04-13-2012, 01:18 PM
I'm not totally concerned here because it's early, and because Browning did have a pretty impressive freshman season. That's especially notable because, as the article notes, he was playing at 158 pounds, which is teeny-tiny for a football player--a model post-photoshopping. That said, it's not totally reassuring because Browning had a disappointing sophomore season. Maybe it was those (previously undisclosed) injuries. Hope so! It's nice, though, that Browning's rise doesn't totally seem to have been about mediocrity--"playing with the swag a corner should" sounds pretty positive to my ears.
At any rate, note that the Wayne Lyons hype, while significant, has usually been about his future. I think Shaw (and Michael Thomas) said at one point Lyons would be up for the Thorpe Award, not that that was anytime soon. I probably got a bit too far ahead of myself there, but that's being a sports fan. Lyons can still be really helpful as a part of a rotation and a nickel back--I thought it hurt our defense a little bit in the past when we moved Michael Thomas from his safety spot to nickel back against 3 WR formations. It was a necessary evil, but last year in particular a healthy Wayne Lyons in that spot might have helped us tremendously.
At any rate, note that the Wayne Lyons hype, while significant, has usually been about his future. I think Shaw (and Michael Thomas) said at one point Lyons would be up for the Thorpe Award, not that that was anytime soon. I probably got a bit too far ahead of myself there, but that's being a sports fan. Lyons can still be really helpful as a part of a rotation and a nickel back--I thought it hurt our defense a little bit in the past when we moved Michael Thomas from his safety spot to nickel back against 3 WR formations. It was a necessary evil, but last year in particular a healthy Wayne Lyons in that spot might have helped us tremendously.