2009 Senior Bowl (1 Viewer)

[Rozelle]

2009 UNDER ARMOUR SENIOR BOWL

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Ladd Peebles Stadium / Mobile Alabama

NFL Network 7:00 PM EST

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NFL Networks coverage...

Monday, Jan. 19

4:00 ET – Day 1: North Team Practice (HD)

8:00 ET – Day 1: Under Armour Senior Bowl Recap Show (HD)

Tuesday, Jan. 20

10:30 ET – Day 2: North Team Practice (HD)

5:00 ET ¬– Day 2: South Team Practice (HD)

8:00 ET – Day 2: Under Armour Senior Bowl Recap Show (HD)

Wednesday, Jan. 21

10:30 ET – Day 3: North Team Practice (HD)

5:00 ET ¬– Day 3: South Team Practice (HD)

8:00 ET – Day 3: Under Armour Senior Bowl Recap Show (HD)

Thursday, Jan. 22

10:30 ET – Day 4: North Team Practice (HD)

5:00 ET ¬– Day 4: South Team Practice (HD)

8:00 ET – Day 4: Under Armour Senior Bowl Recap Show (HD)

Saturday, Jan. 24

6:30 ET – Under Armour Senior Bowl Pregame Show (HD)

7:00 ET – 2009 Under Armour Senior Bowl (HD)

10:00 ET – NFL Total Access

 

[EBF]

Pretty uninspiring group this year.

I'm curious to see how Barden and Robiskie perform. Looking at the other WRs in this game, I can't believe that Jarett Dillard wasn't selected to participate.

 

[Sigmund Bloom]

Weigh In Notes

Day One South Practice Report

Day One North Practice Report

 

[EBF]

Good stuff. I'm a little surprised to hear good things about Patrick Turner. Watching him throughout his career at USC, I couldn't help but feel that he was a poor man's Dwayne Jarrett/Mike Williams. He had all of the size with none of the playmaking skills. He gradually developed into a reliable possession WR and he occasionally broke loose for a deep ball, but I can't say I ever thought he'd amount to much in the NFL. He looked closer to Hank Baskett than Vincent Jackson.

 

[awesomeness]

Weigh In Notes

Day One South Practice Report

Day One North Practice Report

Nicely done as always. One small error i found: Brandon Gibson on the North team went to Washington State, not Marshall.

 

[Cecil Lammey]

Day One Video Preview

 

[Cecil Lammey]

Weigh In Notes

Day One South Practice Report

Day One North Practice Report

Nicely done as always. One small error i found: Brandon Gibson on the North team went to Washington State, not Marshall.

got it

 

[coolnerd]

some other links

Nationalfootballpost.com

thumbnail preview of each player

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/2009/0...r-bowl-preview/

day 1

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/2009/0...wl-day-1-recap/

Lance z

day 1

http://blogs.chron.com/fantasyfootball/200...tice_notes.html

 

[kneeshooter]

More stuff from SI

 

[Cecil Lammey]

Day 2 South Practice Report

Day 2 North Practice Report

 

[ConstruxBoy]

So what's the thought on Derrick Williams? Too much of a project to become a star pass receiver? Or do you think that teams think that can teach him to catch better?

 

[awesomeness]

Day 2 South Practice Report

Day 2 North Practice Report

Nice Stuff. Great to see an increased amount of info on defensive players.

 

[gump]

I heard the NFL Network claimed that JPW would be a 3rd or 4th round pick.

Seriously...what are they smoking!!

 

[MAC_32]

So what's the thought on Derrick Williams? Too much of a project to become a star pass receiver? Or do you think that teams think that can teach him to catch better?

I don't think he'll ever be a star WR, I also don't think his hands are an issue. I think a good player to compare him to would be Josh Cribbs, and that's probably why I am as enthralled with Williams as I am. Properly utilized, he should have a long and successful career at the next level, but he'll probably be a better real player than fantasy player.

 

[ConstruxBoy]

So what's the thought on Derrick Williams? Too much of a project to become a star pass receiver? Or do you think that teams think that can teach him to catch better?

I don't think he'll ever be a star WR, I also don't think his hands are an issue. I think a good player to compare him to would be Josh Cribbs, and that's probably why I am as enthralled with Williams as I am. Properly utilized, he should have a long and successful career at the next level, but he'll probably be a better real player than fantasy player.

Thanks!

 

[Chachi]

Any thoughts on Brian Robiske? The kid looks amazing at the Day 3 practice. Brandon Gibson, Derrick Williams & Juaguin Iglesias also look impressive. Ramses Barden looks bad to put it nicely.

 

[coolnerd]

Any thoughts on Brian Robiske? The kid looks amazing at the Day 3 practice. Brandon Gibson, Derrick Williams & Juaguin Iglesias also look impressive. Ramses Barden looks bad to put it nicely.

Robiske- he seems so physically and technically developed that I am not convinced that you will ever get more than you see now. Just comes off as the type who can step and get 50 catches as rookie, but never do any more than that.

 

[MAC_32]

Any thoughts on Brian Robiske? The kid looks amazing at the Day 3 practice. Brandon Gibson, Derrick Williams & Juaguin Iglesias also look impressive. Ramses Barden looks bad to put it nicely.

Robiskie reminds me a lot of a former buckeye, Michael Jenkins. Low ceiling, high floor sort of #2 at the next level.

 

[kremenull]

Any thoughts on Brian Robiske? The kid looks amazing at the Day 3 practice. Brandon Gibson, Derrick Williams & Juaguin Iglesias also look impressive. Ramses Barden looks bad to put it nicely.

Robiskie reminds me a lot of a former buckeye, Michael Jenkins. Low ceiling, high floor sort of #2 at the next level.

Nothing wrong with that, kid will make a living playing pro football.......Might become a vital piece on a championship caliber team....I'd be happy with an Amani Toomer type of career which I think is realistic for him.

 

[Sigmund Bloom]

Day Three South Report

Day Three North Report

 

[Wadsworth]

Day Three South Report

Day Three North Report

Thanks Sig.You said Raji was the best prospect there, how high can his stock rise? He looks to be a very safe pick and since he can play 4-3 or 3-4 just about any team in the NFL could use him.

 

[JaxBill]

McShay was on Moving The Chains on Sirius yesterday. They were also talking up Raji and Larry English, but McShay said he felt that Pettigrew had established himself as the best TE, which differs from your notes. Can you talk about that some more?

 

[bigums]

Sig: You mentioned Tyrone McKenzie (USF) in your Day 2 writeup. Some have mentioned SLB as a possibility because of his ability to cover. He's got a real nasty streak. What are your thoughts on his prospects?

 

[DA RAIDERS]

 

[coolnerd]

McShay was on Moving The Chains on Sirius yesterday. They were also talking up Raji and Larry English, but McShay said he felt that Pettigrew had established himself as the best TE, which differs from your notes. Can you talk about that some more?

Pettigrew is a classic block catch/combo TE. It does not look like he is going to be a guy who gets deep regularly as a pass catching threat, but can sit down in zones and be a goalline threat. Probably a better NFL guy than fantasy.

 

[rascal]

William Moore looks like a LB at the safety position...he flat out sucks out there.

 

[gheemony]

 

[Yenrub]

Glad to see Andre Brown of NC State doing well

 

[Sigmund Bloom]

McShay was on Moving The Chains on Sirius yesterday. They were also talking up Raji and Larry English, but McShay said he felt that Pettigrew had established himself as the best TE, which differs from your notes. Can you talk about that some more?

Pettigrew is a classic block catch/combo TE. It does not look like he is going to be a guy who gets deep regularly as a pass catching threat, but can sit down in zones and be a goalline threat. Probably a better NFL guy than fantasy.

Here's what I wrote:

Brandon Pettigrew(Oklahoma State) impressed us as a blocker, but he just hasn’t popped as a playmaking receiver from the TE position. Teams looking for offense from the tight end would be better off taking Chase Coffman or James Casey.

 

[MaddHatter]

William Moore looks like a LB at the safety position...he flat out sucks out there.

I don't like Nic Harris at all at S. Explosive hitter but very vulnerable in coverage.Oklahoma even experimented with him at MLB.

 

[Rozelle]

McShay was on Moving The Chains on Sirius yesterday. They were also talking up Raji and Larry English, but McShay said he felt that Pettigrew had established himself as the best TE, which differs from your notes. Can you talk about that some more?

Pettigrew is a classic block catch/combo TE. It does not look like he is going to be a guy who gets deep regularly as a pass catching threat, but can sit down in zones and be a goalline threat. Probably a better NFL guy than fantasy.

Here's what I wrote:

Brandon Pettigrew(Oklahoma State) impressed us as a blocker, but he just hasn’t popped as a playmaking receiver from the TE position. Teams looking for offense from the tight end would be better off taking Chase Coffman or James Casey.

I've only seen Monday and Tuesday's practices on NFLN, still have Wednesday and Thursday to watch, haven't read Wed/Thur updates yet either, like to watch the practices first. So you may have already touched on this. As far as TEs, I thought the kid from So Miss has looked pretty good so far.

 

[Sigmund Bloom]

William Moore looks like a LB at the safety position...he flat out sucks out there.

I don't like Nic Harris at all at S. Explosive hitter but very vulnerable in coverage.Oklahoma even experimented with him at MLB.

Harris has been at LB at all 3 practices we attended, I think his career as a safety is over. As far as his performance, he obviously needs to play lower and stouter at the point of attack, but otherwise he looked the part physically and played very aggressively.

 

[wadegarrett]

Found this interesting...

Senior Bowl Prospect Comparison

Wes Bunting

National Football Post

January 22, 2009

One of the toughest jobs an NFL scout has is deciphering the kind of player a college prospect will become at the next level and what current NFL player his skill set resembles. Since the Senior Bowl has a bit of a lull the next two days, I decided to put a list together comparing the skill sets of some of the top prospects with current and past NFL players.

Note: Prospects are listed in alphabetical order, not by ranking.

Senior Bowl Prospect										   NFL Player Comparison Robert Ayers: DE, Tennessee						   Charles Grant: Saints 1st Round Pick 2002William Beatty: LT, Connecticut						 Levi Jones: Bengals 1st round Pick 2002Darius Butler: CB, Connecticut						 Ellis Hobbs: Patriots 3rd Round Pick 2005Connor Barwin: DE/TE, Cincinnati					 Mike Vrabel: Steelers 3rd Round Pick 1997Brian Cushing: OLB, USC								  Terrell Suggs: Ravens 1st Round Pick 2003  Louis Delmas: FS, Western Michigan		  Brandon Meriweather: Patriots 1st Round Pick 2007Coye Francies: CB, San Jose State			   Shawntae Spencer: 49ers 2nd Round Pick 2004Graham Harrell: QB, Texas Tech							  Chad Pennington: Jets 1st Round Pick 2000Evander Hood: DT, Missouri							 Darnell Dockett: Cardinals 3rd Round Pick 2004Corvey Irvin: DT, Georgia								 Rocky Bernard: Seahawks 5th Round Pick 2002Peria Jerry: DT, Ole Miss									 Corey Simon: Eagles 1st Round Pick 2000Jeremiah Johnson: RB, Oregon						Amos Zereoue: Steelers 3rd Round Pick 1999Alex Mack: C, California								   Jeremy Newberry: 49ers 2nd Round Pick 1998Rey Maualuga: ILB, USC									Akin Ayodele: Jaguars 3rd Round Pick 2002Kenny McKinley: WR, South Carolina				 Jonnie Lee Higgins: Raiders 3rd Round 2007Shawn Nelson: TE, Southern Mississippi			  Ricky Dudley: Raiders 1st Round Pick 1996Michael Oher: OT, Ole Miss							   Chris Samuels: Redskins 1st Round Pick2000Brandon Pettigrew: TE, Oklahoma State			Bubba Franks: Packers 1st Round Pick 2000B.J. Raji: DT, Boston College							  Mike Patterson: Eagles 1st Round Pick 2005Alphonso Smith: CB, Wake Forest						Lito Sheppard: Eagles 1st Round Pick 2002David Veikune: DE, Hawaii								  Travis LaBoy: Cardinals 2nd Round Pick 2004Derrick Williams: WR, Penn State						Laveranues Coles: Jets 3rd Round Pick 2001