You watch DB's to see if they can live on an island or whether they're going to play zone. It's not hard to tell. You watch McKelvin as I did against OSU and you know he can play man. You watch Aqib Talib against Kansas State and you know he's more suited to play cover 2. You watch Talib some more and you wonder would he transition to safety? So how does he tackle? Hmmm. He's not Reggie Smith when it comes to tackling. So he might not be a safety. It's easy stuff.
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whatever happened to King you were so high on? I see mocks of him falling to the third round, I'm sure the combine will ressurect him a bit but not sure back up to the top 15 potential that you projected him. I think he will be a steal in the 2nd esp. if he falls somehow to the 3rd.
Carey was considred a T/G prospect. More of a G adn even to this day for some raeson they say that. I think hes a great RT he might be an amazing G but T is where he shoudl stay I believe.
He was alos considered quite a reach when we took him
Actually, I dont think that is the truth at all.
From the beginning of the draft Carey was projected anywhere from 12-32. We indeed picked him 19 and wouldve probably passed on him if Shawn Andrews hadve not been taken by the Iggles at 16, but to say he was considered quite a reach is not accurate at all
Carey was considered a late first round to early second round pick by most draft gurus. We took him early because there were no other worthy tackle prospects left on board. It all depends on perception, some people did not think Ginn was a reach but he was not projected to go that high. On the other hand Quinn was projected to go quite higher and fell to the twenties so where they are projected to go matters little.
With the NFL Draft two weeks away, Carey has found his way on to many teams’ wish lists. Miami (at #20), Dallas (at #22) and Carolina (at #31) all like him in the first round and love his size, speed and instinct. Baltimore (at #51) prays Carey slips to the middle of the second round, but knows that chance is slim to none.
At Miami’s on campus Pro Day on February 28th, Carey did 30 reps in the strength lift, ran the 40-yard dash at an average time of 5.33, had a long jump of 7-foot-5, had a 28 inch vertical, benched 225 lbs. 30 times, recorded a 5.0 in the short shuttle and 8.20 in the three-cone drill.
Take this for what it's worth
Vernon Carey - First Round Material
http://www.allcanes.com/articles/0404_Carey_FirstRound.html
U could find many quotes where he was rated lower also. All draft boards are differant.
Todd McShay referred to him as a "left tackle" on Sports Center just a minute ago too.
You watch DB's to see if they can live on an island or whether they're going to play zone. It's not hard to tell. You watch McKelvin as I did against OSU and you know he can play man. You watch Aqib Talib against Kansas State and you know he's more suited to play cover 2. You watch Talib some more and you wonder would he transition to safety? So how does he tackle? Hmmm. He's not Reggie Smith when it comes to tackling. So he might not be a safety. It's easy stuff.
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whatever happened to King you were so high on? I see mocks of him falling to the third round, I'm sure the combine will ressurect him a bit but not sure back up to the top 15 potential that you projected him. I think he will be a steal in the 2nd esp. if he falls somehow to the 3rd.
Yep, earlier in the season I thought he'd grade out as the number one, but he had a difficult time against James Hardy and his game didn't match up at the elite level that I expected after that. He certainly didn't play to his 2006 form where most thought he would be the top ranked candidate. But there were a number of factors. His sophomore year, they played a lot of bump and run at CB and he did very well and he backed that up earlier in the year. But die to a combination of poor play at safety and Justin suffering a nasty shoulder injury, Penn State shifted to zone coverage, which lessened his impact.
Anyone who watched him as a sophomore year shutting down Ginn and Meacham and Shaun Herbert would know what I was talking about. Shift on a year and see how the system forced him to play against Brian Robiskie; against Ginn in 2006 he tracked him all around the field and held him to 2 catches. In 2007 he played in a deep zone.
But then you know that didn't you scoop.
He was alos considered quite a reach when we took him
He really wasn't at all.