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TRips: Three post-draft predictions

  • http://alabama.247sports.com/Article/TRips-Three-post-draft-predictions-72144

    Three predictions for Alabama’s 2012 NFL Draft class ...

    Travis Reier ●

  • upshaw this years demeco ryans (from 2006). somehow escaped to the second round and became an absolute steal early in the second

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  • Yep or the guy he's trying to replace, Jarret Johnson, who was viewed as a bit of tweener coming out of UA. Went the league as as a DE but ended up standing up and playing LB. Johnson's entering his 10th season in the league.

    TR

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    "You don't always get what you want, but you always get what you deserve"

    BAMAMANAGER ●

  • Thanks TR, really hope Jerrell does well with the dirty birds....RTR

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  • I'll make another prediction. I think Brad Smelley will be a regular contributor to the Brown's offense. I know he is on the smaller size for a typical NFL TE, but last season he really came into his own. He finally became a good blocker and he was all but uncoverable by linebackers. He has great hands and decent speed. I look for him to be in the league for awhile.

    Bamawester

  • Courtney Upshaw might have slipped to the second round because of his interview skills,..........he certainly play round one ball at UA..........thanks Travis.........RTR

    glennbarr

  • Bamawester said...

    I'll make another prediction. I think Brad Smelley will be a regular contributor to the Brown's offense. I know he is on the smaller size for a typical NFL TE, but last season he really came into his own. He finally became a good blocker and he was all but uncoverable by linebackers. He has great hands and decent speed. I look for him to be in the league for awhile.

    I'm pulling for him like you, wester, but I don't think he makes the roster. He's another GREAT role player for the Tide, a la Dial last year and Reamer on defense a couple yrs back ... but just not the athlete you have to be on that level. Very much hope I'm wrong.

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    92DT ●

  • Great stuff TR! Hope all these guys do great things! RTR!

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    thrill2k1

  • I can't argue with those picks, thanks Travis.

    RMFT81

  • I think you see Upshaw in the first game of the season about 12-18 lbs lighter, and very motivated. He is a monster, and playing on a pro roster will keep a lot of attention off him (for a little while). I expect to see him turn heads right off the bat.

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    TheT12

  • glennbarr said...

    Courtney Upshaw might have slipped to the second round because of his interview skills,..........he certainly play round one ball at UA..........thanks Travis.........RTR

    I think CU was taken in the early 2nd round b/c Baltimore thought they could still get him without staying in the 1st Round to do so.. teams moving up or staying in Round 1 for other players had guys higher on their needs-list than Upshaw.. Worked out perfectly for Baltimore.

    Seattle should take a piece from the playbook of the Ravens. They could've traded that 15th pick to several other teams & still obtained Bruce Irvin later in the draft.

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