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[ChevyVanMiller]

Limas Sweed a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders.  Remember when many here wanted the Bills to draft him? Let's hope this year's batch of QBs is better than that years crops of WRs.http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=413220

Edited by ChevyVanMiller, 11 January 2013 - 08:15 AM.

[peterpan]

We took James Hardy instead.  He is even worse!

I still wish we traded for AQ that year.

[Carey Bender]

AQ?

[RyanC883]

Sweed has so much talent, he just drops the ball.  He could be a good replacement for McKelvin.  (can prob cover, no ball skills).  

[Why So Serious?]

I liked Sweed and he is still better than James Hardy.

Turns out Jordy Nelson was the cream of the second round crop.

What's crazy is 3 of them have Super Bowl rings. Can you name the 3?

233St. Louis RamsDonnie AveryWRHoustonC-USA
234 Washington Redskins Devin Thomas WR Michigan State
236 Green Bay Packers Jordy Nelson WR Kansas State Big 12 from New York Jets
241 Buffalo Bills James Hardy WR IndianaBig Ten
242 Denver Broncos Eddie Royal WR Virginia TechACC
246 Cincinnati Bengals Jerome Simpson WR Coastal Carolina Big South

248Washington RedskinsFred DavisTEUSCPac-10from Houston via Atlanta
249 Philadelphia Eagles DeSean Jackson† WR CaliforniaPac-10

251Washington RedskinsMalcolm KellyWROklahomaBig 12

253Pittsburgh SteelersLimas SweedWRTexasBig 12

258Tampa Bay BuccaneersDexter JacksonWRAppalachian S

ChevyVanMiller, on 11 January 2013 - 08:13 AM, said:

Limas Sweed a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders.  Remember when many here wanted the Bills to draft him? Let's hope this year's batch of QBs is better than that years crops of WRs.http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=413220

1.) Its not the practice squad
2.) This must also be in the future as it says Sweed played 6 seasons in the CFL plus 3 seasons in the NFL. Maybe its in Canadian years or something.

Edited by Why So Serious?, 11 January 2013 - 08:50 AM.

[PromoTheRobot]

That draft ought to be a lesson to people not to get caught up in the hype.  Oh what am I saying? We do that every draft!

PTR

[Maddog69]

Why So Serious?, on 11 January 2013 - 08:48 AM, said:

I liked Sweed and he is still better than James Hardy.

Turns out Jordy Nelson was the cream of the second round crop.

What's crazy is 3 of them have Super Bowl rings. Can you name the 3?

233St. Louis RamsDonnie AveryWRHoustonC-USA
234 Washington Redskins Devin Thomas WR Michigan State
236 Green Bay Packers Jordy Nelson WR Kansas State Big 12 from New York Jets
241 Buffalo Bills James Hardy WR IndianaBig Ten
242 Denver Broncos Eddie Royal WR Virginia TechACC
246 Cincinnati Bengals Jerome Simpson WR Coastal Carolina Big South

248Washington RedskinsFred DavisTEUSCPac-10from Houston via Atlanta
249 Philadelphia Eagles DeSean Jackson† WR CaliforniaPac-10

251Washington RedskinsMalcolm KellyWROklahomaBig 12

253Pittsburgh SteelersLimas SweedWRTexasBig 12

258Tampa Bay BuccaneersDexter JacksonWRAppalachian S



1.) Its not the practice squad
2.) This must also be in the future as it says Sweed played 6 seasons in the CFL plus 3 seasons in the NFL. Maybe its in Canadian years or something.

The report is poorly written.   The 6yrs refers to the other receiver that was signed.

[Mango]

ChevyVanMiller, on 11 January 2013 - 08:13 AM, said:

Limas Sweed a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders.  Remember when many here wanted the Bills to draft him? Let's hope this year's batch of QBs is better than that years crops of WRs.http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=413220

Don't worry Drew Willy will make him a star

Edited by Mango, 11 January 2013 - 09:24 AM.

[l< j]

Why So Serious?, on 11 January 2013 - 08:48 AM, said:

2.) This must also be in the future as it says Sweed played 6 seasons in the CFL plus 3 seasons in the NFL. Maybe its in Canadian years or something.

They use the metric system up there.

[JM57]

Why So Serious?, on 11 January 2013 - 08:48 AM, said:

What's crazy is 3 of them have Super Bowl rings. Can you name the 3?

233St. Louis RamsDonnie AveryWRHoustonC-USA
234 Washington Redskins Devin Thomas WR Michigan State
236 Green Bay Packers Jordy Nelson WR Kansas State Big 12 from New York Jets
241 Buffalo Bills James Hardy WR IndianaBig Ten
242 Denver Broncos Eddie Royal WR Virginia TechACC
246 Cincinnati Bengals Jerome Simpson WR Coastal Carolina Big South

248Washington RedskinsFred DavisTEUSCPac-10from Houston via Atlanta
249 Philadelphia Eagles DeSean Jackson† WR CaliforniaPac-10


251Washington RedskinsMalcolm KellyWROklahomaBig 12

253Pittsburgh SteelersLimas SweedWRTexasBig 12

258Tampa Bay BuccaneersDexter JacksonWRAppalachian S

Two of them are easy. Jordy Nelson with the Packers and Devin Thomas with the Giants. I'm stumped as to the third one though.

Is it Sweed? Was he still on the the Steelers when they beat the Cardinals? I know he didn't last long in the league...

Edited by JM57, 11 January 2013 - 09:53 AM.

[Coach Tuesday]

Meanwhile, I read that Kamar Aiken has been promoted to the Patriots' playoff roster...  remember when many of us thought he should get a chance?

Edited by Coach Tuesday, 11 January 2013 - 09:55 AM.

[NoSaint]

Coach Tuesday, on 11 January 2013 - 09:54 AM, said:

Meanwhile, I read that Kamar Aiken has been promoted to the Patriots' playoff roster...  remember when many of us thought he should get a chance?

clearly proven right by him being their 9th option this year.

[Buftex]

RyanC883, on 11 January 2013 - 08:37 AM, said:

Sweed has so much talent, he just drops the ball.  He could be a good replacement for McKelvin.  (can prob cover, no ball skills).  

He caught everything in college...not sure what happened in the pros.

[Why So Serious?]

JM57, on 11 January 2013 - 09:50 AM, said:

Two of them are easy. Jordy Nelson with the Packers and Devin Thomas with the Giants. I'm stumped as to the third one though.

Is it Sweed? Was he still on the the Steelers when they beat the Cardinals? I know he didn't last long in the league...

I thought Devin Thomas was the hard one.

Yeah Sweed was on the roster for the 2009 Super Bowl.

[Rob T from OP]

LOL Maybe AAron Maybin can join him!!!

[RJ (not THAT RJ)]

Buftex, on 11 January 2013 - 11:31 AM, said:

He caught everything in college...not sure what happened in the pros.

Better quality DBs, more complicated defenses, fewer cupcakes against which to pad one's stats... the same reasons why so many excellent college QBs flounder in the pros. Kid's a solid athlete, to be sure, but it gets harder each step up the ladder.

[Why So Serious?]

RJ (not THAT RJ), on 11 January 2013 - 11:39 AM, said:

Better quality DBs, more complicated defenses, fewer cupcakes against which to pad one's stats... the same reasons why so many excellent college QBs flounder in the pros. Kid's a solid athlete, to be sure, but it gets harder each step up the ladder.

Actually Sweed was in Tomlin's Dog House. Tomlin didn't think Sweed put in the work.
He never got out of the Dog House.

As his considerable physical gifts are only working out to pedestrian stats in the much weaker CFL maybe there was a real effort issue there since he never caught on with another NFL team.

[RyanC883]

Buftex, on 11 January 2013 - 11:31 AM, said:

He caught everything in college...not sure what happened in the pros.

Very true.  Nerves perhaps?  It was bizarre   He got separation, was open, and then would drop the ball.  Perhaps he needs a sports psychologist.  So strange, it's not like the balls were being knocked out of his hands either in the pros, he would just drop it.

[Big Hurt]

I thought James Hardy was mis-used in our offense.  A 6-7 receiver should get more touches in the red zone but he was hardly on the field for those situations.

[PromoTheRobot]

Coach Tuesday, on 11 January 2013 - 09:54 AM, said:

Meanwhile, I read that Kamar Aiken has been promoted to the Patriots' playoff roster...  remember when many of us thought he should get a chance?

The Pats picked Aiken over Roosevelt?

PTR