Vikings OC: Receiver Brandon Zylstra ‘continues to impress’

Like what I see in this highlight video. Seems to track the ball really really well - as in looking over his shoulder on long bombs while sprinting down the field.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp6b3rCDfj8

it would be fun to have another home grown kid on the team,  I didnt like quite a few of those body catches though.  that is something that I always ding a receiver on is when they let the ball get into their frame and dont cleanly catch it with their hands... especially on routes where they are facing the QB,  really no excuse then.  he does show a little slipperiness if tacklers dont come right when trying to bring him down. 

I hope I do not jinx him (or us), but there is something eerily similar to Thielen in these highlights.  I know lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place.  Could it be...?

@"Montana Tom" said: I hope I do not jinx him (or us), but there is something eerily similar to Thielen in these highlights.  I know lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place.  Could it be...?

I talked about this kid being a better move to keep than Treadwell....nothing has changed for me in that regard. If Laquon's cap number wasn't so gross to discard him with I think its possible he could go. But that's not the case so expect another year of Mr. Invisible. 

=) @"JimmyinSD" said:

@"Montana Tom" said: I hope I do not jinx him (or us), but there is something eerily similar to Thielen in these highlights.  I know lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place.  Could it be...?

it doesnt have to... AT is from DL,  Z is from Spicer,  AT went to Kato,  Z went to Morehead.., AT was discovered when the team camped in kato and played at TCF,  now they camp in Egan and play in USB... I am not seeing where you are drawing these comparisons from...  ;)

@"StickyBun" said: I talked about this kid being a better move to keep than Treadwell....nothing has changed for me in that regard. If Laquon's cap number wasn't so gross to discard him with I think its possible he could go. But that's not the case so expect another year of Mr. Invisible. 

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"Montana Tom" said: I hope I do not jinx him (or us), but there is something eerily similar to Thielen in these highlights.  I know lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place.  Could it be...?

it doesnt have to... AT is from DL,  Z is from Spicer,  AT went to Kato,  Z went to Morehead.., AT was discovered when the team camped in kato and played at TCF,  now they camp in Egan and play in USB... I am not seeing where you are drawing these comparisons from...  ;)

@"Bolstad79" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"Montana Tom" said: I hope I do not jinx him (or us), but there is something eerily similar to Thielen in these highlights.  I know lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place.  Could it be...?

it doesnt have to... AT is from DL,  Z is from Spicer,  AT went to Kato,  Z went to Morehead.., AT was discovered when the team camped in kato and played at TCF,  now they camp in Egan and play in USB... I am not seeing where you are drawing these comparisons from...  ;)

Spicer where everything's nicer is also a lake town just like Detroit Lakes. Loved going to Green Lake when I was younger.  John Randle used to have a house there.  He still might actually.

This is getting interesting. Kendall Wright, a former 1st round star from Baylor, has put up respectable numbers despite playing with terrible QBs. Former 1st rounder LaQuon Treadwell looking good in camp, and now this Zylstra catching everything. I won't say the name Kyries Hebert yet, but there was a time a few depth charts ago (mike wallace, bernard berian, koren robinson), when we would've been optimistic with just these three. If both Treadwell and Zylstra continue to look good, I don't see the Vikings keeping both of them. What's interesting is that they are the exact same size, same speed, same jump numbers...