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yea ..I know..profootballtalk is wrong at times (yea.. I know about the colvin rumor)...but I personally believe that suggs will not fall to us (I thought that before I read the article below)- and that if we want him we need to trade up to the texans spot. Pass rushers are at a huge premium - suggs will redo his workout according to his agent..and his game tape is too impressive.. The following just confirms my thinking that suggs does not last until #6. I was thinking that houston, chicago and dallas would all take him if he was there.. I am waffling on dallas..tuna needs a surer thing in my opinion.. I think the other teams would gamble on suggs..the following is probably fiction..but he still goes below #6..

POSTED 9:40 p.m. EST, March 27, 2003

BEARS SANDBAGGING ON SUGGS?

A league source tells us that the Bears secretly are thrilled with the disappointing workout of defensive end Terrell Suggs on Wednesday at Arizona State's Pro Day.

Why? Despite the public statements of *.M. Jerry Angelo in the wake of Suggs' slow-footed display (which included a 40-yard dash on plastic as slow as 4.9 seconds), the word is that the Bears still intend to take Suggs with the fourth overall pick in the draft.

According to the source, the feeling high within the Bears' front office is that the workout couldn't have gone better, since it most likely has scared away the Houston Texans, who pick in front of the Bears at No. 3, and it likewise has dissuaded a team like the Vikings from leap-frogging Chicago for the rights to Suggs.

A separate league source tells us that the teams with no interest in Suggs will continue to sing his praises, in the hopes that the Bears (or someone else) will pluck Suggs out of the pool, thereby allowing another quality player to fall down the board.

JIMOH JUMPS TO NEW HEIGHTS

We've gotten word that Utah State cornerback Adebola Jimoh rang up a 46.5-inch vertical leap at Thursday's Pro Day workout.

That's no typo -- Jimoh jumped 46-point-freakin'-5 inches.

We're hearing that Jimoh's number is among the highest (if not the highest) ever recorded in a collegiate workout.

The 6'1" Jimoh ran the 40 in 4.42 seconds, and he finished the shuttle in 4.13.

Amazingly, some publications don't even mention Jimoh among the top recruits at the cornerback position. Given his ups, he ultimately could leap into day one of the draft
 

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Originally posted by pinnacle


Utah State cornerback Adebola Jimoh rang up a 46.5-inch vertical leap at Thursday's Pro Day workout.

That's no typo -- Jimoh jumped 46-point-freakin'-5 inches.


Holy Freaking ****! That is one helluva jump! All I can say is WOW!
 

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Never before has so much been said in so much depth about something so uncertain as what 5 or 6 NFL general managers who control the top of the draft are actually thinking (and frequently lying about it anyway).
 
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shane: those numbers are flat out incredible for the cornerback.

good point jeff..and I also think suggs workout got 10x the coverage it should have because it happened during the owners meeting in the same town..and 1/2 the NFL owners and coaches were there..as well as many of the national (ESPN, sporting news) big name sports writers.. There was a comment from someone who said that the last time he can remember a workout being such a circus was for barry sanders.. It would have been a big deal..but having the entire NFL brass in town (or in attendance) caused the entire scene to be way bigger than it would have been normally..
 

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Pinnacle. I heard that no one from Dallas was there. That leads me to 2 separate conclusions:

1. They love him and secretly want him bad (sounds like a dirty romance novel :D)

2. They are not interested.

I believe that the Cowboys are going to trade with one of the teams with two picks, and nab Larry Johnson....Parcells & Johnson would be a good fit.
 

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Originally posted by Mrospi
What's this about Parcells & someone's Johnson??? Just kidding, I had to, it was to easy!!!!!!!!!! hahahahaha:D

Whoa there William Wallace....someone here is obsessed with Johnson's (and it isn't me!:D)
 
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