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Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon
Deezel:
You are hearing about these young players like Davis showing "potential" in practice. In jock-speak "potential" is the polite word for "hasn't done jack-sh*t yet". And practice is very different from Sunday afternoon; lots of NFL QBs complete 85% of their passes in practice; that rarely happens on a Sunday afternoon.
I'll bet that in practice Malcom Kelly does not drop half the balls that hit him in both hands. The reason I'd make that bet is that if he did they would never have drafted him and they'd probably have cut him by now. But we've seen what he does in the games...
Devin Thomas is still working on understanding the offense? After 5 exhibition games and 16 regular season games and a bye week he is still working on getting the picture? Perchance there is another problem...
I believe Devin Thomas had 3 offensive interference calls this year against him - - more than the # of TDs he caught by the way. MAYBE Thomas is a speed receiver only and needs to push off in order to get open. If he has speed, you would never see that in college games but in the NFL the CBs are as fast as he is and are generally good at man coverage. Maybe what he needs to understand is how to get open? Time will tell...
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Like how you broke down the practice potential. I guess its how you look at it, but if someone were to tell me I see the potential it would motivate me to work harder. Everyone is different, but I see a team as a place where you build up people and not tear them down. Again, just me and I also believe that the next DE we draft will be a HOFer.
Regarding Devin Thomas, I think two of his offensive interference calls were when he was blocking too soon on WR screens to Moss. So its not a matter of him being Michael Irvin, which I would love, but just calming down and executing. With Devin, I feel like its just a matter of him getting reps, he's got the size and speed, but he needs to focus.
I have no problems with anything Springs said, but I don't want to play the blame game. I want my Skins winning.