http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/2009/04/nfp-specialty-rankings-3-4-defense/ Surprise, surprise my guy Lee Robinson gets some love in here. "Small-school prospects Walters, Robinson and Belcher have experience rushing the passer and showcase the athleticism to stand-up in the 3-4 OLB role. Robinson offers the most intriguing skill set to me, as he plays with a strong base, good flexibility and natural leverage off the edge. He exhibits a good first step and has the upper body strength to disengage from blockers on the outside. Robinson is being viewed as a mid/late round pick in most draft circles, but I think he has a lot of added value to a 3-4 defense as an outside or even an inside linebacker." Like I've been saying he would be a great mid-late round pick up for us, as he could be a very good player at either ILB or OLB in a couple seasons. He can cover well too.
Chris Baker has all-pro talent. If he hadn't been such a douchebag to get himself thrown out of Penn State, he would've been an All American. He'd be a kickass pick at NT.
I don't start a new thread about my favorite prospect(s) every time they are mentioned in an article. By the way, Bear Pascoe played I-A football and was named first team All-WAC two seasons in a row -- I have ties to the school and he's one of the better players on the team -- what's wrong with calling him a late round blocking tight end prospect? and who the hell is Wes Bunting? Sounds like a fan...posting his opinion. If Mike Mayock made this list, it would be credible, but you're getting it off of a sports blog that posts bogus rumors at least twice a day. I bet you spooged when someone finally agreed with you on something...
I don't know who Bunting is, but the National Football post has done 3-4 defense rankings all year and this is the most recent one, updated about 2 weeks ago. Pascoe has no potential in the NFL - if anything he will be a blocking TE that plays a few downs a game, and a decent one at best.
NO ONE cares about NFP and it's garbage, fan created rankings... The National Football Post is a fan site, much like this one...who gives a damn if they made 3-4 rankings all year? Wes Bunting has ZERO credibility. It's an opinion based site and you tried to make it seem like it actually mattered...this didn't need it's own thread. Oh, are you upset with me John Madden Jr? You're just lying to yourself if you actually think Bear Pascoe has no potential ...and isn't a backup, blocking tight end exactly what the Jets need? ...maybe we should draft Lee Robinson and start him at every single position, because after reading all 500 threads you've created about him, he must be the best player to ever play this game.
Pascoe has no true NFL potential, he isn't even one of the best blocking TEs in the draft. He is not on the same level blocking as Pettigrew or Quinn, and I'd rather get Hill over Pascoe as well. You think you're funny with your jokes, but you're only funny when you're trying to be serious. This thread isn't for Robinson, it's for the rankings as a whole since someone took the time to scout out players for the defense we run. Never said Robinson was the best player to ever play this game, but he would be a great pick up for us since he would provide very good depth at 4 spots on the defense (both ILB and OLB spots) and a future starter. One pick for 4 players essentially, or one pick for a decent at best TE. No brainer.
hahahha it's funny that Electric had to make up something to put in his thread about me, while I directly quoted him from a message he sent me. It's true, if you want to see if I can send it to you. "I KNOW EVERYTHING!!!!" LOL
Fresno State has a had a top 25 rushing offense in 2007 and 2008 - UNC didn't. I'm pretty sure Fresno had about 700-800 more rushing yards than the Tar Heels as well. Quinn has 12 career receptions, while Pascoe has 112 - who's more of a receiving threat? Brandon Pettigrew is a great blocking tight end and he was huge for OK State's rushing attack - I'm not trying to take anything away from him... Bear Pascoe is one of the top blockers at the tight end position...by far. I like Robert Quinn too, but like I said earlier, he's not much a receiving threat. He's never had more than 8 receptions in a season...which scares me a little.
I'm really surprised at you for saying that about UNC. Their coach believes that they had 3 NFL caliber WRs on their team and he dialed them up almost exclusively in the passing game which was their entire offense. That is the same thing as saying the Atlanta Falcons' tight ends from last year are much better at blocking than the Cardinals' tight ends because the Falcons had a ton more rushing yards. Doesn't really make sense, does it. Just because you weren't thrown to doesn't mean you are a receiving threat, although I do agree that Quinn is one-dimensional. Pascoe will be one-dimensional as well in the pros, but not as good a blocker as Quinn who is considered the best pure blocking TE in the draft.
Wrong. That team only threw for just about 2,500 -- that's pretty poor for a "pass heavy" team...they were a balanced offense in 2008. Richard Quinn didn't get many receptions in his career because he can't stay healthy and he has piss poor hands. He's not worth throwing to -- that's why UNC ran a lot of 3-wide sets... Hakeem Nicks and Brooks Foster were it for half of the season after Tate went down... Nicks had 68 receptions and Foster had 30 - the next highest was 16 (Tate and Draughn) Butch Davis wanted to run the football so badly that he converted one of his best play makers - Greg Little - to running back. Shaun Draughn almost had 200 carries, while Houston and Little each had close to 80. They just couldn't run the football effectively...
As you so eloquently like to say: Wrong. Greg Little was converted to running back because, as previously mentioned, the team had 3 NFL caliber WRs. Like every coach Davis wanted to put his best players on the field so he tried Little at RB late in the season since he would not get playing time at WR. He is being moved back to WR now that Nicks, Tate, and Foster are all gone. Stop making things up to try and form an argument.
Stop saying they had three NFL caliber wideouts - Hakeem Nicks is the only player that put up big numbers. Brooks Foster is a basketball guard playing wide receiver. His athleticism and potential is the only reason he's being considered for the NFL. Foster is very far from being a NFL receiver...maybe in three or four seasons. Brandon Tate went down early in the season...and Greg Little still stayed a running back. Don't you think David would've converted him back after the Tate knee injury? UNC's backfield is just as crowded as their receiving corps is - Shaun Draughn and Ryan Houston are very capable backs, with futures in the NFL. Greg Little is their most versatile player. He played running back in high school and Davis moved him there at the end of 2007, he had a lot of success...something like 250 yards rushing in the last two games. Butch Davis converted him to running back so he could get the ball to him in as many ways as possible, much like Percy Harvin at Florida. There have been no reports on Greg Little playing receiver in 2009 -- give me a link and that will prove it. Dwight Jones, a former five star recruit, will be UNC's #1 receiver, and true freshman Josh Adams will likely start opposite him. Both players are very tall and they are both having excellent springs for the Tarheels. Another true, Jheranie Boyd is also in the mix to start for the Heels. Greg Little will stay at running back - splitting carries with Shaun Draughn and Ryan Houston.
Butch Davis, the coach of the UNC football team, said that the team has 3 NFL caliber WRs. Whether you agree with him or not does not matter. He felt that he had NFL WRs on his team and wanted to use them as his weapons, not Richard Quinn. Quinn was a WR in high school and has the potential to be a decent receiving threat off the line in the NFL. That's really all there is to it. A poster in some forum is not going to convince me against what the coach of the actual team said.
