Saratoga Slim
03-08-2006, 11:02 AM
I've been trying to decide which of the guys with the potential to be available to us at #8 have the best chance to live up to expectations. Most of this obviously has to do with an evaluation of the players themselves, but I'm curious if we can better predict success based on the positions that the prospects happen to play.
For example, it is obviously hard to predict stardom for a QB. There are more "sure-fire" college quarterback prospects that have busted than I can name. But the other positions are a little harder to sort out. My inclination is to say that top-tier running back prospects have a greater likelihood of panning out, while there seem to be a high number of highly-rated offensive lineman that have failed to live up to their hype (see Mike Williams, etc).
I'm looking for thoughts here, fellas. Is a star college linebacker more likely to succeed than a star college defensive back (Hawk v. Huff), or a star college TE more likely to succeed than a star DT (Davis vs Bunkley or Ngata).
This may be kind of academic, but hey, we really don't have much else to talk about at the moment.
For example, it is obviously hard to predict stardom for a QB. There are more "sure-fire" college quarterback prospects that have busted than I can name. But the other positions are a little harder to sort out. My inclination is to say that top-tier running back prospects have a greater likelihood of panning out, while there seem to be a high number of highly-rated offensive lineman that have failed to live up to their hype (see Mike Williams, etc).
I'm looking for thoughts here, fellas. Is a star college linebacker more likely to succeed than a star college defensive back (Hawk v. Huff), or a star college TE more likely to succeed than a star DT (Davis vs Bunkley or Ngata).
This may be kind of academic, but hey, we really don't have much else to talk about at the moment.