Gibril Wilson on Wink Martindale

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Were later round picks (Gibril was a 5th Rounder)

Worried about the wolverines. OSU collects first round draft choices at the wide receiver position. You can't cover them with
man on man.

In comment 16394373 gersh said:

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Were later round picks (Gibril was a 5th Rounder)

Hard pressed to find many good day 2, much less day 2 starters and standouts from the 2009 draft and onward.

In comment 16394373 gersh said:

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Were later round picks (Gibril was a 5th Rounder)

tip of the cap, gersh

was a quality starter. It was never common.

More generally, sounds like Gibril has no more fucks to give. He's long retired, he's got nothing to lose speaking his mind. Good for him. Way more interesting than the canned cliches we get from most players and ex-players.

for whom you have zero respect.

I loved Wilson here. It always bummed me out that he struggled when he left. Worse yet, he went to the biggest clown show maybe ever. Lane kiffin, Rob Ryan, twink, JaMarcus Russell. Frickin kiffin going for a 76 yard fg will always stick with me

He was a good one.

In comment 16394373 gersh said:

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Were later round picks (Gibril was a 5th Rounder)

Yup, same with David Diehl in the 5th Rd the year prior to Gibril

In comment 16394442 Banks said:

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I loved Wilson here. It always bummed me out that he struggled when he left. Worse yet, he went to the biggest clown show maybe ever. Lane kiffin, Rob Ryan, twink, JaMarcus Russell. Frickin kiffin going for a 76 yard fg will always stick with me

He did struggle to catch on after he left, but it wasn't his fault IMO. The Raiders made him one of the highest paid safeties in the league and he responded with a really productive season (120+ tackles, couple turnovers). But he was a little one dimensional and Oakland signed Nnamdi Asomugha to a huge deal so he got caught up in the numbers. It was a shock and I still think a strange move. Then Miami paid him well and for some reason made him a free safety, that also lasted a season.

I still maintain he was never quite right after the stinger in Arizona his rookie year. He was having a monster rookie season until that injury. And he was solid after but never quite the same. Just my 2 cents.

Loved Gibril!! A good ball hawk but could also blitz and tackle with the best of them. Such a fun S!!

good player for us.

Gibril

Wink was nothing special

In comment 16394373 gersh said:

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Were later round picks (Gibril was a 5th Rounder)

Schoen has already been better than Reese and Gettleman combined in finding solid players on day 3.

Had what felt like a monster rookie season. Can't believe that was 20 years ago.