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Since Fanaika, Burkett, and possibly (likely?) Herbig gone,

I must be missing something, but how has Herbig shown anywhere near enough to be drafted very high by the NFL? This year he has been hurt a bit, and has been part of the disaster we call the OL. The year before, he played OK, but not great. He wasn't plowing through the defense. If he wants a reasonable draft slot, he isn't going to get it this year, IMHO. No point in giving up a year at Stanford to go in the sixth round, or be a UFA (more probable).

Remember the NFL drafts on the basis of potential, not necessarily performance.  At the beginning of the year I would have said he was guaranteed to go pro; but I put a question mark on his likelihood of going pro.  On the other hand, Quenton Meeks is a good case study of someone who left after his junior year, and was undrafted.  You might think that's a cautionary tale, but Meeks is now starting, and as everyone knows the key is the player's second contract, not the rookie contract.  I'm not saying Herbig will go pro, just that having a bad/ijured year is not necessarily indicative of the fact he'll stay.

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[BostonCard]

Since Fanaika, Burkett, and possibly (likely?) Herbig gone,

I must be missing something, but how has Herbig shown anywhere near enough to be drafted very high by the NFL? This year he has been hurt a bit, and has been part of the disaster we call the OL. The year before, he played OK, but not great. He wasn't plowing through the defense. If he wants a reasonable draft slot, he isn't going to get it this year, IMHO. No point in giving up a year at Stanford to go in the sixth round, or be a UFA (more probable).

Remember the NFL drafts on the basis of potential, not necessarily performance.  At the beginning of the year I would have said he was guaranteed to go pro; but I put a question mark on his likelihood of going pro.  On the other hand, Quenton Meeks is a good case study of someone who left after his junior year, and was undrafted.  You might think that's a cautionary tale, but Meeks is now starting, and as everyone knows the key is the player's second contract, not the rookie contract.  I'm not saying Herbig will go pro, just that having a bad/ijured year is not necessarily indicative of the fact he'll stay.

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