brett5673 wrote:okay, ill definitely say his chances are very limited now that the Raiders signed Lelie, not that hes really that big of a threat, but whatever.
But it could very well mean they are one injury away from him being on the streets without a team, so that is the significant part of it.
Sometimes when I read stuff like this I have to remember dynasties in ind because I tend to forget since I am not in any dynasties myself.
brett5673 wrote:He has his downsides with his hands not being great
That's a pretty big negative in the NFL!
But it's something that you can work on, and I'm sure the training staff has been focusing on that. Most teams are looking for players with potential that they can develop in practice and off-season training in the 7th round - players like this guy, who are way below their peak as a football player. This is why we see teams go with "who?" picks in the 6th and 7th rounds when players who are much more polished are available - the more polished players are closer to their peaks as football players and have less potential, and a guy who's still available in the 7th round and doesn't have much room for improvement probably isn't NFL-caliber.
Then again... this guy could be another Todd Lowber. Remember him? The guy was a track star, ran a super-fast 40, got signed by the Vikings despite never having played more than backyard football, created a bit of buzz here and elsewhere as a sleeper with huge potential, and was cut 2 weeks later.
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brett5673 wrote:He has his downsides with his hands not being great
That's a pretty big negative in the NFL!
But it's something that you can work on, and I'm sure the training staff has been focusing on that. Most teams are looking for players with potential that they can develop in practice and off-season training in the 7th round - players like this guy, who are way below their peak as a football player. This is why we see teams go with "who?" picks in the 6th and 7th rounds when players who are much more polished are available - the more polished players are closer to their peaks as football players and have less potential, and a guy who's still available in the 7th round and doesn't have much room for improvement probably isn't NFL-caliber.
Then again... this guy could be another Todd Lowber. Remember him? The guy was a track star, ran a super-fast 40, got signed by the Vikings despite never having played more than backyard football, created a bit of buzz here and elsewhere as a sleeper with huge potential, and was cut 2 weeks later.
Some good points there. Man, Todd Lowber. bad. Anyways, this guys played football for a few years so hes not like that and he definitely has time to develop better hands. He made some decent catcvhes in the preseason, i knnow its just preseason. Im just stating a fact. Im not going on the record that he is great due to preseason