The Next Marques Colston

[Matt McGuire]

I gave Steve Johnson a 2nd round draft grade on film, but I'd thought he would go in the 4th or 5th rounds. Here is some highlights I put together. You tell me if you think this is a 7th round talent or a 2nd round talent.

LSU GAME

Clutch plays: http://youtube.com/watch?v=jm_VPjJV_sk&feature=related

(plays at 1:23, 4:48, 6:32) : http://youtube.com/watch?v=2MhoCu28Uys&feature=related


http://youtube.com/watch?v=D-VzpS41y0I
That sluggo route he ran at 3:07 was beautiful.

OUTSTANDING BALL SKILLS

FLORIDA STATE GAME

Some amazing SJ plays at 2:48, WATCH THE PURE SPEED YAC AT 5:35

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3wTSX9xwg2s&feature=related

KENT STATE GAME

Just showing why I love his YAC potential in the NFL. Look at the tackle he breaks after the catch, then a sick juke. After the juke, notice the instant acceleration that you saw in the play I showed vs. FSU. 7th round draft pick? WOW

1:39-2:22

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2vfJg3kIlBg

[Joey_Potter]

I took Steve Johnson in our first Forum Mock in December and hoped that if the Browns took a reciever they would take him. He will be a great reciever that I do not doubt. He is second round no doubt.

[SuperUberBob]

Marcus Monk = next Marques Colston

[Walter]

Three really good prospect WRs drafted in the 7th: Steve Johnson, Marcus Monk and Adrian Arrington. At least one will be a star.

[starqb14]

umm walter you "f**got" you forgot to mention brett swain, obviously the next star player in the league.

[LovemyBills]

i couldnt believe my eyes when i got out of work and saw the Bills took Johnson in the 7th. He can come in and be the third wide receiver, making Josh Reed and Roscoe Parrish useless.

[GridIron NUt]

I agree with you Matt but after watching these videos, I'm almost more impressed with Andre Woodson

[Matt McGuire]

I agree with you Matt but after watching these videos, I'm almost more impressed with Andre Woodson

You mean after actually watching him play you are more impressed? WOW

[jimmyp]

Matt, you're such a homer. I'm not saying you're wrong in this, but is it co-incidence that you're favourite QB is Woodson, that Tamme has "the best hands in the draft" and that Johnson is the next Colston? I seem to remember you accusing perjoratively Mayock of being a total BC homer when he had Ryan at number 1 (not far off actually).

Maybe it's time to get of the Wildcats bus next season for a little more cred.

[Matt McGuire]

Hey man. Watch the ****ing tape and tell me he is not a football player.

When I am right about all of them, you are going to be sucking my balls for years.

[Joey_Potter]

Jimmy you are wrong there. I watched a lot of tape on Johnson and Woodson before our first forum mock draft. They are as good as Matt says they are. You need to watch them some dude.

[jimmyp]

Hey man. Read my ****ing post next time.

If you want to be taken seriously as a draft analyst you just can't bring up guys from your own school all the time, no matter how good you think they are, or how good they actually are. If you do, you will be labeled as such and may start to get called an SEC analyst or worse.

I guess you watch every Kentucky game so you have more opportunity to see positives in their players but still you need to stop giving this impression of seeing the world through blue-tinted glasses.

Then there's this thing about saying the KEN guys were drafted too low. I know you had these guys higher, hell you draft Johnson wwaaayyy higher in our forum mock. It's like you have to validate your opinions of them all over again, something that's been done ad nauseam since about December.

[Matt McGuire]

Hey I can bring up guys from my school if they are good. I wasn't talking about Rafael Little being drafted.

Kentucky is a team with some talent on the rise. Just look around at some players on this team and in a few years you are going to see I have every clue what I am talking about.

I will be taken very seriously as a draft analysis when you see how accurate my evaluations have been 3 years from now.

We are talking about a team that beat LSU. We are talking about a team that was ranked in the top ten last year. They won a lot of big games. This isn't Tim Couch and Craig Yeast. This is Andre Woodson and Steve Johnson, and they will be very good players in the league.

[jimmyp]

Jimmy you are wrong there. I watched a lot of tape on Johnson and Woodson before our first forum mock draft. They are as good as Matt says they are. You need to watch them some dude.

JP I'm not saying they're bad. I'm saying Matt needs to stops crowing about his in-state guys.

[Joey_Potter]

Hey man. Read my ****ing post next time.

If you want to be taken seriously as a draft analyst you just can't bring up guys from your own school all the time, no matter how good you think they are, or how good they actually are. If you do, you will be labeled as such and may start to get called an SEC analyst or worse.

I guess you watch every Kentucky game so you have more opportunity to see positives in their players but still you need to stop giving this impression of seeing the world through blue-tinted glasses.

Then there's this thing about saying the KEN guys were drafted too low. I know you had these guys higher, hell you draft Johnson wwaaayyy higher in our forum mock. It's like you have to validate your opinions of them all over again, something that's been done ad nauseam since about December.

If people like you would quit calling Matt a homer then he may not feel like he needs to back up his analysis so much.