Negativity comes from some fans who continue to play the "woe is us, everybody hates us because we're Kentucky" card. Bud had a great day, a so-so to above average year, and will hopefully be picked early on draft day.
NFL Combine....
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So, led the SEC in tackles.
Ran 4.57, when the best LB time was 4.56
Is the heaviest linebacker there.
Had the 3rd best broadjump at ANY position in years.
42" vertical, best among LB's.
Most physically impressive performance so far, and led the SEC in tackles....
Yet he's the FIFTH best at his position on the board??????
Ran 4.57, when the best LB time was 4.56
Is the heaviest linebacker there.
Had the 3rd best broadjump at ANY position in years.
42" vertical, best among LB's.
Most physically impressive performance so far, and led the SEC in tackles....
Yet he's the FIFTH best at his position on the board??????
rg3 ran a 4.41. mariota ran a 4.52. marshall ran a 4.54. legit 4.4 is elite speed. 4.5+ is not. i thought guys like mariota and marshal would be in the 4.4 range. just from a speed standpoint... none of these so called "fast" qb's put up the times that guys in the past did. i was just really shocked that these qb's racked up all those rushing yards and broke off those long runs and weren't as fast as i thought.
every time they brought bud up they made sure to say "he's not consistent". "he's not polished". "takes bad angles". "doesn't show good instincts". geeze, these guys are in college. outside of a very few every year, they all need coaching up for the pro game. it just seemed like they went overboard on bud. you dont put up the #'s that bud did this year on athleticism alone.
i heard the same stuff about mario williams when he was coming out of nc state. then he posted a monster combine and all they talked about was his upside. seems after the first 5 times they threw water on buds combine day... they could of talked up his upside a bit more.
Unfortunately, Bud is not polished, he takes bad angles, and was not "top 10" productive in college. These analysts could NOT care less where you come from. But. They all remember the lesson of Mike Mamula, who wasn't highly regarded in 1995. Mamula came to the combine and put up a 4.58 40, repped 225 in the high 20s, and jumped nearly 40 inches. He did it as the biggest OLB at the combine. He was picked 7 th overall. His career was considered a bust and the Eagles regretted taking the "workout warrior." Teams today don't care where you play. They watch tape endlessly and take the combine as one piece of a bigger puzzle.
This is very true. The HUGE difference between the NFL and the NBA is the NFL expects you to produce and help them win NOW. The NBA can hide a young guy at the end of the bench or for 2-3 years in the D-League. Somebody said Dupree needs to go to a team where he can develop in 2-3 years. No. In the NFL you produce NOW or they'll find somebody else.
My bears are switching to a 3-4 under Vic Fangio this year. I hope at 7 they pick eith the big nose gard from UW, shelton or Bud or Fowler at 7. Got to rebuild this awful defense. The picked Ego Furguson and Will Sutton Last year and have Jay Rattliff up front so a fast outside pass rusher is def. on my wish list. Get rid of Lamar Huston and Jared Allen, both are useless in a 3-4.
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