Denard Robinson and his throwing

Submitted by Old School Wolverine on

I thought I would bring this to the attention of all those recruits who are "influenced" by message boards like these.  Well, you already know that Denard Robinson is a tremendous runner. But the sheer magnitude of this has inadvertently shielded somewhat, the knowledge of what a strong arm he also has.  This is akin to the early years of Michael Jordan whereby his supreme offensive skill was blinding the populace from seeing how also good of a defensive player he was.  The same goes for Robinson. 

Go back to his high school videos... you'll see some very impressive long bomb throws while either on the run or falling back.      Robinson can chuck it mega-deep on the run, with the best of them. This is knowledge is soon to reach critical mass.    

As Bob Barker would say.... "Sammy and DeAnthony......come on down!!!"

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Mgobowl

November 9th, 2010 at 5:20 PM ^

This kid is only a soph, with less than 2 full years in the system. He improved at a remarkable pace and while the year 2-3 jump is usually not as great as the year 1-2 jump, I can't help but be excited for further improved Shoelace in 2011 and 2012.

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Tater

November 9th, 2010 at 6:56 PM ^

Denard was putting up some pretty nice stats in HS, even though the recievers pretty much did no blocking downfield.  I'll bet Denard was quite happy when he realized that recievers at Michigan do block downfield. 

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Search4Meaning

November 9th, 2010 at 8:51 PM ^

His issues are reading defenses and having the confidence not to second guess his reads.  This will improve.  

Denard... you can't stop him.  You can't slow him down.  You can't hardly see him.  Oh hell, just give up!

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griesecheeks

November 9th, 2010 at 8:57 PM ^

I have to say, forgive the comparison, but Denard reminds me of a Sophomore/Jr Troy Smith. Smith was undersized and known more as a runner, but also threw bullets out there. He also had some of the accuracy issues that Denard is showing lately, earlier in his career. 

Just something that definitely occurred to me. Interesting too, that in 2004, The Buckeyes were having a down year, and finished something like 7-5/8-4 (can't remember exactly). Robinson already is a more lethal runner. Give him a year or 2 and may just bring the Heisman back to the big 10.

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