Seems like there was a lot of hope that some guys would "take that next step" and very few have. I don't think it's fair to say some have gotten worse, but you can make that argument in some cases. With all the WRs it's hard to be fair, but many of them have gotten chances and simply haven't done much with the opportunity.
Has Improved:
AJ Jefferson
Nick James [late bloomer]
Fred Ross [To me he made a jump last year; he continued to improve but a lot of it is just stepping into a new, more important role in the offense]
Brandon Holloway [Guy has continually improved, and made a jump this year, but that makes sense as he had a lot to learn]
Brandon Bryant [RS freshman; you would expect his learning curve to be steep]
Has Not Improved (this does not mean "gotten worse", but it can in some instances):
Chris Jones [can't argue with this; maybe our scheme results in what he does not being as visible?]
Ashton Shumpert [he's just not a good runner; looks to me like he's not a natural]
Taveze Calhoun [he's been in the system a long time and gotten lots of playing time; I wouldn't expect a big improvement at this point; he's doing as well as I expected]
Tolando Cleveland [haven't paid attention to him, but we certainly needed him to improve this year]
Nelson Adams [haven't paid attention to him, but we certainly needed him to improve this year]
Beni Brown [Beni is a smart player that picked up the scheme early; he's also gotten lots of playing time; not surprised he hasn't made a jump]
Zach Jackson [seems like he's constantly been asked to do things he's not capable of the last two years]
Rufus Warren [no doubt hsi play has been disappointing, but I don't think it's surprising that somebody that has changed positions is struggling; granted TE to OT is probably not as big of a change as others, but he's still a first year player in a lot of ways]
Justin Senior [would have liked to see him continue to progress, but he's been in the system a while; OL is the one position where it's more reasonable to expect continued small jumps from the 3rd to 4th and 4th to 5th years in the program].
Kivon Coman [Was hoping he would make a jump after taking some lumps last year. Doesn't appear to have happened; he may just not be a football player, as his measurables seem to be good]
Dak Prescott [He's gotten much better at the things he worked on; only question is whether his running/scrambling has gotten worse because he's thinking about progrsesions or because of the players around him]
Derunnya Wilson [I think this is a result of us just not taking an approach where we focus on him but instead being willing to go to Ross if D's choose to give help on WIlson]
Fred Brown [He seems like Morrow to me. Steady improvement each year, even if he didn't have as far to go originally]
Agree or disagree?
