Do We Overrate Newman?

[AdamJT13]

I think one point that is being missed is that he was a top 6 pick, yet Rashean Mathis of Jacksonville has better numbers and he was a second rounder. He has to cover Marvin Harrison, Reggie Wayne and Andre Johnson every year and the alternate corner is just a guy. Plus Jacksonville has already redone his rookie deal they're so impressed with the guy. I was so impressed with his scouting report, I wanted him in the 2nd round to pair with Kevin Williams in the first round in 2003. In my view, we whiiffed big time in our 2003 draft. Williams would have made Ekuban better and he might still be on the team. It's not that I think Newman is bad, I just don't see him as special, he's not the next Deion Sanders as Jerry described him. I think Mathis is closer.

RaShean Mathis? Please.

According to K.C. Joyner, in 2004, Newman's "bad" year, Newman ranked eighth in the NFL in both completion percentage allowed (46.6 percent) and yards allowed per attempt (5.8 ypa). Mathis ranked 49th in completion percentage allowed (58.4) and 47th in yards allowed per attempt (7.5 ypa).

Last year, Mathis got burned for a bunch of long touchdowns, including an 83-yard TD by Kevin Curtis, a 31-yard TD by Corey Bradford and a 65-yard TD by Marvin Harrison. He also allowed at least three other touchdowns, too (14 yards to Chad Johnson, 1 yard to Eric Edwards and 5 yards to Larry Fitzgerald), and possibly more.

Also, the Couch scout web site ...

You do know what Couch Scout is, don't you? Using that site as a source doesn't help your argument one bit.

 

[Hostile]

The QC hatred on this board is so out of control, that you don't really notice my other posts. You think of me as the QC guy, which makes you ignore the other posts I make on our roster. I've talked about Mathis over Newman for over a year, I've talked about Kevin Williams for over a year, I've talked about Omar Jacobs, Richard Marshall, Jonathan Orr, Shawne Merriman, Chris Brown of the Titans over Witten, who I like, but thought we needed a decent back over a 4th tight end. I've talked about Parcells infatuation with tight ends and linebackers and how the tight end is a complimentary receiving option, not a go to position.. How on earth you can get race out of my wanting the best athletes at every position boggles the mind. I didn't want Leftwich, I don't want Brooks or Vick as my qb, but I did want Jason Campbell or Omar Jacobs. I want the best athletes at every position, period. I loved Staubach, I hated Danny White. I loved Steve Young's and Elways athleticism, but didn't like Marino the statue. I love Farve's athleticism, but hate Bledsoe the statue. The one common denominator in a qb I like is athleticism, not race. You can learn to read defenses or throw accurately, but you can't learn to run.

That's the problem with having an aenda there krankcase, people just don't take you seriously. I tried to warn you about that a long time ago.