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DeAngelo in 2004.....a preview of things to come...

adallastiger

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I guess they were thinking that given the quarterback situation, maybe at some point they realized last year was not a playoff team, so they did not want to push it.

Personally, I think DeAngelo should have been the starting back eight games into his rookie year.

That being said, he had a lot of carries in college. It could be possible that two years of relatively few carries may have been a help to him. Maybe running him into the ground the last two years may not have accomplished anything.

He certainly look fresh this year. I'll never understand why scouts POSSIBLY considered taking Reggie Bush over DeAngelo. Ticket sales aside, Reggie never ran through tackles, all his yardage was to the sidelines or screen passes.

In the end, DeAnglo is Reggie with power. How Joseph Addai was taken before DeAngelo just amazes me. What were the Colts possibly thinking? Let alone Maroney....

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They were thinking that they have never seen these guys play in the NFL, and they were all studs in college....

lol you took the words right out of my mouth, every single 1st rounder looks like a beast in college

he'll in a lot of those clips D-will pretty much just outran everybody without even breaking a sweat

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I guess they were thinking that given the quarterback situation, maybe at some point they realized last year was not a playoff team, so they did not want to push it.

Personally, I think DeAngelo should have been the starting back eight games into his rookie year.

That being said, he had a lot of carries in college. It could be possible that two years of relatively few carries may have been a help to him. Maybe running him into the ground the last two years may not have accomplished anything.

He certainly look fresh this year. I'll never understand why scouts POSSIBLY considered taking Reggie Bush over DeAngelo. Ticket sales aside, Reggie never ran through tackles, all his yardage was to the sidelines or screen passes.

In the end, DeAnglo is Reggie with power. How Joseph Addai was taken before DeAngelo just amazes me. What were the Colts possibly thinking? Let alone Maroney....

i think addai was taken after williams....how about maurice jones drew falling to the second round??? thats even more surprising

deangelo is so much better this year than he was a year ago....i dont think deangelo was the best of the bunch a year ago, but i think he has separated himself this year....thanks to vinny

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1. He's small.

2. He lacks breakaway speed and the ability to outrun defenders in open space. He ran a 4.55 official 40 time at the combine.

3. With the amount of touches he had in college, scouts considered him a risk to break down early due to his "advanced" age coming out.

4. He is and was a football player and not a combine warrior. Many questioned if his production was a result of weaker competition as opposed to his dominance.

What did they all miss? They missed his elusive ability to create yardage where none exists.

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On March 24th, at Pro Day on the University of Memphis campus, Williams ostensibly improved his draft stock even further with an exceptional workout. He ran his 40 yard dash in 4.40 seconds with the wind and 4.48 seconds against the wind. He also impressed in the short shuttle, the three-cone drill, and the long shuttle. In addition, he recorded a 34½-inch vertical jump and a 10-foot-9 broad jump and caught the ball well in receiving drills.

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he's almost certainly slowed down in track time since he got to the nfl. I've seen him up close his rookie year and a couple of weeks ago. He's much bigger now than he was. You kinda half to get bigger or you simply can't take the beating.

However, in terms of game speed, whatever the fug that means, he's plenty fast.

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