In Search of Info on Denarius Moore

is that he played with four different play-callers and four different starting quarterbacks during his career, so it was incredibly difficult for him to find any stability. When we put Tyler Bray in as a true freshman starter for the last five games of the season, Moore exploded and really helped make him look good – he made some incredible catches on some deep balls that Bray threw his way. Gerald Jones really became the underneath/third down guy for us during that time, while Moore was the big play specialist.

So I think it’s clear he made huge strides in the last half of his senior season, but who’s to say that if he had the right quarterback or even the same quarterback for a longer period of time, he wouldn’t have made those strides sooner and been drafted much higher.

There were so many times this past year that you could just tell he was going to catch anything thrown his way and do his best to take over a game. He had the mentality that he could beat anybody defending him and he wasn’t going to be stopped. He made some great catches this year. I think if he carries that mentality with him to Oakland he can be a great wide reciever. I think all Tennessee fans are wondering how good he could have been had he some form of offensive consistancy throughout his career.

*Denarius Moore has an uncanny ability to get behind the defense. He does it every week, and you’d think people would stop it, but they don’t.
*You have to take into account when evaluating his stats that he had four QBs and four play-callers in four years.
*That said, once Tyler Bray game into the picture, Moore exploded, with 724 yards and 5 TDs over the last six games, including a pair of 200 yard games (which has never been done at WR U).
*Moore’s most frustrating quality throughout his career was making the easy catches. Most memorable was a deep pass in which he was 5-10 yards behind the defense in our ‘09 bowl game against Virginia Tech. A catch is a TD that brings us within 4 in the fourth quarter, the drop ended with us getting beaten by 24. But this wasn’t a one-time thing—he consistently lost focus on the easy plays throughout his career. You’d hope that will improve as he gets older, and it might be improving, as I don’t remember any examples from the second half of this season.
*The other side of that is that he made the spectacular plays. In the second half of the season, Bray just tossed the ball up deep and let Moore go get it, and Moore got it. Also, that touchdown against Georgia last year will never be forgotten. You have to watch this.

In short, Moore has way more potential than your average 5th rounder. I don’t see him as a Pro Bowler (then again, we didn’t see Arian Foster as a Pro Bowler), but he has the potential to be a nice deep threat and big play specialist.

before you see what Denarius really did. That feat took every inch of muscle, agility, determination and athletic ability. He refused to hit the ground or go out of bounds until he got the ball over the pilum. Can you see him straining to keep his foot off the graound? I can only compare it with a Reggie Bush (Heishman year) highlight.. It was that unreal.
And folks, don’t be angry about the Bush comment…..dude had a awesome season that year with some of the greatest highlights ever.

I’m also a Raider fan sniffing around for info on Moore.

Do you think he could be a possession-type receiver in the NFL, or is he too inconsistent with his hands?

Thanks in advance.

Also, Lance Kiffin sucks.

I believe Moore to be quite possibly the best bargain in the draft. He is a legit home-run hitter with legit NFL speed. I thought he was a bargain in the 3rd round. He’s a steal in the 5th.

Also, his 40 time was pretty good. 4.37 is legit, no?