On nfl live, he compared Todd Gurley to Fred Taylor, and Amari Cooper to Jimmy Smith. Keeping it Jaguars. Nice to have a Jaguars Homer on ESPN, seeing as no one else would talk about us on there. Or NFL network for that reason.
I like him as an analyst, although I'm a homer.
The Gurley comparison I can see, actually.
I'm going to call Gurley a bust simply because he's not a Jag.. Cooper too..
he is normally on there with Brian Dawkins which is cool because he is from Jax
Mark Brunell has lost his mind.... He's comparing two guys that have never played a down in the NFL to two guys that are a different market away from being in the HOF... I thought Mark was still sane.... I guess I was wrong.
Quote:Mark Brunell has lost his mind.... He's comparing two guys that have never played a down in the NFL to two guys that are a different market away from being in the HOF... I thought Mark was still sane.... I guess I was wrong.
lol. I guess you don't really understand what Brunell's job on ESPN entails. He does.
Gurley doesn't haven't Freddy-T's agility. But other than that, I can see the comparison.
Quote:Mark Brunell has lost his mind.... He's comparing two guys that have never played a down in the NFL to two guys that are a different market away from being in the HOF... I thought Mark was still sane.... I guess I was wrong.
The segment was saying which players game tape Gurly/Cooper should watch.
I thought the same the first time I saw Gurley play. I thought I was watching Freddy T all over again.
Gurley has better hands than Freddy. Freddy is way smoother.
Quote:I'm going to call Gurley a bust simply because he's not a Jag.. Cooper too..
I like the way you roll.
Mark is the man. Have to love that he uses emotion
He's a terrible analyst or he's just great for ESPN.
Quote:Gurley has better hands than Freddy. Freddy is way smoother.
If there is one thing that "disappointed" me about FT (aside from injury history) it was his hands.
The thing is, coming out of a pass happy school like Florida, you'd figure he had good hands.
I remember his rookie season he caught a deep TD pass down the sideline against the Ravens, beating Rod Woodson. At that point, I felt he would be a good receiving threat out of the backfield, in addition to being a good running threat.
But it seems over the years, his hands became less reliable.
But that is nit picking. He was a great RB and was fun to watch him play. He had power (see the run vs. Tennessee that put him over 10,000, vs. Bo Orlando on season ending Thursday night game vs. the Steelers, speed, vision and change of direction (any number of runs).