroduced myself to the 2024 class this week, focusing on the wide receivers. Nine were picked in the first 37 selections in 2024.
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