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DaMarkus Lodge Montez Sweat Jersey , WRSchool: Ole Miss | Conference: SECCollege Experience: Senior | Age: 21Height / Weight: 6-2 / 199 lbsProjected Draft Status: 3rd or 4th RoundNFL Comparison: Tyler BoydCollege Statistics (There were two separate records on SRCFB for some reason)Player OverviewDaMarkus Lodge was a 4-star recruit who initially committed to Texas A&M before he pulled his commitment and gave it to Ole Miss instead. When talking about Ole Miss WR’s Lodge typically doesn’t get the same love that his teammates D.K. Metcalf and A.J. Brown do. But Lodge should definitely be mentioned more. In my opinion he is better than his teammate Brown and I would rank these 3 future NFL wideouts as follows: Metcalf, Lodge, Brown. His coach Matt Luke says he is the best route runner on the team. Luke also praised Lodge’s growth in maturity, sportsmanship, and support for his teammates. You can see how unselfish Lodge is when the ball doesn’t come to him. He still runs his routes with 100% effort and is probably one of the best blocking receivers in this draft class. Lodge is underrated now but he won’t be for much longer. He should be a solid option for a team looking for a starting quality receiver who has refined fundamentals and who is both a threat on the boundary and as a deep option. StrengthsGood size and athleticism for the position with a focus on deep speed.Good route runner who pays attention to the details. Focuses on his craft at the LOS when getting off and setting up the defender.Excellent body control with solid understanding of NFL two feet down rule. Excellent at tracking the ball in the air.Uses his long arms to high point the ball. Is able to make contested catches in tight coverage. Strong hands.Unselfish player. Will literally lay opponents out to make space for his teammates on the run.WeaknessesHas long speed but slow acceleration. It takes a few paces for him to get up to top speed doesn’t create much separation those first 10-20 yards. Doesn’t always maintain focus throughout the process suffered from some concentration drops. Lacks short area elusiveness. Doesn’t have a lot of moves to avoid defenders after he gets off the LOS.Let’s see his work:How He Would Fit On The RedskinsIn a lot of ways I think Lodge could be what the Redskins were hoping Robert Davis and to a degree Josh Doctson would develop into. A receiver with size and length with good fundamentals that also has the athleticism to stretch the field. Because of injury, lack of development, poor QB play, and poor offense in general most recently both current Redskins have not worked out he way the staff and the fandom had hoped they would. Lodge could represent the start of a rebuild for a unit that badly needs improvement in just about all areas. Lodge has his faults few of which he can change but he has the polish and fundamentals to succeed in the NFL. What is most impressive about him to me is his ability to get off the LOS quickly as well as his body control and ability to snatch the ball out of the air. These may seem like no brainer skills for a WR but they have been missed on offense for this team. There are faster, quicker, shifter WRs in this draft but Lodge is definitely a safer pick than his counterparts that will go a round or two earlier in my opinion. Additionally he has a great work ethic and attitude and can skill have an impact on the field even if the ball isn’t coming his way though his route running and his blocking ability. WASHINGTON (AP) — This is what it’s come to for the Washington Redskins: Their fourth quarterback of a once-promising, now-lost season, Josh Johnson, will be making his first NFL start since 2011 and spent time playing the “Madden NFL” video game to try to pick up something about his new teammates.“I learned their names, first and foremost,” Johnson said with a smile.He will be playing the most important position on the field next Sunday when the Redskins, who have gone from 6-3 and first place in the NFC East to 6-7 thanks to a four-game losing streak Wes Martin Jersey , play at the Jacksonville Jaguars (4-9), who might be the most disappointing team in the entire league.Between Washington’s Johnson and Jacksonville’s Cody Kessler, the two QBs have a combined career mark of 1-14 as NFL starters. Johnson is 0-5 and hadn’t even thrown a pass in a game in seven years until coming in to replace Mark Sanchez in the second half of Washington’s 40-16 loss to the New York Giants on Sunday.“I’ve been a fourth-stringer, a third-stringer. I’ve been so many other things,” the 32-year-old Johnson said.He’s been signed and discarded by nearly half of the league: The Redskins are the 13th team that’s brought him in, although only the second for which he actually was allowed to attempt a throw in a regular-season game (Tampa Bay was the other).So why has he bounced around so much with little game time to show for it?“He can be hot and cold throwing the ball. He can throw a great ball, then throw one in the dirt, then throw a great ball,” coach Jay Gruden said. “The (inconsistency), probably, is what people see.”In Washington, Johnson essentially is the backup to the backup’s backup.Sanchez only got to start against New York because Colt McCoy broke his right leg during the prior game; McCoy was starting only because Alex Smith broke HIS right leg two games before that.Add it all up, and Johnson’s is Gruden’s No. 4 starting QB in a span of five games.Johnson was signed last Wednesday; a week before facing the Giants, he was playing in a charity basketball event at home in California.“It was a good test for my cardio,” Johnson said. “I actually got my body ready.”Entering Sunday after the score was 40-0, he went 11 for 16 for 195 yards Dwayne Haskins Jersey , with a 79-yard touchdown pass to Jamison Crowder and one interception against the Giants.Johnson also ran seven times for 45 yards with a TD.“his legs a little bit, avoided some pressure, moved around, got to the second, third progressions on a few throws, despite just getting here,” Gruden said. “So I was impressed with his poise, mostly, and his ability to maneuver in the pocket.”NOTES: Gruden said TE Jordan Reed, who leads the team in catches and receiving yards, could be done for the season because of a strained toe muscle. “We’ll see if it’s one week, two weeks or the rest of the year,” Gruden said. “We’re not sure yet.” … WR Josh Doctson is in the concussion protocol. … LB Shaun Dion Hamilton has a shoulder injury. … Gruden declined to address a report that Smith has had multiple operations on his leg, saying: “I cannot confirm anything right now. I told you I was going to be hush-hush on this deal until Alex was ready to talk about it.”