I understand you and few others are enthusiastic but I'm not sur ewhat it's based on. Looking at this and LHUCK'S thread, the only substance mentioned was the TD return ratio. While impressive that doesn't parlay into NFL RB success.
So what do you see that I'm missing? Or are we just talking about his sometimes electric performance in the watered down PAC 10? And I don't mean that as a diss but the PAC 10 isn't exactly loaded with strong D's.
I'm sure LHUCK'S will se this as an opportunity to tell us how he feels about the weak PAC 10 conference, but that doesn't really help us on Drew. Outside of USC the talent is spotty at best.
It probably isn't wise to worry about Pac 10 Ds when evaluating Drew. The conference sent a bunch of talent to the NFL this year, as it always does. Great offenses throughout the conference make the defenses look worse than they are. SC, Cal, Oregon, Stanford, all fielded capable defenses last season. Some of the others were not so great, and a couple were very bad. It's better to look at Drew and ask if it translates to the NFL. I said this a long time ago, he is my favorite rookie coming into the league. I really hope he has a great career. It would be fun for the whole family. But he is very
enigmatic. From a fantasy perspective, I'm willing to wax and polish the bandwagon, but I'm not a passenger. I saw him in high school at De LaSalle and was convinced he was the second coming of Sanders. I was very excited he went to UCLA, being a Bruin homer through and through, and I never missed a game in his college career.
He isn't the second coming of Sanders, I doubt anyone ever will be (but I got my eye on Noel Devine). Drew is an
enigma. He has great vision in the open field. It's why he set all-time records returning punts. But, he doesn't run with great vision among the big uglies or through the trash. His height is the issue. He just cannot see what a slightly taller man can see. He runs low for his height. He has well above average improvisational skills, but they were always a bone of contention with Bienemy (his RB coach). Sometimes he'd ad lib when the hole was there, sometimes he would hit the back of a lineman when the hole wasn't there. He's never had a major injury, but he gets little ones (ankles), and he gets his bell rung too often. He has the ability to break a defender's ankles, but he lacks the ability to avoid big hits.
Enigmatic. He likes heavy contact. He will take on Sean Taylor mano a mano full steam and head on. He'll lose. He'll wobble to the sidelines. His burst and acceleration are second to none, but he isn't as quick as advertised. He pronates, and backs who run pigeon toed don't have quite the quick quick lateral agility of those that go a little ducky, Walter, Barry, Reggie. Ever try to run and cut pigeon toed? Great way to turn an ankle. Drew does have the sickest spin move I have ever seen, but how often will it come into play? He has phenomenal balance... sometimes. I've seen him keep his feet to the point of defying physics. But,
enigmatically, I've seen him graze his TE and go straight down. I've seen him pushed down by LBs. He's like a bowling ball that can be tilted over sometimes and just keeps on rolling others. He has incredible hands down the field and adjusts to errant throws like a veteran WR. He's such a tiny target short passes have to be perfect. He rarely drops a catchable ball, but balls that aren't catchable for him are catchable for taller longer armed RBs. His arms are so short the football looks bigger when he carries it. I worry he's going to have a fumbling problem with the swarming stripping defenders in the NFL. Maybe not, but I've seen the ball pop out enough times to be concerned.
There's a lot of legit red flags here.
And one helluvan exciting football player.
May I be wrong and a fool not to hop aboard.
Im aboard.
Drew so much I traded M.BarberIII (139) & Pick 179 for Picks 150 & 151 which I turned into Drew & Greg Jones in the 14 team Dynasty I list in my sig.
