Time to clear the benches

[No-huddle Joe]

(11-19-2024, 04:28 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Burton looks to me like he doesn't like contact. Some of the balls to him looked catchable, but he kind of made awkward attempts at them. I don't know why.

Matt Lee was really good at Miami in college. Really tough. I don't expect him to be a star right off the bat, but he should play.

(11-19-2024, 05:45 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: I think Burton needs to practice harder.

The one where he barely drug his toe...it tapped inadvertently. That's one that I swear I could have caught and drug my 2nd foot on.

And some of his misses, he barely even tried for them. No burst. No leap. Just kind of sticks his hand up.

Here is the odd part for me.  I went back and looked at some Alabama videos on YouTube with him.  He didn't do any of these things (granted, YouTube is only showing the good catches) but he took hits, didn't short arm catches, made some contested catches.  I thought we might have got a good Boyd replacement, but it sure looks like Saban was right about him all along.  It is almost like the whole NFL thing is a joke to him.  Seeing how long he can string it along.  Weird.