DawgTalkers.net Forums DawgTalk NFL Draft 2026 Pick #24 Texas A&M WR KC Concepcion

He's such a schmuck, lol.

I guarantee he's one of those boobs that calls his father-in-law "dad."

I'm listening to Fano/Concepcion dual presser right now... It is a blessing that Concepcion can play football, because he doesn't have to speak while doing his job. Um, Hi, um, ,my name, um, is um, KC, um... Oi...it is really hard to listen to... I don't recommend it if you haven't already.

I think he might have a stuttering issue and that might be his coping mechanism. He repeats words a lot in his sentences.

Could say the same for about 90% of those drafted last night in the 1st round. He also is an acknowledged stutterer.

I was about to say, it almost seems like an extreme anxiety issue maybe. I wasn't aware that he had the stuttering issue.

Like I said, it doesn't really matter. Has nothing to do with football. I just feel bad for the kid. Limit his press time if it bothers him.

That was mentioned in Milk's post earlier in this thread:

https://www.dawgtalkers.net/ubbthre...4-texas-a-m-wr-kc-concepcion#Post2136779

"Concepcion grew up with a stutter. He has been open about his experience, including being the target of bullying, and spoke about it at the NFL combine."

KCC wrote a letter to GMs.

It’s an awesome read.

I was just about to post this since IrishDawg was not aware of Concepcion's stuttering problem and the letter he wrote.

Wow. Absolutely loved that. And it feels authentic and written by him. Kudos. I'll root for him even harder now.

Good stuff, KC.

Welcome to CLE - make it happen.

Me too. Wow!!

I gotta be honest. This has been a long journey for us as fans as well. After the Baker debacle, one thing became clear in my head, I just want someone to root for. Baker was someone to root for, Watson was not. That was the biggest gut punch.

I'll never belittle a championship, but we'll barely remember the "trophy", we'll remember the journey it took to get there.

Every season is another chapter. This one, we've clearly just added a fan favorite and someone you'd have to be crazy not to want to root for.

Fantastic read (and very well written). Everyone should take the time. I read it once and then read it again to my wife and son. I'm glad we know his story. I'm glad he's ready to show the world.

From the above Tweet...

"And yes, the second-highest drop rate (7.4%), but if that's your point of emphasis, I think you'll always miss the forest for the trees at this position. If everything else translates, you live with 7-8 drops in a season because the plays you make outweigh the plays you don't."

This is the exact point I made about Josh Allen coming out. Even if his completion percentage never improved, everyone should be willing to trade 2.3 incompletions per game for everything else he brought to the table.

In this case, it becomes a problem when the drops are chronic and at all the wrong times.

I agree Fate.

I was listening to his initial presser with Spencer and noticed the repeat words/phrases. My first thought was, is this guy nervous. Then I thought I remembered one of our "draft target" stuttered pretty severely. I think it is a sign of character that he fought through the problem and the bullying. He quickly became one of my favorite players on the team. I will be rooting hard for K C.

Just watched the film on all of KCC's drops (19 throughout his career), his separation and some of the catches that shows he can make the tough catches.

Regarding his drops, this in my opinion is really overblown. He did have a couple where there were a couple blatant drops and that happens. No excuse for those. However, a big portion of them were either hospital balls or really bad throws by the Qb's (at NC State and A&M). I am not that concerned as to what has been said. There were a lot of yards left on the field due to A&Ms QB. On a personal note, thankfully I am not an A&M fan. Their QB was really erratic last year.

There are some things that do need to be taught or cleaned up about his game. I would say this hand placement mostly on slants, arms should be extended, diamond hands with palms facing the balls. He gets into the habit of more of wanting to bend the elbows and bring the ball into a basket or cradle against his body (I hope that is a clear picture for you). Arm extension is one thing, the other is sometimes jumping for balls when it's not necessary. I would add looking the ball in before looking up field, however this is so minimal to the point that NFL receivers do this every so often.

ouch this describes Braylon Edwards. hope it doesnt turn out the same.

ouch this describes Braylon Edwards. hope it doesnt turn out the same.

I did think of Braylon too - who could make the tough catches and then just drop the simple ones thru lack of concentration or starting up field before he caught the ball. But they are very different receivers, and based on the challenges he has overcome and his letter to the GMs I think the work ethic and attitude will be night and day. With the addition of Boston I love this pick even more.

Fate - agree with you and the comment by whoever talked about the drop rates ... I was trying how to phrase it yesterday but the simple version is getting open and being available "virtually all the time" and the play making he will make outweighs the occasional drop. I was trying to make it mathematical but it's really pretty simple.

Over the years, watching "butterfingers", I became convinced he actually had a depth perception problem. He would often react very late and the movement of his hands was so chaotic that it seemed he didn't see the ball till it was very close.

Amen +1

I agree with you. I try to talk about the positives and the negatives. I really liked the pick after seeing more about him. If my post came off negative, it wasn't meant to be at all. I kept reading about his drops, so I had to check out all his drops. They weren't bad at all (except for a couple that were focus related). A high percentage of the 19 were very tough catches. Like a few of us, I posted about his personality and drive (like the letter and his conversation about being a spokesman for his stuttering)

The past two years, Berry has really chose players that love football, high character, and drive. Mason Graham is a hard worker, Judkins hard punishing runner, Schwesinger playing his tail off/playing on basically one leg the whole game, Sanders putting in the offseason work, Fano is a football guy, KCC and his drive, and so on.