This is random but after I watched St. Louis today, I'm still baffled as to how Laurinaitis slipped as far as he did. Tied for 11th in the league in tackles (4th in the league in solo tackles), great in coverage, and just seems to have that "it" factor Chris Collinsworth loves.
Over the course of the winning streak, Rivers’ 112.6 passer rating is by far the best in the NFL. His 20 touchdowns in the 10 games are second to Manning’s 21, but Rivers has been intercepted just six times to Manning’s 11. Rivers has completed 69.4 percent of his passes, Drew Brees 69.5 and Manning 66.1.
He probably had the "white LB from Ohio State" stigma. usually honky LB's from Ohio State are either really really overrated (AJ Hawk) or just flat out suck balls (Bobby Carpenter, Andy Katzenmoyer)
Well I guess Katz didn't really suck balls, he was just injury prone. I don't remember him being all that great for the Pats tho.
You can throw AJ Hawk in there with Carpenter. Dude is ass. He has about as bad coverage that an MLB can have.
I wasn't a huge college fan back then but if I remember correctly none of them were as good as Laurinaitis was in college. What makes the least sense to me is how his stock inexplicably fell so much after a senior season just as good as his sop re and junior seasons. Him, Oher, and Maualuga would have all been top 10 picks if they left after their junior year, they all fell way down draft boards for no reason, and now they're tearing it up their rookie year.
I think Katzenmoyer and Hawk were both better than Laurinaitis in college. They definitely got alot more media hype.
Hawk was supposed to be the next big thing. Pretty funny how much love Hawk, Sims and Greenway got yet none of them lived up to the bill.
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
