Archives for January 22, 2020

‘Roberts, who was a first alternate, will replace the AFC special teams starter Mecole Hardman who advanced to the Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs.’

‘”We met with some guys last night but none of them were receivers,” he said. “Hopefully tonight I think we have a few slated. But yeah, there’s definitely some guys here that could come in and help us play and then there’s a decent amount of underclassmen that came out too. So right now it looks to this point like there will be some options for us. It’s a pretty deep position.”‘

‘If you’re an NFL team looking to add size to your receiving corps, Mobile is the right place to be this week. The list of invitees at the Senior Bowl at the receiver position offer tantalizing size and physicality.’

‘”He’s the rare guy who had it all,” Beane said. “He’s super smart, his instincts are a 12 on a scale of 1–10 and his work ethic’s at the same level. And it’s very rare that someone with the instincts, smarts and athleticism he had still has a drive like he did. On Thursday nights during the week, I’d walk down there and he’s got every linebacker still there with them, teaching them how to watch film, what to look for. The coaches would be gone, and I’d see them grabbing food that was set out for the coaches and going back to work. I don’t know many like him. Usually people that have the talent might not have the same drive. So he had the whole thing andhe wanted to help others.”‘