BOL Round Table

That is a fair point, and I am sure he will have a longer career than most as a result of it. Still, the guy hasn't played in a long time and it is a stretch to think that he will be better than a current 5 star. I think it is a cop out.

I play Rugby in Birmingham. I'm not very good but learning (not bad for a girl!). My true passion is ping pong.

Thank you!

#BOOM #ROASTED

I am well aware of the fact that Bama isn't a NFL team.

Weeden doesn't have an H

It is a cop out/butt hurt excuse for us to say it's OK to miss out on Tony Conner because we have a 28 year old walk on waiting in the wings.

About the age thing--the Ravens Ed Reed says hello!

I'm not talking about Conner as a person. Hell, to be honest, I didn't even know who he was until today. I'm sure he's a phenomenal athlete and deserves the 5-star rating. I'm in this thread to support Jai Miller. Like I've said many times before. I've been supporting Miller for much longer than Feb 6th, 2013. This isn't some "oh yeah, we don't need 'em anyway....we've got Jai Miller" act. I've never once discredited Conner. I've only been pro-miller. Go back and read my posts.

Think about it....why would I be "butt-hurt" over this one individual player, but not say anything about the 5* Auburn and Ole Miss commits that we lost out on?

If we're going to be childish about this and post hashtags (we're not on twitter,instagram, vine or facebook) and also call the grammar police, then that's fine. Pretty sure when you start pulling the grammar police card, you don't have anything else valid to say.

It's not a cop out / butt hurt excuse when I've never said anything derogatory about this kid, only stating my support for another player.... a player that is one of the two points of discussion in this thread.

Bluegrassbob -

I was talking average age. Please tell Ed I said "Hello" as well. Mark Barron is 23, there are outliers on both sides. Ed Reed is a freak.

It is a cop out/butt hurt excuse for us to say it's OK to miss out on Tony Conner because we have a 28 year old walk on waiting in the wings.

Ya'll coming up to NashBash?

Why are people so anal about spelling on here?

My misspelling of Weeden doesn't make your points valid

Add on Kelley Washington at UT made freshman all-american in 2001 as a 22 year old freshman after being taken in the 1997 baseball draft by the Florida Marlins.

I recall he gave us trouble on the field as a wide receiver, pretty much caught everything, but was a drama boy.

He went to the nfl in the third round to the Bengals, then New England in 2007, Eagles in 2010.

28 is up there no doubt, but he may wll be in his prime.

The problem is the closing window of any kind pro nfl career due ot age, presuming he is that good, which remains to be seen. As far fetched as that sounds, he no doubt has athelticism and good ball judgement having played in the majors. My guess is enrolling early nothing stops him from learning quickly and dedicating himself.

The best part of all this is he getting a first class education while we wait and see what happens. Lets revisit this little chat midway though the next season and see what becomes.

It says a few things.

1) Football players get the crap kicked out of them. The avg NFL RB is younger than safeties.

2) It says that coaches are willing to throw younger guys out in the line of fire to see what they have when 2 players are equal. The avg backup in the NFL is older than the starter. Surely, you don't think a 28 year oold backup in the NFL would have a worse career at UA than Conner if placed on the team right now?

3) If you look at the pro bowl safeties this year you will see that only a couple of the 10 are under the 26 year old mark. So like I said, it tells me there are probably a bunch of young players that the coaches are willing to throw on the field to see what they can do i replace of more experienced players. Only Thomas and Berry

Also, if you want to look at the starting DBs in the game (who have the same avg starting age in the NFL as safeties) you will that many of them are over 26 (all except Petersen).

So in reality the average age of NFL starting DBs in 26 but the avg age of thosee in the pro bowl is closer to 30. That tells me there are a bunch of young guys that are going to be replaced with more young guys soon. Not b/c they have physically "peaked" but b/c they are looking to turn over players fast.