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The difference between the reactions to this news on the Cal Rivals board and this one is stark to say the least. Cal fans are disconsolate and demonstrating passion about it and Stanford fans seemingly shrug their shoulders. Maybe if he had flipped to Cal from Stanford the reaction here would be stronger, but I kind of doubt it.

Anyway, Archer is one of the more interesting recruits I've ever seen. His Junior highlight video, my reaction is, "sure he's big, strong and skilled, but if he wants to follow in the footsteps of Stanford NFL TEs, he needs to get faster."  Then I watched his Senior highlights just posted yesterday, and I literally wondered if I was watching the same guy from the Junior video.  Archer seemingly transformed his body between Junior and Senior year and did become a lot faster. Judging from the disparity between his Junior and Senior highlight videos, I have to think he is going to get a ratings bump, perhaps even from 3 to 4 stars, because he was absolutely a 3 star his Junior year, but I saw 4 star in his Senior video. Looks like much more than a Plan B type to me. 

Cal fans are rightfully upset right now and Stanford fans should be stoked to land Bradley Archer after missing on Hudson Henry.

Keep in mind that Smith and Parkinson weren’t just 5* tight ends but the top tight end recruit in the nation in their recruiting class, and Henry was the top tight end in this year’s class.  Smith is likely to be the top tight end taken in the draft this year.

That’s not to say that Archer’s commitment is an afterthought as I’m more interested to see what a guy does once he’s here than what their high school recruiting rating was.

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[BostonCard]

The difference between the reactions to this news on the Cal Rivals board and this one is stark to say the least. Cal fans are disconsolate and demonstrating passion about it and Stanford fans seemingly shrug their shoulders. Maybe if he had flipped to Cal from Stanford the reaction here would be stronger, but I kind of doubt it.

Anyway, Archer is one of the more interesting recruits I've ever seen. His Junior highlight video, my reaction is, "sure he's big, strong and skilled, but if he wants to follow in the footsteps of Stanford NFL TEs, he needs to get faster."  Then I watched his Senior highlights just posted yesterday, and I literally wondered if I was watching the same guy from the Junior video.  Archer seemingly transformed his body between Junior and Senior year and did become a lot faster. Judging from the disparity between his Junior and Senior highlight videos, I have to think he is going to get a ratings bump, perhaps even from 3 to 4 stars, because he was absolutely a 3 star his Junior year, but I saw 4 star in his Senior video. Looks like much more than a Plan B type to me. 

Cal fans are rightfully upset right now and Stanford fans should be stoked to land Bradley Archer after missing on Hudson Henry.

Keep in mind that Smith and Parkinson weren’t just 5* tight ends but the top tight end recruit in the nation in their recruiting class, and Henry was the top tight end in this year’s class.  Smith is likely to be the top tight end taken in the draft this year.

That’s not to say that Archer’s commitment is an afterthought as I’m more interested to see what a guy does once he’s here than what their high school recruiting rating was.

BC