Sean Payton Has An Insane Comp For Pat Bryant

Sean Payton Has An Insane Comp For Pat Bryant

It’s safe to say that Sean Payton is quite high on his new third round pick, Pat Bryant. The Broncos head coach had an insane comp for the Illinois wide receiver that he has almost zero chance of actually living up to.

Payton somehow believes that Bryant is a spitting image of Michael Thomas…

Early on, they come in and they compete in the rotation. We always talk about, ‘Who does he remind [you of]?’ We try to find comps. There were so many things about his game that reminded me of [Saints WR] Mike Thomas. With respect to Mike who became… I mean, holy cow. You don’t ever want to put pressure on a rookie like that, we’re just talking about traits. But really explosive off the line of scrimmage, he’s very competitive, very tough…

I really think the body of work and all the additional film study, but his size and his hands are outstanding. His competes… I don’t know how many critical… He was just a player that excelled in crunch time. I think he had a walk-off [or] a couple of these big plays. Obviously, he’s physical, but the player comp for me—forget the jersey number—just of a lot of traits that Mike had, especially at the line of scrimmage.”

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Sorry, but there’s just no way, dude. You have to wonder what he was smoking to have said this. We do get that Thomas was legitimately viewed as the best receiver in football for a stretch in time, right? You can read my profile on Bryant right here if you want to. All I know is the expectations here are ridiculous for any third round pick to live up to that, and the comp, based on what I saw at Illinois, is insane.

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