Bingo_AlphaMan wrote:This is why I wanted him this offseason. I think the light has finally switched on for this man:
DEVANTE PARKER
WR, MIAMI DOLPHINS
The Miami Herald's Barry Jackson writes DeVante Parker "has been the best player in camp the past five weeks."
"If he played like this in games consistently, he would be a Pro Bowler," Jackson continued. It must be the offseason. Parker also received glowing reviews for his offseason work last year, and he parlayed that performance into 24 catches for 309 yards and a touchdown in 11 games. It is possible everything finally clicks for the former first-rounder, but he cannot be treated as anything more than a late-round flier.
SOURCE: Miami Herald
Jun 6, 2019, 11:01 AM ET
Familiar story. Forgive me if I don't buy in to it.
May 6th, 2017
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May 19th, 2017
DeVante Parker, fed up with always being injured, is expecting ‘a big season’
https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nfl/miami-dolphins/article151490467.htmlChristensen then amped up the expectations for Parker this year, saying: “I really think he’ll have a great, big year — a gigantic year for us. That would be huge.”---------------------------
May 22nd, 2017
The most improved Miami Dolphins player this offseason is ....
https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/armando-salguero/article151925887.htmlI am told by multiple sources Parker has been so impressive this offseason he has coaches hopeful he can finally develop into the dominant threat the Dolphins were expecting when they drafted him in the first round in 2015.----
And even if all that happens, will Parker carry everything he’s learning and his approach into the season when all these learned skills need to become instinctive? No one knows.
But the Dolphins have good vibes about this. They’re hopeful.---------------------------------------
June 7th, 2017
Fantasy football breakout alert: Miami Dolphins WR DeVante Parker
http://dailydolphin.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2017/06/07/fantasy-football-breakout-alert-miami-dolphins-wr-devante-parker/“It’d be consistency,” Christensen said. “He’s run fast every day where last year it was kind of up and down. One day you’d think you had a Hall of Famer and the next you weren’t sure if he was going to make it to the game. Just his health and staying consistent. I think his routine and how fast he’s played has been really, really different from last year.”
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June 13th, 2017
Parker ready to back up coaches’ high expectations; Dolphins notes
https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article155924349.html---------------------------------------
March 27th, 2018
Miami Dolphins: Is time up on DeVante Parker’s upside and potential?
http://dailydolphin.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2018/03/27/miami-dolphins-is-time-up-on-devante-parkers-upside-and-potential/“I would say I feel like we know what he can do, in our building,” Gase said. “I don’t think there is any question what anybody feels he can do. I don’t even think it’s a potential thing. I think it’s a health thing. I think it’s just about however we can keep him healthy. I think that’s when we get our best DeVante Parker. So I think we’re trying to do as much as we can to figure out a way that when we hit spring we start from there and keep building on it. It’s just unpredictable. We need a little bit of luck. We need him to do the right things. And he has been. He’s been trying to do everything the right way. And it’s just kind of have to see where the chips fall.”---------------------------------------
May 10th, 2018
Miami Dolphins’ Adam Gase: DeVante Parker approaching offseason with purpose
“He’s done a great job so far this offseason,” Gase told The Audible, a Miami Dolphins podcast. “He’s really been one of the guys that has tried to do things on his own. He doesn’t need someone to hold his hand and take him here and say eat like this and do this. He’s doing things on his own. And that comes with maturity, too. He was drafted young. And he’s been doing it now. This is his fourth season. Sometimes it takes a second to say OK I know how to do this. And I’ve been doing it. And I don’t need someone to tell me I need to do this. He is doing things on his own. And trying to find ways to get better on the field. I think he has more of a purpose when he comes out on the field.”--------------------------------------------
His injury history:
Legs (they actually listed it as "legs" on the injury report)
Hamstring (four times and to both sides)
Back (suffered vs. 49ers)
Foot (at least three separate occasions, one being a foot scar tissue tear and has had surgery for a foot fracture)
Hamstring
Ankle sprain (three times)
Broken finger
Quad strain
Shoulder (AC joint sprain)
Maybe this is it for him but forgive me if I've heard the excitement before from folks. At the same time, I'm not going to fault anybody too much if they still would've liked to see an injury prone player added over a guy like Trent Taylor or something along those lines.
