You might want to get those peepers check my boy, unless you are talking about living up to a disappointment?
Chris Givens was a 4th round pick. If you think putting up over 1200 yards in his first two years is not living up to expectations, frankly, your expectations are so out of whack that this isn't worth the discussion.
If Chris Givens were a top 5 pick, you'd have a point. The kid is a 4th round pick that's good enough to stick and contribute to our roster. That's meeting your expectations.
And I'll even back my point up here:
http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Boom-or-bust-A-look-at-draft-probabilities.html
Odds that a guy drafted between pick #74 and pick #116 starts as a rookie?
12.2%
Odds that a guy drafted between pick #74 and pick #116 starts at least two seasons?
36.6%
Odds that a guy drafted in the 4th round starts as a rookie?
10.2%
Odds that a guy drafted in the 4th round starts at least two seasons?
32.1%
Looks to me as if Chris Givens has already lived up to and exceeded his expectations for his draft slot.
Givens is a 3 on an average team and a 4 at best on a great one, nothing more.
And please, by all means keep talking down Watkins and up Evans because I have a good memory and this is going to be a blast to recant.
Givens was a 4th round pick. Givens being a #3 WR is living up to expectations.
I hope you do bring it back up. Because you'll have to remember that I rated Watkins as #1 and Evans as #2...but I thought the gap between them was small and that Evans has more potential as a #1 WR while Watkins is more pro ready.
You ain't the first person that's told me this...especially about WRs...and the last few ended up eating crow.(Torrey Smith vs. Leonard Hankerson, T.Y. Hilton vs. Juron Criner, Alshon Jeffery vs. Justin Blackmon/Michael Floyd, etc.) Well, actually, they didn't eat crow because they didn't mention it again.