Draft Prospects on Good or Bad Teams

LKelley67 · 03-27-2006, 11:56 AM

Discussion on another thread concerning LB's Bobby Carpenter and AJ Hawk being on the same team brings up some interesting thought-

Is the outlook for a prospect enhanced by being on a good team or even a good unit (LB, OL etc) or might his value not show up as much being surrounded by more talent? I have heard the case made both ways. Like OSU, two hot LBs Chad Greenway and Abdul Hodge played together at Iowa. Conversely. highly rated D'Qwell Jackson played on a poor Maryland team. Some say his tackle numbers are inflated cuz no one else there could tackle near the level of him. One more, the illustrious Matt Leinart playing on the immensely talented USC pro design-like teams VS. Jay Cutler of dreadful Vandy. Some say Cutler will be the best pro using the reasoning that look how well he did on such a poor team with little support. Leinart will struggle cuz he has never had to cope with much rush on him and has had such overwhelming tools versus his opponents at his disposal.

WHADDYA THINK? Bad program, small school guys overlooked or overhyped since maybe they didn't play the same level of competition? Other player examples from the past? More to consider for this draft?

03-27-2006, 11:56 AM	#1
LKelley67 1000 Posts + Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: baton rouge Posts: 2,540	Draft Prospects on Good or Bad Teams Discussion on another thread concerning LB's Bobby Carpenter and AJ Hawk being on the same team brings up some interesting thought- Is the outlook for a prospect enhanced by being on a good team or even a good unit (LB, OL etc) or might his value not show up as much being surrounded by more talent? I have heard the case made both ways. Like OSU, two hot LBs Chad Greenway and Abdul Hodge played together at Iowa. Conversely. highly rated D'Qwell Jackson played on a poor Maryland team. Some say his tackle numbers are inflated cuz no one else there could tackle near the level of him. One more, the illustrious Matt Leinart playing on the immensely talented USC pro design-like teams VS. Jay Cutler of dreadful Vandy. Some say Cutler will be the best pro using the reasoning that look how well he did on such a poor team with little support. Leinart will struggle cuz he has never had to cope with much rush on him and has had such overwhelming tools versus his opponents at his disposal. WHADDYA THINK? Bad program, small school guys overlooked or overhyped since maybe they didn't play the same level of competition? Other player examples from the past? More to consider for this draft?