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3/1/2006 12:00:18 PM

said young could be this years Aaron Rogers...

3/1/2006 12:03:12 PM

As far as the Wonderlic goes, I don't have any problem with the NFL hiring idiots as long as they play well.

But when you consider that these guys went to college, it's just more proof of the joke that "student" athletes have become.

3/1/2006 12:19:37 PM

well, for football and basketball players. The majority of student athletes are really students before they are athletes, they have to be able to get a job after graduation just like the rest of us.

3/1/2006 12:28:37 PM

I saw Manny Lawson today at the bank on hillsbourough. Isnt the combine still going? Or is it over?

3/1/2006 3:37:34 PM

sure it was manny?


perhaps it was renaldo

3/1/2006 3:39:49 PM

yes it was manny. He was sporting a hawt dodge caravan too.

[Edited on March 2, 2006 at 12:44 AM. Reason : .]

3/2/2006 12:43:04 AM

mock draft on yahoo sports has manny goin 1st rd. #30 to the colts.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=cr-mockdraft030106&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

3/2/2006 1:12:57 AM

What a crappy year to go in the draft when teams wont have big money to pay their picks...

3/2/2006 1:14:56 AM

^^It says the Cowboys might move back to pick him up later in the first round as well.

[Edited on March 2, 2006 at 1:18 AM. Reason : .]

3/2/2006 1:18:42 AM

this is what they wrote about vernon davis on scouts grades things on espn insider

Strengths: A dynamic athlete. Has rare speed and athletic ability for his size. Shows explosive initial burst to get off the LOS and the top-end speed to stretch the field vertically. He will be a matchup weapon as a pass-catcher in the NFL. Shows a good feel for reading coverages. Is remarkably savvy in terms of setting up defenders in man-coverage and finding soft spots in zone. He shows burst out of his cuts and will consistently separate in one-on-one situations. He has terrific leaping ability and will make the acrobatic catch. He has soft and reliable hands. Shows upper body strength and power at the POA as a blocker. He continues to improve his technique and angles as a space blocker. He also is a workout warrior who set school strength records (in spring of 2005) for a TE in the bench press (460 pounds), power-clean (335 pounds), vertical jump (40 inches), squat (685 pounds) and 40-yard dash (4.41)

Weaknesses: Possesses below average height and speed. Is powerful but lacks a wide base to anchor as a blocker. Needs to improve his hand-usage, angles and overall technique as a blocker. May never develop into anything more than an H-back that needs to be protected as a blocker in space in the NFL.

first of all, what are they talking about??? he ran under 4.4 in the 40 at the combine but yet under weaknesses they say below average speed????

secondly, even if this was written b4 the combine, they say at the end of the strenghts section that he is a workout warrior and he had a 40 yard dash time at maryland of 4.41. i do not think that time is slow for a TE, or even a WR in the NFL??? so why would they say below average speed?

3/2/2006 10:11:53 AM

Quote :

"Isnt the combine still going? Or is it over?"

It's over.

And in any case, I don't think everyone has to be there for the entire time anyway--you show up when your group is scheduled, and that's it.

3/2/2006 10:15:52 AM