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TE Kyle Rudolph (Minnesota Vikings)

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Hubbard;1007016; said:
He's one of the ones you make room for.
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If the target number is indeed 18 as per what was said at a recent luncheon, we have only four ships to give:
  1. Cordale Scott is as good as verballed
  2. Obviously bank a ship for Pryor
  3. If rumors about Mobley are true, that's three of four ships accounted for
  4. This last ship may be too valuable to save for a second TE, and would be better used for another OL
 
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MililaniBuckeye;1007038; said:
If the target number is indeed 18 as per what was said at a recent luncheon, we have only four ships to give:
  1. Cordale Scott is as good as verballed
  2. Obviously bank a ship for Pryor
  3. If rumors about Mobley are true, that's three of four ships accounted for
  4. This last ship may be too valuable to save for a second TE, and would be better used for another OL
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or physical freak at DL. That kid from Akron sounds intriguing...
 
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OK, fair enough. I wasn't really counting on Rudolph to switch, just that he would be a welcomed addition if he did decide to. I've said it before, and I believe Mobley/Pryor/Scott get at least 3 of the 4... then Josh Jenkins or Brandon Washington (we'll see when he visits) get the final 1, because I think it has been said before that the staff really wants 4 OL in this class, but I would go with Jenkins here.
 
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Notre Dame TE Kyle Rudolph out for season

October 12, 2010 11:30 AM | 1 Comment | BREAKING STORY
By Brian Hamilton

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Notre Dame is at the halfway point of its season, and it will have to proceed through the second half of 2010 without one of the best tight ends in the country.

Junior Kyle Rudolph will have surgery to repair a hamstring that came off the bone during the Pittsburgh game last weekend and he will miss the rest of 2010, Irish coach Brian Kelly announced during his Tuesday press conference.

Rudolph battled hamstring issues during the preseason, appeared to have overcome them and then was nagged again lately before the Pittsburgh game sealed his fate. Kelly said the "rehab protocol" for this surgery will sideline Rudolph for six months.

"He felt very good before the game," Kelly said. "Exertion caused the injury. He tried to play through it, we had to pull him out late. He's a courageous kid, he tried to fight through it. Unfortunately it's led to him being sidelined for the season."

Thus Mike Ragone, a recovering Tyler Eifert and Jake Golic become the Irish's options at tight end for the rest of the season and will have to replace Rudolph, a player with first-round draft pick potential that had 28 catches for 328 yards and three touchdowns in 2010.

"Certainly you lose one of the best tight ends in the country," Kelly said. "That's a loss. But one player is not going to stop what we do. It's a next-man-in philosophy for us. Tyler Eifert, Mike Ragone, and (Jake) Golic are going to have to step up. They'll have to do what Kyle was doing."

It's the second straight injury-hampered season for Rudolph, who missed multiple games with a separated shoulder in 2009 and had offseason surgery to repair that injury.

Highly touted freshman Alex Welch, Kelly said, doesn't figure into the mix.

Kelly had not informed the Irish of the Rudolph news as of the beginning of his press conference Tuesday.

"We want all the questions asked and answered, and then we have a game to focus on," Kelly said.
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It will be hard to replace a talent like Rudolph for the rest of the season, however he's been fighting through the injury all season and with a mix of Ragone and Eifert I think they can still be productive at the position. Fortunately other than Michigan I don't think we've had to rely on Rudolph as much, probably because of the injury. Riddick has been coming along well at WR which gives us a good target when Floyd is double covered.
 
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Kyle Rudolph, Notre Dame star, takes it one step at a time
Injured tight end focused on getting back on feet, not thinking NFL
By Tom Groeschen ? [email protected] ? November 8, 2010

Kyle Rudolph is a rugged, man's-man, Notre Dame football star and a top NFL prospect. Therefore, he is not pleased to be limping around campus on crutches.

"I'm about ready to get rid of them," Rudolph said. "Three more weeks and I'm done with them."

Rudolph, an Elder High School graduate, is on the phone from Notre Dame, apologizing for not being in touch sooner. After having surgery on his right hamstring Oct. 15, Rudolph is behind on schoolwork. Try getting to and sitting through classes when you are 6 feet 6 and 265 pounds and on crutches, moving slower than Friday afternoon.

"I haven't had any pain at all," Rudolph said. "I was surprised. It's actually a relief, after dealing it with the past four months."

Rudolph, a junior, had a hamstring issue that worsened after six games this season, and an MRI showed an avulsion, a separation of two tendons from the bone. Rudolph had surgery and is done for the season, and his rehabilitation process will last about six months.

Before his injury Rudolph was the No. 1-rated tight end in the country by many scouting services. There was talk that Rudolph might leave Notre Dame early, forgoing his senior season to enter the 2011 NFL Draft.

"I haven't gotten that far yet," he said. "I'm focused on my rehab right now."

Rob Rang of NFLDraft Scout.com, which CBS Sports uses for its online ratings, said Rudolph's injury probably will not hurt his draft status.

"Prior to the injury, Kyle Rudolph was the top-rated NFL draft-eligible tight end in the country," Rang said. "Depending on his ability to work out in time for the 2011 draft, he may still be."
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http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20101108/SPT01/11070345
 
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I dunno, just seems the last couple years the talking heads just seem to have degraded the Pro Bowl a bit. I think it used to have some pride attached to it. Now they're talking about how the players aren't really trying, too afraid to get hurt, going half speed at times, etc. I'm sure some of it is true, but it's kind of destroying any mystique it once had. Then theres talk that the Commish may do away with the Pro Bowl all together.

I still like the Pro Bowl myself. I mean, where else are you going to see a collage of the best players at every position aside from Madden? I just don't like the negativity that has been attached to it in recent years.
 
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