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I find Jackson to be vastly underrated compared to the quarterbacks that are projected to go before him.
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Pro Day March 29: SMU, West Virginia & SMU | Draft Analyst
Lost in the shuffle yesterday was Alabama’s second pro day workout and the expected testing of safety Ronnie Harrison and linebacker Rashaan Evans. Harrison, who has been dealing with a hamstring injury, tipped the scales at 219 pounds then timed anywhere from 4.56s to 4.61 seconds in the forty. Rashaan Evans, who did not run the forty at the combine or Alabama’s first pro day did not run yesterday which left a very bad taste in the mouths of teams who purposely made the trip to watch his workout. Several teams questioned Evans speed going into the pre-draft process and the fact he’s not yet run the forty coupled with a vertical jump of just 30 inches and 9-feet-8-inches in the broad jump will raise further red flags about his athleticism. Factor in terrific workouts by many of the linebackers at the combine (Lorenzo Carter, Leighton Vander Esch) and it adds up to bad news for Evans. |
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Keep a lazy eye on him. |
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Pete Carmichael and QB coach Joe Lombardi are at Louisville’s Pro Day.
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He has no agent... is that good for us? |
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Jeff Ireland and Dennis Allen are at UCF’s Pro Day.
Edit: LB Shaquem Griffin met with Sean Payton last night per Josina Anderson. |
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Weird how Jackson skips the 40 twice. He's obviously runs well and a excellent 40 time only cements or improves his draft stock. It kind of makes you wonder if he has a draft promise already from some team.
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In fact my Mom, from MS, had me pull for Ole Miss and she worked for Tulane Docs so I also pulled for the Green Wave... More an Ole SEC house - a team that has the best shot to make the most national noise is who our house pulled for late in the season... So growing up in the 70s and 80s - we pulled for a lot of Bama teams in December and January... That said, Alabama players, especially under Saban, have always made me nervous... Many are not overly impressive individually, often because they have such great teams year in, year out... Many of the individual flaws, whether mental or physical are masked in their Bama film because of their surrounding superior level of talent... Now I'm not saying Bama doesn't produce any elite players - it's just that it's not every prospect from Bama deserves the draft cache the Bama propaganda generates... That said - I get what some of you say this year about getting a DT, LB or S at a high level of physical talent, and Bama has guys graded well at those positions... Several of the Bama guys coming out, specifically Evans, Payne and Harrison, will be good solid pros, I just don't think they're first or early second round guys if they came from a Purdue or Syracuse or Virginia... In contrast, take Vander Esch who wasn't surrounded with talent; he started out as a walk-on as a slot receiver or tight end; then moved to linebacker; his game progressed, made errors, rarely repeated the same errors; he worked his butt off physically to become an elite prospect... When you look at players that come out of these, well, factories - Bama, Ohio St, Virginia Tech, LSU, you've got to factor how that player is going to perform when everyone in the NFL is just as fast and strong... How fast they learn, how fast they react, how fast they adjust... Not running at your second pro day may not seem like that big of a deal, but go back to just last year when Foster played the "do you know who I am card" in the middle of one of the biggest processes of his career - now we know it was symptomatic of someone hiding something... Anyways, that's why I've pushed back on some of the Bama guys and why I'm hesistant to jump on board with taking anyone other than Minkah in the first round... With this year's group, I like the idea of taking CB Levi Wallace or C Brad Bozeman in the latter rounds where their floors are a given and the investment is not quite as high... |
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On Jackson, just don't see a running, scrambling quarterback lasting that long in this league as they do not win consistently...
Great for the post-game highlights, but it's the timing, rhythm offenses with great defenses that win consistently... |
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