All Saquon, all the Time...

PoeticG

@dutch-oven said:

The video I posted is not a highlight video. lol

Again, keep trying though- it makes me smile.

hoorta

@poeticg said:

The video I posted is not a highlight video. lol

Again, keep trying though- it makes me smile.

Zumba dancer that won't be anywhere near as effective in the pros. All it will take is one hit when he's got his knees hyper extended on those cuts- and it's IR.

jiggins7919

Btw, all that jumping Saquon does will kill him dead in the pros.

Dutch Oven

@poeticg said:

The video I posted is not a highlight video. lol

Again, keep trying though- it makes me smile.

You're are so adorable.

Like anyone actually watches your Barkley videos - or what we all refer to as: "PoG's football porn"

The Gipper

@poeticg said:

The video I posted is not a highlight video. lol

Again, keep trying though- it makes me smile.

d4d2bb825d84782d61cb224b875f4654--ned-ry

The Gipper

@dutch-oven said:

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Tour2ma

So....

Everything resolved?

hoorta

@tour2ma said:

So....

Everything resolved?

Not sure Tour, we keep pitching, but Po's not catching. The fair & balanced video (that I actually bothered to watch) showing why he got stuffed against Ohio State should clue him in Saquon is not Superman. Go ahead and dance- POW. For a supposed "elite" RB, he sure can be tackled- with ease- by one guy. Peterson is\was way better in the YAC department. Jim Brown was on a completely different level. Jim could run over five defenders, and carry a guy on his back 10 yards into the end zone.

Tour2ma

lol... different era... Jim was as big as many linemen.

mjp28

@jiggins7919 said:

Btw, all that jumping Saquon does will kill him dead in the pros.

Yes, it makes you a great target to get buried!

mjp28

@dutch-oven said:

You're are so adorable.

Like anyone actually watches your Barkley videos - or what we all refer to as: "PoG's football porn"

Oh how disgusting!

hoorta

@tour2ma said:

lol... different era... Jim was as big as many linemen.

Fair enough. Since Saquon has that speed and elusiveness, add in the size & power of Christian Okoye, then we can talk about how incredibly great SB will be in the pros.

hoorta

@mjp28 said:

Yes, it makes you a great target to get buried!

Saquon will find out dancing is less effective in the pros, when quite a few of those defenders are as fast as you are.

mjp28

@tour2ma said:

lol... different era... Jim was as big as many linemen.

The 11 trying to stop 1 era, great times to be a Cleveland Browns fan. #32 was a freak averaging 5 ypc.

PoeticG

Let's GOOO Nate!

Tour2ma

@hoorta said:

Christian Okoye

He was never the same after he met Mr. Atwater.

It's not in this audio... and it may not have been this hit (mind's eye has it close to the goalline), but I remember Atwater screaming, "Are you cryin' baby? Are you cryin'?"

TexasAg1969

I loved Atwater in Denver. One of the greatest hitters of all time, any position. Right up there with Ronnie Lott and Troy Polamalu when compared to hard hitting safeties.

The Gipper

@texasag1969 said:

I loved Atwater in Denver. One of the greatest hitters of all time, any position. Right up there with Ronnie Lott and Troy Polamalu when compared to hard hitting safeties.

Polamalu was not that hard of a hitter. He really wasn't. It just looked that way because he was always flying around with his stupid hair. Oh..he was good...he could make tackles....by grabbing people...and he could get into position to make those grabby tackles....but as a hitter? Not so much. TJ Ward was a harder hitter. Eric Turner was a harder hitter. Ed Reed of the Ravens was a harder hitter. No need to even mention a guy like Jack Tatum or Atwater or Lott....that may be going back a bit further.

And after the rule changes imposed yesterday....it will be Polamalu's grabby style that will be the proper method to tackle if you don't want to get penalized. It will be the hard hitters that will have to changer their ways.

PoeticG

https://sports.yahoo.com/penn-state-head-coach-james-214411333.html

Good video interview with James Franklin about Saq and the draft.

PoeticG

https://www.sny.tv/giants/news/shurmur-gettleman-drool-over-saquon-barkleys-potential/269893576

Shurmur, Gettleman drool over Saquon Barkley's potential

By Ralph Vacchiano | 11:35AM

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ORLANDO -- Giants GM Dave Gettleman has made it clear that he won't necessarily take a quarterback with the No. 2 overall pick in the NFL draft. Of course, he wouldn't say who else he was considering.

But it sure sounded like he expects Penn State running back Saquon Barkley to be sitting atop his draft board when it's done.

Gettleman, who has been an NFL executive for 20 years and before that a scout since 1986, was practically drooling when he spoke about Barkley at the NFL owners meetings on Tuesday. He said he has very rarely seen a running back with the skills the 5-foot-11, 230-pounder has, which of course is why so many scouts and NFL executives consider him to be the best player in the draft.

"It's unusual," Gettleman said. "I'm telling you, he can string together moves and get in and out of stuff. It's funny, I (watched film of) him right before I came down. He's unique, no doubt about it. He's big, he's powerful, he can step on the gas, he's got different levels of speed. And he catches the heck out of the ball and he sees the blitz pickup stuff.

"So, you know, he's unique."

There's no doubt he is, and both Gettleman and Giants coach Pat Shurmur have said they don't have a problem with taking a running back second overall. For years, the prevailing thought in the NFL was that running backs could be found later, and that building an offensive line was far more important. But a recent run of game-changing running backs - like Dallas' Ezekiel Elliott and Los Angeles' Todd Gurley - has seemingly changed all that.

That's why the Giants could be faced with a very interesting choice if the Browns don't take Barkley with the top pick. The Giants need a quarterback to eventually replace the 37-year-old Eli Manning, and Shurmur admitted he has an "urge" to find a "generational quarterback" for his new team.

But what he's seen out of Barkley might give him a different draft-night urge, too.

"He's equally impressive, like the quarterbacks," Shurmur said. "When you watch his tape there isn't anything he can't do. He's really a pretty good pass protector. That's an important piece. And he can catch the football as well.

"He can do everything you're looking for in a running back, and he's a terrific human being as well."

Gettleman said he's heard that about Barkley too, though the only chance they had to meet was during a formal, 15-minute interview at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis earlier this month. Gettleman said the Giants' plan is to bring in Barkley for one of their 30 official pre-draft visits, so he can get to know him a little more.

"Shame on me if I don't know him," Gettleman said. "I think everybody said he's a great, great human being."

But is he a great enough player for the Giants to pick him at No. 2, despite their need for that "generational quarterback?" It might depend on what the Browns do first, but if Barkley is there, it's clear he'll be in the conversation when the Giants make their pick.

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For all Gipper's dog slobbering comments and the constant bombardment from the peanut gallery- It sure as hell starts to feel like I might know some things. First Gordon, then Hogan, and now Barkley... Dawg, am I the man of the year...?