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SmashMouth 04-25-2018 01:23 PM
Aaron Ernest ... should we?
 

Why not?

jeanpierre 04-30-2018 10:03 AM
Re: Aaron Ernest ... should we?
 
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Originally Posted by SmashMouth (Post 799658)
Two reasons:

One, ATH Aaron Ernest, LSU; Height: 6' 0"; Weight: 160 lbs.

Two, Renaldo Nehemiah...

K Major 04-30-2018 10:19 AM
Re: Aaron Ernest ... should we?
 
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Originally Posted by jeanpierre (Post 800785)
Two, Renaldo Nehemiah...
Not sure what the great Bill Walsh was thinking there but damn Nehemiah was fast. I mean he made Willie Gault look slow :).

Track speed vs Football speed ... totally different. Some coaches are finding that out now.

SmashMouth 04-30-2018 10:23 AM
Re: Aaron Ernest ... should we?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jeanpierre (Post 800785)
Two reasons:

One, ATH Aaron Ernest, LSU; Height: 6' 0"; Weight: 160 lbs.

Two, Renaldo Nehemiah...
Prolly right... still, it would be fun to watch in preseason.

Renaldo did not fare long in the Not For Long league.

Renaldo Nehemiah, WR at NFL.com

https://www.si.com/vault/1998/09/28/...-april-26-1982

Rugby Saint II 04-30-2018 11:42 AM
Re: Aaron Ernest ... should we?
 
We can only bring 90 to camp....we have to start making decisions soon. Are try outs this weekend?

vpheughan 05-02-2018 11:12 AM
Re: Aaron Ernest ... should we?
 
"SKEETS" Averaged 17.5 yards per reception during his short career.

Brandon Cooks, Sammy Watkins, TY Hilton, Julio Jones, Antonio Brown averaged less than "Skeets" last season! In fact in all of the NFL only 2 WR averaged more than 17.5 yards.

17.5 yards per catch is 17.5 yards.

Beastmode 05-02-2018 11:21 AM
Re: Aaron Ernest ... should we?
 
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Originally Posted by K Major (Post 800791)
Not sure what the great Bill Walsh was thinking there but damn Nehemiah was fast. I mean he made Willie Gault look slow :).

Track speed vs Football speed ... totally different. Some coaches are finding that out now.
Been known for decades. During the 70's, can't remember his name but the fastest man in the world tried to be an NFL WR. Did not work out at all.

Beastmode 05-02-2018 11:32 AM
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Much respect for him. He could have done well as a pro runner. A lot of heart but man...long road for him even getting a look.

Barry from MS 05-02-2018 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Beastmode (Post 801097)
Been known for decades. During the 70's, can't remember his name but the fastest man in the world tried to be an NFL WR. Did not work out at all.
Larry Burton? Our 7th Overall pick in 1975?

There's been some good ones that made it in the NFL. Bullet Bob, Willie Gault, Cliff Branch.

Beastmode 05-02-2018 12:15 PM
Re: Aaron Ernest ... should we?
 
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Originally Posted by Barry from MS (Post 801108)
Larry Burton? Our 7th Overall pick in 1975?

There's been some good ones that made it in the NFL. Bullet Bob, Willie Gault, Cliff Branch.
Can't remember. He was on the cover of SI back in the day as the fastest man. At some point he decided to give the NFL try.

From what I read, they implemented the 5 yard contact rule to balance out the speed problem. Once they did, much harder being a one trick pony running go routes.

K Major 05-02-2018 12:16 PM
Re: Aaron Ernest ... should we?
 
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Originally Posted by Barry from MS (Post 801108)
Larry Burton? Our 7th Overall pick in 1975?

There's been some good ones that made it in the NFL. Bullet Bob, Willie Gault, Cliff Branch.
Trindon Holliday (LSU alum) was a true track guy who for a brief moment or two, was a dangerous punt returner up until the fumbles came... then out of football.

ScottF 05-03-2018 08:07 AM
Re: Aaron Ernest ... should we?
 
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Originally Posted by Barry from MS (Post 801108)
Larry Burton? Our 7th Overall pick in 1975?

There's been some good ones that made it in the NFL. Bullet Bob, Willie Gault, Cliff Branch.
Branch was pretty legit. The other two, not so much

Barry from MS 05-03-2018 08:55 AM
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Bullet Bob Hayes is in the HOF, has a Super Bowl Ring, and in the Cowboys Ring of Honor. Gault had a pretty decent career with Da Bears & Raiders.

jeanpierre 05-03-2018 09:47 AM
Re: Aaron Ernest ... should we?
 
I'll have to find it in the VHS cache, maybe SI's Crunch Course, one of those old 80s NFL videos has player interviews about Renaldo Nehemiah...

They show the play where the defense set him up for their safety (Bears?) to lay the wood on him straight up - would be called targeting today...

Either way, they hit him so hard he took the pads off and quit after that...

jeanpierre 05-03-2018 09:59 AM
Re: Aaron Ernest ... should we?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry from MS (Post 801108)
Larry Burton? Our 7th Overall pick in 1975?

There's been some good ones that made it in the NFL. Bullet Bob, Willie Gault, Cliff Branch.
Quote:
Originally Posted by ScottF (Post 801141)
Branch was pretty legit. The other two, not so much
Branch was the truth, even the Steelers defense had to roll coverage to contain him; built like RB Chris Johnson, but was a lot like Brandin Cooks...

Branch opened the field up for Fred Biletnikoff, Dave Casper, later Todd Christensen- because Ken Stabler couldn't hit the side of a barn...


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