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Trent Richardson cut by Raiders

Moondawg : 9/1/2015 5:34 pm
How were so many people so wrong about him? Why couldn't he make the jump to the pro game?
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3rd overall pick.  
Big Blue '56 : 9/1/2015 5:35 pm : link
Sheesh
Wow  
SJ4good80 : 9/1/2015 5:36 pm : link
I was so wrong about this guy. I remember being very impressed when he played the Giants his rookie year, thought he was going to be a force for a long time.
Fire Reese  
Lurts : 9/1/2015 5:39 pm : link
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Two  
AcidTest : 9/1/2015 5:41 pm : link
#1s, by two different teams, were used on this guy.
he has all the tools physically  
madgiantscow009 : 9/1/2015 5:44 pm : link
what has been his downfall? poor vision? Doesn't have it upstairs?
Raiders also cut paper Giant Trindon Holliday  
Bluenatic : 9/1/2015 5:54 pm : link
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Huh?  
River Mike : 9/1/2015 5:55 pm : link
Six posts and no "kick the tires"?
Seems like I've heard keeping his weight at bay has been an issue.  
FranknWeezer : 9/1/2015 5:55 pm : link
I watched him dominate in the SEC (see video clip of one play in particular), and I thought that would translate to him being a beast of a player in the NFL. Wrong.
He did this to my team back in 2011 - ( New Window )
Always thought he was overrated  
HomerJones45 : 9/1/2015 5:57 pm : link
if he didn't go to Alabama, no one would have ever bothered with him. Alabama is to running backs as Iowa is to offensive tackles.
RE: he has all the tools physically  
santacruzom : 9/1/2015 6:08 pm : link
In comment 12447607 madgiantscow009 said:
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poor vision?


Yep.

that pic  
madgiantscow009 : 9/1/2015 6:12 pm : link
looks like he's just setting up an awesome spin move to the left.
RE: that pic  
santacruzom : 9/1/2015 6:14 pm : link
In comment 12447636 madgiantscow009 said:
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looks like he's just setting up an awesome spin move to the left.


But instead, he's running right into the back of one of his teammates to the right.
2012 Draft  
BigBlueinChicago : 9/1/2015 6:21 pm : link
#2 - RG3
#3 - Richardson
#5 - Blackmon

Ouch. 3 of the top 5 could be out of the league within 12 months.
Now this is a bust  
Chef : 9/1/2015 6:23 pm : link
Please point this out to the people killing the Herman and Mosley draft pics
RE: Wow  
SHO'NUFF : 9/1/2015 7:16 pm : link
In comment 12447597 SJ4good80 said:
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I was so wrong about this guy. I remember being very impressed when he played the Giants his rookie year, thought he was going to be a force for a long time.


any running back will look impressive against the Giants.
I thought he'd be better than Lacy coming out of Bama.  
arcarsenal : 9/1/2015 7:19 pm : link
Boy was I wrong.
RE: 2012 Draft  
giants#1 : 9/1/2015 7:38 pm : link
In comment 12447647 BigBlueinChicago said:
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#2 - RG3
#3 - Richardson
#5 - Blackmon

Ouch. 3 of the top 5 could be out of the league within 12 months.


Kalil (#4) and Claiborne (#6) aren't exactly lighting it up either.
He looked like a musclebound, stiff back in college  
widmerseyebrow : 9/1/2015 7:41 pm : link
and he turned out to be a musclebound, stiff back in the NFL. Only he didn't have a huge offensive line advantage or opponents like Kent State in the NFL. Oh wait, Kent State pushed his shit in his last year at Bama. #4 overall was lunacy.
RE: He looked like a musclebound, stiff back in college  
widmerseyebrow : 9/1/2015 7:41 pm : link
In comment 12447758 widmerseyebrow said:
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and he turned out to be a musclebound, stiff back in the NFL. Only he didn't have a huge offensive line advantage or opponents like Kent State in the NFL. Oh wait, Kent State pushed his shit in his last year at Bama. #4 overall was lunacy.


#3*
Another draft blunder by the Browns  
GeofromNJ : 9/1/2015 8:09 pm : link
They wasted a #3 overall on Richardson, traded him to the Colts for one of their 2014 #'1's and used it to draft Manziel after moving up 3 slots. Good move on their part? I don't think so. Justin Gilbert, their other #1 in 2014 has been a disappointment as well. I'd like to see them do well. I went to college in the Cleveland area. But it's not looking good.
He's the poster boy for why  
Gman11 : 9/1/2015 8:56 pm : link
you don't draft a running back in the first round.

At least he good for something - as a bad example.
Lacks vision but also lacks quicks, acceleration and burst  
JonC : 9/1/2015 9:04 pm : link
to find and explode through holes, he's constantly getting piled up at the los.
Holmgren really assfucked Cleveland on his way out the door  
sb from NYT Forum : 9/1/2015 9:14 pm : link
...2 first round picks and he picked Richardson and Brandon Weeden. Oooff.
RE: Another draft blunder by the Browns  
mattlawson : 9/1/2015 9:30 pm : link
In comment 12447826 GeofromNJ said:
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They wasted a #3 overall on Richardson, traded him to the Colts for one of their 2014 #'1's and used it to draft Manziel after moving up 3 slots. Good move on their part? I don't think so. Justin Gilbert, their other #1 in 2014 has been a disappointment as well. I'd like to see them do well. I went to college in the Cleveland area. But it's not looking good.


jasus
Ron Dayne  
Natek212 : 9/1/2015 9:32 pm : link
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RE: Another draft blunder by the Browns  
BigBlueinChicago : 9/1/2015 10:04 pm : link
In comment 12447826 GeofromNJ said:
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They wasted a #3 overall on Richardson, traded him to the Colts for one of their 2014 #'1's and used it to draft Manziel after moving up 3 slots. Good move on their part? I don't think so. Justin Gilbert, their other #1 in 2014 has been a disappointment as well. I'd like to see them do well. I went to college in the Cleveland area. But it's not looking good.


Don't forget, when they were at #4 in 2012, They traded their 4th, 5th and 7th to Minnesota to move up to #3 to make sure they drafted him.

Ouch.
Ryan Clark  
Mr. Bungle : 9/1/2015 10:51 pm : link
killed Richardson on ESPN:
"worst running back of all time" - ( New Window )
RE: Ron Dayne  
bradshaw44 : 9/1/2015 10:55 pm : link
In comment 12448021 Natek212 said:
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Crossed my mind as well
Somebody ask Les in TO if RIchardson went to  
Victor in CT : 9/2/2015 11:01 am : link
BC, Syracuse or Notre Dame
hmmm, I didi not see any "kick the tires"!  
213374 : 9/2/2015 12:16 pm : link
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RE: hmmm, I didi not see any  
giants#1 : 9/2/2015 12:18 pm : link
In comment 12448818 213374 said:
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There are no tires to kick.
And he just turned 25  
Big Blue '56 : 9/2/2015 1:05 pm : link
in July
never understood taking running backs that high  
shabu : 9/2/2015 1:09 pm : link
never understood taking running backs that high
RE: RE: Ron Dayne  
HomerJones45 : 9/2/2015 1:10 pm : link
In comment 12448142 bradshaw44 said:
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In comment 12448021 Natek212 said:


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Crossed my mind as well
Richardson made Dayne look like Jim Brown. I hated the Dayne pick but he was way better than Richardson.
If Dayne were a 4th rounder..  
FatMan in Charlotte : 9/2/2015 1:15 pm : link
people would have been ecstatic with his production. If Phillips was a 4th rounder, people would still call him a bust:)
RE: never understood taking running backs that high  
Victor in CT : 9/2/2015 2:26 pm : link
In comment 12448926 shabu said:
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never understood taking running backs that high


Granted a different era, but Earl Campbell, Billy Sims, Eric Dickerson, Tony Dorsett, George Rogers, Ottis Anderson were all pretty good players.

More recently, Adrian Petersen, Marshawn Lynch, Ronnie Brown, Cedric Benson, Cadillac Williams, Stephen Jackson come to mind.

But yes, the game has changed and RB has become more a value pick rather than a premium back,
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