I could care less if he doesn't run a 4.4. Love the pick.
ok, lets put this to rest. he had ONE bad timing which everyone from mayock to landry himself says was an absolute, one off fluke.
he has been CONSISTENTLY clocked in the upper 4.4, 4.5 range. look at the films. he is not even close to a 4.7 speed player.
and like jerry rice who was a pedestrian 4.6 speed wr, landry looks and plays 4.3 on the field. this is a special player who is ANYTHING BUT SLOW!!!
i firmly believe he will put rasheed and or gibson out to pasture and has the game to be oroty!! the only question is, can tanny do his part. landry can and has gone deep many times and is "mark clayton like" FEARLESS over the middle. he, like clayton, welcomes the contact and loves going across the middle. he is great at using his body to shield off guys on slants and deep middle patterns but tanny is always hesitant about throwing to guys who are close in to his target. i think tanny will struggle some with that. this is a MONSTER YEAR for tanny!! has he fixed his deep ball? can he throw with more anticipation? will his pocket awareness improve and he stops holding the ball to long [a lot of last years sacks were do to this]. and above all, can he prove to hickey [who didnt draft him] that he is truly a franchise qb and the finz should re up his contract after this year and pay him the mega bux!!
big year for tanny. big year for us!!
loving this draft. not perfect, not all the guys i wanted but landry and turner were tops on my list to be in a fins uni. and the james pick is looking more and more calculated and the right choice for what we needed at rt in our zbs scheme. there were no ot's who were the zbs skilled james is. they stood pat because he was the perfect fit, he had the skills they wanted for the scheme and for rt.
that takes BALLS. i am sure they new this pick would not be popular and that most expected a trade. if he is a day one starter [as he should be] and is the answer to the rt position, hickey is going to be praised long and wide for standing on his conviction and doing his homework on the other tackles who were not the zbs players james is.
this is hickey WINNING!!