SportingNews.com on DRC (3 Viewers)

[Percussionboi]

what about Aqib Talib???? I hear you guys sleeping on him....I'll rather him over all those corners. The kid is the truth

 

[FalconsHater]

I agree...

I know a lot of people of SR.com are high on DRC, but quite frankly, I don't see what the fuss is all about. He sounds like an okay pick for the second or third rounds, but it seems like the Saints want to draft like the future is now, and this is not the type of player to draft at #10 if that's your mentality. I'd much rather have the more polished Leodis McKelvin.

I've heard that statement about him being a better "athlete" than "football player." Just being fast doesn't make you a #10 pick. Looks like Sporting News doesn't think he's worth a 1st day pick.

I would love for Dorsey or Ellis to be sitting there at #10. Oh well, that may be a prayer.

 

[Rugger]

Keep in mind that these "expert" magazines and websites have to try to find something good or bad. If you read the weaknesses of AC, everything said is based off of him missing time due to injury. That is all they had to go by, so they fluffed the paragraph by trying to point everything that could be wrong with him as a result of the injury. They go down a list and try to make things fit the player based on a little bit of information. Take their analysis with a large grain of salt. It is their job to create -/+ for every player.

 

[81Saint]

40? I thought his contract was for 16

i was slighty over. but you get the point is 1 mil for 10 years worth his services?

 

[Saint James]

This guy comes from good stock. Antonio Cromartie anyone?

Who cares who his cousin is? It's just not a compelling argument from the pro side for me.

I have plenty of plump little cousins around....some who are navy seals, some who are nurses, some who are lawyers, one who's a drug addict...one's Jake Delhomme, and he's the only pro football player.

I'm not drafting Charles Grant's mom, or Willie Roaf's daughter. (I might draft Howie Long's son though)

Cousin, Shmousin. It just doen't matter that much.

Now, he's a good athlete...but I don't care about his family tree.

 

[Rich Jr]

Does anyone else think drafting a guy based on who his cousin is, is a little ridiculous?

 

[Saint Droopy]

Does anyone else think drafting a guy based on who his cousin is, is a little ridiculous?

I didn't know that was his cousin til he said so in the interview... but to answer your question... yes very rediculous... I guess the Cromartie fam must pump out CBs like the Colquitts pump out punters...

 

[longtime lurker]

Does anyone else think drafting a guy based on who his cousin is, is a little ridiculous?

Not when the cousin happens to be Antonio Cromartie.

Deion Sanders, who was maybe the best DB ever, said that DRC was the real deal and even compared him to himself on the NFL Network. I'll take the words of a future hall of famer over some website.

 

[Le_Moyne]

I think DRC could be a good pick for a team who already has good starting corners, kinda like the Chargers with Antonio. But for us, unlike Payton thinks Usama Young is a starter, I think it is way too risky. I wouldn't mind making a gamble at a position where we know we have someone that is good enough to start next season.

 

[cruize]

DRC - Talib - Jenkins - Cason - Lee - McKelvin.

 

[sycamoresaint]

deion is personally training the kid, so he will help him eleiminate the flaws in his technique. there are all cons to every cb in the draft, but to me he has already shown that he can correct most of the cons that are reported about him. ie, he hasn't played against competition and that he doesn't hit. he proved both of those wrong at the senior bowl. yes, it is one game, but he had one of the best performances, and if you go back and look at the top performers from each senior bowl they are playmakers in the pros. close to 90% of the time.

 

[Le_Moyne]

But can we afford to have another first pick that won't see the field for at least a year?

 

[St. Pike]

For me,

COMBINES
Combines are an interesting nuissance of analysis. I prefer playing speed over putting a man in track shoes and timing him.

SENIOR BOWL
I have the fortune & misfortune have NOT watching the Senior Bowl. THere are two ways of looking at this: 1) He knew he needed a big game and played with maximum effort. This could mean he will go back to slacking it in the NFL like he did all season in college. 2) He was slacking and realize he needed to play with greater intensity, and therefore came out with maximum effort and concentration. In the NFL, he will know he will have to play that way if he wants to stay in the league.

I personally believe it will come down to the FO one on one communication with him. If he is a character guy and his honest about his ethics & commitments, then the Saints may draft him at #10.

As I said before,... The draft is a crap shoot,... but my new phrase is,... the draft is like a box of chocolat, you never know what you gonna get!

This will remain true until we discover the exact "thing" that will indicate which players have the "thing" to suceed in the NFL.


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[Rich Jr]

Not when the cousin happens to be Antonio Cromartie.

Deion Sanders, who was maybe the best DB ever, said that DRC was the real deal and even compared him to himself on the NFL Network. I'll take the words of a future hall of famer over some website.

Darrell Green said David Jones was the real deal. Green who is a 2008 HOF inductee.

If that's the case then Jordan's kid should be a lottery pick because he has a great gene pool. Yes the same kid that couldn't even earn a scholarship.

I'm not trying to downplay his ability. If he's the real deal then he is, just don't say he is because Sanders says so and he's the cousin of a current NFL CB.

 

[LSSpam]

just don't say he is because Sanders says so and he's the cousin of a current NFL CB.

Right, but Sportingnews.com says he's "Is a better athlete than football player" and, well

That does it for me.