Ross tries to cool expectations

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(08-25-2017, 02:57 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: Really, LL?

How about you lay off just a bit, on the nitpicking?

(08-25-2017, 05:12 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: I usually agree with you TLL but you just are completely taking what he said out of context.

I'm just saying, if you draft a kicker who is supposed to be the most accurate kicker in the NFL, and he says he'll never be that accurate on the field, that's NOT a good thing. If you draft an OL who is supposed to be able to out-muscle any DL on the field and he says he'll never be that strong on the field, that's not a good thing.

I'm not saying Ross is going to be a bust or anything, but it's certainly not a good sign if he's already hedging expectations when he hasn't even played a snap of football yet.

(08-25-2017, 03:02 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I haven't read the article. Did Ross say "Yeah, I am not going to be as good as you thought."?

If so this is disturbing; if not it's a silly analogy.

Nah, he didn't say that specifically. Just a collection of not-great but not-terrible things.

“There are guys who haven’t run a 4.22, but they can keep up with me,”
“4.22 looks good on TV. On paper. I’m not ever going to run 4.22 in a game."
"I have the physical traits to run by someone, but it’s not’s that easy anymore."
“You can tell (the speed of the game) is much faster. Just watching the games and even at practice. Much faster,”



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My dislike of the pick might be influencing my opinion on it (I don't like taking 180lb WRs with two iffy knees and a hurt shoulder in the 1st round) but I just didn't like the quotes. You can be humble and still be confident/not cast doubts.