NFL Week 7

[MadBurgerMaker]

Some dude on the Texans board I eyeball went and found some stuff from Arian Foster's pro day:

http://blogs.knoxnews.com/edwards/2009/03/arain_foster_has_rough_pro_day.html

Foster posted times of 4.73 and 4.69 seconds in the 40-yard dash. Foster's best time in the 40 is about 0.14 seconds slower than the benchmark scouts look for in running backs.

His other numbers weren't great, either.

In the short shuttle, which measures flexibility, burst and balance, Foster ran a 4.53. That's about 0.3 seconds slower than the ideal. Foster's 32-inch vertical jump was about 4 inches short of the ideal, too. A 9-7 broad jump wasn't off the charts, either.

The one good test for Foster was the three-cone drill, which tries to measure agility and change of direction. His time of 7.09 seconds was well ahead of the curve.

Heh.  Slow.

Also, Manning had surgery today. 

[derspiess]

Some dude on the Texans board I eyeball went and found some stuff from Arian Foster's pro day:

http://blogs.knoxnews.com/edwards/2009/03/arain_foster_has_rough_pro_day.html

Foster posted times of 4.73 and 4.69 seconds in the 40-yard dash. Foster's best time in the 40 is about 0.14 seconds slower than the benchmark scouts look for in running backs.

His other numbers weren't great, either.

In the short shuttle, which measures flexibility, burst and balance, Foster ran a 4.53. That's about 0.3 seconds slower than the ideal. Foster's 32-inch vertical jump was about 4 inches short of the ideal, too. A 9-7 broad jump wasn't off the charts, either.

The one good test for Foster was the three-cone drill, which tries to measure agility and change of direction. His time of 7.09 seconds was well ahead of the curve.

Heh.  Slow.

As bad as that sounds, it can't be any uglier than Andre Smith's 40 during Alabama pro day back in 2009...
http://blackandteal.com/2009/03/12/andre-smith-40-yard-dash-pro-day-video/

[Alcibiades]

Oh God it's worse than I thought, all I hear on TV is TEBOW TEBOW TEBOW. 

Yeah, I'm avoiding the NFL Network for the week.  And you know they'll NFL Replay the game, even though it was total shit.

It's kind of fitting that Tebow's in Denver, 'cause he's a lot like Elway was--a QB who's really not all that good, but people think is great because he can lead a 4th-quarter comeback.  Having said that, of course Elway was much better than Tebow, at least in part because he could actually complete long downfield passes.

Still, I think that the Broncos should have just gone with Tebow as the starter at the beginning of the season.  Yes, he's not good enough to start right now, but Denver wasn't going to win this year no matter who started at quarterback, and they need to find out if Tebow ever will be good enough to start.  With as much work to do as he has, the only way he's going to improve enough to be good enough is to get the reps that come with being the starter.  Watching from the sidelines and holding the clipboard isn't going to get him there.  (Standing on the sidelines and learning from a veteran can work when the main things you need to learn are the playbook, the reads, and the like--the mental side of the game.  Tebow's biggest shortfallings right now are in mechanics and timing, which are only going to get fixed--if they are fixable--by physical reps.)

His QBR was 18.7 and he had something like -3 yards until the last 5 minutes of the fourth quarter.  I saw a handful of his throws on espn today and they were terrible.  At least Jim Rome wasn't afraid to rip into his fans today.  It's not that I don't like Tebow, I just can't stand his fans, like Skip Bayless.   

[Grey Fox]

Oh God it's worse than I thought, all I hear on TV is TEBOW TEBOW TEBOW. 

Yeah, I'm avoiding the NFL Network for the week.  And you know they'll NFL Replay the game, even though it was total shit.

It's kind of fitting that Tebow's in Denver, 'cause he's a lot like Elway was--a QB who's really not all that good, but people think is great because he can lead a 4th-quarter comeback.  Having said that, of course Elway was much better than Tebow, at least in part because he could actually complete long downfield passes.

Still, I think that the Broncos should have just gone with Tebow as the starter at the beginning of the season.  Yes, he's not good enough to start right now, but Denver wasn't going to win this year no matter who started at quarterback, and they need to find out if Tebow ever will be good enough to start.  With as much work to do as he has, the only way he's going to improve enough to be good enough is to get the reps that come with being the starter.  Watching from the sidelines and holding the clipboard isn't going to get him there.  (Standing on the sidelines and learning from a veteran can work when the main things you need to learn are the playbook, the reads, and the like--the mental side of the game.  Tebow's biggest shortfallings right now are in mechanics and timing, which are only going to get fixed--if they are fixable--by physical reps.)

His QBR was 18.7 and he had something like -3 yards until the last 5 minutes of the fourth quarter.  I saw a handful of his throws on espn today and they were terrible.  At least Jim Rome wasn't afraid to rip into his fans today.  It's not that I don't like Tebow, I just can't stand his fans, like Skip Bayless.   

Why do you doubt the awesomeness of our Lord & savior Tebow?

[Alcibiades]

 

[MadBurgerMaker]

Wow.

[MadBurgerMaker]

[Neil]

Between the uselessness of the offences and the constant flag-o-rama, this game is turning unwatchable.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Jesus.  Gabbert just tried to hand it off to MJD's facemask.  This is fucking hilarious.

[Neil]

And now the horseshit calls are going to begin.

[jimmy olsen]

Wow!

[jimmy olsen]

Jesus, the refs should eject the Jags receivers for being fucking terrible!

[jimmy olsen]

This game is fucking terrible. The Ravens should be ashamed.

[jimmy olsen]

This game was so bad it killed Ed Reed.

EDIT: And he got better.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Oh shit.  Changed back from the world series in time to see a helluva catch.