Antrelle Rolle (1 Viewer)

[AtomicDogg97]

Does Antrelle Rolle have big upside in dynasty leagues. He put up pretty good numbers in the few games he played during his rookie year.

 

[Bob_Magaw]

if his knee is OK he could be a monster...

some scouts thought he was most talented player in 2005 draft... not just DB, but overall...

imo he could be perennial top 10-15 DB from CB position just on talent, sort of like winfield was even before going to cover two scheme... purely for talent reasons... he is a very willing & able open field tackler...

he has such great athleticism & has innate sense of angles that he can get to the ball carrier before anybody else a lot of the time.

 

[Jene Bramel]

Agree with St. Louis Bob Magaw.

Rolle started four games last year. After a less than impressive 0-1-0 in Week 1, he totaled 26-1-0 with and INT and 2 passes defended in the other four games he started.

Projects to a silly 104 solo tackles, 4 picks and 8 passes defended. Obviously, he can't keep up the tackle pace. But unless opposing quarterbacks completely avoid him, he'll outperform that number of passes defended. Good upside here.

I redid my first set of projections this past weekend and realized that I'd far underrated him. Not sure what possessed me to put him in the low 40s initially -- maybe I saw something questioning his knee -- but he's getting a big bump in my next submission.

 

[tkrull]

With his natural ability, tackling prowess, and good size for a CB, is he a canidate to eventually move to say FS as his career develops?

 

[Bob_Magaw]

some scouts have said he is athletic, versatile & talented enough to potentially be pro bowl caliber safety in NFL... i think if he fulfills his potential at CB, you leave him there...

but it is true that safeties are becoming more important... on a few teams (BAL & PIT), safeties like reed & polamalu are arguably top defenders on team, & schemed so they can have maximum disruptive impact...

like one scout said in the context of where best to deploy tweener CB/S-type athletes, why have them cover just half the field when they can cover the whole field?

 

[sholditch]

Could he have good value despite staying at corner, or is ARI simply the wrong scheme for that? Looking for value picks at DB.

 

[Jene Bramel]

Could he have good value despite staying at corner, or is ARI simply the wrong scheme for that? Looking for value picks at DB.

Not the greatest scheme, no, but the numbers he put up last season were in the same scheme. I think the major worry would be that opposing quarterbacks quickly find that David Macklin or Eric Green are much easier pickings than Rolle and ignore his side of the field altogether. Concerns about the knee are probably valid as well.

 

[tkrull]

IMO, his value will come from his tackle numbers. The other side might be easier pickin's, but I don't think he has the league rep of a shut-down, must avoid corner yet.

 

[bonscott]

Any word on how he's looking in camp and how his knee is holding up?

 

[Jene Bramel]

Any word on how he's looking in camp and how his knee is holding up?

Mostly fluff here, but all reports seem to be positive. Homer boards suggest he looks good.azcentral.com link

Antrel ready to Rolle

Second-year cornerback eager to be major factor

Kent Somers

The Arizona Republic

Aug. 1, 2006 12:00 AM

The absence of one first-round pick made big news at Cardinals camp Sunday. But it's the presence of another that could turn the season.

Cornerback Antrel Rolle batted down passes and mouthed off to receivers in the first practice of training camp Monday. He might as well have taken a bullhorn and announced he was fully recovered from the left knee problems that resulted in 11 missed games and two surgeries in the past year.

In contrast, there are few players more important to the Cardinals' success this year than Rolle. With Rolle out last year, opponents picked on his replacements on the left side.

The club didn't draft a cornerback or add one in veteran free agency, so Rolle's health is vital to the team's success.

He knows it and welcomes the pressure.

"You can put the weight on my shoulders because I'm going to carry it," Rolle said.

While Rolle looked good Monday, even he cautioned it was just one practice. And it might take a while to remove some rust. He's still a little rigid in his back pedal, defensive coordinator Clancy Pendergast said, and is working on alignments.

But . . .

"When he's on top of his game, he's got as good an all-around corner game as there is in the league," Pendergast said, "because he's got very good instincts."

Rolle's situation looked bleak as late as this spring. He had soreness in the knee months after undergoing surgery and underwent a second procedure to remove scar tissue.

Since then, he's devoted himself to rehabilitation. He worked out daily at home in Miami, trained a few days in Minnesota with receiver Larry Fitzgerald and said he feels stronger than he did last year.

A few weeks ago, defensive backs coach Richard Solomon called Rolle to gauge his progress. Without mincing words, Rolle told Solomon he was 100 percent and warned him he expected no special treatment in training camp.

"I've never taken precautions," he said. "If I'm going to be out there, I'm going to be out there. There's no time for babying. I said, 'Coach, when I get out there, don't hold me back. If you hold me back, we're going to have some arguments.' "

Over two days in Minnesota, Rolle and Fitzgerald went through grueling workouts, most of them on the field and in the gym.

"We played like four games of basketball," Rolle said. "Then we did drills. Then we ran 110s. Then we pulled the bungee cords. Then we ran the hills with the parachutes. By the end of the day, my legs were shaking.

"We were still able to make it out that same night, too. I got two hours of sleep that night, too. I blame Fitz."

Rolle and Fitzgerald have faced each other since college, when Rolle was at Miami (Fla.) and Fitzgerald was at Pittsburgh. That continued in practice Monday.

"Oh, you got to talk to Antrel, man," Fitzgerald said. "He brings out the best in you. He's a competitor and a great person, too."

Rolle has the bravado expected from someone from the University of Miami, but last year could not have gone worse for him.

He suffered the injury early in the year and tried to play through it, with miserable results.

So he underwent surgery in early October to repair torn meniscus. Rather than place him on injured reserve, coach Dennis Green decided to keep Rolle on the roster, hoping he could play again.

He tried, playing two weeks before pain and swelling forced him to miss the final two games.

"Sundays were very tough (last year)," he said. "There were a lot of times I didn't catch the games until the second half because I told myself I couldn't watch it. But at the end of the day, I had to root my team on."