Quote:All of the Jags receivers have bailed Bortles out of poorly thrown passes repeatedly the past three seasons. Yes, A-Rob is the most gifted at high-pointing the 50/50, but they've all bailed him out of inaccurate passes MANY times. Just pointing that out -- as I think some are too hard on those guys for drops while not recognizing how often they have to reel in bad passes.
Definitely. I think any of our top 3 could have been superstars last year on a team with a top tier quarterback. Can you imagine what Arob could have done on the Patriots, or even the Chargers? Bortles doesn't hit receivers in stride all that well. It's either an errant incompletion, or a spectacular catch made by whoever hauls it in.
Workout players invited per BCC:
Player Position College
Amos, Royus OL Samford
Atkins, Lamar RB Louisville
Barge, Josh WR Jacksonville State
Blount, Jamerson DB Samford
Broyld, Ashton TE West Georgia
Crawford, Corey DL Clemson
Dawson, Sheldon DB Tennessee-Martin
Dowdle, Charlie TE St. Thomas (Minn.)
Gregory, Worth P East Carolina
Harper, Jarrod DB West Virginia
Hayworth, Tyler OL Wake Forest
Henry-Ajudua, Frederick LB North Carolina Central
Holman, Justin QB Central Florida
Howell, Marshall WR John Carroll
Huff, Trevin OL Bethune-Cookman
Irwin, Sean TE Colorado
Jones, TJ OL Florida A&M
Knight, Alex P Southeast Missouri State
Latu, Vilami DL Arizona State
Law, John LB Appalachian State
Leidner, Mitch QB Minnestoa
Maurice, Kevin DL Nebraska
Mazza, Cole LS Alabama
Middleton, Eduardo OL Washington State
Miller, Drake OL Ball State
Moala, David DL Utah State
Moeakiola, Vilami DB Arizona State
Morgan, Wayne DB Syracuse
Mortell, Peter P Minnestoa
Nelson, Monty DL North Carolina State
Reddish, Brandon DB Syracuse
Spencer, Joe OL Illinois
Summers, Christian WR Towson
Terrell, Zach QB Western Michigan
Thompson, Ron DL Syracuse
Vaden, Jordan DB Colorado State
Waugh, Terence DL Kent State
Weiler, Nicholas K North Carolina
Winston, Nehemiah TE UC Davis
Quote:Definitely. I think any of our top 3 could have been superstars last year on a team with a top tier quarterback. Can you imagine what Arob could have done on the Patriots, or even the Chargers? Bortles doesn't hit receivers in stride all that well. It's either an errant incompletion, or a spectacular catch made by whoever hauls it in.
Man, some of y'all need to stop being childish and accept the fact that wide receivers are professional and their job is to catch the ball even if it's not perfect. The hate that some of yall a
have for Blake is ridiculous and I wish Blake had a top-tier receiver where passes is not bounced off their hands and lead to interceptions. Aka A-Rob or in some cases have blatant drops Allen hurns. I'm tired of everyone ganging up on one man because they not mature enough to analyze the situation as a whole.
TE Ashton Broyld is a guy Marrone once coached. He was dismissed from Syracuse for violating a school rule or something, but he was there in 2012 when Marrone was HC. Back then he was one of those slash players playing HB, WR, KR and more. At 6-4, 220 lbs he's roughly the same size as Arrelious Benn, as in a tad heavy for a WR but a bit light to be playing TE. That said, similar to their undrafted TE Caleb Bluiett, he brings more to table than just being a TE.
TE Charlie Dowdle is still "filling in his frame" although he's been polishing his craft as a TE... including blocking... for quite some time now and might just catch someone's eye. Don't rule him out as a guy possibly signed to the PS after the minicamp. Charlie is 6' 3 1/2", 230 lbs but can put on some weight. The Division III prospect ran a 4.9 at his pro day.
TE Sean Irwin as a top 40 TE coming out of HS could have gone to LSU but chose Colorado in order to stick with his brother. He says he wouldn't have had it any other way even though it means trying to make the NFL as a practice player vs being drafted outright. Irwin is a rather complete TE at 6-3, 246 lb while running a 5.0 flat at his pro day.
TE Nehemiah Winston ran a sub-4.8 and did 26 reps at his pro day at 6' 3 5/8", 254 lbs, and he actually has a highlight reel...
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He's easy to spot in these clips. He's that one guy that's bigger than everyone else. Decent as a receiver, but what stands out is his proficiency as a blocker. He's surprisingly nimble for a wide body guy like Marquez Williams.
Quote:Man, some of y'all need to stop being childish and accept the fact that wide receivers are professional and their job is to cstch the ball even if it's not perfect. The hate that some of yall a
havery for Blake is ridiculous and I wish Blake had a top-tier receiver where passes is not bounced off their hands and lead to interceptions. Aka A-Rob or in some cases have blatant drops Allen hurns. I'm tired of everyone ganging up on one man because they not mature enough to analyze the situation as a whole.
It's not Blake-bashing. You are the only person viewing it that way.
Blake's accuracy last year was bad. It was really, really bad. That's a fact.
It isn't up for discussion. It isn't me bashing the guy.
I like him and I'm rooting for him. He just struggled a lot more than his receivers did last year. By a very wide margin.
You really should come to terms with the fact that it's perfectly fine to root for the guy but still recognize his shortcomings.
Quote:Man, some of y'all need to stop being childish and accept the fact that wide receivers are professional and their job is to catch the ball even if it's not perfect. The hate that some of yall a
have for Blake is ridiculous and I wish Blake had a top-tier receiver where passes is not bounced off their hands and lead to interceptions. Aka A-Rob or in some cases have blatant drops Allen hurns. I'm tired of everyone ganging up on one man because they not mature enough to analyze the situation as a whole.
I'm sorry dude. This necessity to defend Bortles from any negative comment is really [BLEEP] weird. Really, really weird.
Quote:I'm sorry dude. This necessity to defend Bortles from any negative comment is really [BAD WORD REMOVED] weird. Really, really weird.
You know what I can say the same thing about you and your negativity towards him is very very weird as if football is your life not just entertainment. The way you and others you negative things about him on a daily basis is as if he did something to your life personally instead of remembering that it's just a game. So maybe you need to calm down and sit in front of a therapist instead of judging me.
Bortles is at the rookie minicamp? That's really, really weird.
Let's keep it on topic fellas, there will be plenty of time to dissect Blake's game/life.
Also thanks 02 for your research, I dunno if anything will come of these guys, but it's cool to at least have a bit of context to attach to otherwise random names.
I would believe Allen would be the qb. Some one has to throw them the ball. We didn't bring in a qb.
Quote:I would believe Allen would be the qb. Some one has to throw them the ball. We didn't bring in a qb.
We brought in 3 QBs as posted above, as workout players. Allen is not a rookie my man.
Quote:We brought in 3 QBs as posted above, as workout players. Allen is not a rookie my man.
cool that is what I thought they had to do. But didn't see any.
Thank you Jags02 for all of your wonderful research and input into these player analyses.
Quote:Zachary Terrell!!!
Hows that possible hes a raven.
Quote:Hows that possible hes a raven.
Twitter says Ravens cut him.