I was listening to Ken Miller, and it sounds like Lazard is getting a $40,000.00 signing bonus. He made it sound like UFA's usually get around 5-10k, so hopefully getting that much is a good sign on his chances of making the roster.
INSIDER: What happened with Lazard/the draft?
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Chris, what's your thoughts on the Colts taking a WR in the 5th and 6th round including a UNI receiver. I assume some questions were asked of Manning about Fountain (the UNI WR) as he saw him play first hand. Also being the TE coach i'm surprised he didn't lobby for a TE/WR hybrid in Allen.
ISU beat OSU in 2011, Osemele was drafted the next spring. CPR's stock was at an all time high that year. I don't think I'm missing sarcasm here, but maybe I am?
CycloneErik
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Team lost out the rest of the year with a head coach who apparently had no interest or ability to recruit well.
That's on Rhoads, not anything about whether wins help recruiting.
Was going more on the impact of a player getting drafted not having much impact on recruiting, but yeah, kind of the same thing...CPR actually recruited some nice players. It's just been recent that they were being used for their abilities.
Was kind of thinking the same thing...I'd say 2013 was when things really started to turn (although the signs were there in an underwhelming 2012), but I'm not sure if he was even officially lame duck until the KState Collapse of 2015.
In 2011 I think people were actually worried that CPR might leave.
FWIW that's a very nice starting salary in a lot of professions, especially just out of college.
Jacksonville also guaranteed him that they wouldn’t sign any other WR free agents
there was a guy drafted from ferris st., ncaa d2 schoolIt’s silly to make yourself a victim out of this. No one isn’t going to try and not draft the best fit for them just to screw Iowa State.I think I saw some guy drafted from Southeast Missouri State and I didn’t even know there was such a school. That player didn’t seem to suffer from not going to a known football school.
Yeah but that was just a favor for a buddy of an NFL exec so the ISU conspiracy still holds water.
I guess those are somewhat fair concerns (except for the toughness questions. That's bunk. Find me a better and more willing blocker in this year's WR class, and he played through a lot of nicks and dings in his career).
The drops thing, I don't know. He did struggle at times but he was pretty consistent his senior year, and you could attibute his problems before that at least in part to the revolving door at QB.
I always thought he was more likely to drop a pass on target and catch a lot of crappy throws. Since Bortles gets so much criticism he should be perfect for him.
Basically a glorified fair-catcher, he’s not someone who is a playmaker catching a puntPretty sure he has been a punt returner?
