Awesome article. I graduated from Iowa a few years ago, and he can really play. He did have a really bad DUI though... A main drag on campus that I've drunkenly stumbled home along dozens of times he was doing like 70 in a 30 zone after a game, coulda easily killed somebody. Obviously everybody makes mistakes, but in a town where even the worst players are worshipped, just horrible decision making when every sorority girl on campus would've driven him home lol. Then busting his ankle on a flip into the endzone one of his last games... Like c'mon man.
Hoping he learned from those, because the skills are there. QB play has been very sub par his whole career, put him in a good offense as the #3 WR he could put up numbers off the bat. As a Chiefs fan, he'd be a dream of a 3-4th round pick, I just don't want to see him going to a bad organization with no leadership.
These are all great points, Rob. Thank you so much for adding here. I stuck with the football for the story but I'd imagine teams will absolutely be taking all of this into account.
It is interesting. At WR + CB, teams are going to have to take something extra on more often than not.
The orgs, as you note, with a good foundation are able to take on more risks. If I'm the Chiefs, I am absolutely adding a guy like Smith-Marsette or Eskridge to my offense. Andy Reid has proven he can take on different personalities and Andy Reid always finds a way to use speed.
Appreciate everyone for reading. Definitely will keep to the theme of writing on prospects flying under the radar. We hear so much about the top guys that I'm trying to mine for those players in the middle rounds who could be steals.
Next up at Go Long will be a familiar name for the Western NY'ers here: RB Jaret Patterson.
Awesome article. I graduated from Iowa a few years ago, and he can really play. He did have a really bad DUI though... A main drag on campus that I've drunkenly stumbled home along dozens of times he was doing like 70 in a 30 zone after a game, coulda easily killed somebody. Obviously everybody makes mistakes, but in a town where even the worst players are worshipped, just horrible decision making when every sorority girl on campus would've driven him home lol. Then busting his ankle on a flip into the endzone one of his last games... Like c'mon man.
Hoping he learned from those, because the skills are there. QB play has been very sub par his whole career, put him in a good offense as the #3 WR he could put up numbers off the bat. As a Chiefs fan, he'd be a dream of a 3-4th round pick, I just don't want to see him going to a bad organization with no leadership.
These are all great points, Rob. Thank you so much for adding here. I stuck with the football for the story but I'd imagine teams will absolutely be taking all of this into account.
It is interesting. At WR + CB, teams are going to have to take something extra on more often than not.
The orgs, as you note, with a good foundation are able to take on more risks. If I'm the Chiefs, I am absolutely adding a guy like Smith-Marsette or Eskridge to my offense. Andy Reid has proven he can take on different personalities and Andy Reid always finds a way to use speed.
Appreciate everyone for reading. Definitely will keep to the theme of writing on prospects flying under the radar. We hear so much about the top guys that I'm trying to mine for those players in the middle rounds who could be steals.
Next up at Go Long will be a familiar name for the Western NY'ers here: RB Jaret Patterson.