Talented? What the fuck have you been watching for 4 years? Dancing with the Stars? Guy couldn't stop dancing and being indecisive. I usually agree with your analysis, but not on this one.
Shaugnessy would agree with me.
This is a paramount trade which has me clapping every minute. I couldn't watch Maroney being Maroney any more. Remember, I have better hair than Bob Ryan, I write honest columns, and I am the best Boston sports writer ever. I know what's up.
His dancing around phase sucked. But when he actually runs downhill he's one of the better 2nd effort backs in the league. I dunno where the dude went wrong, but yeah too much dancing.
I love Taylor and Morris... but they're made of glass. I'm praying they stay healthy.
yeah... but he looked sooooo good his rookie year. what a shame.
post by RustyPS should be working at Sep 14,2010 6:40pm
one thing I will commend Maroney on is when he got into th open field...he looked like a completely different player once he got beyond the line on a swing or a screen
He had potential, but I dont see him making it in the NFL. I'd like him to prove me wrong. I know he'd study film with coach bill and was a hard worker, so I commend him for that
post by Dankill at Sep 14,2010 7:02pm
I was actually thinking about this today when everyone was wondering about rumors of trading Mankins, then this trade comes out of fucking nowhere. I'm ok with it. Maroney has pissed away four years and has old RBs close to retirement school him at every turn. Now, I'm gonna wait and see if they pull trigger on Mankins, preferably to get much better then a 4th rounder.
I have a feeling Mankins is gonna sign within the next few weeks....in fact, why pay a guy when you're not paying him?
Ya think? I dunno.......I think he's gonna hold out and if enough teams come begging for O-line help (i.e. Dallas, Green Bay or whoever else gets more injures) we've got a nice chip worth something.
post by RustyPS at Sep 14,2010 10:08pm edited Sep 14,2010 10:08pm
I meant to say "why trade a guy"
I believe what Kraft said yesterday, which is why I think this is closer than it seems
I keep reading this thread title as Boney Maroney.
that's what i always called him
post by Dankill at Sep 15,2010 7:19pm
This year is supposed to have a pretty nice crop of running backs, so even if we don't land Ingram, we could get a dude hopefully better then Fred Astaire was.
Eitherway, everyone root for the Raiders to blow goats this season!
green ellis will win more rings than maroney. he's better for the pats than this guy was. natty larry was nothing but constant reminder of the people we passed on in the 06 draft.
green ellis will win more rings than maroney. he's better for the pats than this guy was. natty larry was nothing but constant reminder of the people we passed on in the 06 draft.
21. New England - Laurence Maroney, RB Minnesota
22. San Francisco (from Washington through Denver) - Manny Lawson, DE/OLB North Carolina State
23. Tampa Bay - Davin Joseph, G Oklahoma
24. Cincinnati - Johnathan Joseph, CB South Carolina 25. Pittsburgh (from N.Y. Giants) - Santonio Holmes, WR Ohio State 26. Buffalo (from Chicago) - John McCargo, DT North Carolina State
27. Carolina - DeAngelo Williams, RB Memphis 28. Jacksonville - Marcedes Lewis, TE UCLA
29. NY Jets (from Denver through Atlanta) - Nick Mangold, C Ohio State
30. Indianapolis - Joseph Addai, RB LSU 31. Seattle - Kelly Jennings, CB Miami (FL)
32. N.Y. Giants (from Pittsburgh) - Mathias Kiwanuka, DE Boston College
Round Two
1. (33) Houston - DeMeco Ryans, LB Alabama 2. (34) Cleveland (from New Orleans) - D'Qwell Jackson, LB Maryland
3. (35) Washington (from New York Jets) - Rocky McIntosh, LB Miami (FL)
4. (36) New England (from Green Bay) - Chad Jackson, WR Florida
5. (37) Atlanta (from San Francisco through Denver through Green Bay) - Jimmy Williams, CB Virginia Tech
6. (38) Oakland - Thomas Howard, OLB UTEP
7. (39) Philadelphia (from Tennessee) - Winston Justice, OT USC
8. (40) Detroit - Daniel Bullocks, S Nebraska
9. (41) Arizona - Deuce Lutui, OG USC
10. (42) Chicago (from Buffalo) - Danieal Manning, DB Abilene Christian
11. (43) New Orleans (from Cleveland) - Roman Harper, S Alabama
12. (44) N.Y. Giants (from Baltimore) - Sinorice Moss, WR Miami (FL)
13. (45) Tennessee (from Philadelphia) - LenDale White, RB USC
14. (46) St. Louis - Joe Klopfenstein, TE Colorado
15. (47) Green Bay (from Atlanta)- Daryn Colledge, OT Boise State
16. (48) Minnesota - Cedric Griffin, CB Texas
17. (49) N.Y. Jets (from Dallas) - Kellen Clemens, QB Oregon
18. (50) San Diego - Marcus McNeil, OT Auburn
19. (51) Minnesota (from Miami) - Ryan Cook, C New Mexico
20. (52) Green Bay (from New England) - Greg Jenning, WR Western Michigan
21. (53) Dallas (from Washington through NY Jets) - Anthony Fasano, TE Notre Dame
22. (54) Kansas City - Bernard Pollard, S Purdue
23. (55) Cincinnati - Andrew Whitworth, OT LSU
24. (56) Baltimore (from N.Y. Giants)- Chris Chester, C/G Oklahoma
25. (57) Chicago - Devin Hester, WR/KR Miami (FL)
26. (58) Carolina - Richard Marshall, CB Fresno State
27. (59) Tampa Bay - Jeremy Trueblood, OT Boston College
28. (60) Jacksonville - Maurice Drew, RB UCLA
29. (61) Denver - Tony Scheffler, TE Western Michigan
30. (62) Indianapolis - Tim Jennings, CB Georgia
31. (63) Seattle - Darryl Tapp, DE Virginia Tech
32. (64) Minnesota (from Pittsburgh) - Tarvarius Jackson, QB Alabama State
Of all the guys taken between 22-32 there's only a few who really out performed Maroney. Addai has had a lot more yardage, but he's really inconsistent and I don't consider him worth 1st round status either. Knowing that Deangelo Williams was on the board is a killer though. He's a similar style runner to Maroney but does everything 10x better. Knowing the Pats had another 39 picks to go before Maurice Jones Drew went off the board is a major league killer too.
I'd take just about anybody in that second round over Chad Jackson though. What an absolute fucking stiff. Oh, except Kellen Clemens. lul.
Ugh, I'm looking at the numbers right now. Jennings had 1259 yards and 14 TDs in his senior year at Western Michigan. The guy hardly snuck up on the draft board. In hindsight it really makes your head spin how Jackson and Moss went before him.