- Feb 13, 2003
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TOG indicates the difference here. An extra 7% shows the whereas Worpel is still being managed/blowing up a little, JOM has been let off the leash for the first time since injuries. Would expect that he will go to another level next year with another full season behind him, people to feed him the ball (rather than just getting it himself, which lowers the DE) and more familiarity with structures and a better support cast.
He lifts his DE by a few % and he'll be elite.
I'd definitely like to see him get it on the fringes a bit more, prefer to see running downhill rather than east/west where you can see he struggles to hit targets. I think his ball drop leaves a lot of room for error, it's very high and I think that's probably going to stop him from being elite.
Like we've all said, he will be much better as the 3rd best mid rather than the best.. but I do feel we paid for a guy who's supposed to be the number 1 and a top 10 player. Let's see what he does next year, could win a bloody Charlie for all I know.