NaboCane said:
Interesting that you have Edwards as the top overall player; seems you're not buying into the "Michigan Receiver Theory." I don't buy it either; there's nothing inherent in the Michigan program that should affect any individual in the way a lot of folks are saying. I believe that each person rises to the level of his talent, intelligence and commitment.
Interesting Q+A on that very topic:
"Q: Why do draft prospects get compared to players who played the same position from the same school (i.e. ... Cedric Benson, Braylon Edwards, Aaron Rodgers), when there is clearly no connection?
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A: For the same reasons NFL teams look for scheme fits when scouting collegiate talent. The same phenomenon occurs at the college level. Every college seeks a certain type of player in recruiting. For example, Florida State recruits very quick, undersized, penetrating defensive tackles. Travis Johnson has a very similar body type to Darnell Dockett. They fit a certain mold. The same could be said about Cedric Benson and Ricky Williams, or Braylon Edwards and David Terrell. Physically, they have nearly identical traits in many ways  size, speed, running style, even personality.
In any field or profession, you will notice similar results if similar instruction is given. For example, a writer who emulates the writing style of nationally acclaimed author and Detroit Free Press columnist Mitch Albom will often write very concisely and pack prose with poignant stories. One of my former coaches used to say, “We think about and become what we think about all the time.†Whether it be studying a certain philosophy or being taught by a particular professor, students are a product of their environment. That is why Aaron Rodgers is being clumped with the many Jeff Tedford-coached quarterbacks who have come before him.
Harvard, Stanford and Northwestern have reputations for producing some of the brightest minds in the country because of their rigorous academic standards. When employers hire a graduate of those universities, they usually know what they are getting. Likewise, teams can feel comfortable knowing they are getting a mechanically sound quarterback if he has been coached by Tedford, arguably the finest developer of quarterbacks in the world, alongside Jon Gruden and former Niners legend Bill Walsh. Teams realize that once quarterbacks have left Tedford’s tutelage (e.g., Akili Smith, Joey Harrington, Kyle Boller), they have tended to struggle. That doesn't necessarily mean that Tedford’s quarterbacks are set up to fail. Other factors sometimes come into play once they enter the NFL.
The problem is that Tedford is so good, provides so much critical feedback and gets so much out of his quarterbacks that some of them do seem to regress once they depart from the rich learning environment he provides. There are many, many factors involved to hinder the development of a quarterback, but NFL teams do seem to have struggled matching Tedford’s level of expertise. As a result, what is happening is that salaries for assistant coaches and true teachers of the game are exploding, with some assistant coaches (such as Miami OL coach Hudson Houck) now commanding better salaries than some head coaches."
