Not even a game played Keller is a playmaker
There is one thing that many people need to remember about training camp is that it is nothing more than practice, and those who look good in practice might not be as good against competition. That goes for New York Jets rookie tight end Dustin Keller, who SI.com’s Don Banks dubbed a playmaker.
I have personally been on teams in high school that practiced horrible, but when it came to game day we were hard to beat. Also, I have personally seen weeks that were great, but when it came to the game we lost.
The reason is competition, because we as humans learn to adjust to how things are going. The same goes for football players in the National Football League.
It goes the same way for all rookies. They do good for a couple of games, then fade away for a while, due to teams adjusting to them.
The same will go for Keller, eventually. Keller will do good in the first couple of games of the regular season, and then will fade away.
Okay right now name the starting wide receivers for the Jets. If you said Laveranues Coles and Jericho Cotchery. Both are okay, but are not great.
On top of that the Jets quarterback situation is horrible. On one hand you have Chad Pennington, who arm is shot due to injuries. Then on the other you have Kellen Clemens who in his second year played ten games.
Simply, with out a great quarterback a wide receiver or tight end is useless.
So, for now just remember it is training camp, and the real talking is done in the regular season.