Tiny Richardson turning heads with Vikings

[carolina-chuck]

Oh Wow!!! It took Albert Einstein to figure that out with Tiny and Hurst.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

op should just email the panthers a link to his post history and sign it "nuff said" at the bottom

 

gettledouche would be on the first flight out of charlotte

[ctrcat]

no this is the "we're going 0-16 if we don't draft da'rick rogers" guy who made a thread (after the saints beatdown on SNF so it was very well-received) beating his chest about a 107 yd 2 td game last season. worth noting that those would be his only touchdowns and half of his total yardage for the entire season.

0-16 if no Da'Rick? Not I. Although I will, for the first time btw, refer to this Colts writer who says Da'Rick literally "saved their season"- http://www.stampedeblue.com/2014/1/27/5350100/did-colts-wr-darick-rogers-prove-his-worth-in-2013

Also right that I didn't make a Hurst tread fwiw.

[CPcavedweller]

http://firstroundgrade.com/2014/06/06/after-being-passed-over-in-the-nfl-draft-antonio-tiny-richardson-turning-heads-with-vikings/

Fuggityfugfugfug. Former Vol just like Da'Rick Rogers too.

This deserved an entire thread? Because he went to Tennessee?

[ctrcat]

This deserved an entire thread? Because he went to Tennessee?

No. Because as recently as this very offseason he was a potential first round pick who held his own against Clowney. I was steadfastly against using a high pick on him, but as an UDFA when Ja'waun James was a #19 overall? I'm pro Panthers and GMan but the Vikings got a risk free steal. Yes, it hurts and yes, it's still the offseason.

[Mr. Scot]

Couple of things...

 

1) As has been stated numerous times, how good or bad anyone looks in OTAs doesn't mean much.  We've had our fair share of offseason stars who disappeared once they put the pads on.  Likewise we've seen guys no one talked about who stepped up their game when the live bullets started flying. 

 

So although OTA performances are interesting discussion topics, it's wise not to put too much stock in them when it comes to most players (even less when it comes to linemen on either side of the ball.

 

2) It's not a 'bad thing' when other teams get good players.  It's a normal thing.

 

No single team is ever going to get all the good players, all the draft steals, all the great undrafteds, etc.(be a pretty lousy league if it did work that way).  Every year other teams improve.  No point whining about it as long as your team also improves.  As far as the undrafteds go, we'll get some guys we target and others we won't, but either way come August more of them will be going home than will be staying.

 

Bottom Line: Other teams are going to get good players, but so will we.  It would only be bad if they got good players and we got none.  And although skewed fan perspectives think that happens all the time, it really doesn't.

[ctrcat]

^ True, but football is a game of inches where I want every one we can get. Coaches make millions to exploit weaknesses. Even Stevie Wonder could see our need last year at WR and need this year at OT. To read that Rogers saved Luck(y)'s season makes my skin crawl. To read Tiny's turning heads after we don't even draft an OT should make anyone miffed. Also true about not getting everyone, but our need/desirability should trump Minnesota. Still love GMan.

[Cj72]

Not another "he single handedly held clowney down" guy. If all these udfa guys were able to do it then how in the heck did clowney manage to get picked first?

[davos]

It's crazy how many thought (including me) he'd be a 2-4th rounder and then goes undrafted.  Same with Dion Bailey at safety.  

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

^ True, but football is a game of inches where I want every one we can get. Coaches make millions to exploit weaknesses. Even Stevie Wonder could see our need last year at WR and need this year at OT. To read that Rogers saved Luck(y)'s season makes my skin crawl. To read Tiny's turning heads after we don't even draft an OT should make anyone miffed. Also true about not getting everyone, but our need/desirability should trump Minnesota. Still love GMan.

 

you have a vested interest in this as a tennessee homer.  

 

we saw the exact same talk out of tar heels fans over hurst.  the difference is there are enough wal mart UNC fans on this board to have something of an echo chamber going on in those threads.

 

i mean using this approach shouldn't we stop worrying about wide receiver because philly brown was "turning heads" in OTAs?  maybe there's an ohio state fan that could drop by and tell us about the "low risk/high reward stud" we nabbed with that pick signing since he looks great in shorts?

[TNPanther]

Guys guys guys ......

The Panthers never offered him anything. The dude lived on my floor and I spoke to many people who were familiar with his situation. He went undrafted because teams were concerned with his weight. Kind of surprised me but that's just what I've heard.

While Tiny has held his own against Clowney, he went all Julius Peppers in that he'd struggle the next game against some unknown freshman scrub. While I think he's a great player, there's a reason he went undrafted.

As for DaRick, that guy is dumber than rocks and could only properly run 3 routes. Other football players I would talk to would always comment on how he was incredibly lazy and unwilling to work. You don't want that attitude on your team.

[Jangler]

is the sky fuging falling or not?

[Mother Grabber]

if two UDFA (hurst and Richardson) held their own against Clowney, kinda makes me more worried about him than impressed with them.

next draft, I suggest we just draft the top 200 players. that way, we should be covered.

[ctrcat]

you have a vested interest in this as a tennessee homer.

we saw the exact same talk out of tar heels fans over hurst. the difference is there are enough wal mart UNC fans on this board to have something of an echo chamber going on in those threads.

i mean using this approach shouldn't we stop worrying about wide receiver because philly brown was "turning heads" in OTAs? maybe there's an ohio state fan that could drop by and tell us about the "low risk/high reward stud" we nabbed with that pick signing since he looks great in shorts?

Come on. No player, not one, from any school, went from a potential first round pick to undrafted except Antonio Richardson. No team (that I know of) has a tackle situation as dire as ours either. And for the record I was A-OK bringing Hurst in too, just never posted on it.