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Denard "LLL" Robinson (an excellent driver)

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tundra1;2292675; said:
Zurp, that's the first thing I've ever heard that makes me sad that Ray Lewis is retiring.
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Put him out West with Patrick Willis, Donte Whitner and Dashon Goldson. They'll make him forget how to not tie shoes... or something.

Actually, that division would be perfect. Lots of hard-hitting safeties and LBers out West.
 
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WolverineMike;2295794; said:
he'll definitely be a project for any team that drafts him. Still being projected as a 2nd or 3rd round pick though.......should be interesting to see what a team does with him. Interesting to me anyway.....
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Projected as a 2/3 rounder by whom? Hoke? '

Tard just wont be able to cut it anywhere as a pro. His best case scenario is as a late round "hali mary" pick. He might get a season or two, but that is it. 'Tard and his spoon act deserve a fork....as in stick a fork into him .... he's done
 
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WolverineMike;2295794; said:
he'll definitely be a project for any team that drafts him. Still being projected as a 2nd or 3rd round pick though.......should be interesting to see what a team does with him. Interesting to me anyway.....
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I'm just like the rest of the country that deals with reality....just not seein it after these reports....

MOBILE, Ala. -- Denard Robinson will never get another opportunity as good as this one to show NFL scouts he has the chops to play receiver.
Through two days of Senior Bowl practices, the former Michigan star has fumbled his opportunity.

It's not entirely his fault, as nerve damage in his right elbow prevented him from participating in all contact drills Monday and most contact drills Tuesday. Problem is, those are the drills Robinson most needed to show his stuff at the position.

Robinson says he hopes to be cleared for contact drills Wednesday. But to this point, he simply hasn't done enough to show he can play receiver in the NFL.

"No, he hasn't," NFL Network analyst Charles Davis said. "I'm not sure that's all his fault, because he?s been dinged up. I know that in one-on-one drills, they weren?t allowed to press him, they had to back off of him because of the injury he has.

"So, the answer is no (he hasn't done enough to show he can play receiver). He's got a long way to go with that."

Robinson was able to run some routes both days, and a few routes against defensive backs on Tuesday. Although he flashed decent hands, he dropped at least three balls during the second day of workouts.

The biggest problem area, at this point, appears to be his routes. He's rounding off corners, and not getting out of his breaks explosively.

Davis called Robinson's route-running "extremely raw," although noted the former quarterback just started running them and a learning curve is to be expected.

"That's like taking me and saying, 'All right Charles, you've been doing football your whole life. Now, I want you to captain a Viking ship,'" Davis said. "It's brand-new stuff. It's just going to be raw early."

Robinson hasn't looked natural in his routes, which he says is due partly to thinking so much. He has worked his routes back in Ann Arbor with Jeremy Gallon and Roy Roundtree, Michigan's top two receivers from last season.

He was texting with Roundtree on Tuesday, trying to pick up some additional pointers.

"They told me just to use my speed, and come out of the breaks harder," Robinson said. "That's one thing they kept telling me -- come back to the ball -- because when I was running routes at Michigan, they were saying I wasn't coming back to the ball."

Robinson said he felt better Tuesday than he did Monday as he adjusts to the drills of the position, and also picks up cues from Oakland Raiders receivers coach Ted Gilmore.

The Raiders are coaching the North team, which faces the South at 4 p.m. Saturday on NFL Network.

"I'm thinking less now," Robinson said. "I'm thinking less when I'm running routes and coming out of breaks and just doing what the coaches are telling you. That helped me."

Robinson's punt catches have been an adventure as well, which could depress his stock if he can't find consistency. He caught all 11 punts during the morning warmups Tuesday, but most of those came off a machine, which make it easier to judge depth.
Against live punts, he was just two-of-four. He misjudged the depth of both his misses.

He was just 3-of-7 on catchable punts on Monday.

"Got to get used to the rotation of the ball coming off his foot," Robinson said. "It kind of goes the other way. But it's all good."
All told, Robinson looks uncomfortable in his new roles. But he remains a gifted athlete, and he continues to intrigue NFL personnel. He's talked to nearly every NFL team, notably the Detroit Lions, New York Jets and Philadelphia Eagles.

"It takes some time with guys," Davis said. "We're expecting him to come out right away and run every route correctly and do this, that and everything. That's just not fair to him."

Robinson returns to the Ladd-Peebles practice field Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. Eastern.
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Charles Davis is one of the most respected, well rounded guys out there, who knows what the hell he's talking about. If he says it ain't lookin good, it aint lookin good.

Maybe Hairlice should have been where Taylor Martinez was in the 2012 offseason?
 
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WolverineMike;2295794; said:
he'll definitely be a project for any team that drafts him. Still being projected as a 2nd or 3rd round pick though.......
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:lol:. That'll be the biggest waste of a draft pick since the Broncos went all #25 overall for Tebow. A 2nd or 3rd round pick for a guy who won't even be in the NFL in 2014? I doubt it.
 
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Robinson says he hopes to be cleared for contact drills Wednesday. But to this point, he simply hasn't done enough to show he can play receiver in the NFL.

"No, he hasn't," NFL Network analyst Charles Davis said. "I'm not sure that's all his fault, because he?s been dinged up. I know that in one-on-one drills, they weren?t allowed to press him, they had to back off of him because of the injury he has.

"So, the answer is no (he hasn't done enough to show he can play receiver). He's got a long way to go with that."

Robinson was able to run some routes both days, and a few routes against defensive backs on Tuesday. Although he flashed decent hands, he dropped at least three balls during the second day of workouts.

The biggest problem area, at this point, appears to be his routes. He's rounding off corners, and not getting out of his breaks explosively.

Davis called Robinson's route-running "extremely raw," although noted the former quarterback just started running them and a learning curve is to be expected.
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So what we have is a guy who wants to play WR in the NFL, yet he (1) hasn't done enough to show he can do so, (2) consistently drops the ball, and (3) can't run routes. Sure sounds like a 2nd or 3rd round pick to me. :roll1:
 
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Senior Bowl - Players Who Struggled on Day Two
http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Senior-Bowl-Players-Who-Struggled-on-Day-Two.html

1. Denard Robinson, WR, Michigan (5104, 196 and 4.35): Robinson again took reps only at WR today. While he displayed impressive quickness, burst and fluidity on his breaks, he fought the ball in the air and dropped several passes. He also badly misplayed a punt during special teams period, and simply did not look natural catching the ball. Like yesterday, Robinson wore a yellow ?non-contact? jersey and did not participate in team periods. At this stage the health of his arm is as big a question mark as his ability to transition to a new position
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I hate to be a contrarian, but I think there may be a place for him in the league. Some team may use a 6th on him and get a couple of return touchdowns and an occasional long run on a reverse. He may even catch a ball or two along the way. This of course will happen before he gets flattened by an angry safety or hungry punt coverage wildman.
 
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