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Posted on 8/14/14 at 12:34 pm to supatigah
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BAMA is a sum of great parts in a great system not necessarily nfl type individual talent
Cant we say the same about LSU?
LSU has had their fair share of busts, if not more than Alabama. For whatever reasons.
Seems like its the nature of the beast for successful college programs.
Posted on 8/14/14 at 12:37 pm to Lester Earl
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Seems like its the nature of the beast for successful college programs.
I wonder if any colleges have a higher percentage of busts than just the whole first round?
This guy has the number at about 33% of first rounders will "bust" (LINK ).
I don't think you'd find any colleges abnormally higher than all other first rounders. It's just when a college is doing well, they have a lot of first rounds, meaning they will have more busts than other teams.
Some more numbers from 2012: LINK
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Of the 319 first-round picks taken in the last 10 years (the Patriots forfeited their 2008 selection as a penalty for "Spygate"):
— 98 made at least one Pro Bowl (31 percent)
— 55 made multiple Pro Bowls (17 percent)
This post was edited on 8/14/14 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 8/14/14 at 12:48 pm to bamafan425
Im struggling to think of a team with more monumenta top 5l busts than Jamarcus russell, glen dorsey, and Tyson Jacskon
Posted on 8/14/14 at 12:52 pm to Lester Earl
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Im struggling to think of a team with more monumenta top 5l busts than Jamarcus russell, glen dorsey, and Tyson Jacskon
I bet you there is another team close out there. Just sticks out to you as a fan of the team.
Back on the original topic of Cyrus -- he was a 2nd round pick, for him to struggle in camp is no real shocker.
Posted on 8/14/14 at 12:52 pm to Lester Earl
Laron Landry & Mo Claiborne
Posted on 8/14/14 at 12:55 pm to bamafan425
I feel like when programs who have a great run over a period of time, they inherently will have more "busts" due to people grading them higher than where they should be based solely on where they played college football. The narrative, for me at least, shifts towards Bama right now because of the vitriol for Bama because of their winning.
Posted on 8/14/14 at 1:01 pm to lsuhunt555
Landry is in the middle, but going to reserve judgement on Claiborne. The same way im not ready to label Trent Richardson a bust yet. But both are certainly trending that way
Posted on 8/14/14 at 1:08 pm to Lester Earl
If you are ready to label Dorsey a bust, then Landry is definitely a bust.
Posted on 8/14/14 at 1:09 pm to lsuhunt555
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I feel like when programs who have a great run over a period of time, they inherently will have more "busts" due to people grading them higher than where they should be based solely on where they played college football. The narrative, for me at least, shifts towards Bama right now because of the vitriol for Bama because of their winning.
I agree with that assessment.
Posted on 8/14/14 at 1:10 pm to lsuhunt555
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will have more "busts" due to people grading them higher than where they should be based solely on where they played college football.
Craig Davis going in the first is an example of this.
Posted on 8/14/14 at 1:17 pm to bamafan425
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Saban has gotten them ready for the NFL by putting them in a position to be drafted, and often drafted high.
yeah, no doubt.
but at what cost? It kinda seems like Kouandijo may or may not have recovered all the way after his injury.
why was he back in the lineup if it was obvious something was wrong? I guess that's what I have some doubts about.
guys play through pain all the time because they don't want to lose their starting job and they don't want to jeopardize their draft status.
Risks involved all around so sometimes its damned if you do, damned if you don't.
If he is struggling and it happens not to be anything health related well then the Bills may have made a bad pick.
This post was edited on 8/14/14 at 1:19 pm
Posted on 8/14/14 at 1:22 pm to lsuhunt555
Landry has been way more productive than Dorsey.
Plus he was drafted outside of the top 5
Plus he was drafted outside of the top 5
This post was edited on 8/14/14 at 1:22 pm
Posted on 8/14/14 at 1:23 pm to LooseCannon22282
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If he is struggling and it happens not to be anything health related well then the Bills may have made a bad pick.
He hasn't even played a snap in the NFL.
Posted on 8/14/14 at 1:24 pm to Lester Earl
Hell Dorsey was criminally overrated in his college days, I knew he'd bust.
Posted on 8/14/14 at 1:27 pm to Mizzou to my Lou
His SR year lived up to All American standards imo
Posted on 8/14/14 at 1:32 pm to bamafan425
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He hasn't even played a snap in the NFL.
he hasn't played in either preseason game yet? I thought maybe that he had.
Posted on 8/14/14 at 1:34 pm to Lester Earl
Laron Landry should never be labeled a bust. He was plenty successful enough to avoid that label.
Posted on 8/14/14 at 1:40 pm to bamafan425
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Eddie Lacy had 355 career rushing attempts at Alabama.
A lot of running backs in college get that many carries in a year.
It's the horse steroids that get you.
Posted on 8/14/14 at 1:42 pm to L.A.
Looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane
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