I need some things explained to me...

'79 Saints said

It is irrelevant as to why DRC went to Tennessee St. The fact is he was playing against the likes of SE Missouri Tech School football players and not a school with the talent level of LSU, Michigan, et al.

You're talking about an entirely different level of competition... unless somehow you think Southern could compete against LSU.

Yes, it is true that big fish can swim in small bowls... certainly the likes of Randy Moss, Jahri Evans, etc. are proof of that. However, for every Randy Moss, there are two or three Wilmont Perrys.

I'm just saying it's buyer beware with DRC... there is a tremendous boom that could come from this, but there is also the potential for an even bigger bust... and when one is picking in the top 10 of the draft and the type of money those picks get, the margin of error grows smaller.

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If you go back and read my post (with the included quote) again, you'll notice that I wasn't commenting on the level of competition he faced while at Tennessee St. I don't think anyone would argue that it was of an inferior calibre to that of LSU and the like.

Instead I was actually making a point about the talent evaluation process which took place between his High School and Collegiate careers and the rather apocryphal comparison between him and a cousin he hadn't met until this past year.

"it does give you [a] little insight on where people see his talent level compared to ACromartie"

Well actually, no it doesn't. Due to his situation in High School, he would have been beneath the radar of all of the 'big' Colleges.

My point was simply this; yes he attended a 'small' School. That's a knock. Everyone knows that. His numbers were good in College, but it was against poorer opponents. But, as far as I'm concerned (and obviously the guy I've quoted felt the same way, because he brought it up initially) if you are going to knock him for that, you might gain a little perspective by discovering why he went to that institution. I was simply putting forward my belief that it was not because his talent was believed to be inferior.