Making plays all over the field today catching the ball AND on special teams. I'll admit, I was scratching my head when we drafted him but boy was I wrong and the crow tastes delicious. He's playing damn well for a rookie and scrappy as all get out. Hines Ward-esque IMO
Hartline has been a pleasant surprise too. I questioned the pick a bit, but he's turned out to be a pretty good player for us so far! gotta love it!
I also have to say, none of our WRs have proven their better than the other 3. And that's including Ginn as well. Every play Bess made today could have been made by Camarillo, Ginn or Hartline. and that's the problem. All four of our guys play exactly the same. We've seen all of them make great catches, we've seen all of them drop easy ones (cept maybe camarillo. Can't remember him dropping any) Ginn will be gone next season but it won't be necessarily cause the other 3 have outplayed him, just that he gets paid a lot more.
Hartline is my boy! Okay maybe I'm partial to tall 185 pound white receivers but the kid really does look like he has what it takes to have a pretty damn good career with us. Definitely a keeper. Gimmie him, Bess, and Cammy with a badass #1 and that is a VERY good WR core IMO.
I gave the FO so much crap for that pick. I hated it with all of my heart. Hated it. Hated it. Hated. 12 games later, make no mistake this guy is no superstar, but talk about VALUE in the 4th round. I agree with whoever said he's going to be a really, really solid #2 WR. He'll make for the perfect compliment to a Brandon Marshall.
I just posted in the Welker thread, and voiced my disappointment in him (Welker) no longer being a Dolphin. Having said that, I think Hartline is nearly a carbon copy to Welker. Both in terms of ability and effort. I really like the kid. It's looking like a great pick by the FO.
He played pretty darn good today, I'm glad to see it. If we can get someone to line up opposite him that scares defense into doubling up, I have a feeling we'll be hearing his named called a lot
why did you have to go and ruin a perfectly good Hartline thread with something that will never happen who wants Boldin and Marshall goes no where Brian played his tail off today i tried to tell people here that he is that good
i found that play and how he was trying to pump up the crowd in the 1st half after we were down 14 especially impressive regarding his character. this is definitely one of those high character guys you hear coaches speak of. he is very situationally aware and goes all out. I really think he's playing himself into a position where we cut camarillo next year. at this point it just seems camarillo is becoming redundant