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re: Russell Sheppard

Posted on 8/19/13 at 9:30 am to
Posted by Clark W Griswold
THE USA
Member since Sep 2012
10882 posts
Posted on 8/19/13 at 9:30 am to
You misspelled his name. How dare you! You clearly aren't a true fan. How the hell do you expect anyone to know who you're talking about??
Posted by tigerpimpbot
Chairman of the Pool Board
Member since Nov 2011
68813 posts
Posted on 8/19/13 at 9:40 am to
But they were reporting just last week Shep was dominating at WR. Maybe they can slide him over to DE so he can get a rush off the edge using his speed.
Posted by pellietigersaint
Tiger Stadium
Member since Aug 2005
19043 posts
Posted on 8/19/13 at 10:02 am to
damn, so of you pussies love taking shots at RS. And dont come back to say, "its just facts". Half of these posts are sarcastic and/or meant to be distasteful. Dude was a class act for LSU. Will he make it in the NFL?.....hope so. If he doesn't, then those are just the breaks/percentages. Life goes on after football jackasses.

Some of you dont even have a life of your own and live through these players. Congrats on your pathetic lives

Go Shep and
This post was edited on 8/19/13 at 10:03 am
Posted by msbargas
Ponte vedra beach FL
Member since Sep 2009
727 posts
Posted on 8/19/13 at 10:04 am to
He's a great open field runner, period. He has yet to prove himself as a receiver.

Is he durable enough to carry the ball repeatedly as a tailback?
Posted by atltiger6487
Member since May 2011
19816 posts
Posted on 8/19/13 at 10:45 am to
quote:

He's a great open field runner, period.


No.

He has very good straight-line speed (like many other college players) but limited juke-ability. And he goes down at first contact.

Combine that with poor hands and poor route-running, and he just isn't going to make it.

I watched the first pre-season game and they targeted him 6 times, but he was never open. You can say it was good coverage, or you can say it was poor route-running and an inability to get open. He wasn't targeted at all in the second pre-season game, and the Eagles are throwing the ball heavily. I think Chip Kelly has figured out that Shep isn't an NFL receiver.
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