News Article: Great piece on Calvin Ridley "Unguardable!""Explosive!"
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Thanks for sharing.
One of the constants for Ridley at Alabama has been Saban, who like with so many of his players has served as a father figure to the wide receiver. Daniels couldn't be more thankful.
"Nick Saban has grown my son into the man he is," she said. "The difference coach Saban has made for Calvin personally isn't a little bit. It's a lot."
That should be in every recruiting package sent out.
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One of the constants for Ridley at Alabama has been Saban, who like with so many of his players has served as a father figure to the wide receiver. Daniels couldn't be more thankful.
"Nick Saban has grown my son into the man he is," she said. "The difference coach Saban has made for Calvin personally isn't a little bit. It's a lot."
That should be in every recruiting package sent out.
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Ridley will be missed. Just wished we had an offense that was geared to his strengths.
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We had the offense but didn't have the QB able to get him the ball. He set the freshman WR record at Alabama for yards and receptions with Coker. Tua has solved that problem.
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Just watched a highlight video of Calvin. There were a BUNCH of plays where he was tackled inside the 5. Not sure what to make of that, but it’s noticeable.
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No telling what his numbers look like with Coker at qb. Those two on the go routes were so exciting to watch. Coker would lay it right there and Calvin would always make the play. I have never seen anyone who can stop and go like Calvin. He can full sprint to dead stop in a step with NO extra body movement and get it back to full speed the same.
I loved it when Dan Mullen said they had three dbs on him this year and he still couldn't stop him.
Levi Wallace have him a lot of credit for making him better. At senior bowl he said he can't count how many times he thought he hurt himself trying to stay with CR.
I loved it when Dan Mullen said they had three dbs on him this year and he still couldn't stop him.
Levi Wallace have him a lot of credit for making him better. At senior bowl he said he can't count how many times he thought he hurt himself trying to stay with CR.
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Great piece on Calvin Ridley "Unguardable!""Explosive!"
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I’m was trying my best not to throw someone under the bus.
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Interesting point.
I haven't seen the video but I thought of this during the season and mentioned it in some thread (a game thread I think). From what I recall, it seems that most of the times that Ridley got tackled at the goal line was due to under thrown passes or good angles by a defensive player to make a final play. I don't think he was caught from behind often, if at all, unless he was avoiding a defender ahead of him.
What does the video show with regard to this?
Great piece on Calvin Ridley "Unguardable!""Explosive!"
I feel like he could’ve had about six or eight more career touchdowns had a few of those plays gone just a little bit differently
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I noticed it in game too. I don’t necessarily think this is all bad on Ridley, just an interesting thing. That said, there were at least a couple of times where I felt like he could have outrun a player to the goal line but chose to try to make a cut instead and got caught or run out of bounds as a result. A lot of it was, as you pointed out, underthrown balls, diving catches, or simply plays where he was tackled inside the 5 yard line.
I feel like he could’ve had about six or eight more career touchdowns had a few of those plays gone just a little bit differently
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Let's throw in OJ Howard as well. He may have been the most underutilized player we've ever had at Bama.
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Obviously he has to go pro, but if he were coming back, he'd have a good chance to break the all-time SEC record for receiving yards. Of course, if Cooper had come back for his senior season he would have obliterated it.
Obviously he has to go pro, but if he were coming back, he'd have a good chance to break the all-time SEC record for receiving yards. Of course, if Cooper had come back for his senior season he would have obliterated it.
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Calvin had a step on every db and on every qb's deep throw. I seem to recall Coker underthrowing him some, even with that cannon. I don't think it was so much the qb, but more the speed that CR has that led to underthrown balls.
Could the qb have thrown deeper? Probably. It's got to be hard for a qb to lay it out that far trusting that CR would be there instead of trusting their eyes and a normal human's abilities.
Calvin had a step on every db and on every qb's deep throw. I seem to recall Coker underthrowing him some, even with that cannon. I don't think it was so much the qb, but more the speed that CR has that led to underthrown balls.
Could the qb have thrown deeper? Probably. It's got to be hard for a qb to lay it out that far trusting that CR would be there instead of trusting their eyes and a normal human's abilities.
Curious to see what his 40 time at the combine is. I actually think he is a little underrated by the "NFL draft experts" right now. His age might hurt him in the draft.
Does anyone remember or know what Julio or Cooper ran while they were here? I'd be curious to compare their combine 40 vs their 40 time while at Alabama.
OJ is a not-so-close second. Go back and check Ozzie Newsom's stats from college to the pros. Even with the wishbone disclaimer, his skills were only touched upon.
Why would his age hurt him. If he came out with his normal age group from high school going to college he would be a graduating Senior right now. I doubt one year is going to hurt his stock one way or the other.
This caught me off guard "[FONT="]Freshman Brian Robinson: [/FONT]4.41" With his size to be that fast is insane!!!! Saquon Barkely runs a 4.38 and scouts love him. Brian is just a freshman. If given the opportunity he could considered a sure thing like Barkley before his career is done. I don't want to see this big fellow transfer. I have loved what I have seen from him in limited snaps. Don't want him to transfer before we get to use his gifts like Kamara did although that worked out well for both parties.
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