My Newest Mock

[masomenos]

First, how to you quote individual text segments like that? lol

Y'know, I don't really care how a receiver gives me a 40 yard gain, if he does it often enough he'll stretch defenses...

I agree that it doesn't really matter how you gain those 40 yards, but in a debate about whether or not he has the speed to stretch defenses it does matter.

Actually, the hurdles are the one track event that most demand the skills that an NFL WR needs... you need pure straight line speed, and you need to be quick out of the blocks (which is true for ALL of the shorter, "sprint" events), and you need to be able to jump pretty well...

No. Getting out of the blocks is completely different than starting from a two point stance. Sweed's speed in the 110m hurdles is evident of his straight line speed over an entire football field, and you almost never see players running the full distance. He could just have phenomenal times from 60m to 110m after he's gained speed over distance. We'd have to see his splits to get any real information. What matters is his straight line speed over 10 yards, a pretty common distance for the end of a routes stem. And hurdle jumping is much different than jumping up for a football (although that is something Sweed is good at).


And like I said, with his track background, I expect that he'll be pretty quick out of the blocks... he spent a lot of time in a younger day practicing exactly that...

Out of the blocks and out of a two point stance are different.

Except Williams was lazy, and never really in shape... the comparison to Keyshawn was apt because Sweed plays a very similar, very physical game... with Key, it was said that even when he's covered, he's open... that's pretty much true for Sweed as well, and is one of the reasons I like the guy so much...

He's really not all that physical for his size, certainly not like Keyshawn in respects to downfield blocking. That's not to say he's not somewhat physical but I certainly don't see him in the Michael Irvin type mold you were alluding to earlier.


Again, the Horns had a wide array of talented offensive players, and that had an impact on Sweed's numbers... they had Selvin Young, now with the Broncos, they had Jamaal Charles, who will playing for some NFL team... they had Bo Scaife at TE, now the second leading receiver for the Titans... for a time, they had Vince Young tucking the ball and running all over the field, rather than throwing it... with all that talent and more demanding their touches, well, there's only one football to go around...

You mean like how the Cowboys offense had a lot of talented players but still found ways for their guys to produce? Or USC the year that Texas beat them? Or how Edgerrin James, Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald all had a big season together? If Sweed were the #3 WR then yes, it would have hurt his production, but talented players still produce among other talented players when their the #1 or #2 option.

All that said, I wouldn't mind him being a Cowboy if we were able to pick him in the second round, but there are just other WRs with more complete skill sets that we would be able to target in the first. For a player with Sweeds concerns I would be wary to spend a first round pick on him, which is why I said that I considered him a higher risk pick. However, he certainly does have potential with his great hands. Will he ever be a #1? No I don't think so, at this point I don't see it, I think he would struggle against teams top CBs. As a #2 or #3 guy though, going against less skilled palyers I do think that he could make a difference for a team. Depending on what team he goes to I would expect him to have a rookie year similar to Sidney Rice, maybe somewhere around 400-500 yards and a handful of TDs.