Poised To Break Out

[RugbyMuffin]

Urban: Here are five candidates to step up for the Cards
http://www.azcardinals.com/news/detail.php?PRKey=2411

 

[Skkorpion]

Rugby, did you notice which two of the five he makes no positive comments on?

 

[CardinalCaroline]

We really need Antrel to step up because our secondary was so bad last year.

 

[BigRedArk]

Rugby, did you notice which two of the five he makes no positive comments on?

I read it as Levi Brown and Alan Branch Skkorp. How did you read it?

 

[RugbyMuffin]

Rugby, did you notice which two of the five he makes no positive comments on?

Yes. I thought it was kinda of wierd. In his blog Urban said he was stuck in the house with his two kids.

I blame the kids.

 

[Duckjake]

Rugby, did you notice which two of the five he makes no positive comments on?

I did notice that the article reminds us indirectly that Larry Fitzgerald is the only Cardinal first round draft pick this century to live up to his draft status*. (And there are some who will even dispute that Fitzgerald has.)

There are 3 guys who could radically change that this year and if they do it'll be a fun fall season for us all.


*For the Cardinals, not some other team like Chicago or Dallas.

 

[Skkorpion]

I read it as Levi Brown and Alan Branch Skkorp. How did you read it?

Interesting. After reading your two selections, I went back to read the article again to see if my own bias misstated what Urban wrote. It must have.

There is only one of those five Darren Urban did not make a personal positive comment on (as I now read it) and that is Alan Branch.

I also find it interesting Urban wasn't initially planning to identify Branch among the 5 poised to break out but had chosen Ben Patrick instead. Maybe his first instinct was right?

That may not mean much of anything. Without real news, we are reaching for anything new to talk about. Bring on camp. 8 days and a wake-up. We are short timers now.

 

[BigRedRage]

I did notice that the article reminds us indirectly that Larry Fitzgerald is the only Cardinal first round draft pick this century to live up to his draft status*. (And there are some who will even dispute that Fitzgerald has.)

There are 3 guys who could radically change that this year and if they do it'll be a fun fall season for us all.


*For the Cardinals, not some other team like Chicago or Dallas.

How can you dispute Larry living up to his draft status? He has been everything you could ask for from a top ten pick.

 

[RugbyMuffin]

How can you dispute Larry living up to his draft status? He has been everything you could ask for from a top ten pick.

Agreed. It is madness.

Fitzgerald is an absolute stud.

 

[RugbyMuffin]

Interesting. After reading your two selections, I went back to read the article again to see if my own bias misstated what Urban wrote. It must have.

There is only one of those five Darren Urban did not make a personal positive comment on (as I now read it) and that is Alan Branch.

I also find it interesting Urban wasn't initially planning to identify Branch among the 5 poised to break out but had chosen Ben Patrick instead. Maybe his first instinct was right?

That may not mean much of anything. Without real news, we are reaching for anything new to talk about. Bring on camp. 8 days and a wake-up. We are short timers now.

But still you have a point, that the article was written in a wierd way.

 

[DaisyCutter]

How can you dispute Larry living up to his draft status? He has been everything you could ask for from a top ten pick.

I don't think that DJ is. But if you want to know who the usual suspects are in denigrating Larry Fitzgerald's contributions, go back to the "Trade Larry Fitzgerald" or "Fitz Holding Cards Hostage" threads of four months ago.

 

[BigRedRage]

I don't think that DJ is. But if you want to know who the usual suspects are in denigrating Larry Fitzgerald's contributions, go back to the "Trade Larry Fitzgerald" or "Fitz Holding Cards Hostage" threads of four months ago.

people overreact to ****, that is a given. "living up to his draft status" has been more than done.

 

[DaisyCutter]

This probably isn't worth its own thread...

but it'll fit in right here. Per Pro Football Weekly (http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/The+Way+We+Hear+It/Whispers/2008/nfcwest071308.htm):

Our sources in the desert tell us that second-year NT Alan Branch, who is being counted on to step up his game after a so-so rookie campaign, “looked a little doughy” in the team’s minicamps and OTAs. On the other hand, we hear starting RB Edgerrin James couldn’t have looked in better shape for what figures to be another 20- to 25-carries-per-game workload this coming season.

Alan Branch seems to be on a very short leash.

 

[RugbyMuffin]

but it'll fit in right here. Per Pro Football Weekly (http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/The+Way+We+Hear+It/Whispers/2008/nfcwest071308.htm):



Alan Branch seems to be on a very short leash.

And of course I am going to come to defend him.

He is a nosetackle for Pete's sake! This is not a body building competition, we are playing football.

My favorite example, Ted Washington: