Calvin Ridley, WR Alabama

Originally posted by Jcool:
FWIW

Demaryius Thomas as a Junior at Georgia Tech: 46 receptions for 1,154 yards and 8 touchdowns.

His QBs numbers: 1,701 10 TDs & 5 INTs.

So you can put up good numbers despite being in a run first offense.

So I guess I can argue he'll have a similar career to Calvin Johnson

I like him, cant see him in the top 10, but in the teens? sure. He is no Julio so i dont see Kyle drafting him unless we trade down.

Originally posted by Cisco0623:

I like him, cant see him in the top 10, but in the teens? sure. He is no Julio so i dont see Kyle drafting him unless we trade down.

If you want someone you don't quibble over 5 slots in the draft.

I actually hope he gets picked by the Bears, pushes even more talent to us.

I like Ridley, I just think they'll be a better player available, plus Anthony Miller is the WR I want from this class.

Originally posted by Kolohe:

Originally posted by wailers15:
Definitely not a top 10 pick but his brother will be !!

Riley Ridley hasn't done squat for two seasons and Calvin has been producing since his freshaman year. Now all of a sudden after one game Riley is a top 10 pick and Calvin isn't. You gotta be frickin kidding Webzone!!! Smfh

lol easy killer don't wet the paper yet. all i am saying is he's not a top 10 talent in this draft. just given off of the class no. Defense will reign this draft. Yes his bro hasn't done much, but has the tools to be better. and when his brother comes out who knows he may well be a top 10 pick come then. let's see how he does with Fromm. maybe he improves his game. kind of hard to hate on the guy when he turns it up on the biggest stage of his career. plus given the depth the Dawgs have at the WR, & TE spot plus you through in both those RB's...yeah there's some depth constraints there. they did a great job of distributing the ball all around this year.

all i said is i don't see Calvin being a top 10 pick, lol nothing wrong with that. given the talent at D, and the given need...no i don't see him as a top 10 pick. now for his bro, who the fk knows but if that game jump-starts his activity in Athens then watch out. man i watch a ton of SEC foots so i'm not out of the loop.

lol fkn webzone no sht so many of you get your panties in a wad..and do so right quick.

I like Ridley, I think his numbers took a big hit because Jalen Hurts played like dog crap for most of the year. We Bama fans were screaming for Tua all year, esp. in the Iron Bowl. Hurts has been reluctant to throw and been very, very shaky all year. He would hold on to the ball forever and wasn't throwing with any confidence. Just think about how fed up Saban was with Hurts to pull your starting QB and insert a true freshman in the national championship game.

Originally posted by Cisco0623:

I like him, cant see him in the top 10, but in the teens? sure. He is no Julio so i dont see Kyle drafting him unless we trade down.

Also heard matt miller say the guys he spoke to love Ridley...most of them have him as their top WR

Originally posted by jonnydel:

I like Ridley, I think his numbers took a big hit because Jalen Hurts played like dog crap for most of the year. We Bama fans were screaming for Tua all year, esp. in the Iron Bowl. Hurts has been reluctant to throw and been very, very shaky all year. He would hold on to the ball forever and wasn't throwing with any confidence. Just think about how fed up Saban was with Hurts to pull your starting QB and insert a true freshman in the national championship game.

Given you being a Bama fan and someone who watches a lot of 9er tape, how do you see Ridley fitting into this offense?

Certainly opposing DC's would have their work cut out for them in trying to limit big plays given they would have to deal with the speed and quickness of both Ridley and Goodwin.

Do you see Ridley as a top 15 pick in this class?

Originally posted by wailers15:

lol easy killer don't wet the paper yet. all i am saying is he's not a top 10 talent in this draft. just given off of the class no. Defense will reign this draft. Yes his bro hasn't done much, but has the tools to be better. and when his brother comes out who knows he may well be a top 10 pick come then. let's see how he does with Fromm. maybe he improves his game. kind of hard to hate on the guy when he turns it up on the biggest stage of his career. plus given the depth the Dawgs have at the WR, & TE spot plus you through in both those RB's...yeah there's some depth constraints there. they did a great job of distributing the ball all around this year.

all i said is i don't see Calvin being a top 10 pick, lol nothing wrong with that. given the talent at D, and the given need...no i don't see him as a top 10 pick. now for his bro, who the fk knows but if that game jump-starts his activity in Athens then watch out. man i watch a ton of SEC foots so i'm not out of the loop.

lol fkn webzone no sht so many of you get your panties in a wad..and do so right quick.

What is it that you don't like about him? Outside of not being 6-3 220 lbs? He's an elite route-runner and gets separation constantly. He avg over 15 ypc this season.

He's not gonna run a tyreek hill 40, but dude is fast as s**t...size isn't everything at WR, Brown/OBJ don't have elite size. Jerry rice was far from the biggest guy out there.

Personally I don't see us drafting a offensive skilled position early, but Ridley would be ideal in this system. IF we really want to move down a couple spots plus get him im all for it!

Matt miller just stated that the nfl personnel he's spoken to thinks he's gonna be the top wr in his class and a top 15 pick ( or higher). Sounds right to me.

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by wailers15:
lol easy killer don't wet the paper yet. all i am saying is he's not a top 10 talent in this draft. just given off of the class no. Defense will reign this draft. Yes his bro hasn't done much, but has the tools to be better. and when his brother comes out who knows he may well be a top 10 pick come then. let's see how he does with Fromm. maybe he improves his game. kind of hard to hate on the guy when he turns it up on the biggest stage of his career. plus given the depth the Dawgs have at the WR, & TE spot plus you through in both those RB's...yeah there's some depth constraints there. they did a great job of distributing the ball all around this year.

all i said is i don't see Calvin being a top 10 pick, lol nothing wrong with that. given the talent at D, and the given need...no i don't see him as a top 10 pick. now for his bro, who the fk knows but if that game jump-starts his activity in Athens then watch out. man i watch a ton of SEC foots so i'm not out of the loop.

lol fkn webzone no sht so many of you get your panties in a wad..and do so right quick.

What is it that you don't like about him? Outside of not being 6-3 220 lbs? He's an elite route-runner and gets separation constantly. He avg over 15 ypc this season.

He's not gonna run a tyreek hill 40, but dude is fast as s**t...size isn't everything at WR, Brown/OBJ don't have elite size. Jerry rice was far from the biggest guy out there.

Personally I don't see us drafting a offensive skilled position early, but Ridley would be ideal in this system. IF we really want to move down a couple spots plus get him im all for it!

Matt miller just stated that the nfl personnel he's spoken to thinks he's gonna be the top wr in his class and a top 15 pick ( or higher). Sounds right to me.

Size means nothing to me when looking at a player. lol granted it helps but as we have seen in the past, you can be 6'5 and run a 4.4 but just can't cut it.

I really do think he was letdown by the QB play of Hurts this past year (hell even last year) He was open so many times, and Hurts just wouldn't pull the trigger. I'm still shocked that Bama can not get a QB like McCarron was for them. Okay off track here, but I do think the poor QB play played a mental part to say on Ridley. I would get down too man, if all i do each game is bust my ass off and my QB is unable to get me the damn ball when i'm wide fkn open. IMHO he was underutilized while at Bama, and that's one thing that I just never understood.

he runs beautiful routes indeed. his experience will set him way apart from his draft positional group. his freshman year was insane!!!!! shows you how much a good QB helps. big play ability is there no doubt,

my cons: is that he can easily get taken out at the line of scrimmage. i saw this a lot over the last 2 years. a lot of times though i would wonder was that because he was tired & they just weren't getting him the ball? Clemson did a great job at this in both games. he needs to get stronger and be more aggressive at the line of scrimmage. this can be easily taught.
can & how much bigger can he get to that little body of his? can he endure a full season of big hits with his little body is what gets me. I heard he weighed in at 180 for the title game.
i would like to see him be more aggressive in securing the catch too. when battling with the DB. I guess with the above & this it equates to "STRONGER HANDS"
I don't see him being a #1 WR in the NFL. not yet at least. It will take a few years to get there. I see him more as a #2. A complimentary wr to say.

if you're like me & have watched every bama game here over the last 2 years then you know he can go through a little period of having the drops.

i'm not big on this WR class and that is maybe why i'm just not sold on him as being a top 10 pick. he's easily the best WR i think in the class. but given the depth of defense and who will be available especially when we are picking, i just don't see the fit. not right there. not with the glaring need on the D side of the ball. We need a lot of depth there.
of course free agency sets the table up a lot better for the draft.

Originally posted by wailers15:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by wailers15:

lol easy killer don't wet the paper yet. all i am saying is he's not a top 10 talent in this draft. just given off of the class no. Defense will reign this draft. Yes his bro hasn't done much, but has the tools to be better. and when his brother comes out who knows he may well be a top 10 pick come then. let's see how he does with Fromm. maybe he improves his game. kind of hard to hate on the guy when he turns it up on the biggest stage of his career. plus given the depth the Dawgs have at the WR, & TE spot plus you through in both those RB's...yeah there's some depth constraints there. they did a great job of distributing the ball all around this year.

all i said is i don't see Calvin being a top 10 pick, lol nothing wrong with that. given the talent at D, and the given need...no i don't see him as a top 10 pick. now for his bro, who the fk knows but if that game jump-starts his activity in Athens then watch out. man i watch a ton of SEC foots so i'm not out of the loop.

lol fkn webzone no sht so many of you get your panties in a wad..and do so right quick.

What is it that you don't like about him? Outside of not being 6-3 220 lbs? He's an elite route-runner and gets separation constantly. He avg over 15 ypc this season.

He's not gonna run a tyreek hill 40, but dude is fast as s**t...size isn't everything at WR, Brown/OBJ don't have elite size. Jerry rice was far from the biggest guy out there.

Personally I don't see us drafting a offensive skilled position early, but Ridley would be ideal in this system. IF we really want to move down a couple spots plus get him im all for it!

Matt miller just stated that the nfl personnel he's spoken to thinks he's gonna be the top wr in his class and a top 15 pick ( or higher). Sounds right to me.

Size means nothing to me when looking at a player. lol granted it helps but as we have seen in the past, you can be 6'5 and run a 4.4 but just can't cut it.

I really do think he was letdown by the QB play of Hurts this past year (hell even last year) He was open so many times, and Hurts just wouldn't pull the trigger. I'm still shocked that Bama can not get a QB like McCarron was for them. Okay off track here, but I do think the poor QB play played a mental part to say on Ridley. I would get down too man, if all i do each game is bust my ass off and my QB is unable to get me the damn ball when i'm wide fkn open. IMHO he was underutilized while at Bama, and that's one thing that I just never understood.

he runs beautiful routes indeed. his experience will set him way apart from his draft positional group. his freshman year was insane!!!!! shows you how much a good QB helps. big play ability is there no doubt,

my cons: is that he can easily get taken out at the line of scrimmage. i saw this a lot over the last 2 years. a lot of times though i would wonder was that because he was tired & they just weren't getting him the ball? Clemson did a great job at this in both games. he needs to get stronger and be more aggressive at the line of scrimmage. this can be easily taught.
can & how much bigger can he get to that little body of his? can he endure a full season of big hits with his little body is what gets me. I heard he weighed in at 180 for the title game.
i would like to see him be more aggressive in securing the catch too. when battling with the DB. I guess with the above & this it equates to "STRONGER HANDS"
I don't see him being a #1 WR in the NFL. not yet at least. It will take a few years to get there. I see him more as a #2. A complimentary wr to say.

if you're like me & have watched every bama game here over the last 2 years then you know he can go through a little period of having the drops.

i'm not big on this WR class and that is maybe why i'm just not sold on him as being a top 10 pick. he's easily the best WR i think in the class. but given the depth of defense and who will be available especially when we are picking, i just don't see the fit. not right there. not with the glaring need on the D side of the ball. We need a lot of depth there.
of course free agency sets the table up a lot better for the draft.

I agree with most of what you said, would you consider TY hilton a WR1? Because I see Ridley as a bigger vision of that.

I think Kyle has shown with a good qb he can scheme a top end offense, so I don't see us going for a WR earlier anyway.

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by wailers15:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by wailers15:

lol easy killer don't wet the paper yet. all i am saying is he's not a top 10 talent in this draft. just given off of the class no. Defense will reign this draft. Yes his bro hasn't done much, but has the tools to be better. and when his brother comes out who knows he may well be a top 10 pick come then. let's see how he does with Fromm. maybe he improves his game. kind of hard to hate on the guy when he turns it up on the biggest stage of his career. plus given the depth the Dawgs have at the WR, & TE spot plus you through in both those RB's...yeah there's some depth constraints there. they did a great job of distributing the ball all around this year.

all i said is i don't see Calvin being a top 10 pick, lol nothing wrong with that. given the talent at D, and the given need...no i don't see him as a top 10 pick. now for his bro, who the fk knows but if that game jump-starts his activity in Athens then watch out. man i watch a ton of SEC foots so i'm not out of the loop.

lol fkn webzone no sht so many of you get your panties in a wad..and do so right quick.

What is it that you don't like about him? Outside of not being 6-3 220 lbs? He's an elite route-runner and gets separation constantly. He avg over 15 ypc this season.

He's not gonna run a tyreek hill 40, but dude is fast as s**t...size isn't everything at WR, Brown/OBJ don't have elite size. Jerry rice was far from the biggest guy out there.

Personally I don't see us drafting a offensive skilled position early, but Ridley would be ideal in this system. IF we really want to move down a couple spots plus get him im all for it!

Matt miller just stated that the nfl personnel he's spoken to thinks he's gonna be the top wr in his class and a top 15 pick ( or higher). Sounds right to me.

Size means nothing to me when looking at a player. lol granted it helps but as we have seen in the past, you can be 6'5 and run a 4.4 but just can't cut it.

I really do think he was letdown by the QB play of Hurts this past year (hell even last year) He was open so many times, and Hurts just wouldn't pull the trigger. I'm still shocked that Bama can not get a QB like McCarron was for them. Okay off track here, but I do think the poor QB play played a mental part to say on Ridley. I would get down too man, if all i do each game is bust my ass off and my QB is unable to get me the damn ball when i'm wide fkn open. IMHO he was underutilized while at Bama, and that's one thing that I just never understood.

he runs beautiful routes indeed. his experience will set him way apart from his draft positional group. his freshman year was insane!!!!! shows you how much a good QB helps. big play ability is there no doubt,

my cons: is that he can easily get taken out at the line of scrimmage. i saw this a lot over the last 2 years. a lot of times though i would wonder was that because he was tired & they just weren't getting him the ball? Clemson did a great job at this in both games. he needs to get stronger and be more aggressive at the line of scrimmage. this can be easily taught.
can & how much bigger can he get to that little body of his? can he endure a full season of big hits with his little body is what gets me. I heard he weighed in at 180 for the title game.
i would like to see him be more aggressive in securing the catch too. when battling with the DB. I guess with the above & this it equates to "STRONGER HANDS"
I don't see him being a #1 WR in the NFL. not yet at least. It will take a few years to get there. I see him more as a #2. A complimentary wr to say.

if you're like me & have watched every bama game here over the last 2 years then you know he can go through a little period of having the drops.

i'm not big on this WR class and that is maybe why i'm just not sold on him as being a top 10 pick. he's easily the best WR i think in the class. but given the depth of defense and who will be available especially when we are picking, i just don't see the fit. not right there. not with the glaring need on the D side of the ball. We need a lot of depth there.
of course free agency sets the table up a lot better for the draft.

I agree with most of what you said, would you consider TY hilton a WR1? Because I see Ridley as a bigger vision of that.

I think Kyle has shown with a good qb he can scheme a top end offense, so I don't see us going for a WR earlier anyway.

Shoot I hear ya. Yeah I mean TY is a #1 and has produced a #1. I guess you could had Hill in there too.
I definitely will be interested in where Ridley goes and follow his career.

Originally posted by Kolohe:

That's funny I think we find O-line in free agency, gut feeling.

Hopefully Jensen to play Center 🤞🏼

Originally posted by wailers15:

Originally posted by Kolohe:

Originally posted by wailers15:
Definitely not a top 10 pick but his brother will be !!

Riley Ridley hasn't done squat for two seasons and Calvin has been producing since his freshaman year. Now all of a sudden after one game Riley is a top 10 pick and Calvin isn't. You gotta be frickin kidding Webzone!!! Smfh

lol easy killer don't wet the paper yet. all i am saying is he's not a top 10 talent in this draft. just given off of the class no. Defense will reign this draft. Yes his bro hasn't done much, but has the tools to be better. and when his brother comes out who knows he may well be a top 10 pick come then. let's see how he does with Fromm. maybe he improves his game. kind of hard to hate on the guy when he turns it up on the biggest stage of his career. plus given the depth the Dawgs have at the WR, & TE spot plus you through in both those RB's...yeah there's some depth constraints there. they did a great job of distributing the ball all around this year.

all i said is i don't see Calvin being a top 10 pick, lol nothing wrong with that. given the talent at D, and the given need...no i don't see him as a top 10 pick. now for his bro, who the fk knows but if that game jump-starts his activity in Athens then watch out. man i watch a ton of SEC foots so i'm not out of the loop.

lol fkn webzone no sht so many of you get your panties in a wad..and do so right quick.

But you're doing exactly what I said, people base things off of one game....ONE GAME. I mean from this one game you basically just anointed Riley Ridley a top 10 pick because he has the tools to be better than his brother......how so? It's pretty much a question mark of how good he runs his routes and gets separation which Calvin has done throughout his whole career. You totally overlooked the fact that Calvin Ridley went through the season with one of the worst SEC passers I've ever seen. Hurts has no business being a QB period with all the running he does.

Panties in a wad. .....at least I don't make crazy assumptions like the one above. lol smfh

you don't need an elite WR to win a SB. Pass rush, G/C & CB are comfortably the biggest needs and I'm sure the 1st rd pick will go on one of those.

Originally posted by Kolohe:

Originally posted by wailers15:

Originally posted by Kolohe:

Originally posted by wailers15:

Definitely not a top 10 pick but his brother will be !!

Riley Ridley hasn't done squat for two seasons and Calvin has been producing since his freshaman year. Now all of a sudden after one game Riley is a top 10 pick and Calvin isn't. You gotta be frickin kidding Webzone!!! Smfh

lol easy killer don't wet the paper yet. all i am saying is he's not a top 10 talent in this draft. just given off of the class no. Defense will reign this draft. Yes his bro hasn't done much, but has the tools to be better. and when his brother comes out who knows he may well be a top 10 pick come then. let's see how he does with Fromm. maybe he improves his game. kind of hard to hate on the guy when he turns it up on the biggest stage of his career. plus given the depth the Dawgs have at the WR, & TE spot plus you through in both those RB's...yeah there's some depth constraints there. they did a great job of distributing the ball all around this year.

all i said is i don't see Calvin being a top 10 pick, lol nothing wrong with that. given the talent at D, and the given need...no i don't see him as a top 10 pick. now for his bro, who the fk knows but if that game jump-starts his activity in Athens then watch out. man i watch a ton of SEC foots so i'm not out of the loop.

lol fkn webzone no sht so many of you get your panties in a wad..and do so right quick.

But you're doing exactly what I said, people base things off of one game....ONE GAME. I mean from this one game you basically just anointed Riley Ridley a top 10 pick because he has the tools to be better than his brother......how so? It's pretty much a question mark of how good he runs his routes and gets separation which Calvin has done throughout his whole career. You totally overlooked the fact that Calvin Ridley went through the season with one of the worst SEC passers I've ever seen. Hurts has no business being a QB period with all the running he does.

Panties in a wad. .....at least I don't make crazy assumptions like the one above. lol smfh

Not making my assumption off of one game. Either way you slice it I don't put him in the top 10.
Re Riley, okay sure it may be an assumption but Its more of a prediction. I'm more focused on Calvin. Do I think Riley has a high ceiling? Hell fkn yes especially given how Georgia spreads that ball around. Riley may not put up numbers like his brother but the Dogs Offense is way more diverse and they utilize all of their weapons.

I didn't overlook the fact Calvin had one of the worst QB's. Go back and you can see I clearly stated that Hurts has no business being a QB period.

Maybe a bad choice of words. Lol my bad for not being more descriptive.
And how is that crazy to say Riley May be a top 10 pick when he comes out?
each draft is totally different. This draft is loaded with defense and that's why I don't see Calvin as a top 10.
Maybe when Riley comes out it's thin on the d side and he blows it up? That's not a far fetched assumption. Did you even hear Herbstreet say that he's got all the talent to be a solid NFL WR? So I'm not the only one who sees talent there.

Bad choice of words, but either way I just don't value Calvin a top 10 pick.