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Sunday, January 25, 2009

The Good and The Bad from the 2009 Senior Bowl

The Senior Bowl is the last chance for NFL hopefuls to secure their spot in this year's draft. The game is not just another game, for some, it might be their last game they ever play. If you think it's not important, just look at the two teams in the Super Bowl. The Steelers and Cardinals have a combined 36 former Senior Bowl participants. This year's game is no different from previous games. There are many players who need to show they have the talent that all the scouts want, and some players are still competing just to get recognized. So how did this year's Senior Bowl participants make out? Here's the rundown of the good, the bad and the ugly of this year's Senior Bowl.

The good from this year's game came from the South Quarterbacks. West Virginia QB Pat White proved all the scouts wrong, showing he has potential to be a NFL quarterback. White was named MVP of the game, throwing for 95 yards and 1 touchdown. Former Crimson Tide QB John Parker Wilson scored the game's first TD on a 4 yard run, while Clemson QB Cullen Harper threw for 44 yards. Also, Tennessee defensive end Robert Ayers might of improved his draft stock the most during the week. Before this week, Ayers looked like a second day pick, but after the game, he appeared to cement his spot on day one of the NFL draft.

Graham Harrell may have killed his chances after last night's game. His accuracy was not where he needed it, and his arm strength was just not what the scout's wanted to see. For Texas Tech, Harrell put up amazing numbers, but sometimes stats do not get you into the NFL, just look at former Hawaii QB's Timmy Chang and Colt Brennan. The same went for Rhett Bomar, who may have dimished his NFL hopes. Florida State receiver Greg Carr looked like Terrell Owens, but not the good side of T.O. Carr had too many drops in the game, crushing his draft status.

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1 comments:

Unknown said...

The ball was only thrown Greg Carr's way once. It's hard to have too many drops with one ball thrown your way, which he did catch.