Ja´Wuan James vs Alabama, South Carolina & Oregon

[WVDolphan]

Guess you didnt watch the Jets and Bills games at the end of last year - cant score points if you cant protect the quarterback!!!

I guess YOU didnt watch the Jests game to end the season. The QB was never touched and yet we scored 7 points.

 

[HoneyB]

The consistent problem I have with the idea of judging draft picks based on where they "were rated" a year prior is...who is doing the rating?

I've been talking about JaWuan James as a high pick since February 2013. That's like 3 months prior to the LAST draft. Do I give two farts that some other guys were obsessed with Tiny Richardson and kept overlooking James because he played at right tackle at that time? No I really don't.

So how in tarnation am I supposed to buy this idea that JaWuan James kind of came out of nowhere this year?

I saw something Slimm wrote about how James was a four star recruit that Bama continued to make a hard push for even after they'd secured D.J. Fluker who was one of the highest recruits in the land. How's that for having been on radar a long time?

He seems solid enough in pass protection from the 5 pieces of film I saw online, I wasn't able to find much. What do you think of his run blocking, do you think he'll be able to spring Lamar Miller? Shelley will likely be at guard next to him, how do you think that whole right side will respond during games? Do you think it will still be a struggle? Did you like him over Moses?