Dolphins' Channing Crowder frustrated by lack of new contract
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I maintain I find both Curry and Maualuga very impressive. With guys this talented, what we are doing now seems to be more nitpicking than anything else.
Does Curry project to be that much better than a Channing Crowder, though?
Because Crabtree projects to be that much better than, say, Donte Stallworth...
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You're probably right, investing that much in WR doesn't make much sense, shep, unless you plan on running a Cardinals-type attack (I don't want that).
Signing Crowder (before the draft, obvie) would seem to make Maualuga, and Curry to a slightly lesser extend, more or less redundant.
Where do we go next?
Draft Orakpo (not sold)? Wells (rather not)? Jenkins (redundant, as well)? Crabtree (discussed already)? QB (redundant)?
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Whoa - I didn't know anything about Crowder's chronic knee problems:
[Crowder] was a consensus All-American choice as a senior, recording 114 tackles with 7.5 sacks while also seeing action at tailback, where he gained 800 yards. That seasonโs high soon gave way to the realization that Channing might never play college football. He underwent knee surgery as a sophomore, where he had a ligament transplant. After his senior year, Channing again underwent surgery, this time on both of his knees. Shortly after his 18th birthday on December 2, 2001, he had surgery. There was a second surgery on the left knee in April 2002, to repair problems from another operation his sophomore year in high school. He'd had another surgery in which the ligament of a cadaver was used to replace the other damaged anterior cruciate ligament. Two years later, the knee had rejected the transplant. Both knees have been repaired by taking the middle one-third of the patella tendon to replace the ACLs. He worked diligently to get back in shape, but had to sit out the 2002 season -- not enrolling at Florida to save a year of eligibility.
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That, and he was a pretty bad dude back at UF:
Two members of the University of Florida football team were arrested Tuesday night on charges of aggravated battery. Steven Harris, 19, and Randolph Channing Crowder, 20, were booked into the Alachua County jail Tuesday night. The incident happened at 2 a.m. on April 13 in the parking lot of The Palace nightclub, 233 W. University Ave. Both Crowder and Harris punched and kicked Brian Assent in the head and face, according to the arrest report. Assents' friends brought him to the hospital. The attack lead to "permanent disfigurement," reads the report in part. Assent, 22, lost a tooth and had five others loosened. He got a cut on his face that required 11 stitches, along with other cuts and bruises. He told police a few hours later that a few UF football players showed up at The Palace and started causing problems, said Gainesville Police Sgt. Keith Kameg. When Assent left the nightclub, someone reportedly punched him in the face. He fell, lost consciousness, and didn't remember the rest of the attack. His friends later told him a couple of people kicked him several times and that they might be UF football players, Kameg said. Assent positively identified Crowder and Harris from a photo lineup, according to the report. The two were arrested at the Springs Complex on the University of Florida campus.
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Dick or no dick, the guy has been in the NFL for four years and the worst thing he's done was ask whether they spoke English in England.
At least he didn't go all Dwayne Schintzius with a tennis racket down in G'ville.
Back in 1989 (a good year for throwing things), Vanderbilt basketball hosted Florida, which was welcoming Dwayne Schintzius back from a suspension. Schintzius had gotten in trouble for an incident in which he swung a tennis racket at another Florida student. Vanderbilt fans, thinking the game was over, tossed a handful of tennis balls onto the court when the Gators turned the ball over trailing 72-70 with one second left. The Dores were T'd up, Schintzius -- of all people -- made the free throws and the Gators won in OT. Vandy ended up finishing a game behind Florida for the SEC title. "I don't know who did it," said the bemulleted big man, "but Dwayne Schintzius thanks you very much."
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the bemulleted big man
Awesome.
Back to FA & the draft: I think our best option may be to pursue Terrell Suggs in FA, then take Curry or Maualuga in Round 1. With those two additions, we'd be well on our way to having a very good linebacker core.
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People talk about Curry being versatile enough to play inside or outside in a 3-4. I think that's true, but I wouldn't draft him to play OLB; his ability to move outside would be an added bonus if we drafted him to play ILB, but he's not particularly refined as an edge rusher.
He's kind of like Bart Scott in that sense.
Aloysius said:
People talk about Curry being versatile enough to play inside or outside in a 3-4. I think that's true, but I wouldn't draft him to play OLB; his ability to move outside would be an added bonus if we drafted him to play ILB, but he's not particularly refined as an edge rusher.He's kind of like Bart Scott in that sense.
BTW, Bart Scott is a FA this year and Balt also has Ray Lewis and Suggs and their center that they have to sign. Ozzie has already said that they don't have enough cap room to sign everybody.
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