Comments on: McCoy Says He’ll Wait Patiently For His Jackpot

By: k_bassuka

k_bassuka — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:43:19 +0000

He lit up the combine, no questions about it that doesnt mean he is a good football player. The guy had 2 of the top WR(Bowe and LaFell) in college, a cannon for an arm and still the team relied on FB/HB Hester, RB Scott and RB Williams

Opp Att-Cm Yds TD INT Long
Against UL-Lafayette 17-13 253 3 58
Arizona 20-13 196 2 1 31
Auburn 35-20 269 0 37 against an ok defense
Tulane 23-17 198 2 21
Miss. ST 20-18 330 3 55
Florida 41-24 228 1 3 27 Ummmm #1 pick????
KY 18-15 226 2 48
Fresno ST 19-15 210 2 58
Tenn 36-24 247 3 3 36
‘Bama 21-18 207 3 30
Ole Miss 36-20 223 3 42
Arkansas 22-14 210 2 47
ND 34-21 332 2 1 58

The guy with the strongest arm ever didn’t connect a pass over 40 yards against the btter defenses he faced. Can u point out a game there and say wow he did that to that team? Not even against weak teams.

Anyway lets not make this about him, he clearly was playing out of position he should’ve been an OL. LOL!

By: McBuc

McBuc — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:56:39 +0000

Sorry about the typos.

By: McBuc

McBuc — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:55:56 +0000

k-bassuka…I am not sure if you are talking about the rught guy. JaMarcus Russell had a prety good college QB. I think LSU only lost 3 games in 2 seasons with him as the starter. He also impressed mant people at the combine. In 2006 I believe he was ranked 2nd in the SEC, which is pretty good. The scouts did their job, JaMarcus Russell let them down.

By: RahDomDaBest

RahDomDaBest — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:43:24 +0000

First, debating on what McCoy gets will be within a tight bandwidth… and the dominoes start to fall once Bradford signs… after that, the Bucs will have 2 choices… pay him or ruin the off-season by playing games trying to save a small percentage of what he will get paid.

One thing that bothers me… is this McCoy is starting to remind me of LBJ with his personality… on the surface it may seem fun… but I don’t know… he may end up being a self-centered, self-absorbed me-shawn before it’s all said and done with. Anyone else notice this?

By: k_bassuka

k_bassuka — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:34:00 +0000

I know that the system that we run right now is not perfect and has many flaws, but the reality is that those bad contracts like the latest to JaMarcus Russell it was more about poor scouting than a player getting played and shutting it down because of it. Russell wasn’t the best player on his team throughout the season, had one good game in which he showed a great arm now all of the sudden he can play. A good scout would ask to themselves what happened in the other 10-11 games, why a talented player like that didn’t tear up college ball? If they would’ve done their job and not follow the experts over @ BSPN they would’ve stay away from him.

I really think that the big problem is the restricted FA and franchise tags. I can see where the franchise tag helps a team and a player I could live with it. The league could offer less money to rookies (not too little due to the amount of season and career ending/changing injuries they are susceptible to) and if they want to keep a player like let’s say Penn, they would have to offer at least the same as what the top rookie OT made on the previous year draft (should be a 3 year deal) I think that will keep it fair.

Some of these guys want to play hard, and when you work better than most of the guys @ your job and they get paid way more than you with better job security than you is just not fair.

By: JimBuc

JimBuc — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:24:04 +0000

Penn will play, but Mr. Lucky is right that Penn is in a crap situation.

By: Mr. Lucky

Mr. Lucky — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:24:31 +0000

I actually feel sorry for Donald the Elephant Man Penn.

He’s being used by the players association and his agent. It’s a “principle” issue and unfortunately Donald could be standing in the cold this year.

I guess we’ll know in 12.25 days !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then instead of arguing about this silly stuff we can all argue about REAL stuff like FOOTBALL.

And NO I’m NOT talking FIFA

By: BigMacAttack

BigMacAttack — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:15:26 +0000

Yea, with all the uncertainty, a bird in the hand… = Donald Penn should sign his tender and take what he can get while it’s there.

By: Mr. Lucky

Mr. Lucky — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:01:48 +0000

Football prices are going the way of the real estate market in the early 2000′s.

There was a real estate bubble – everyone KNEW it but heck if you can make some money who cares right?

Same with ticket prices and players salaries.

What popped the real estate market?

What’s gonna pop the football market? The television contracts. next time around all the networks hold the line and pfffffffffffff

By: BigMacAttack

BigMacAttack — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:54:33 +0000

I’m just glad it isn’t my money or that I have to be in Dominick’s place. It is a difficult time to be in an already tough job. I hope the Rams squeeze Bradford and set a new precedent that all the other teams follow. There seems to be way to much disparity from the highest and lowest paid players. It just appears that no one involved really knows how to fix it and there doesn’t appear to be any sense of urgency either. This could alienate many fans, and if a lockout occurs and all the fans are gone, it may be more difficult to bring them all back league wide. I think both the Players and the Owners are letting greed set them up for a terrible fall. I love football, but I love hunting, fishing, jetskiing, boating, and flying just as much. If they take away my NFL, I’ll find something else to do. At least we’ll still have College Football on T,F, Saturdays. And the Lightning are sure to be on the right track.

By: sensiblefan

sensiblefan — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:53:08 +0000

@ Joe

” If they come in with guaranteed money for three years, that should be just fine.”

Do you mean guaranteed contracts for JUST the rookies or for the entire league? If it’s just the rookies, I can see that as an interesting compromise between the PA and the League. If we’re talking about guaranteed contracts for the entire player population, I think there’s no way in H-E-Double hockey sticks the owners are EVER going to go for that.

By: Mr. Lucky

Mr. Lucky — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:51:40 +0000

The other thing that the 2010 rookies have to realize is this, there may be no 2011 season.

So listen to your agents and hold out in 2010, then when 2011 gets cancelled you’ll not only have a rookie cap in 2012 but you’ll be competing with college kids from 2010 & 2011.

Just say no to your greedy agents and play football darn it.