Ha, I just realized that the draft board from The 33rd Team I linked that had him as the third ranked player has this comp for him in their scouting writeup:
Pro Comparison: AJ Green
They certainly know much more about football than me. That said, what I’ve seen and what I’ve read, Q is not the jump ball, contested catch, sideline toe tapper that Green was. Seems like a totally different game. And in Q’s defense, AJ Green wasn’t the YAC threat Q is.
Full disclosure: I haven't watched any of QJ's 2022 tape yet.
But...I reviewed him in the summer. My take is posted earlier in this thread.
Based on what I saw, AJ Green is an absolutely horrible comparison for him. AJ Green was not a physical freak. His physical tools were actually pretty overrated. Julio was the guy from that draft who had the jaw-dropping combine numbers. Green? More of a technician. Lean frame. Fast, but not burner fast. Elastic and deceptively athletic. Where he really excelled was with body control and route running. Also a great contortionist in the air. I'd say the closest thing to him was Reggie Wayne, from a style standpoint. Both guys had some speed, but you don't really think of them as overwhelming specimens ala Moss, Owens, Tyreek, Julio, etc.
That's not Quentin Johnson. He's more of a straight-line sprinter type. Not the separator that Green was. What I said in the summer is that he plays the game in big windows. Long strides. Did not show much evidence of creating space or winning on intermediate throws. Some comparisons I threw out in the summer were Sidney Rice, Justin Hunter, and Roy Williams. Not exactly great company. I reserve the right to change my opinion once I dive into the 2022 film, but my sense is that he's shaping up to be overhyped and overdrafted.
There's a lot of info being pumped out during draft time, and a lot of it is just bad info from dodgy sources. Anyone with a keyboard can type up an article and pretend like they know what they're talking about (and yes, that applies to me too).
