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The Trib is Not Impressed

Dan Pompei of the Chicago Tribune is not so enthralled with this class of defensive backs. In wrapping up the combine, Pompei put together a list of how several DBs fared at the combine.

USC S Kevin Ellison. A 4.88 40-yard dash will not help his cause

Ouch. Quite a few defensive ends ran significantly quicker than that. Hell, 288 pound freak-of-nature Jarron Gilbert beat that by a hundredth of a second. Not every DB was a disappointment, however:

Notre Dame S David Bruton. He was easily the best testing safety with a 10.96 60-yard shuttle and an 11-foot broad jump (both tops at his position), a 41.5-inch vertical jump and a 6.60 three-cone drill (both of which tied for best among safeties) and a 4.46 40-yard dash. No one expected that from Bruton.

While many feel that Patrick Chung will be the choice, Bruton also performs admirably on the Ruskell-lic Test. He racked up 94 tackles and 4 picks last year, as well as 84 and 3 in 2007. He wore a C on his chest and did so at Notre Dame. One of the areas Bruton falls short in is team success, but the ND team is a trainwreck and the Hawks did draft John Carlson last year. Odds are he doesn't end up a Seahawk, but he's just another guy to follow as we drag slowly toward the draft.

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I'm sold.

I love this Bruton guy already. SSS, but drafting ND guys has served us well so far. Chung, Moore, Bruton, I’d be happy with any of them.

by LantermanC on Feb 25, 2009 9:51 AM PST reply actions  

Apparently he has Crabtree like arms as well.

From nfldraftscout.com

Free safety David Bruton (Notre Dame, 6-1 3/4, 210) showed a six-pack and his 10-inch hands and 34-inch arms

by LantermanC on Feb 25, 2009 9:53 AM PST reply actions  

almost the same height and weight as well

they’re like clones. Maybe that means Crabtrees forty time is 4.46 as well.

by B.B.Finnegan on Feb 25, 2009 10:51 AM PST up reply actions  

I'd prefer Crabtree run a slower one.

Theoretically, a less than ideal 40 time and height issues should actually increase the odds of Tim Ruskell pulling the trigger and drafting him.

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

by Fearless Frog on Feb 25, 2009 11:20 AM PST up reply actions  

Entirely unrelated, but

The Panthers just cut DJ Hackett, and the Bucs annihilated half of their roster by cutting Derrick Brooks, Warrick Dunn, Ike Hilliard, Cato June, and Joey Galloway. O_O

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

by Fearless Frog on Feb 25, 2009 10:48 AM PST reply actions  

That's like 50% of their team

or at least 50% of what I think about when I think of Tampa Bay.

by LantermanC on Feb 25, 2009 10:51 AM PST up reply actions  

Bucs rebuilding status is GO!

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

by Fearless Frog on Feb 25, 2009 11:21 AM PST up reply actions  

Jesus

Can you imagine if we cut those kind of “name” guys from our squad?

by djafrot on Feb 25, 2009 11:37 AM PST up reply actions  

Hass, Walt, Jules, Kerney would potentially fit the bill.

Aging, old, etc. Although the average age of all of them still isn’t close to what the Bucs had. They are cutting purely for youth, not cap if you ask me.

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

by Fearless Frog on Feb 25, 2009 11:44 AM PST up reply actions  

All of them are.

Most of them were pushing 35. That’s just ridiculous. This move just reminded me how freaking old the core of the Bucs was. Not to mention ancient Jeff Garcia is vamoosing in free agency.

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

by Fearless Frog on Feb 25, 2009 11:48 AM PST up reply actions  

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