Limas Sweed

[samilpa4life]

Limas Sweed, the Texas receiver on the South squad, slightly reinjured his wrist and will no longer practice or play. Sweed originally hurt his wrist in October and surgery was required to repair the damage.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Limas Sweed, the Texas receiver on the South squad, slightly reinjured his wrist and will no longer practice or play. Sweed originally hurt his wrist in October and surgery was required to repair the damage.

Well, thats a big X

 

[Hailmary]

This won't prevent him from running the 40 at the combines which will ultimately determine where he goes in the draft.

 

[Doomsday101]

This won't prevent him from running the 40 at the combines which will ultimately determine where he goes in the draft.

Teams will look at more than 40 times. This injury could clearly drop Sweed in the draft

 

[InmanRoshi]

I've never got the appeal of this guy. He always looked like Billy McMullen to me.

 

[03EBZ06]

I've never got the appeal of this guy.

Yup, same here. I just don't see anything special about Sweed.

 

[Chief]

I've never got the appeal of this guy.

Me either.

But a big-name Longhorn always draws a lot of attention on a Cowboys message board.

 

[PosterChild]

Limas Sweed= Mike Williams

 

[Dallas]

I've never got the appeal of this guy. He always looked like Billy McMullen to me.

I agree. I am not a Sweed fan at all. I think some of our Horn fans should weigh in on the Sweed factor.

Horn fans? Where are you? Input???

 

[theogt]

He wasn't doing himself any favors there anyway.

 

[Doomsday101]

Me either.

But a big-name Longhorn always draws a lot of attention on a Cowboys message board.

I don't think Sweed will be a 1st rd pick but at 6'5" with good speed chances are he is a day 1 pick. The missed time due to injury will cost him but this is not just Texas fans who think Sweed may turn out to be a top WR many publications have him ranked fairly high.

 

[joseephuss]

This won't prevent him from running the 40 at the combines which will ultimately determine where he goes in the draft.

And he won't post a fast 40 time. It will be average.

Even he was fast I would take him early. He just has never impressed me and I have seen a vast majority of his games. He always got compared to Roy Williams because he were the same number on his jersey, but he was not in Roy's class as a receiver in my opinion.

 

[IronCowboy]

Hes garbage anyway. Hes slow, has awful route running skills and could get covered by linebackers in the NFL.

Its just because he's a longhorn. If he played for USC you wouldn't hear any Cowboys fans want him taken 22nd overall. But because he wears the fallopian tube shaped mammal head on his helmet he HAS to be a great player. WAKE UP PEOPLE, Texas hasn't been good since VY left. Well, the fact that Colt McCoy is the QB is a big part, that kid blows.

 

[Doomsday101]

Hes garbage anyway. Hes slow, has awful route running skills and could get covered by linebackers in the NFL.

Its just because he's a longhorn. If he played for USC you wouldn't hear any Cowboys fans want him taken 22nd overall. But because he wears the fallopian tube shaped mammal head on his helmet he HAS to be a great player. WAKE UP PEOPLE, Texas hasn't been good since VY left. Well, the fact that Colt McCoy is the QB is a big part, that kid blows.

It is not Texas fans who are ranking him as a day 1 pick. This is not to say these draft publications are all knowing but for the most part they are not far off as to where a player may fall in the draft. As for Sweed I don't think the guy is garbage and I don't think he is a 1st rd selection but he is a good WR

 

[Chocolate Lab]

I've never got the appeal of this guy. He always looked like Billy McMullen to me.

Same here. He looked really good his freshman year, then went straight downhill.

Most posters have a love for tall WRs whether they produce or not, for some reason.

 

[Doomsday101]

Same here. He looked really good his freshman year, then went straight downhill.

Most posters have a love for tall WRs whether they produce or not, for some reason.

Same reason QB's love having 6'5" targets they are easier to spot and a bigger target to hit. I do agree about the production part no matter what your size but yes I admit I like guys who can go up and get the ball.

 

[TX_Yid]

I'm a longhorn fan and I DONT think we should take Sweed early.

He's big and can outjump smaller players but I've never thought he was that good that he would command a first round pick.

 

[zeromaster]

Do we really want a WR named after phaseolus lunatus?

I kid...

 

[marchetta]

Limas Sweed WR Texas​

STRENGTHS
Limas is a tall WR in the same mold of Plaxico Burress (WR Garden State Giants). He is a very long-legged receiver who, on the short routes, can cover a lot of ground quickly. He is a match up nightmare for the small CB’s inside the red zone and is a big target on slant routes and fade routes in the end zone. Limas looks like he could be a good complimentary WR for a team with a speed receiver and a strong armed QB.

NEEDS TO IMPROVE
He just had wrist surgery, but I don’t suspect any problems from that. Of course it has to be checked out at the combine and before the draft. I’m sure that he is taking this time off to work on his speed for the combine, but he needs to improve his route running because he lacks quickness in and out of his breaks. Right now, he does a lot of pushing off and I’m not sure that will be a positive for the next level.

TALENT BOARD ROUND: 3 I M
Limas has never improved much from the first time I saw him play to the last time that I saw him play. To me this means that Limas either does not think he needs to improve or what you see is what you get. Limas doesn’t give you anything on special teams so if he doesn’t improve his route running for the next level, he will struggle making a team and being productive at the next level. He must get faster and improve his quickness in and out of his breaks. He also has to get tougher if he wants to be the type of WR that makes a lot of catches over the middle and in a crowd. Limas is in for a shock when he gets hit by one of these LB’s or Safeties at the next level. He really hasn’t been hit that hard at the college level so I’m not convinced he can stand up to the pounding that he will receive in the NFL! For a WR who looks to be a “move the chains” type of WR, he has to bulk up without losing speed or quickness or he will be on the IR list most of the time. Right now, Limas is a man playing with boys, but for the first time in his playing career at the next level, he will be a man playing against other men and I’m not convinced that he will be able to handle that. Everything at the college level is easy for Limas, but it won’t be that way at the next level. I will bet you that he is lowering his weight and working hard to attempt to improve his straight line speed in the forty for the combine. I have no doubt he will “wow” a lot of teams with his times. Personally for me, I see Limas as a kid that will show up for the first and last years of his contract and disappear for the in between years. When a kid with this much overall talent does not improve from one year to the next, is satisfied and doesn’t think he needs to improve until it’s time to graduate, it throws up a red flag to me.

- Drew Boylhart (thehuddlereport.com)

 

[Kangaroo]

Has anyone factored in the Greg Davis killing a player skills factor yet