SportingNews.com on DRC (1 Viewer)

[saintsplaya]

Aaron Brooks is Michael Vicks cousin but athletically they arent quite the same.

 

[mark1]

Aaron Brooks is Michael Vicks cousin but athletically they arent quite the same.

thats true

so i guess DRC sucks. maybe we should draft balmer instead. i dont think he has any cousins

 

[Rich Jr]

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

Exactly.

 

[basilisk]

none of us know who's on the saints board... hell it could be the OT baker from USC for all we know... my pref would be, in order, BPA, DT, LB, S, OL, CB

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

Exactly.

you might have missed his point... i think he's questioning your logic (and rightly so, if you follow the posts)

 

[Kegger]

As I've stated before, I think DRC will have similar success to Boss Bailey

 

[Mcshane]

lol, I didn't make those stats up. They were taken from:

http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/dominique-rodgers-cromartie?id=306.

-He benched 225 16 times, which is decent for a 6'2 182-lber. Adding bulk shouldn't be a problem. He also looked very fluid turning his hips at the combine and ran an official 4.33 40.

I believe you

 

[StAndrew26]

I guess the point I was trying to make is not so much that I don't think Rogers-Cromartie will be a great corner, but that it will take time, and I think the Saints, with prudent selections have the talent to contend now.

 

[SuperQuincy]

To all of you wanting to draft him for his cousin's ability. I have 2 words for you.... Marcus Vick.

 

[Rich Jr]

none of us know who's on the saints board... hell it could be the OT baker from USC for all we know... my pref would be, in order, BPA, DT, LB, S, OL, CB


you might have missed his point... i think he's questioning your logic (and rightly so, if you follow the posts)

No I knew what he was doing. Throughout the Hasslet era we drafted and signed athletes, not football players. I don't want an athlete, I want a football player even if he is less athletic.

 

[Conrad]

DRC scares me as well he is a great athlete but playing CB in the NFL is about more then a fast 40 time and a good senior bowl.

He should have dominated at his college level.

 

[duckjr78]

This has been my opinion all along. McKelvin would be able to be part of the return game with Reggie and would be way more able to start his rookie year. DRC would need at least a year, maybe more, maybe never. If you aren't highly recruited to college, for whatever reason, that's fine, but if you can't destroy the Ohio Valley Conference your senior year, how are you gonna do against NFL recievers? If MM is healthy at the start of camp, I want to see this.
DT (Dorsey, Ellis, Balmer) or OT (Clady) in the first. Linebackers should be solid barring injury, but we need more, go with a WLB in the second (Adibi). TE should be addressed in the third and then you have 4 picks to take a chance with. I just am really fearful of taking a "flyer" such as DRC in the 1st. The next Deion? Please, Deion set a picks record at FSU when they were playing top college teams every saturday. DRC doesn't compare. We almost all agree the combine doesn't mean vey much, so basically we a selling him based on one all-star game. Do we really want to be the team that puts that much stock in an all-star game? I just hope the Pats make the pick before us and we get to see an end to their amazing draft streak

 

[bobad]

I believe DRC is the real deal. Outstanding measurables aside, he is one of those smooth athletes that don't come along very often. If he has the mental makeup to be a CB, the sky is the limit for him. The Sr. Bowl showed me what he can do, and I have no reason to believe he couldn't make those same plays 1000 more times.

Having said that, I think a front 7 defensive player is a bigger need for the Saints. I want Gholston, Ellis, or Lofton(rd 2), but may shed a tear if an NFC South team gets DRC.

 

[longtime lurker]

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.

Whoa Rich!

I'm not saying it's the only reason. I'm saying it's one of many. DRC dominated at the Senior Bowl. He tackled well, he was step for step on coverage, he demonstrated excellent catch up speed, & his vertical leap was amazing.

Deion Sanders has mentioned twice that DRC is legit. He did this at the Senior Bowl and the Combine. No that isn't a guarantee that DRC will be a great CB or even good, but his recommendation goes far in my book.

And don't forget about Tom Shaw's endorsement either:

"I never make blanket statements, but this guy is going to be as good or better than Deion Sanders," Shaw said. "This kid can fly. As soon as he learns the game . . . I've never seen anyone break on the ball like that kid. He's going to be the steal of the draft, like Devin Hester two years ago."
http://www.nola.com/lsu/t-p/football/index.ssf?/base/sports-2/1203920581101540.xml&coll=1&thispage=2

Shaw has trained a lot of first round picks at his camp down in Orlando.

Hey I understand the uncertainty. He does have his questions. He didn't play in a major Conference and he looks thin.

But I'd still take him at 10 if Dorsey, Gholston, or Ellis are all gone.

 

[Kin Korn Karn]

Not that this means anything but Shaw and neon Deion are very good friends.

 

[SodiumBenzoate]

I share some of the same concerns about DRC, but I do think he's a solid first-round pick - not where the Saints are drafting, but anywhere from about 20 back makes sense. He's one of those high-risk, high-reward players.

For what it's worth, some players who dramatically raise their stock at the Senior Bowl do have good NFL careers.