Upon checking out a PD forum, where I found some surprisingly smart fans blabbering (along with some of the more common kind), I followed one of their tips and did some more studying on one of the undrafted free agents...
But first...This ironmike dude makes a great example of how not to think. (and I mean that literally). He was bitching and moaning about how "as usual" Savage was asleep at the switch and not hustling post-draft. He "let" this guy and that guy go, etc.
(&^$#%&!! I didn't know people in the County home could use computers. 31 teams compete for these guys, and their agents guide them to where they've got the best shot. Mike is whining because some of the other 31 teams got some of them. What a...
Anyway the sleeper is Tyrone Moss from Miami.
Go ahead, let me have it. Come on! ...ok I'll do it for you: "He's had an ACL surgery already! He was demoted and used as a back-up in -06! He's only 5'9"! The draft guide I paid over six bucks for says he can't run outside the tackles!"
CORRECTION: As a junior he was kicking butt and dominating through eight games, til he got his torn ACL. Then, he came back--too soon. He was not recovered from the injury; not what he was before it. That's why he backed up. They still used him sometimes, especially in short yardage situations. Despite all his lost time, he finished 7th in school history for both TD's and yards (I think.)
It takes a good eighteen months, and sometimes longer, to fully recover from an ACL injury. The Tyrone Moss everybody was judging was not himself. By training camp, he will be fully recovered!
Being 5'9" is an ADVANTAGE for a running back. Especially one who weighs over 230 lbs.
Prior to his injury, many felt that he was the best running back ever to come to MIAMI. And THAT is the player that Phil Savage just nabbed!
HA! All you suckers were hallucinating about an urgent need at running back--well we just got a whole lot better there, and have Lewis's successor. Speaking of which, this guy is damn near a Jamal Lewis CLONE! He can step right in an immediately fill in while Jamal sucks some oxygen, and if Jamal aint so great anymore, he can take OVER!
"Let's not leap to any conclusions"
HA! Too late! I'm already over here in the danger zone, giving you the one-finger salute from the other side of the chasm. You guys all want to wait and see: You want to hear somebody besides me make a similar prediction, and then another--then and only then will you decide to say to somebody "Hey they got a sleeper!" as if you thought of it yourself.
Do you stop your car on the middle of railroad tracks to see if there's a train coming?
Well, I got GUTS, see? Here it is and I'm saying it: Tyrone Moss is a STUD, Jack, and he'll kick butt! Laugh at me now but believe me later.
And the guy they cut? Well, it will NOT be Jerome Harrison.
What do YOU predict: "If everything goes right and nothing goes wrong, it might not rain tomorrow"?
Yeah, I'll be right again, and you just won't remember I said anything. Only after he runs over a bunch of people in preseason, you'll start talking about him, and it'll be as if you never read this...
Which you didn't anyway, right? You all just deleted my damn invite and if you even checked out the blog, didn't bother saving it to favorites! You'll read Shaw, Gross, Cabbott, etc. with interest, but me? Oh, heaven forfend! Where are my credentials? I'm just a du...
Ah crap the hell with it.
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