Brian Robiskie is Sane

by abender20 on Feb 16, 2009 8:45 AM PST in Seahawks News & Rumors

No NFL team wants to draft a player without the physical talent to succeed in the NFL. Finding guys like Chris Henry (WR) or Pacman Jones also provides a problem, as all the physical tools in the world can't overcome a lack of maturity (unless you're Terrell Owens). Watch Brian Robiskie in an interview during the Senior Bowl practices and you will see that he is well spoken, avoids athletespeak, and shows hints of having great maturity. He does not have the physical tools of TO, but he certainly has a good head on his shoulders.

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He seemed mentally stable alright.

Cogito Ergo Sum

by censor1979 on Feb 16, 2009 9:00 AM PST reply actions

I've been pretty high on him for a while.

I always hear that he runs great routes and has great hands, but he’s also 6’3" and apparently ran a 4.49. I forgot which ESPN guy said it, but they said that he’s a track star, and in combining for the combine, he might be able to get his 40 down to 4.40. With these stats/attributes, I think we’d have to get him with our 2nd round pick or he won’t be there.
I like the fact that Terrell Pryor made his stats not as great as they could’ve been, I think it deflates his stock a bit.

by LantermanC on Feb 16, 2009 9:22 AM PST reply actions

I don't know if it's so much Pryor as it is Ohio State just being a huge running team.

Even more so last year, where they ran on 2/3 of their plays. But yup, that definitely puts a dent in Robiskie’s stats, can’t catch balls that aren’t thrown, even then though the next receiver had half as many catches. Who knows, maybe it’ll be for the best and we can grab him in the 2nd because of it. On a running team, it also seems to point to him being a very good run blocker (I don’t know for sure though). He looks like he’d be a quality pick.

by B.B.Finnegan on Feb 16, 2009 9:55 AM PST reply actions

oops i goofed

that was meant to be a reply to LantermanC

by B.B.Finnegan on Feb 16, 2009 9:56 AM PST up reply actions

Good points.

My list of 2nd round picks is expanding all the time.
Chung, Duke, Robiskie.

by LantermanC on Feb 16, 2009 10:23 AM PST up reply actions

From what I've seen

a high 2nd round pick would be reaching for both Robiskie and Chung…

most of what I’ve seen is that both Rob and Chung are 3rd rounders, so a 4th pick in the 2nd would be way too soon

I Bleed Blue and Green

by DSAhawker on Feb 16, 2009 10:39 AM PST up reply actions

Robiskie at the 4th pick of the second round may be a bit of a reach.

Drafting a guy who will likely be a good safety is no reach when you have a gigantic gaping hole at that position.

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Feb 16, 2009 10:51 AM PST up reply actions

I hear ya

I’d do anything to see Russell gone, or atleast pushed to benched/ST duty

Wonder if Adams or Wallace are ready to step in if all else fails….if all else fails, please do everything you can to be ready you two…I beg thee

I Bleed Blue and Green

by DSAhawker on Feb 16, 2009 12:11 PM PST up reply actions

yea, I guess that is a positive about Mora being hear these past couple years.

He probably already knows a lot about Wallace and Adams.

I wouldn’t take Chung in the second.

Cogito Ergo Sum

by censor1979 on Feb 16, 2009 12:32 PM PST up reply actions

I'd take Russell over Wallace.

Russell might be awful, but Wallace probably shouldn’t be on an NFL roster.

by John Morgan on Feb 16, 2009 1:04 PM PST up reply actions

He's not THAT bad

I’m sure the Lions, Bengals or Raiders would gobble him up

Or the Rams or the 9ers or the Cards, seeing as all the NFC West does it take eachother’s sloppy seconds

I Bleed Blue and Green

by DSAhawker on Feb 16, 2009 1:15 PM PST up reply actions

No offense meant,

but I think it’s way too early to say anyone’s a reach at this point (besides the obvious). The combine hasn’t happened, and we’re still 4 months away from the draft. You never know who’s stock will shoot up, and I think all three guys’ have low values compared to what they will be in a few months. People though Tatupu was a reach, that doesn’t mean we didn’t ‘reach’ for him anyways.

by LantermanC on Feb 16, 2009 1:49 PM PST up reply actions

~2 months.

It’s April 25-26—on my birthday again.

by John Morgan on Feb 16, 2009 2:09 PM PST up reply actions

Hm... confusing it with NBA draft I guess.

Or maybe MLB.

by LantermanC on Feb 16, 2009 2:56 PM PST up reply actions

Not a big fan of him.

He’s a solid enough player, but I don’t see much upside. Then again, I have a hard-on for Crabtree.

"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."

by Fearless Frog on Feb 16, 2009 2:40 PM PST reply actions

not much upside, but not much downside either

Call him the John Carlson of wrs.

I love Robiskie and have no problem taking him with our 2nd.

A climb to late 1st early 2nd much like Anthony Gonzalez would not shock me.

by puerto on Feb 16, 2009 11:11 PM PST reply actions

BR might be solid, but a boring, low-upside pick.

It did work for Carlson at the TE position, but I think we have enough mediocre WRs. Robiskie just doesn’t do much for me and doesn’t necessarily contrast the WR depth we have on our roster. Sure, he could start and contribute sooner than later for a rookie WR, but explosive, exciting player he’s not.

by Misfit74 on Feb 17, 2009 11:32 AM PST up reply actions