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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 487386"><p>- Harris: You couldn't help but like what he showed...even in the receiving/blocking aspects of his game, given the guy had little NFL experience. If nothing else, it was interesting to see a guy picked off the street illustrate how running behind this zone blocking scheme might work. However, I'm hesitant to say he's a 20 carry guy until seeing more evidence. The fact he can make us say "Alex who?" is a big check mark in the plus column.</p><p> </p><p>- House: He's shown talent. Unfortunately, it's been 2 years of serial injuries, so you have to worry about</p><p>Starks-itis...brittleness. If he can avoid injury, he'll be a good player for us...and might even take Williams job. I still wonder if Williams going from tough to soft might have to do with the 2011 shoulder nerve damage being more than a temporary thing. I'd like to think it's psychological, and he'll get over the tentativeness, but the proof will be in the putting.</p><p> </p><p>- Neal: He showed flashes and stayed mostly healthy. I can't get wildly enthusiastic about him, but I'm optimistic he has some upside.</p><p> </p><p>- Hayward: He's already a good player...our nickel corner for years to come. I'm not sure if he has much more upside because he played at pretty high level. He's better in zone than man, so we could see some improvement there.</p><p> </p><p>- Cobb: He's already a budding star, but I think he can sharpen up his route running, thereby being more reliable to go along with being very dangerous.</p><p> </p><p>- Worthy: When I hear ACL, I discount finding out much more about his upside until 2014.</p><p> </p><p>- Perry: I've seen nothing yet to dissuade me from my initial assessment that he's a 4-3 DE. If he'd shown any ability to cover, I'd go so far to suggest he should move inside with Bishop. He's fast and strong and doesn't seem to mind hitting people, but we need somebody in the middle who can cover. So, if Bishop does not recover, you'd have to think seriously about Perry as our inside physical presence, though whether he has the football intelligence and want-to for inside play I'd have to leave to greater minds. Still and all, staying at OLB we'll probably see improvement, but I would not expect star power.</p><p> </p><p>- Green: While I've always maintained he's inherently a 3rd. down back, I've been impressed with his ability in space, with big play potential in the open field. In the second year after ACL, we should get an idea of where he's heading. I think he's the best bet to get better productivity in the passing game out of the TB position.</p><p> </p><p>- Coleman: He was mentioned by HyponGray earlier. We usually don't think much about 7th. round, 3rd. string QBs on the practice squad, but I think there is a point to made here. The backup QB position usually is viewed like the Maytag repairman...until he has to play. We've got a tough schedule next season, and making the playoffs could hinge on how a Rodgers replacement does in one game. I'm not keen on Harrell's arm strength or field presence. I liked what I saw of Coleman in the East-West Shrine game...he has NFL physical tools. Again, whether he has the head for it I have no way of judging. Still, I think he should have every opportunity to take over the #2 spot, and hope he shows the stuff to earn it.</p><p> </p><p>- EDS: I think he gave us more than we could have reasonably expected; just seeing the center get to the second level and whack somebody was a refreshing relief. He should get better with more playing time.</p><p> </p><p>- Bishop / Bulaga: Having these guys back, providing they're 100%, give us more net-net upside than what we'll get from improvements in the young guys not mentioned above, with the possible exception of the Sherrod wildcard.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 487386"] - Harris: You couldn't help but like what he showed...even in the receiving/blocking aspects of his game, given the guy had little NFL experience. If nothing else, it was interesting to see a guy picked off the street illustrate how running behind this zone blocking scheme might work. However, I'm hesitant to say he's a 20 carry guy until seeing more evidence. The fact he can make us say "Alex who?" is a big check mark in the plus column. - House: He's shown talent. Unfortunately, it's been 2 years of serial injuries, so you have to worry about Starks-itis...brittleness. If he can avoid injury, he'll be a good player for us...and might even take Williams job. I still wonder if Williams going from tough to soft might have to do with the 2011 shoulder nerve damage being more than a temporary thing. I'd like to think it's psychological, and he'll get over the tentativeness, but the proof will be in the putting. - Neal: He showed flashes and stayed mostly healthy. I can't get wildly enthusiastic about him, but I'm optimistic he has some upside. - Hayward: He's already a good player...our nickel corner for years to come. I'm not sure if he has much more upside because he played at pretty high level. He's better in zone than man, so we could see some improvement there. - Cobb: He's already a budding star, but I think he can sharpen up his route running, thereby being more reliable to go along with being very dangerous. - Worthy: When I hear ACL, I discount finding out much more about his upside until 2014. - Perry: I've seen nothing yet to dissuade me from my initial assessment that he's a 4-3 DE. If he'd shown any ability to cover, I'd go so far to suggest he should move inside with Bishop. He's fast and strong and doesn't seem to mind hitting people, but we need somebody in the middle who can cover. So, if Bishop does not recover, you'd have to think seriously about Perry as our inside physical presence, though whether he has the football intelligence and want-to for inside play I'd have to leave to greater minds. Still and all, staying at OLB we'll probably see improvement, but I would not expect star power. - Green: While I've always maintained he's inherently a 3rd. down back, I've been impressed with his ability in space, with big play potential in the open field. In the second year after ACL, we should get an idea of where he's heading. I think he's the best bet to get better productivity in the passing game out of the TB position. - Coleman: He was mentioned by HyponGray earlier. We usually don't think much about 7th. round, 3rd. string QBs on the practice squad, but I think there is a point to made here. The backup QB position usually is viewed like the Maytag repairman...until he has to play. We've got a tough schedule next season, and making the playoffs could hinge on how a Rodgers replacement does in one game. I'm not keen on Harrell's arm strength or field presence. I liked what I saw of Coleman in the East-West Shrine game...he has NFL physical tools. Again, whether he has the head for it I have no way of judging. Still, I think he should have every opportunity to take over the #2 spot, and hope he shows the stuff to earn it. - EDS: I think he gave us more than we could have reasonably expected; just seeing the center get to the second level and whack somebody was a refreshing relief. He should get better with more playing time. - Bishop / Bulaga: Having these guys back, providing they're 100%, give us more net-net upside than what we'll get from improvements in the young guys not mentioned above, with the possible exception of the Sherrod wildcard. [/QUOTE]
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