February 23rd, 2014 at 11:11 AM ^
February 23rd, 2014 at 11:14 AM ^
Are you from East Lansing or tWSE?
February 23rd, 2014 at 11:21 AM ^
February 23rd, 2014 at 11:46 AM ^
There is so much wrong with your post.
First of all, what difference does it make if "Johnny Football" (whose 40 time I don't know) runs close to the same time as Jeremy Gallon? Even in a good year, most teams don't have a participant in the Combine who runs a 4.45 forty. All that means (if Manziel was close) is that Manziel ran a very good 40 time and is a good athlete, which...well...he won the Heisman and stuff.
Secondly, Hoke's first recruits - the ones he got with about three weeks left in the 2011 recruiting cycle - just finished their junior or redshirt sophomore seasons, and none of them have even had a chance to particpate in the NFL Combine yet or get drafted.
Third, your post seems like a bunch of incoherent babble.
Fourth, the "Hoke is a joke" rhymes are lazy and old.
February 23rd, 2014 at 5:22 PM ^
February 23rd, 2014 at 1:34 PM ^
...the best way to deal with a troll is to silently neg him and move on. Responding to him is the last thing you want to do.
February 23rd, 2014 at 7:56 PM ^
While you were gone, there has been no shortage of MGoBlog articles on the ridiculous attrition rates of the weak 2009-2011 recruiting classes. Shocking how sparse upper-class production translates into a limited number of NFL prospects.
February 24th, 2014 at 10:07 AM ^
You should get back to maintaining your big cat big dreamz blog.
February 23rd, 2014 at 11:09 AM ^
February 23rd, 2014 at 11:18 AM ^
might be a better comparison. Possession/red zone guy in college whose hands, consistency, and lack of prima donna attitude in the pros keep him around much longer than one might have surmised by lack of draft buzz.
February 23rd, 2014 at 3:25 PM ^
Eh, Moore fits all those descriptions but also fits Gallon's physique and style of play better than Avant.
Moore is short (5'9") and benefitted from sticking around a system for a few years and eventually broke out as a dependable option. I think Gallon will do the same if he is afforded the opportunity to stay in one system for a couple years. Both were able to stretch the field despite their size in college, and ran similar 40 times at the combine.
February 23rd, 2014 at 11:27 AM ^
February 23rd, 2014 at 11:29 AM ^
We don't get many Kentucky fans round here.
February 23rd, 2014 at 11:30 AM ^
How many different people played basketball with your head when you were a child?
February 23rd, 2014 at 12:11 PM ^
all Canada bashing from the other thread because of this one post. I almost dropped my laptop reading it. Too damn funny.
February 23rd, 2014 at 11:32 AM ^
Speechless...
February 23rd, 2014 at 11:33 AM ^
Sure you love Michigan...that's why you call them Big Blue. No true Michigan fan calls Michigan Big Blue. You are just a TROLL.
February 23rd, 2014 at 11:39 AM ^
your intention to join today just to be NegBanged into oblivion?
February 23rd, 2014 at 3:24 PM ^
I thought I recognized his elegant syntax from a previous post.
February 23rd, 2014 at 12:03 PM ^
Good for Gallon!!! Hope he goes to a good team
February 23rd, 2014 at 12:04 PM ^
double post.....please delete
February 23rd, 2014 at 11:44 AM ^
May he be drafted and utilized as god intended. He was always quick but it is great to see he is fast too. In the end though, it is his quickness and ability to be the type of route runner that can get separation that is going to keep him in the league and performing at a very high level. Whatever team drafts him will get an absolute steal and an amazing third down possession reciever who could really grow into a number 2 threat. I think once he gets the hang of running routes from the slot - he will be exceptional.
Because the Lions are steeped in cultural mediocrity (or at times looking up at medocrity wistfully as if it is an almost unattainable aspirational goal) I suspect they won't draft him. But it would be great if they did.
February 23rd, 2014 at 11:53 AM ^
Can you post this to the MGoBoard so it will bump to the top of the page?
February 23rd, 2014 at 11:57 AM ^
Here are some of the other Big Ten wide receivers and their times as posted on the NFL site so far (unofficial right now, I believe)....
Jared Abbredaris (Wisconsin) - 4.44
Corey Brown (Ohio State) - 4.37
Quincy Enunwa (Nebraska) - 4.40
Some of the faster times overall - Brandin Cooks of Oregon State put up an unofficial 4.30, as did John Brown of Pittsburg State. Bruce Ellington of South Carolina and Odell Beckham of LSU ran a 4.31.
February 23rd, 2014 at 12:51 PM ^
Hope he gets drafted to a decent team. Would love to see Gallon have a nice career.
February 23rd, 2014 at 1:40 PM ^
February 23rd, 2014 at 5:56 PM ^
Nik is on FIYA on every plane in the universe.
February 23rd, 2014 at 3:05 PM ^
4.49 second to only Quincy Enunwa in the big ten at 4.45
Anyone know why Gallon hasn't posted a vert or broad jump yet? Most of the others have.
February 23rd, 2014 at 6:01 PM ^
Looks like he didn't participate in those events. He's actually got bigger hands than Taylor Lewan as well. His NFL combine page is here: http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/jeremy-gallon?id=2543818
February 24th, 2014 at 2:03 AM ^
February 23rd, 2014 at 8:03 PM ^
They want to make sure they're natural and not implants.
February 23rd, 2014 at 4:19 PM ^
February 23rd, 2014 at 5:27 PM ^
I wouldn't say "many." MAYBE one or two, and he more than made up for all of that.
February 23rd, 2014 at 5:44 PM ^
I think he may be drafted in the first three rounds. I may be putting to much stock in the 40 but I hope someone falls in love with him.
February 24th, 2014 at 9:53 AM ^
It's better than expected but from the NFL's point of view only validates that he was a legit college receiver. There are enough kids in the Combine to fill several teams top-to-bottom and they're all rookies. Gallon wasn't a top performer in any category.
I expect him to go in the 6th round, if he's drafted at all. Why? Because I'm a hater? No, because ironically of ALL the things the NFL looks at in the draft, the LAST one is the ability to play football. It's why Ryan Leaf went #2 and Tom Brady fell to the 6th round (no, I still haven't forgotten that). The draft isn't about who's the best baller but who has the highest ceiling, and Gallon's physical limitations are obvious. He already plays way above his size but that means he's not expected to get much better. Gallon isn't a high draft pick or even 2nd day pick because he's like 98% baller and 2% talent. He just plays some goddamned football.
I see him more as a late-round pick that everyone expects to see cut in camp, and winds up having a 12-year career because after all the beautiful physical specimens have washed out, the smart hardworking guy who shows up early every day to study tape and memorizes the 500-page playbook by the first day of camp outworks everyone to a starting job. He won't be breaking any records but there are places in the league for a guy like Gallon after the coach has lost patience with all the prima donnas with scout-seducing talent that won't run a crisp route even after a hundred reps.
February 24th, 2014 at 10:14 AM ^
Which means he won't be picked up by a horrendous franchise with a high early round pick.
Love to see him on NE, Denver, SF, or even Seattle.
February 23rd, 2014 at 5:51 PM ^
And he has freakishly huge hands.
Definitely a kid I'm rooting my ass off for - Gallon balled his heart out for this school.
I'll cheer for him wherever he goes.