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How the NFL dropped the ball. | 4 comments (2 topical, 2 editorial, 0 hidden)

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by JDWC on Tue Nov 28 2006 at 11:51 PM EST

I think the main reason for drops occuring is just that when teams scout receivers they want to draft they go for the most athletic, fastest, biggest players, rather than focusing on how good they're hands are. And they are considered 'the best' because they make the highlight reel the most. To tell you the truth, I'd rather have a Marvin Harrison on my team than a T.O. anyday...ANYDAY. Sportscenter is partly to blame I guess, but mostly it's the teams sucking at scouting.
J.D.

: JDWC (#2)
by kroberts on Thu Nov 30 2006 at 2:24 AM EST

I completely agree with the fact that the NFL goes for unproven "potential" ridden players. Players who are bigger, taller, supposedly faster, and usually are from bigger schools or face tougher competition are drafted higher.
Good examples are great college receivers like Mike Haas (who tore up the Pac-10 for three years while constantly facing double teams, and also won the award for best receiver in college football0 or John Standeford, the 6'5 gem of a flanker with decent but not great speed, who re-wrote Purdue's receiving record books.
Those guys were severely overlooked (Haas was drafted by the Saints in 2006 in the 6th round and cut in pre-season. Standeford was never drafted.) and other receivers like Mike Williams and Charles Rogers get drafted in the top 2 or top 10. The saddest part is tat Drew Bledsoe has a solid chance at beating Williams in a race, while Adam Archuleta has a good shot at catching more passes than Rogers per year.
The NFL, as well as the NBA is, always has been, and always wil be potential and the ongoing search to find the best available players.
It is sickening.

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How the NFL dropped the ball. | 4 comments (2 topical, 2 editorial, 0 hidden)

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