STRENGTHS
Javon has hands of steel. His best attribute is his ability to catch contested passes. Javon has a big catch range and the athletic talent and agility to contort his body in the air and make the difficult catch. He has good size and has solid speed. He does an excellent job running routes, using the tricks of the trade, to get separation and make the impact catch. Because of his savvy style of running routes, Javon can line up in the slot or on the outside as a wideout. He has a high football IQ and should be able to play and line up at any one of the receiver positions for the team that selects him. He has so many moves and tricks that Javon is one of the better touchdown-makers in the red zone in this draft.
CONCERNS
Because Javon uses so many different “tricks of the trade” to gain separation it affects being a consistent route runner for his quarterback to throw too. It also makes it difficult for coaches to coach him. Javon is not explosive off the line of scrimmage and is slow getting into his routes also. He also, is not much of a run after the catch, type of receiver.
BOTTOM LINE: 3.19
Javon lacks the explosiveness off the line, and unless he is with a strong-armed quarterback the window to throw to him in a route, closes quickly and that’s why he has so many contested catches during a game. Javon has to be paired up with a quarterback who understands throwing to him will be different than throwing to most other receivers and coaches have to understand that Javon runs routes to the beat of a different drummer too. If he is selected by a team that understands these idiosyncrasies to Javon’s play, then he can become a number-one receiver. If not paired up with the right team it’s likely Javon works at being a number 2 or 3 receiver because of his ability to catch contested passes and score red zone touchdowns. When Javon ran routes at his pro day he ran clean routes and you could see the talent was there to be a top receiver in the NFL. If he can gain more explosiveness off the line of scrimmage and get into his routes quicker he will impact but until that happens it might be difficult for Javon to establish some consistency in his game. That being said, in the red zone Javon is one of the trickiest receivers I have ever seen and can impact big-time scoring touchdowns.
