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I’m not sure Love is a lock to leave.  I mean, odds are he will, but not guaranteed.

Also, Hall should be back.

BC

Honestly, I think it depends on his bowl game.  Unlike McCaffrey, the injury spectre has been raised with Love.  That will restrain his overall draft position, I suspect.  If he kills it in his bowl game, then I think he gets the word he'll be a high pick.
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I have been a bit skeptical about Love’s position in the draft.  There would be the same questions about his size as McCaffrey, but he doesn’t have McCaffrey’s versatility to catch passes or as a return man.  Love has had a lot of big gains because he breaks through a line (usually breaking an arm tackle in the process) and is never caught, but I think in the NFL there will be a lot fewer of those opportunities.  NFL defenders are more fundamentally sound and faster. So many more one and two yard gains and fewer 50 yard touchdown runs

Then again, his success against UW augurs well; that Washington defense is about as close to an NFL defense as you will see in college.  I was behind the end zone, so I got a good view of the holes as they oppened up, and closed just as quickly.  UW was fundamentally sound, fast to the ball, and outstanding tacklers.... and yet Love still got 160 yards off them.

So I guess the answer is we will see.  Unlike McCaffrey who was pretty open about his NFL ambitions, Love has kept his cards close to the vest.  We will see.

BC

[BostonCard]

[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=17980.msg212058#msg212058 date=1510433086]
I’m not sure Love is a lock to leave.  I mean, odds are he will, but not guaranteed.

Also, Hall should be back.

BC

Honestly, I think it depends on his bowl game.  Unlike McCaffrey, the injury spectre has been raised with Love.  That will restrain his overall draft position, I suspect.  If he kills it in his bowl game, then I think he gets the word he'll be a high pick.
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I have been a bit skeptical about Love’s position in the draft.  There would be the same questions about his size as McCaffrey, but he doesn’t have McCaffrey’s versatility to catch passes or as a return man.  Love has had a lot of big gains because he breaks through a line (usually breaking an arm tackle in the process) and is never caught, but I think in the NFL there will be a lot fewer of those opportunities.  NFL defenders are more fundamentally sound and faster. So many more one and two yard gains and fewer 50 yard touchdown runs

Then again, his success against UW augurs well; that Washington defense is about as close to an NFL defense as you will see in college.  I was behind the end zone, so I got a good view of the holes as they oppened up, and closed just as quickly.  UW was fundamentally sound, fast to the ball, and outstanding tacklers.... and yet Love still got 160 yards off them.

So I guess the answer is we will see.  Unlike McCaffrey who was pretty open about his NFL ambitions, Love has kept his cards close to the vest.  We will see.

BC