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Title: "Why some NFL teams didn't want Alabama's Robert Foster at the combine"
Post by: WALL-E on February 27, 2018, 11:29:02 AM
Why some NFL teams didn't want Alabama's Robert Foster at the combine
(http://media.al.com/alphotos/photo/2017/10/25/-61fd0181fec54f41.JPG)"I think he's as good as anybody else that will be out there at the combine. Brings elite speed and great route running. Regardless of his production for us the past few years, I think he will show everyone at the combine truly how talented he is and that he's just as good as anybody else."

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Title: Re: "Why some NFL teams didn't want Alabama's Robert Foster at the combine"
Post by: Hannibal Lecter, MD on February 27, 2018, 01:37:58 PM
Did I somehow miss the part of the article that backed up the title?  I was expecting to see some quotes from NFL GMs or scouts, or at least our own homer Phil Savage (ex-GM).


Title: Re: "Why some NFL teams didn't want Alabama's Robert Foster at the combine"
Post by: Chechem on February 27, 2018, 01:43:18 PM
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"He's a freakish athlete,"... "He can do some things that, you'll look at some of these guys at the combine and be like 'OK, they're good' but then you'll see Robert and be like 'Why isn't he like top-five?'

Well, freak is appropriate.  How can you hide among the Alabama players for YEARS??

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Title: Re: "Why some NFL teams didn't want Alabama's Robert Foster at the combine"
Post by: Hannibal Lecter, MD on February 27, 2018, 04:54:01 PM
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"He's a freakish athlete,"... "He can do some things that, you'll look at some of these guys at the combine and be like 'OK, they're good' but then you'll see Robert and be like 'Why isn't he like top-five?'

Well, freak is appropriate.  How can you hide among the Alabama players for YEARS??

 :popcorn2:

Robert dealt with a lot of injuries.