LSU Spring practice.

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  1. locoguano

    locoguano Founding Member

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    Did I knock the guy? No. I answered why his size affected his rating.

    And the Sanders and Hilliard comparisons are a bit outdated. You didn't teams full of 200 lb safeties and 4.5 40 LBs.
     
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  2. tirk

    tirk im the lyrical jessie james

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    You have lost your mind if you think Dalton Hilliards skills wouldn't translate today as they did back then.
     
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  3. locoguano

    locoguano Founding Member

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    At 5'7" he would note have been a feature back.
     
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  4. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    Dalton wasn't given the job. He took it.
     
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  5. ParadiseiNC

    ParadiseiNC don't worry, be happy

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    Darren Sproles is shorter than Dalton and excelled is very recent, modern NFL.
     
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    furduknfish #ohnowesuckagain

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    Any time @Taint likes your post, is time for some serious introspection.
     
    furduknfish, Apr 9, 2018
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    furduknfish #ohnowesuckagain

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    Not exactly a feature back but proof that height isnt always a factor.
     
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  8. didit

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    and Dunn and Doug Martin from the yuckaneers was only 5-8 or 5-9... it's not just your size... different position but look at Sam Mills (the field mouse) was supposed to be too small to play middle LBer... he's in the HOF...
     
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    ehusson80 Founding Member

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    Mark Fields was the field mouse, but point taken....
     
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  10. TigerTap

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    Hilliard is 5'8" not 5' 7" & made the 1989 Pro Bowl. Barry Sanders is also 5' 8" & a 10x Pro Bowler.

    You're height argument doesn't work.

    NFL made the similar mistake. Garry James was a very good player & because of his 5' 10" height & speed advantage, was drafted 2 spots ahead of Hilliard. Garry never reached 1,000 yards rushing in a season at LSU or in the NFL.

    The Starter in college is usually the Starter for a damn good reason.

    I realize you were born in 1978 & have no real memory of the "James Gang" at LSU. But they were a great tandem at LSU. To say that an NFL Pro Bowler couldn't play in what you are calling "Outdated".

    BTW, Jeffrey Dale was a 6 ' 4" LSU Safety taken in the 1985 NFL draft. Again, your height argument doesn't work.
     
    TigerTap, Apr 9, 2018
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