Restructuring: It’s a Long and Painful Story…

There comes a time in every team’s life where restructuring must take place. Sure enough, it was time for the Broncos to do so.

With a new coach, a new quarterback core, and a mess of new faces, the Denver Broncos have a lot of team-building to look forward to. The 2010 season will depend on the chemistry of a team that’s suffered through adversity, scandal, and turmoil, before their first season together hasn’t even begun.

Josh McDaniels heads a crew that Denver fans will need to study for the first time in a long while. Familiar faces are gone, including a certain franchise quarterback, and some may still be headed away.

A familiar term comes to mind; “Don’t mess with success.”

We’ve heard it time and time again, and yet we shouldn’t jump on that train yet. We should remain unsettled, and unhappy with our team’s position in this league, but also resilient. With any luck, change will be good this year.

The days of John Elway, Terrell Davis, and Rod Smith are gone (don’t forget Rod only just left.) As Bronco fans, it must be accepted. The future of this team relies on a future nobody had predicted.

Mike Shanahan had been the victim of scrutiny for years after Elway’s departure, however, steadfast in his ways, he did his best to make a championship team out of fourth and fifth round picks, and an offensive scheme that could topple giants. But with Gary Kubiak gone, and the wins diminishing, the tables had finally turned.

This last off-season would see the most change for the Broncos than with any other team in the NFL. It started as a new coach, a flurry of trades, and, eventually, the loss of a franchise player.

Does this spell the end for a franchise that has contended for years? Or is this just another chapter in the storied history of our Denver Broncos? Only time will tell, and it’s moving slower than any of us are willing to accept.

New coaches bring new schemes, new talent, and new potential. New is good. Especially considering the Broncos inability to make an impact in the postseason (or the regular season for that matter,) during the last few years.

A team is not made by one player, but can be destroyed by one. One team, one goal. After all, the point is to win the Super Bowl, not your fantasy league.

From one Broncos fan to the rest: “Is it really that bad? We could still have Brian Griese…”

How Necessary is the Third QB for the New York Giants?

When a team has as much talent across the board as the Giants do, every roster spot is important.  With that thought in mind, the Giants elected to keep only two QBs active last season.  Both Eli Manning and David Carr have shown to be extremely tough and durable QBs in their careers and the Giants decided not to keep a third guy.

Most pundits across the media would look at this type of move as “risky,” but why? Is it because something like this is rarely done so it must be a risk? Looking at the stats what the Giants did wasn’t risky at all, it was logical.

If the Giants were to do the same thing this season, they would stash their third QB on the practice squad just like last season. The “risk” here is that another team could pluck that player and leave the Giants without their third backup. 

However, when you pluck a player off another team’s practice squad, that team is required to activate the player to the roster immediately. 

That means the only team that would ever do that would have already gone through at least two of their own QBs and possibly three or four, before taking a guy not even deemed talented enough to be the primary backup.

So who actually uses three QBs in a typical NFL season? In 2008 only three teams had three QBs throw at least 20 passes. They were: 

Detroit: Kitna (120 att), Culpepper (115 att), Orlovsky (255 att)

Cleveland: Brady (89 att), Anderson (283 att), Dorsey (91 att), Gradkowski (21 att)

KC: Thigpen (420 att) , Croyle (29 att), Huard (81 att)

Of these teams, only Cleveland would have fallen under the category described as possible practice squad poachers and even they didn’t do it to get Gradkowski when they needed him. Cleveland signed him off the street probably because he had some NFL experience where as practice squad players almost certainly don’t.

Maybe that was just an aberration.  Just to be sure, here are the numbers for 2007:

Miami: Lemon (309) Green (141) Beck (107)

Oakland: McCown (190) Culpepper (186)  Russell (66)

Atlanta: Leftwhich (58) Harrington (348)  Redman (149)

Carolina: Delhomme (86) Carr (136) Testaverde (172) Moore (111)

Minnesota: Jackson (294)  Holcombe (83) Bollinger (50)

Of those teams, the only possible poachers would be the Panthers as they had to go so far as to pull Testaverde off the scrap heap. Just like Cleveland last year, they chose to go with a guy off the street who had NFL experience rather than take a chance on a young guy who has not taken one snap in the NFL. 

Neither of those teams were successful with their choices, but that’s what happens when you lose two QB’s to injury in the same season.  The third QB is third for a reason: he’s not as talented as the other guys ahead of him. 

In the unlikely event the third QB is poached and the team ends up needing him, (both of which are extreme long shots) they are just as well picking a retread off the street as they would be throwing a rookie project into the fire.

So the final question becomes, where is that roster spot best used?  Would they get more from it if they kept a player like David Tyree who performs on special teams but might not make the squad due to the numbers at WR, or would they get more from that spot by keeping Rhett Bomar or Andre Woodson?

The answer to that question remains to be seen but its certainly something to keep an eye on as training camp progresses.

The Tough Life of a 22-Year-Old Redskins Fan

I still remember my first memory of watching the National Football League. It was January 1992 and the Washington Redskins were about to win Super Bowl XXVI.

I was five years old, and man was football fun to watch.

My parents had plenty of friends and family over my house to watch and celebrate Joe Gibbs’ third championship in nine seasons. We played Hail to the Redskins after every score, and I had learned every word by the end.

I fell in love with football that night and with the Washington Redskins. My father groomed me into a fanatic.  If I only knew what I was about to get myself into.

Stress, agony, heartbreak, death, frustration, excitement, impatience, anticipation, annoyance, and high expectations. These are just the feelings I can think of off the top of my head.

I honestly can’t remember much about Gibbs’ last season the following year. They made the playoffs, advanced a round, and then he retired.

Between his retirement and eventual return to the sideline, the Redskins’ record was 74-101. This 11-year period was forgettable to say the least. There was one division title and playoff win in 2000.

Norv Turner and new owner Daniel Snyder (names synonymous with winning) led the team to within a botched field goal snap of a possible NFC Championship game in 2000.  It was about as bad as Tony Romo’s botched hold for those who do not remember.

The Skins lost 14-13, and that is when Mr. Snyder became famous in NFL circles and a laughingstock of football fans everywhere.

Months after the loss, Bruce Smith, Deion Sanders, Mark Carrier, and Jeff George all signed with the team as free agents. Chris Samuels and LaVar Arrington were drafted second and third overall.

Giggity!! We are going to win it all!!!

Or so Redskins nation thought.

Nope, we finished 8-8 a huge disappointment. To add insult to injury, the Baltimore Ravens won the Super Bowl that year.

I live 30 miles north of Washington DC, which means 20 miles south of Baltimore. You get the picture; all of a sudden I am the only kid still rocking a Darrell Green jersey. All I see is purple, EVERYWHERE.

All the kids in class apparently have “always been Ravens fans.”

Did they know the difference between Peter Boulware and Jermaine Lewis? No. All they knew was Ray Lewis and Marvin Lewis. Hell, that’s all they needed to know.

The Redskins were no longer the favorite team in town.

This was when things began going from bad to worse. Now every man is rocking purple in town. Nobody likes the Redskins nationally anymore either because of Snyder’s annual spending sprees every offseason.

This still rings true at this very moment. It just doesn’t seem right.

Finally a moment of happiness arrives when Norv Turner is fired, only to be replaced by Marty Schottenheimer. They started the year 0-5, yet somehow rebounded to finish 8-8.

Great, we’re making progress now. Stephen Davis was running like a beast, Arrington was becoming a defensive force, and the team was playing smart football.  

About two weeks later reports surface that Snyder was having dinner with the one and only Steve Spurrier fresh off of an Orange Bowl victory over my Maryland Terrapins. 

Marty Ball out, Fun n’ Gun in.

The ole’ ball coach goes 12-20 in two seasons. Patrick Ramsey’s confidence is shot after Dallas beats him like a rag doll. Stephen Davis is let go in favor of Trung Candidate. Taylor Jacobs is our first draft selection in 2003.

More hype, even less results. And this memorable video. Oh Steve!

This was the breaking point for my father, a lifelong fan. He admitted to me recently he was losing faith, although I don’t believe it to be true. Once a Redskins fan, always a Redskins fan.

It was at the lowest point of his faith in the Burgundy and Gold when it all got exciting again. Joe freakin’ Gibbs was coming back!!!  

I was woken up around 5am to hear the awesome news. “Were back!” my father announced.

The entire fan base needed to be rejuvenated, and it happened.

Unfortunately the game apparently passed Gibbs by. His offense only scored more than 30 points once and a 6-10 season ensued.

In 2005, Gibbs second year back the Redskins reeled off five-straight wins to reach the playoffs and beat Tampa Bay in the Wild Card round.

I got to experience an incredible playoff run with my family, friends and new classmates in college. Clinton Portis, Santana Moss, Mark Brunell, and Sean Taylor were simply awesome.

I know it’s sad, but a six-game winning streak is still the best month and a half of football I have ever witnessed from the Redskins over an extended period.

My little bro kissed the TV after Marcus Washington’s game-sealing INT against Tampa in the playoffs. Sean Taylor sealed the playoff berth by leaping into the Eagles’ end zone in Philadelphia. 

Maybe Gibbs hasn’t lost his touch for play calling after all.

After a great ride in 2005 Daniel Snyder once again ruined the chemistry of the team, bringing in Brandon (I have one great highlight) Lloyd and Adam (punt protector) Archuleta.

While paying Archuleta the largest contract for a safety in football history, Snyder also released Sean Taylor’s good friend and excellent role player Ryan Clark.

Clark went on to Pittsburgh and has continued his stellar play. I’m not really sure about Archuleta last I checked he was a tackling dummy for the Bears.  

Another forgettable year followed with a 5-11 record.

The 2007 season was the toughest and most fulfilling of them all. The team was 5-3 hosting the Eagles at FedEx Field. Up late in the game, Sean Taylor left due to a knee injury and the Eagles came back to win.

Two more losses followed to Dallas and Tampa Bay. It was ok because Taylor was getting healthy and would be back soon.

I woke up around 9 a.m. in the middle of the week to eight text messages. “Sean got shot.” 

Later that night at work I heard he was showing signs of life in the hospital. I never thought the beast would have died that night.

I skipped all my classes, called a few close friends, and was brought to tears.

It was a strange pain. I mean I didn’t know him; he was just a football player. Should I be this upset?

Well once I talked to a few friends who loved the team as much as me I knew it was ok to feel like I lost a close friend.  I will never forget that day either, much like Super Bowl XXVI but for entirely different reasons.

First, a young baby girl just lost her father, and the Redskins and Miami Hurricanes lost a legend. Second was the passion all Redskins fans showed, the love they all showed. Even Dallas and Philly fans came up to me and said they were sorry, he was the best they had seen.  My Sean Taylor jersey was worn once more the following weekend.

The Redskins went on to play football that week and lose on a game-ending field goal after a unmemorable gaff by Joe Gibbs calling two consecutive timeouts, putting the Bills 15 yards closer.

I sat in silence after the clock hit zero. The entire fan base was in shock. Some friends left the room to let off steam, some made excuses for Gibbs.

The team had every excuse in the world, but nobody made any. They just celebrated Sean.

Coach Gibbs stressed character and resiliency through the entire ordeal, two cornerstones of his model for team building.

What followed were four-straight victories, including a playoff-clinching win over Dallas at home by 21 points.  It was an accomplishment I’m not sure any coach but Gibbs could have pulled off. Rallying men together for a single lost teammate, with a backup QB nonetheless was amazing.

From the Super Bowl in 1992 to present day, I have lived, breathed, and sweat Redskins pride. All I have since that championship are two playoff victories, a few memorable wins over Dallas, and the memory of Sean Taylor’s abilities as a football player.

And well a lot of games I wish I could forget that took years off of my life.

I would not trade it in for anything because being a Redskins fan prepares you for life. I hope the next 22 years are as tough on me as the previous 22. Through the good and the bad, “Fight for Old DC!”

Chad Ochocinco Challenges Shawne Merriman to a Fight.

Folks, I couldn’t make this crap up if I tried. Just when we thought Chad Ochocinco, the attention grabbing WR from Cincinnati was going on the track to maturity, this happens.

According to FOXSports, MSNBC, and CNN Sports. On Twitter (the newest fad), Ochocinco was positive that he and the Bengals would defeat the San Diego Chargers in Week 15, specifically Merriman and the defense. Merriman, of course, decided to voice his opinion.

“Are you serious!?”, was his reply.

This prompted Ochocinco to challenge Merriman to a boxing match. Ochocinco has been sparring all offseason, and is feeling confident enough to beat the Chargers, and beat Merriman in a fight.

Beating Shawne Merriman in a fight is no easy task. Merriman stands 6’4″ 272 pounds, compared to Ochocinco’s 6’1″ 190 pounds. Although, size doesn’t always matter.

Personally though, I think Merriman would snap Ochocinco like a twig.

Fantasy Rankings: Peyton Manning Is The Class of AFC South QBs in 2009

In this division, it all starts and ends with Peyton Manning for fantasy QBs—as it has for the last decade. From that point on, it’s mostly guys who can be used as fill-ins when a starter is down or for favorable match-ups.

 

Fantasy Football Keeper League Questions

In seventh edition of Bruno Boys Mailbag, I will be tackling an email question from a reader who has quite the dilemma of who to keep in a keeper league.

Last but not least, we will provide you with some valuable information on how everyone should use a Commish Kit Draft Boards at their fantasy football draft.

As always, if you have a question about a player or draft strategy, send an email to contact@brunoboys.net and we will give you all the advice needed to make you successful.

With that being said, lets get started on the June 25th, 2009 edition of Bruno Boys Mailbag: Fantasy Football Q & A. 

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QUESTION: Help!  I am in a PPR keeper league where we keep two players from previous season.  I have three bona-fide top 15 players (Forte, Chris Johnson, Brees) and am fairly certain I will keep Forte as one of the two. 

Who do I keep between Brees and C. Johnson?  As last year’s champion, I will be picking last in the first round (12th).

                                            —(Tim (TJ) Edwards)

ANSWER: 

TJ… Congrats on winning your league in 2008. Now it’s time for a repeat performance in 2009.

Before I give you a thorough breakdown on who to keep, I wish I knew what your leagues scoring system was because that would be my deciding factor when choosing between your three options.

However, for the purpose of this question I will assume that it’s a standard scoring (4-points for passing TD’s) league like the majority of fantasy leagues out there.

Assuming that you start two RB’s and it’s standard scoring, the guys I would keep are running backs Matt Forte and Chris Johnson. When our 2009 Top 150 fantasy football rankings come out on July 1, you will notice that Forte is third overall and Johnson isn’t too far behind at 10th overall.

With so many NFL teams employing a RBBC backfield these days it makes to get the studs at the more important position, and in Forte and Johnson, you have a foundation you can build around. Plus, with everyone keeping two players and you not draft until 1.12 that means there will be 35 players off the board before you pick.

If you decided to keep Brees and try to target a RB with your first pick, your options are more of the low-end RB2 status. Going by our top-150 and looking at average-draft-position (ADP), some of the running backs that might be available are Joseph Addai, Darren McFadden, LenDale White and Jonathan Stewart.

None of these choices are bad options but there is no comparison to Johnson in terms of potential and projection—though I feel McFadden is due for a stellar ’09 season.  

If I was in your shoes, I’d keep Forte and Johnson, use my 1.12 pick to snag a wide receiver in the range of Anquan Boldin, Marques Colston and Brandon Marshall, and than use my 4th or 5th round pick on a quarterback.

Based on ADP the available quarterbacks should be in the range of Philip Rivers, Kurt Warner, Aaron Rodgers, and Tony Romo.

You can’t go wrong with any of these signal callers but my pick would be Rodgers. Last year he finished with the second most fantasy points at the QB position. And with the Packers offense continuing to mature, you can expect Rodgers to keep the torrid pace.

Plus, the NFC North division was a division that had plenty of shoot-outs last year and you can expect the same this season.

By keeping Forte and Johnson, you get two of the ten best RB’s and can use one of your next three picks to snag a QB who will be comparable to Brees.

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Remembering The AFC North Offseason: What a Difference a Year Makes!

A year ago at this time, talk about the AFC North was skeptical. 

The Steelers had lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars in Mike Tomlins only playoff game. The Baltimore Ravens were starting out with a new head coach and quarterback.  The Cincinnati Bengals were in conflict about trading Ochocinco. 

And the Cleveland Browns were the “trendy” team that was going to take the next step and become Super Bowl Champions.

What a difference a year makes!

 

Cleveland Browns.

Last year’s “trendy” pick has become this years laughing stock.  The shock of the downfall of the team caused owner Randy Lerner to fire GM Phil Savage and coach Romeo Crennel.

Lerner then hired former Jets coach Eric Mangini, who brought with him many of his former players from New York.

Will Mangini be able to right the wrongs done over the years to Browns fans, or will the Dawg Pound be forced to endure another year of the same?  Loss after loss?

 

Cincinnati Bengals.

Marvin Lewis enters the last year of his contract with the Cincinnati Bengals.  Will he be able to turn this franchise around and be rewarded with a contract fitting one of the best coaches in the league?

Most people don’t realize that Cincinnati had the 12th best defense last year. 

 

If Ochocinco can be the receiver he was two years ago, that would be a good start. And if Carson Palmer returns from injury, the Bengals could be a force to be reckoned with.

The Bengals need to make sure they don’t forget why they resigned Cedric Benson.  If the Bengals are willing to commit to the run game, their defense will be even better.

Can they make that commitment?

 

Baltimore Ravens.

The Baltimore Ravens have had a tough time this off season. 

Gone is defensive coordinator Rex Ryan, who left for the New York Jets.  Like Mangini did in Cleveland, Ryan took some of the key members of last year’s defense with him.

Bart Scott, the young stud playing next to Ray Lewis, is the biggest loss.  Lewis is getting older, but has not shown his age.  Still able to play sideline to sideline, Lewis is going to have to prove to his skeptics that he is still the best in the game.

Jim Harbaugh enters his second year as head coach, and along with Joe Flacco, the offense needs to progress if the Ravens are going to compete this year.

Last year, Baltimore was unsuspecting and caught a lot of teams by surprise.  That wont happen this year.

Finishing second in the AFC North, the Ravens SHOULD be playing a second place schedule.  Because Indianapolis came in second to the Titans, and the Patriots came in second to the Dolphins, this year, the Ravens will have to play both the Colts and the Patriots.

Can the Ravens overcome the schedule and pass Pittsburgh for the divisional crown?

 

Pittsburgh Steelers.

The defending Super Bowl champs go from the hunter to the hunted.  Every game the Steelers play this year, the teams will be gunning to dethrone the champs.

As I noted with the Ravens,  the Steelers have the benefit of playing the Titans and Dolphins instead of the Colts and Pats.

If Pittsburgh is going to take advantage of this, they are going to have to start out fast, with the NFL opening game in Pittsburgh against those same Titans.

Will the Steelers be able to repeat as not only divisional champs, but as Super Bowl champs as well?

Only time will answer these questions. 

If you would have said last year at this time that Pittsburgh was going to beat the Arizona Cardinals in the Super Bowl—on a play that will go down as one of the greatest in Super Bowl history—people would have thought you were nuts.

Justin Tuck Can Propel New York’s Defense To Greatness

By this point in his career, its no mystery that Justin Tuck is one of the top defenders in The NFL.

It isn’t a matter of how good of a player he is, but rather, how good he is going to become.

In the 2007 playoffs, and particularly Superbowl XLII, Justin Tuck burst onto the scene and became arguably the most important player in New York’s pursuit of a Lombardi Trophy.

What most fail to realize is that over the course of the 2007 season, Tuck recorded 70 tackles and ten sacks while only playing a single down. The fact that this production came from the defensive tackle position should not be overlooked, either.

With Michael Strahan and Osi Umenyiora attacking off the edge, Tuck was able to wreak utter havoc on opposing offenses—slicing through their offensive lines and causing almost instantaneous pressure on quarterbacks.

In 2008, Strahan gone and Umenyiora out for the season with a meniscus injury; Tuck was left to fend for himself, and in the process, he saw double and triple teams. With no real defensive end depth to speak of behind Tuck, he was forced to stay on the edge, and the entire defense suffered as a result.

2009 will be a different story, though.

With Osi back, and the likes of Matthias Kiwanuka, Chris Canty, and Clint Sintim available as edge rushers, Tuck will be free to complete his quest to revoloutionize the rush defensive tackle position.

The prognosticators are right to believe that the return of Osi Umenyiora will help The Giants, but I’m not so sure they realize the magnitude to which it really will help New York.

The Superbowl was just the beginning.

By the conclusion of The 2009 season, Justin Tuck very well may have established himself as the NFL’s most versatile and skilled defender.

Good luck, NFC East—you will need it.

 

 

Is It Time for Derrick Burgess to Be Traded by the Oakland Raiders?

Derrick Burgess is a former Pro Bowler and former NFL sack leader, but many speculate his days in Oakland are numbered. This is especially true after the emergence of young pass rusher Trevor Scott and signing of veteran pass rusher Greg Ellis. Not to mention the Raiders drafted a couple more D-ends in this year’s draft: Matt Shaughnessy and Stryker Sulak.

As it stands right now, the D-end position for the Oakland Raiders is becoming pretty crowded. Players, namely Burgess, are beginning to look expendable.

To make things even worse for him, the Raiders can afford to part ways with a pass rusher. It’s arguably not one of the team’s weaknesses. Last year they ranked 13th in sacks with teams rarely throwing against them.

Recent rumors arose of the team shopping around players including Burgess, but Raider officials have done nothing but deny any interest in trading him.

Whether or not the team has been in negotiations with other teams regarding Burgess, now is the time—especially now that premier pass rushers like Ellis, Jason Taylor, and Julius Peppers are off the market. 

Value for pass rushers is now at an offseason high, and there should be many interested parties.

One team desperately in need of a pass rusher is the Kansas City Chiefs. Though I doubt the Raiders would deal with a division rival, the Chiefs ranked dead last in sacks last year with a dismal 10, barely cracking double digits.

Another candidate who has been rumored to have interest in Burgess is the New England Patriots.

Last year they were tied at 14th in sacks with 31, one fewer than the Raiders’ total. 

They were allegedly in the hunt for Peppers to play OLB as a pass rusher. Now with his $16 million-plus franchise tender signing, that door seems closed. 

Though fairly unsuccessful, Burgess has experience playing the 3-4 OLB position. In a defense other than one of Rob Ryan’s vanilla schemes, he is likely to perform better.

The next likely candidate is the Cleveland Browns, who were tied at 31st in sacks with only 17. The defense is currently being coached by former Raider DC Rob Ryan, and a history between Ryan and Burgess may have pull in a trade. Also, seemingly happy now DT Shaun Rogers requested a trade earlier this offseason.

Next are the Cincinnati Bengals, tied with the Browns with a measly 17 sacks. Many would argue they drafted their future pass rusher in the third round with DE Michael Johnson, but the tandem of rookie and veteran would strike fear in many QBs.

Next are the Green Bay Packers. Last year they ranked 25th in the league with 27 sacks, and they are currently transitioning to the 3-4 from a 4-3 (with Aaron Kampman making the transition from DE to OLB). Burgess can be plugged in the rotation or played opposite Kampman. The Packers have an impressive offense but struggled (only winning six games) last year due to the defense.

There are other teams who may be interested, but these were the most likely in my opinion. Other pass rush-challenged teams that may be interested include the Washington Redskins, (T)28th with 24; Buffalo Bills (T), 28th with 24; Houston Texans, 27th with 25; NO Saints, 22nd with 28; and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Jacksonville Jaguars, tied at 20th with 29.

Rumored values on Burgess range anywhere from a second to a fourth rounder, though I suspect the Raiders would be interested in package deals, especially if they include a DT or SOLB.

Is Jarrett Brown This Years Mark Sanchez?

As the clock continues to count down toward the start of the 2009-2010 college football season, already the scouts and fans are thinking about bowl games and even how players size up for the NFL draft.

Last year, while Matthew Stafford was a well-known quarterback, Mark Sanchez was relatively unknown . I mean, people knew his name but were not sure how good he could become.

As the season progressed, Sanchez showed poise, a big time arm, and the ability to make the right decision. All of these attributes translated into the Jets trading up to take him as their fifth pick overall in the draft.

Jarrett Brown looks like he could also, be in that mold this year.

Unless you are a die hard college football or Mountaineer fan you might not know who he is. He has been a back up to Pat White for the last three years. He is 2-0 as a starter and which might be the only stat that really says anything.

He has thrown for 839 yards with five touchdowns and four interceptions. He has seen some mop up duty as well as being put in games when White went down with injuries.

Brown possess what scouts love. He stands tall at, 6’4″, big weighing 220 lbs., has a big time arm that can put touch on passes when needed, and is mobile which he proved, rushing for over 600 yards, so far.

The big thing that the scouts really want to see is his leadership ability. Can he step in and be the leader that White was?

While he will not be what White was at WVU, Brown has the change to show that he is completely capable of running the show. He showed great leadership during the spring. He commanded the huddle and showed excellent understanding of the offense.

If Brown can play this season like he has looked in the spring, and that is a big IF, he could really vault up the draft board.

 

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