Starting to sound like Patrick Turner is the real deal....

well i'm one that doubted, and i really hope i was wrong ,but we have a long way to go.

 

I never compared Turner to Fitzgerald guys, I said "lets hope he keeps it up and turns into the next Larry Fitzgerald". That's only stating what I hope he COULD become, not comparing him in any way. As excited as I am about what I think we may have in Turner, he's a rookie and hasn't caught a single pass in the NFL. I'm not COMPARING him to anybody, yet.

 

Patrick Turner is the RealSteal in this years draft
plenty of room to hang a target on his jersey for the red zone
great expectations!

 

An interesting info bit from the Draft:

I was in the camp that wanted Barden over Turner as Turner was seen as an underachiever at USC, but the Giants traded up to take Bardin who is having issues at the line of scrimmage, something that has not been whispered about Pat Turner..

Sometimes the guy you don't get is the best move to have been made.

 

I felt that was a huge issue with Barden, which is one of the reasons I didn't want him here. This is what I had on him from my view of him on tape.

 

Looks like another "Parcells special" (mid-round steal)

 

Derek Hagan?

At least he caught a few passes here and there.

What about Derrius Thompson? Now THAT was a TC HOFer but a game day turkey.

 

I remember Turner playing at the Senor Bowl, he came into the process late (iirc) and made a couple of nice over the middle catches inside the 40 yd line but the announcers were downplaying him and his scouting report had the dreaded "underachiever" label more or less so I thought he would be a 5th/6th rd pick.

I liked him, but three catches is a tough way to decide whether or not a guy is worth a low pick on draft day.

 

How about a real stink bomb...Larry Shannon...

 

got to pass the ball to him to catch it
with Miami, he'll have the ball coming his way

 

Thats true bro

You know what though....I think I remember Shannon getting everyone's hopes up during a pre-season game or 2 I cant remember exactly.

Were as Thompson man that dude disappeared all the time.

Did he even show up to play during the scrimmages against the Titans back then or was he a ghost there as well?

 

Gap, he isnt a burner.

Hey DT did catch that AJ Feeley pass

 

Or is Will Allen slipping?

 

I thought Shannon blew his knee out before preseason

 

If you guys saw USC vs OSU you would see Turner dominate Malcolm Jenkins (now with the Saints).

I think Turner was the guy all along. Barden could have been the plan B. Ireland wanted a productive guy from high school and into college. Turner fit that description well.

Turner was labelled an underachiever but he had to play behind Dwayne Jarret and Steve Smith, then behind Mike Williams. Then Williams went pro and went bust, then the scouts got scared of Turner. I thought that was unfair. Turner didn't produce as expected for his senior year but Sanchez started that only one year. It just wasn't the greatest of circumstances.

 

just maybe we got Ernest Wilford's replacement
success in his rookie year would square things with the Front Office

 

I believe you are referring to Yatil Green.......or was it Randall Hill ?.lol (sorry memory fading as I get old) Altho both players went down the tubes due to injury

Larry Shannon was the guy JJ told us would make us forget about passing on Randy Moss....


JS

 

Both Yatil Green and Larry Shannon blew out their knees. I do not believe that Larry Shannon every played a down.

I looked it up, he tore his ACL in the first practice.

 

Thanks for doing the research on that........

Amazing how we could never really hit on much talent at the skill positions to help Marino, once the Marks brothers were gone...

 

Thanks for the correction and an interesting side note........Hill went on to become a U.S. Homeland Security agent

 

His first catch he let the ball get into his body; in fact, it hit him pad-high, making it an even proposition to bounce off as be caught.

Then later he rounded off a route and almost got Thigpen picked.

For a guy with route problems and trouble catching the ball, I'd say that he still doesn't get it.

 

Irving Fryar man...
Our last true #1

 

Honestly way too early to give up on Turner
Coach said he messed up not putting him on the field last year
red zone target

 

The Bucs play alot of zone if Turner can get open versus a good man scheme.

Good game.

 

No, I don't think he rounded off the route at all. He is 6'4 so it looks kind of awkward when he runs the routes. BUT, he did a double move corner post route and did it efficiently. He attacked the inside shoulder of the DB, went 12-15 yards upfield, sunk his hips and threw his head while planting his right foot and exploding outside, then sunk his hips again, planted his left foot and threw his head while turning back inside causing separation from the DB and getting open. Thigpen just threw the ball badly behind Turner.

 

While he looked better and made some catches, he still needs work. He did look awkward running the route in question but he still needs to be more crisp. I don't care if he's 6-4 or not. I really hope he comes on because with his size there is much potential.

And yes, Thigpen missed him, not Turners fault.

 

The kid did well. Lets hope he does even better later.

 

He rounded off the route big time, even Nat Moore and Griese were all over him about it.

That being said, at least he showed up some tonight.

 

At least he did well on the shallow cross when he linked up with Thigpen. Did a good job of getting behind the linebackers of Tampa. That's a route Larry Fitzgerald runs non-stop in Arizona.

 

The one thing about Turner that has not changed is he doesn't always play under control, it may have been the turf, but even on the 30 yd reception, he stumbled after catching the ball.

If one watches his USC highlight film, you can see the same thing.

 

Man, when you guys bring back these archived threads....give me a break....start a new one...

 

No, he did not round off the route at all. Do people know what rounding off routes means?

 

Yes, do you?

 

Yeah lol I played wide out in college and went to a bunch of D1 camps.

He did not round off his route.