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re: Auburn NFL combine invites
Posted on 2/11/16 at 10:09 pm to AUatWashandLee
Posted on 2/11/16 at 10:09 pm to AUatWashandLee
quote:drafted
Peyton Barber
Ricardo Louis
Duke Williams
Avery Young
Shon Coleman
Jonathan Jones
Kris Frost
Cassanova McKinzy
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Posted on 2/13/16 at 9:27 am to ChexMix
So what are the thoughts on Duke whenever he is signed, either as an undrafted free agent or through the draft? I think he has the physical tools to make some money in the NFL if he can get his mind right. Those physical tools won't translate to a great combine performance but the combine is nothing more than a dog and pony show for the scouts.
If he fricks up in the league(which is likely given his history of behavioral problems), others will be quick to remind us that he is the screw-up from Auburn, so I guess if he does well, we should count him as an Auburn guy as well ?
If he fricks up in the league(which is likely given his history of behavioral problems), others will be quick to remind us that he is the screw-up from Auburn, so I guess if he does well, we should count him as an Auburn guy as well ?
Posted on 2/13/16 at 10:19 am to jangalang
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So what are the thoughts on Duke whenever he is signed, either as an undrafted free agent or through the draft? I think he has the physical tools to make some money in the NFL if he can get his mind right.
Well that's the thing, right?
The NFL is a business. And Williams will be playing against the best in the world and GM's aren't going to pay him good money to be a basket-case and *not* produce. They'll sometimes put up with basket-cases, but you'd damn well better be one of the best players in the league if you want it to work out that way.
Posted on 2/13/16 at 4:19 pm to beatbammer
Duke is not Julio, AJ Greene, Megatron level talent.
Posted on 2/13/16 at 5:25 pm to jangalang
quote:he did play at Auburn so its up to our discretion whether or not we do claim him. If he does well, he's was ours. If he sucks, we never wanted that fricker on the team anyhow.
So what are the thoughts on Duke whenever he is signed, either as an undrafted free agent or through the draft? I think he has the physical tools to make some money in the NFL if he can get his mind right. Those physical tools won't translate to a great combine performance but the combine is nothing more than a dog and pony show for the scouts.
If he fricks up in the league(which is likely given his history of behavioral problems), others will be quick to remind us that he is the screw-up from Auburn, so I guess if he does well, we should count him as an Auburn guy as well ?
He may be a late round draft pick at best imo. Probably free agency, but i think a team will take the risk for a possession receiver late.
Posted on 2/13/16 at 8:24 pm to ChexMix
Ricardo Louis gets drafted before Duke IMO. Duke has a lot of negatives going into the combine. He is sorry as shite. He's slow. He loafs when he knows he isn't going to get the ball. What else? RL sucks at catching but he has more upside than Duke.
Posted on 2/13/16 at 8:44 pm to plazadweller
Should have been a safety
Posted on 2/13/16 at 10:07 pm to plazadweller
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RL sucks at catching but he has more upside than Duke.
There is no upside in a WR that can't catch, so no he doesn't. That's the whole reason for the existence of the position is to catch the ball.
In the one article I saw about Duke after he got kicked off seemed like he was working hard and learned and was humbled from everything that happened and accepted responsibility that he did it to himself. It wouldn't be the first time that a diva WR in college was able to keep it together enough in the pros to have a career
Posted on 2/13/16 at 10:10 pm to BowlJackson
RiCardo Louis should have always been a safety. He would have been unbelievable as a DB
Posted on 2/13/16 at 10:16 pm to GenesChin
And trovon should have been a CB from the beginning. Ricardo was a good safety in HS, wasn't he?
Posted on 2/13/16 at 10:28 pm to GenesChin
quote:Ricardo has always seemed a little stiff to me when he runs so I don't know how fluid his hips would have been
RiCardo Louis should have always been a safety. He would have been unbelievable as a DB
Posted on 2/13/16 at 10:31 pm to AUatWashandLee
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Ricardo has always seemed a little stiff to me when he runs so I don't know how fluid his hips would have been
But he is big enough to be an undersized LB. He may not have been an elite coverage S but he would be a force as a nickel safety/LB hybrid who doesn't have to come off the fied
Posted on 2/13/16 at 11:17 pm to GenesChin
Damn, I don't know about any of that.
All I know is he would have been a fantastic damn WR if he'd just been able to (outside of the one time I will love forever and ever) CATCH THE DAMN BALL.
All I know is he would have been a fantastic damn WR if he'd just been able to (outside of the one time I will love forever and ever) CATCH THE DAMN BALL.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 9:26 am to GenesChin
Defense is about attitude. I don't see Ricardo with that type of mentality. It takes a special kind of stupid to meet guys like LF and Derrick Henry in the hole at full speed.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 10:45 am to BowlJackson
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There is no upside in a WR that can't catch, so no he doesn't. That's the whole reason for the existence of the position is to catch the ball.
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