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Ricky Proehl's son


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9 hours ago, Jackie Lee said:

Jake and Steve are involved, if you count his time as a position coach probably more. Staff and scouts are your thing so I'll defer to you on that. It's a small world especially when it comes to 32 football teams in a country of hundreds of millions of people

Jake and Steve wouldn't be in any position to influence personnel decisions. The front office is mostly turned over except for maybe Jeff Morrow who probably isn't that influential anymore.

Deac is right about Morgan, but I still wouldn't see this as nepotism (KSpan is right there).

Regardless, it's just a tryout opportunity to make it to the camp roster. I wouldn't bet on him making it to the final roster.

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Here's what I'll say about Austin Proehl - he has a lot of his father in his game.  But he's just not talented enough.  Would Ricky have been as successful in the 2023 NFL versus the game 20 years ago?   Even then, he was a WR4-5.  Someone who could play, but not a game changer.

Best of luck to him!  It's a nice story, but I'm not placing any wagers on him.  Then again, he could surprise everyone.

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9 hours ago, d-dave said:

Here's what I'll say about Austin Proehl - he has a lot of his father in his game.  But he's just not talented enough.  Would Ricky have been as successful in the 2023 NFL versus the game 20 years ago?   Even then, he was a WR4-5.  Someone who could play, but not a game changer.

Best of luck to him!  It's a nice story, but I'm not placing any wagers on him.  Then again, he could surprise everyone.

It certainly would be a surprise, a big surprise. if Austin Proehl made the team in any form or fashion.

If a player is 27 years old and still trying to make an NFL team for the first time, the odds against success would have to be almost overwhelming.

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9 hours ago, d-dave said:

Here's what I'll say about Austin Proehl - he has a lot of his father in his game.  But he's just not talented enough.  Would Ricky have been as successful in the 2023 NFL versus the game 20 years ago?   Even then, he was a WR4-5.  Someone who could play, but not a game changer.

Best of luck to him!  It's a nice story, but I'm not placing any wagers on him.  Then again, he could surprise everyone.

You should go into politics. 

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I never understood the Brenton Bersin hate.  I know he was nothing special, but he was just a kid trying to make it.  He caught everything thrown his way.  I like pulling for guys like that.  Much better than pulling for someone that never lived up to his potential talent.  

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15 hours ago, Doyle said:

I never understood the Brenton Bersin hate.  I know he was nothing special, but he was just a kid trying to make it.  He caught everything thrown his way.  I like pulling for guys like that.  Much better than pulling for someone that never lived up to his potential talent.  

I understand why. If you remember correctly when he played, most of the time when his name was mentioned on here it was usually followed with his skin color. Its a reality some will not admit to but not the full reason either. Some of the other reasons I think included somehow his family's ties to Jerry and how the theory was that he was given the roster spot because somehow the Bersin family must have had some sort of dirt on ole Jerry like they knew his favorite website to whack his doodle to or something incriminating. He also had a couple flubs returning punts and people never forgot that. All three of those together got him lots of hate and smart comments. He did catch most of everything thrown his way but he was definitely replaceable and eventually was even if Brenton's grandpappy knew how many times Jerry shuffled his old dusty chicken to Two Girls And a Cup and threatened to tell the world.

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On 5/8/2023 at 3:08 PM, Mr. Scot said:

Jake and Steve wouldn't be in any position to influence personnel decisions. The front office is mostly turned over except for maybe Jeff Morrow who probably isn't that influential anymore.

Deac is right about Morgan, but I still wouldn't see this as nepotism (KSpan is right there).

Regardless, it's just a tryout opportunity to make it to the camp roster. I wouldn't bet on him making it to the final roster.

 

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