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06-18-2008, 07:43 PM
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Credits: 333,294 | Re: Any word on Blythe and Tuba and the other guys
Blythe has good hands, height, and leaping ability, and can come down with the ball in a crowd, but I think he has too many drawbacks to make it in the NFL:
(1) I don't think he has the speed to create separation from NFL DB's.
(2) His blocking abilities leave a lot to be desired to say the least.
(3) Backup NFL WR's give often give teams extra value on special teams. Todd was never a good kick returner and he's not a good blocker, so he doesn't offer much to an NFL franchise as far as special teams go.
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06-18-2008, 08:12 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Braidwood, IL
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Credits: 145,202 Year: 2011 NFL: Bears NBA: Bulls MLB: Cubs | Re: Any word on Blythe and Tuba and the other guys
blythe can make it in the AFL because it is all about the jump ball in the endzone more than short routes.
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06-19-2008, 10:33 AM
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#18 (permalink)
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Credits: 305,295 Year: 1997 NFL: Vikings | Re: Any word on Blythe and Tuba and the other guys
Speed in the NFL is overrated. Yeah I said it. There are successful WRs in the NFL that never had great speed. Joe Jurevicius, Brian Finneran are the first 2 that come to mind. Remember in the NFL the average career is less the 4 years, so to have one deemed sucessful it does not have to be that long or full of pro-bowl trophies. The one that is most suprising is Cris Carter who ran a 4.65 coming out of college. If Todd can learn to use what skills he has, good hands, concentration, leaping ability, and using his size to his benefit, he can play in the NFL. He can learn other things like setting up DBs, better route running and blocking.
Hell just in case you don't know the NFL rookie minimum is now 295K. I would have no problem being a 5th or 6th WR for that kind of money.
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06-19-2008, 10:39 AM
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Credits: 345,603 | Re: Any word on Blythe and Tuba and the other guys Originally Posted by cycloneace55 Speed in the NFL is overrated. Yeah I said it. There are successful WRs in the NFL that never had great speed. Joe Jurevicius, Brian Finneran are the first 2 that come to mind. Remember in the NFL the average career is less the 4 years, so to have one deemed sucessful it does not have to be that long or full of pro-bowl trophies. The one that is most suprising is Cris Carter who ran a 4.65 coming out of college. If Todd can learn to use what skills he has, good hands, concentration, leaping ability, and using his size to his benefit, he can play in the NFL. He can learn other things like setting up DBs, better route running and blocking.
Hell just in case you don't know the NFL rookie minimum is now 295K. I would have no problem being a 5th or 6th WR for that kind of money. notice they are both white, lol
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06-19-2008, 10:49 AM
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Credits: 304,745 | Re: Any word on Blythe and Tuba and the other guys Originally Posted by cyclonedefender notice they are both white, lol Holy crap dude. You joined in January and have 1200+ posts that is amazing to me. I am a slacker compared to you...
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06-19-2008, 10:51 AM
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Cris Carter also ran great routes, something that is deemed a weakness of Blythe's at this point.
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06-19-2008, 11:21 AM
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Blythe ran a 4.78 at the combine, a far cry from 4.55. Also he didn't have very many reps on the bench and his vertical was in the top 1/2. I remember when he thought about coming out after his junior year. Wow he fell off a bit.
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06-22-2008, 01:23 AM
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Credits: 165,144 NFL: Vikings NBA: Bulls MLB: White Sox | Re: Any word on Blythe and Tuba and the other guys
alot of saints fans compare blythe to colston and the word around nola is that blythe has a great shot at making the practice squad
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06-22-2008, 03:50 AM
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Credits: 711,879 | Re: Any word on Blythe and Tuba and the other guys Originally Posted by jmb Holy crap dude. You joined in January and have 1200+ posts that is amazing to me. I am a slacker compared to you...
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06-23-2008, 11:26 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ames
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Credits: 265,122 | Re: Any word on Blythe and Tuba and the other guys
I have heard a lot of different things regarding how Todd did at camp. Of course he says he did well  But he has been lifting and conditioning for the last 2 weeks, and gets back Thursday. I will get all I can out of him Thursday and let everyone know what he says.
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06-23-2008, 11:57 AM
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Credits: 531,614 | Re: Any word on Blythe and Tuba and the other guys Originally Posted by arganbright2 Blythe ran a 4.78 at the combine, a far cry from 4.55. No he didn't. He ran a 4.65 at the combine and a 4.58 at ISU's pro day. Pretty sure that Bowen was the one who ran a 4.78 at the combine.
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