on Fournette's comments. Seems like they disagree with most on this board .... I will add I think a big difference in the NFL is there is not a Mercer on the schedule. The difference between the top of the NFL and the bottom is MUCH closer than the top and bottom of college football.
Yeldon
"I feel like he was kind of right," said third-year running back T.J. Yeldon, who played three seasons at Alabama. "Playing in the SEC, the game speeds up. It's faster. It's kind of like the NFL. The NFL is a tad bit faster.
"I get where he's coming from with that comment."
Robinson
"I feel like what he was trying to say was the speed of the game we played in college, just the talent game in and game out that you're going against, is so elite that the game is played at a fast pace," Robinson said. "So I think he was just meaning that when it came to the actual pace of the game that what we faced at college did a god job preparing us for what we see at this level right now."
Grant
"I kind of feel the same way [as Fournette]," Grant said. "Coming from the SEC, it's really a hard-nosed league. Pac-10, all those others conferences and stuff, they're good and they're physical and everything, but it's just something about coming out of the SEC. You see a lot of guys who come out of the SEC [and] when they get into the league they kind of have success. I'm not going to say more success, but the majority are successful.
"I mean, it could be easy for him," Grant said. "He's a different breed. He's a very high-caliber player and since he's been here and being in meetings with him, he's surprised me as a rookie. This is just my third year but you have guys come and out all the time and he's one guy that really stood out to me. He knew protections, different cuts, runs, identifying defenses.
"That's a credit to him and credit to LSU developing players to be ready for the league once they get here."
"And you know just playing against that caliber of talent in the SEC and then coming into the NFL it, kind of just translated right over."
Link to article ....
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...mates-agree-leonard-fournette-nfl-not-bad-sec
Yeldon
"I feel like he was kind of right," said third-year running back T.J. Yeldon, who played three seasons at Alabama. "Playing in the SEC, the game speeds up. It's faster. It's kind of like the NFL. The NFL is a tad bit faster.
"I get where he's coming from with that comment."
Robinson
"I feel like what he was trying to say was the speed of the game we played in college, just the talent game in and game out that you're going against, is so elite that the game is played at a fast pace," Robinson said. "So I think he was just meaning that when it came to the actual pace of the game that what we faced at college did a god job preparing us for what we see at this level right now."
Grant
"I kind of feel the same way [as Fournette]," Grant said. "Coming from the SEC, it's really a hard-nosed league. Pac-10, all those others conferences and stuff, they're good and they're physical and everything, but it's just something about coming out of the SEC. You see a lot of guys who come out of the SEC [and] when they get into the league they kind of have success. I'm not going to say more success, but the majority are successful.
"I mean, it could be easy for him," Grant said. "He's a different breed. He's a very high-caliber player and since he's been here and being in meetings with him, he's surprised me as a rookie. This is just my third year but you have guys come and out all the time and he's one guy that really stood out to me. He knew protections, different cuts, runs, identifying defenses.
"That's a credit to him and credit to LSU developing players to be ready for the league once they get here."
"And you know just playing against that caliber of talent in the SEC and then coming into the NFL it, kind of just translated right over."
Link to article ....
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...mates-agree-leonard-fournette-nfl-not-bad-sec
