AA’s Initial Grades For The Chiefs 2016 Draft Class

4th Round – Pick 126
Demarcus Robinson – WR – Florida

AA Grade: B

My thoughts: Demarcus Robinson is a hard one for me to grade. I think Laddie Morse summed it up best when he said that Robinson could be an A or an F depending on how things go. That’s probably the case for any draft pick, but it seems especially applicable to Robinson. He has the physical talents to make this pick an A+ but he also has the red flags to make this pick a big fat F. If you aren’t up on the red flags I’m talking about, he was suspended four times in his college career and was benched twice more during his final season.

That number of issues shows that Robinson did not respond to the Florida coaching staff. Yes, Andy Reid has been good with “problem cases” before but the NFL is littered with players with the talent to succeed that never got their act together.

In terms of Robinson’s play on the field he has shown the ability to be as good as some of the wideouts that went in the first round of this draft. His timed speed isn’t great (4.59 forty) but when you put on his tape he plays faster than that time implies. He showed the ability to make big plays deep and also make some acrobatic catches. However, as may be expected with his profile, he has concentration lapses and will sometimes run some lazy routes. His good is fantastic, but can the KC coaching staff get the good out of him consistently?

With a quarterback like Alex Smith that only throws the ball when he feels confident with the outcome a wideout that isn’t reliable isn’t going to see the field. This pick is the epitome of boom or bust. Still, getting a player with that kind of upside in the late fourth round is pretty good.

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