marchetta;1878763 said:
I've never been a particularly big fan of Boylhart and the Huddle Report, I'll give you some idea why in the course of critiquing this "analysis"...
STRENGTHS
Limas is a tall WR in the same mold of Plaxico Burress (WR Garden State Giants).
Others have made this comparison, I think it's a fair one...
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.
I've said before that Sweed reminds me some of Michael Irvin, when I say that I'm talking about his abilities on the slant that Boylhart refers to here... and to the "pushing off" that he sneers about later on...
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.
So, Sweed "covers a lot of ground quickly on the short routes", but he "lacks quickness in and out of his breaks"... exactly how is that possible?? This is only the first of several times that Blowhard contradicts himself in this "analysis"...
Right now, he does a lot of pushing off and I’m not sure that will be a positive for the next level.
Yeah, it sure killed Irvin's career...
And this is the lowest that I've seen ANYBODY rate Sweed... I'll bet ya a nickel right now that Sweed goes in the top 50 picks... if he runs well enough at the combine, he'll be a first rounder...
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.
One second, Drew says "he looks like he could be a good complementary WR", the next he says "he will struggle making a team"... well, gee, Drew, you project him to be a third rounder, do you often project people who will struggle to make a team that high?? Or do you often talk out of both sides of your mouth that way??
This is the second time Blowhard contradicts himself...
He must get faster and improve his quickness in and out of his breaks.
Well, I've already addressed the speed and quickness issue, but talking about his successes in high school running the 110 meter hurdles... the hurdles are an event that demands both speed and quickness...
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.
That, friends, is just IGNORANT... I mean, it's entirely laughable... playing in the Big XII, he's been hit as hard as any WR who plays in the NCAA has been...
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.
ROTFLMAO... he goes 220, maybe 225, at 6-4... if he bulks up any more, he'll be a freakin' tight end!!!
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.
So, he's a "man playing with boys", and a "match up nightmare for the small CB’s", but Drew thinks he won't be able to handle the hitting in the NFL?? Again, that's talking out of both sides of his mouth...
This is the third time that Blowhard contradicts himself...
Everything at the college level is easy for Limas, but it won’t be that way at the next level.
Hmmm, isn't that true for EVERY good player coming out of college ball?? And if "everything at the college level is easy" for him, wouldn't that suggest that he'd be a fair to middling bet to be able to adjust to 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.
So, Limas "must get faster", but he'll "wow a lot of teams with his times"...
This is the fourth instance of Blowhard contradicting himself... it's enough to make you wonder if the boy's schizophrenic...
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.
If I was face to face with Blowhard, I don't know whether I'd laugh in his face for saying that, or spit in it... he's suggesting some kind of character issues, some kind of work ethic problems, when I have NEVER heard any such criticisms from ANYBODY else... there is absolutely NOTHING to justify this criticism, and it rather pisses me off... it suggests to me that Drew is just another mindless Horns hater, who grades their players on a ridiculously biased scale...
I'd be interested to see his critiques of the other Horns draft picks the last coupla years, I'll bet we could detect a pattern of this sort of garbage...
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.
Except Sweed improved steadily until his senior year, and that year was washed out by a wrist injury he suffered early in the season, and tried to play through for a few games... his catches per game, yards per catch, total yards and TDs increased in each of his first 3 seasons:
2004................ 11 23 263 0 37 2.1 11.4 23.9
2005................ 13 36 545 5 45 2.8 15.1 41.9
2006................ 13 46 801 12 60 3.5 17.4 61.6
2007................ 6 19 306 3 52 3.2 16.1 51.0
That's 2.1 catches per game as a freshman, for 11.4 yards per catch and 0 TDs as a freshamn, 23.9 yards per game... 2.8 catches per game, 15.1 yards per catch and 5 TDs, 41.9 yards per game as a sophomore... 3.5 catches per game, 17.4 yards per catch and 12 TDs, 61.6 yards per game as a junior...
That sure looks like steady improvement to me... if Blowhard doesn't see improvement in those numbers, it's because he doesn't WANT to see them... and to suggest that Sweed is "satisfied with not improving" is an OUTRAGEOUS bit of amateur psychoanalysis, that Boylhart couldn't possibly defend with anything factual if challenged to do so...
Basically, this MORON disses Sweed, but offers nothing but nebulous reasons, supported only by his OPINION and nothing FACTUAL, for his criticisms... the only thing that comes close to a legitimate criticism, the only criticism in here that I've seen from other draft gurus (besides the speed issue, which I reject for reasons already fully explained), is that he needs to improve his route running... but so do about 95 per cent of WRs coming out of the NCAA into the NFL...
This "analysis" was little more than a hatchet job... like I said, I'm particularly annoyed by the vague attacks on Sweed's character, attacks which are utterly without justification...
When I get a little more time at work tonight, I'll post some other analyses that tell a bit different story from this contemptible hatchet job...
