Maybe I'm crazy.....(Caleb Roddy)

He will be a good football player. Pump the breaks though. I'm sure you go to or live in denham so you want the best for him, however tame your expectations of him. Let's just see how he does in college before we claim he will be a top 5 pick.

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But if I'm predicting potential draft picks...
Caleb Roddy looks like a top 5 pick in my opinion

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I was with you until this...

Most 5 stars don't end up going top 5 or even top 10.

No, I have went to every home game this year, as my old ladies brother plays for denham. I think he will be a good player. I'm just saying I think he will need some time. I didn't find his tech to be advanced enough to come in and dominate at the college level. Hey I'm not a scout. I still say tame your expectations of any incoming player until we say how they adapt to college players.

Lets not pretend you can't see supurior talent in high school players game footage.

Reggie Bush.
Leonard Fournette,
Patrick Peterson
Clowney (pre-injury)

Just to name a few off of the top of my head.

But then again, all of these guys were rated as 5 star prospects. So this goes into my point of people being swayed by recruiting rankings (often contrived by people who have zero to negative athletic ability).

The sky's the limit with his frame and athleticism. Its his attitude, maturity, and work ethic that need to catch up. If he buys into what the college coaches are wanting him to do he could be great.

I also think he's a young senior. Has plenty of time to improve where he needs to. Its all up to him.

You do realize that Roddy's senior tape is like 8 minutes long.

A play last about 5 to 6 seconds.

If I can put together over 10 minutes of highlights on one player.
It tells me one thing...
This player has made a hell of a lot of plays..

A player with a 1 minute highlight tape, clearly hasn't had as much of an impact as a player with a 10 minute tape full of impactful plays. I can feel your counter argument if I was only looking at about 50-60 seconds worth of footage.

And to think that all 700 plays allow for a player to display his talent is flawed logic at best.

How many of these 700 plays was my number called if i'm an offensive player.
How many of these 700 plays were away from my side of the field if I'm on defense.

Rule one to judging talent on a football field,
You dont have to find play makers. You can't miss them..
Why??
They are always making plays :-).


I never thought that a player having highlights as being a negative..

For example...
I looked at Jarvis Landry's HS footage a few years ago and told everyone who would listen that the dude had the best hands I had ever seen. And I'll still argue that Jarvis is way more consistent then Odell. Both make the spectacular catch, but it is once every blue moon that Landry doesn't catch a ball that is anywhere near him.

On the flip side, if I was saying David Tyree had the best hands in NFL history because of that one catch in the Super Bowl, without seeing him make at least 10 other plays of the same fashion, it would be a better time to make that claim of someone being fooled by highlights.

Glad he's part of this class! He needs to behave a better though. Good friend of mine is a parent really involved in the Denham program and says he needs to grow up fast.

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Hey I'm not a scout.

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We know, you're a G.

I totally agree that Roddy has great potential from what we can see online. I also watched him in the Marine All American game. I was surprised to see he was lined up by coaches at defensive tackle. Dispite this he was able to be one of the outstanding D linemen in the game. Not only my opinion but, the anouncers acknowledged him.

A great prospect for us I hope.

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I'm crazy

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Enough said