Positives: Has a tall frame with long limbs, minimal body fat, adequate muscle definition and room to carry more bulk, for a potential shift to H-back, with no loss in quickness...Has large, natural hands and when he sinks his pads, he is capable of running decent routes and using his adequate burst to gain separation from defenders...Uses his long reach well to make sideline catches while keeping his feet in bounds...Has the long stride to get into his routes with good quickness, but when he prefers to glide off the ball, he struggles to rebuild his speed and is slow to break the cushion...More of a long strider who gets most of his production on vertical routes...Has decent stop-and-go agility, but with his long limbs, he has trouble sinking his hips all the time...Perhaps due to his two knee injuries, he showed a better work ethic in 2007 than in previous seasons, putting in extra time in the weight room and improving his pass-catching skills...Knows where the markers are and is mindful of the sideline, making good adjustments to get to throws at the boundary...Adequate separating after the catch, but when he shows desire, he knows he can use his long reach to get to throws over a smaller defender...Needs to define his cuts and set up the defender better, but will pluck the ball at its highest point...Does a good job of tracking the ball on vertical routes and, while he prefers to work on the edge of the defense, he must show a better burst to separate in the open...Takes advantage of his size to make catches when he only has marginal separation, but must make a better effort to escape from the crowd.

Negatives: Needs to play with better urgency, as he does not explode into his routes and while he does a decent job of using his adequate speed to break away from second-level defenders after the catch, he possesses only marginal quickness and elusiveness to make tacklers miss...Struggles to find holes in the zone and must be more crisp in his route progression, as he will drift into coverage...Will take some plays off, especially when not involved in the action and isn't a blocker...Must play with better courage and aggressiveness, as he shies away from contact and hesitates when going up for the ball in a crowd (must be more determined combating for jump balls and use his height and reach to his own advantage)...Not explosive in his initial burst off the snap, as he will take a false step or two when releasing from the line, lacking urgency to get upfield...His tall frame and lack of strength allow defenders to get under his pads, as he does not come off the snap with a low center of gravity...Lacks the initial quickness and agility needed to get defenders off-balance when releasing from the line of scrimmage...Shows the ability to sink his hips coming out of his breaks, but just seems to go through the motions with a rolling start to get into his routes...More of a straight-line runner who is more comfortable running vertical routes, rather than have to battle the crowd to get to the short-to-medium area tosses...Even with his imposing frame, he lacks physicality vs. the press and shows only passive resistance when defensive backs attempt to reroute him...Must be more alert to pocket pressure, as he either lacks vision or desire to work back to the pocket when the quarterback is flushed out...Needs to use his frame better in attempts to shield defenders from the ball and must be more aggressive, as he lets defenders get in front of him to make plays...Better downfield blocker than at the line, as he looks totally disinterested when asked to face up to bigger defenders at the point of attack.

Compares To: MATT JONES-Jacksonville...Jones is much faster than his former teammate, but both have one major issue with the way they play the game -- a lack of urgency in their route running. With their size, you would expect them to consistently win battles for the ball, but Monk is known to shy away from contact, allowing the defender to make plays on the ball. He has the frame to extend and catch outside the frame, but will revert to catching with his body in close quarters, resulting in quite a few balls not getting caught. He does not have blazing speed, but with his high-cut, long-legged frame, you would expect him to shield the ball better over the middle. Right now, he is strictly a vertical route runner, but unless he shows better fire in his belly, he could slide to the end of the draft, especially if you consider that he looked like a shell of his former self, returning to the field after back-to-back knee surgeries in 2007.