Maggot Brain
Trade Bait
From what I've been able to tell from reading posts on this forum over the past year or so, it seems opinions on our 2001 first round pick vary quite a bit, but, in general, lean towards the negative. Personally, my jury is still out on him and this year will go a long way in determining his verdict. First of all there's no denying he was a great college CB (I believe I read somewhere he was actually rated as the 93rd greatest college football of all time although that sounds incrediblly lofty to me). It's not his fault his skills don't translate well to the press coverage the phins employ the majority of the time. I thought that would have been something researched more thoroughly by the scouting department before he was selected with the 22nd overall pick or whatever he was. His bread and butter at Wisconsin was playing off in zone coverage and baiting QBs into throwing picks which he, in turn, took to the house with obscene regularity. Sorry Charlie (um...Jamar), that's not the way we do things down here. Check me if I'm wrong, but it seems like an awfully tall order to ask someone to totally overhaul the way they play the game and expect similar results. Granted he didn't endear himself to fans with his smack talk followed up with an injury-spurred on field flop of a rookie season. However, I think he made substantial progress last season when he learned to play within the system. In fact during the middle of the season and all the way up to the last two games (of which we will not speak) I will go so far as to say he played well when not left in one on one on perrenial all pro receivers. Even in those last two games (OK I'll speak of them a little bit) he was blamed for alot more than I personally think was his fault (i.e. lack of safety help over the top). With his 10-15 additional pounds of muscle mass, another year in the system, the signing of T-Buck and subsequent rumors of his demotion it will be extremely interesting to see how Jamar produces this year. Your thoughts if you please...