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Footballguy
I don't entirely disagree. I actually don't see anyone on the CFB landscape who looks just incredible in that way.
On the other hand, I think it's easy to discredit REALLY GOOD first round prospects just because they're not perfect. And I think maybe you've been guilty of that to some extent with guys like Yeldon, Lee, and now Gurley. There is a middle ground where a guy can be short of the Calvin/Peterson level and still be a very strong prospect. I think most of the obvious top dev guys right now fall into that category.
Another part of it is that any time there's a prospect ranked near the top of his position coming into his last 1-2 college seasons, people are going to put him under the microscope and scrutinize every flaw. There's also a segment of the population that will find reasons to say he's a bust (even if it's a stretch) just so they can toot their horns and say I told you so after the fact. Sometimes the skepticism is justified, but for the most part there's usually a pretty good reason why these prospects have the reputations that they have.
On the other hand, I think it's easy to discredit REALLY GOOD first round prospects just because they're not perfect. And I think maybe you've been guilty of that to some extent with guys like Yeldon, Lee, and now Gurley. There is a middle ground where a guy can be short of the Calvin/Peterson level and still be a very strong prospect. I think most of the obvious top dev guys right now fall into that category.
Another part of it is that any time there's a prospect ranked near the top of his position coming into his last 1-2 college seasons, people are going to put him under the microscope and scrutinize every flaw. There's also a segment of the population that will find reasons to say he's a bust (even if it's a stretch) just so they can toot their horns and say I told you so after the fact. Sometimes the skepticism is justified, but for the most part there's usually a pretty good reason why these prospects have the reputations that they have.