2023 Round 5 pick #159 Dontayvion Wicks

[Heyjoe4]

Along with others, I'm going to look for Wicks to greatly improve. To do so, he only has to stop dropping balls. He looks too athletic to me not to turn that around. Like immediately. That said, I hope Jordon doesn't look to him too much. I think we need to spread it around. And that will just allow Wicks to be wide open when we need a big first down. If LaFleur calls the plays good; we could be unpredictable. He has some good receivers to play with. Starting to get excited.

I agree that the one thing Wicks needs to do is stop dropping the ball.

He is a gifted athlete and solid route runner. This should be a fixable problem. He’s running out of time.

 

[Voyageur]

I really like Wicks. In most cases drops are a fixable problem. Now that there’s a spotlight on this I suspect he’ll at minimum get better in that area.
The Packers absolutely love this kid. You can tell it by the numbers of targets and game involvement recently. The bigger issue now is it’s likely Wicks won’t be the only WR improving and we’ve got a stable of WR’s in that Year 3-4 area where they tend to start shining. Add to that Watson likely being back in the fold and adding a RD1,RD3 selections. Wicks fuse is running out. (I’m sorry I couldn’t resist!)

It's hard to say which way it will go with Wicks. There's a lot of talent in the kid it's just how he manages to show it.

 

[tynimiller]

Wicks and Reed both are crazy talented in diverse ways and neither are going anywhere with the amount of drops they had in 2024....BOTH could grow into WR1s on some teams if they change that.

 

[Heyjoe4]

Wicks and Reed both are crazy talented in diverse ways and neither are going anywhere with the amount of drops they had in 2024....BOTH could grow into WR1s on some teams if they change that.

Of the two, Reed has performed better imo, yet there is plenty of room for improvement for these talented WRs. Wicks hasn't solved his drop problem and securing the ball didn't look like a strength for Reed either last season.

It's promising to think about how good this offense could be if these two guys just lived up to their promise. The addition of Golden and Williams, the continuing improvement from Kraft, possibilities for Musgrave - and the opposing D is kept honest by a formidable run game - sounds pretty good.

They just have to go out and execute.

 

[OldSchool101]

Of the two, Reed has performed better imo, yet there is plenty of room for improvement for these talented WRs. Wicks hasn't solved his drop problem and securing the ball didn't look like a strength for Reed either last season.

It's promising to think about how good this offense could be if these two guys just lived up to their promise. The addition of Golden and Williams, the continuing improvement from Kraft, possibilities for Musgrave - and the opposing D is kept honest by a formidable run game - sounds pretty good.

They just have to go out and execute.

If you just get a more normalized drop rate across the WR group, plus having Golden injected into the Offense and possibly 75% of the season with both Watson AND Golden suited up? Then Reed, Kraft, Musgrave and Wicks in year 3 and Doubs, Watson both in contract year #4? The O really should improve some off last years finish. Like you said it needs to show up on the field though.

On paper if last year was #8 in scoring, this year should be teetering in that Top 5 area imo.

 

[OldSchool101]

After Drop-Plagued Season, Dontayvion Wicks Ready to Rebound

GREEN BAY, Wis. – During a 2-minute drill at Green Bay Packers training camp on Friday, Jordan Love launched a bomb to Dontayvion Wicks, who was streaking away

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