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Which player are you most intrigued/excited about?


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I want to see if Kuechly continues to impress. Dan Morgan set the bar for performance, but unfortunately we know how that story went. Kuechly doesn't have his athleticism, but he has the rest.

Luke is easily just as or more athletic than Morgan was. Morgan may havd seemed faster in an era where the emphasis was on 275 pound run blocking TEs and running backs like Bettis and Stephen Davis. Now every team has a TE with Antonio Gates type athleticism.

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He told Person (? CO beat writer anyway) that his PB was 75 yards.

 

 

For the record, there are tons of kickers in the NFL that can nail kicks from 60+ yards in practice. It's almost impossible in games, however, because the kick trajectory required is so low that you literally run the risk of hitting your own linemen in the back of the head, which obviously makes the kick extremely easy to block.

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This is the year that that the league will have to recognize him as a legit threat. He will tag team up with Smitty and they will help each other bust loose. Its on, db's better watch themselves against our receivers. Someone's gonna be leaving with some hurt feelings.

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Barner and B. Williams on offense. Barner is a legitimate Sproles type player and Williams is a Vernon Davis type athlete at the TE position.

 

Mitchell and Godfrey on defense. This is a legitimate NFL safety duo. Good safeties can mask a lot of CB deficiencies. Godfrey is finally allowed to be a ball hawk. Mitchell tormented one of the biggest, most athletic QBs in the NFL last year when we played them. Anxious to see what he can do to Wilson, Kaepernick, Brady, Brees, Ryan, Freeman, E.J., etc.

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