@canton-mike said:

Anyone who knows me knows that I am a far bigger Broyles fan than I am of Blackmon. Broyles COULD be a major steal in this draft, or a big bust due to the injury, but the cost will NOT be the #4 overall pick in the draft. Personally, I think Blackmon at #4 in the 1st round is a far bigger gamble than Broyles in the 3rd or 4th round. Time will tell.

Mike

Agree 100%, he is a better option than Kendall Wright. I'd rather snag him with our 3 round pick than use our 22 overall pick on Kendall Wright

If we could grab Burfict and Broyles with our 2 4th rounders ... it could be out most interestting 4th round ever. It could pay huge dividends

@choco said:

im still confused. confused as to how you idiots can say any of that with a straight face considering recent history.

alot of ASSumptions that he'll "get faster and stronger" and that running 5 months after ACL reconstruction is somehow a good fucking idea. jesus....did this kid score a negative wonderlic? he sure as hell isn't very bright.

im not even sure why i came back....

Because you can actually run in a straight line on a torn ACL, so five months later is not a big deal. It is the cutting that makes an ACL injury so detrimental.

@choco said:

im still confused. confused as to how you idiots can say any of that with a straight face considering recent history.

alot of ASSumptions that he'll "get faster and stronger" and that running 5 months after ACL reconstruction is somehow a good fucking idea. jesus....did this kid score a negative wonderlic? he sure as hell isn't very bright.

im not even sure why i came back....

We're not sure either.

Mike

@choco said:

im still confused. confused as to how you idiots can say any of that with a straight face considering recent history.

alot of ASSumptions that he'll "get faster and stronger" and that running 5 months after ACL reconstruction is somehow a good fucking idea. jesus....did this kid score a negative wonderlic? he sure as hell isn't very bright.

im not even sure why i came back....

Mr neagtive i see.

Ryan worked his ass off to get back into shape. He did it in unbelievable time. The kid was a great WR before he was injured and was a 2nd round pick lock. Becauase of his injury his stock went down to 6th round status. Todays proday showed that he is going to be worth a 3rd round pick. Is a 4,4 guy that can actually catch the ball, his routes are amazing, he came from a school with an average qb, so Ryan had to be pretty good to catch over 300 passes in his carrer.

alot of ASSumptions that he'll "get faster and stronger" and that running 5 months after ACL reconstruction is somehow a good fucking idea. jesus....did this kid score a negative wonderlic? he sure as hell isn't very bright.

im not even sure why i came back....

@harry-buffalo said:

5 months off an ACL surgery... ya a 4.57 is really good. It can take over a full year for a guy to get back up to full speed.

Yea im not sure how that will translate to actual football speed though, with pads and cutting he may play much slower than that for a while..

@choco said:

im confused. so, after major surgery, he comes back and runs a slow WR time. is the idea here that he's gonna get faster? otherwise...we've already got the guy on our roster. we dont need anymore slow possession receivers.

5 months off an ACL surgery... ya a 4.57 is really good. It can take over a full year for a guy to get back up to full speed.

@choco said:

im confused. so, after major surgery, he comes back and runs a slow WR time. is the idea here that he's gonna get faster? otherwise...we've already got the guy on our roster. we dont need anymore slow possession receivers.

5 months is very early after an ACL. I believe 9-12 months is a reasonable time period to recover from an ACL, so I am impressed that he is able to run a 40 with "average" 40 time (4.56 is average for a WR over the last few years) after only 5 months. He'll get faster and stronger over the next few months. He may not be full speed by training camp, but if you can use a low round pick and get high value in a year then I do it. Its not like we are going to make the playoffs next year anyway.

@choco said:

im confused. so, after major surgery, he comes back and runs a slow WR time. is the idea here that he's gonna get faster? otherwise...we've already got the guy on our roster. we dont need anymore slow possession receivers.

He is also only a few months removed from surgery. He will get faster as that knee heals. I like Broyles more than Wright personally.

@choco said:

im confused. so, after major surgery, he comes back and runs a slow WR time. is the idea here that he's gonna get faster? otherwise...we've already got the guy on our roster. we dont need anymore slow possession receivers.

4.57 is not that slow. Kendall wright averaged a 4.61 40 at the combine, and he is projected 1st round. The injury to Broyles is the only thing keeping him out of the 2nd round, he is Greg Jennings 2.0