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Anybody remember him?

A lot of people were really high on him, and standing at 6'4, and being a fourth round draft pick out of (Edit) Georgia i believe, i can understand why.

But i haven't read his name on these boards once this offseason. Granted, its extremly easy to forget about hime being that we signed Kelly cambell, and we have Marcus Vick soaking up all the 'will he make the team' threads, and we also drafted aromashadu as a steal in the 7th, so he'd have to beat out some pretty well known guiys.

So tell me, what are his chances to make this team?
 
Saban4prez said:
Anybody remember him?

A lot of people were really high on him, and standing at 6'4, and being a fourth round draft pick out of missouri i believe, i can understand why.

But i haven't read his name on these boards once this offseason. Granted, its extremly easy to forget about hime being that we signed Kelly cambell, and we have Marcus Vick soaking up all the 'will he make the team' threads, and we also drafted aromashadu as a steal in the 7th, so he'd have to beat out some pretty well known guiys.

So tell me, what are his chances to make this team?
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6"5 and was a 5th not 4th and was from Georgia not Missouri and I give him better chances than Vick for the least...
 
my apologies, he's from georgia, but he's listed at 6'4 on the dolphins website, so my apologies there.
 
Who knows... I think Vick will be sent to NFL Europe for a year to polish up but then again who knows

This guy ran a 4.5 and thats pritty decent speed for a 6,5 guy
 
No he was a 4th rounder picked by the Steelers. I was looking at TSN's post-draft issue from that year earlier. Let's see, it says he was drafted #131 in the 4th. Under his name it reads "Could replace Plaxico Burress as the big-play receiver." And TSN had him at 6'4" 196. The Steeler reporter, Gerry Dulac, also wrote, "He needs to get stronger, but he has the size, athleticism and the ability to create separation."

I would love to hear how he's doing also. He'd be a great redzone threat if he can emerge from a glut of WRs with alot of potential and/or measurables. I would love to see him catch a fade in the endzone in Heinz Field against the team that waived him come Sept. 7th!
 
From what I have heard is he has hands of stone. Can't catch a darn thing so far in training camp. If that's the case he won't last very long.
 
Im a big Bulldogs fan and remember Gibson quite well when he was there. He almost came out after his junior year in which he had an awesome year. If he came out then he probably would at least had been a second rounder. Then in his Senior year, I dunno what happened. Seemed to have some concentration problems or something and dropped a lot of balls. Heart didn't seem to be in it or something. His partner on the other side Reggie Brown played out of his mind that year and the Eagles selected Reggie in the first round(which I think was a reach...Reggie will always be just a solid #2 WR in my opinion). But yea, before their final seasons with UGA, Gibson was the more feared and highly touted(rightfully so) WR on the team. Gibson was always good on the deep balls though! Fast, and gets good position when someones blanketing him deep. Just a real choppy route runner. thats my input.
 
hdjetta6316 said:
Cowher cut him saying.."He just doesn't get it"
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But he was one of the two people who laid down a gameplan for Denver in week one. And we all know how that went.:D
 
we signed gibson to have a 6'4" practice squad wr to help prepare for games against teams with a tall wr like that. he lacks great speed and hasn't shown the ability to do the things (precise route running, reading coverages, adjusting routes, finding the holes in zones, getting off the line vs press coverage and making a tough catch in traffice and holding onto the ball) that he would have to do as a posession wr in the nfl. that's not to say down the road things can't change, but unfortunately about all fred has going for him at this point is his height, and this isn't madden where 6'4" automatically means you are a stud wr.
 
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