The Case for Calvin Ridley -- WR Alabama

[Wild_x_Card]

Chubb is a guy. Barkley is ok. Not sold on him. Fitzpatrick...lol. Jackson meh. Boring draft class.

This QB class is about the only good/great thing about.

Whoever is posting from your account, make them stop.

 

[rawdawg]

Hardest eval in the draft.

The QB play was some of the worst you will ever see.

There was a lot of this in college football this year.

Ridley- his QB had two 200 yard passing games this year & got benched in the National Championship game.
Kirk- played 2 QBs most of the year. Neither were any good
Sutton- his QB had 4 of 12 games where he completed more than 59% of his passes

Guys like Auden Tate, Dante Pettis, DJ Moore, Deon Cain also had pretty bad QB situations (Bryant led his team to the playoffs, but had just 13 TDs, to 8 INTs and Cain's YPC went down almost 7 yards from last year with Watson).


Conversely, many of the top QBs had poor supporting casts. Josh Allen had no WRs. Rosen had Lasley as his best WR, he'll get drafted but is definitely a 3rd day guy (5th round IMO). Darnold had Burnett who is a tiny mid-round WR as his best target. Lamar Jackson didn't have a ton of talent to throw to. None had anything special on the OL.

Really weird year for QB/WR prospects in less than ideal situations.

 

[Midwaymonster75]

Idk if he’d be gone. Highest I’ve seen him on any mock is 8 to us. There should be 3-4 qbs taken before we pick too based on how many teams need qbs picking in front of us. Barkley and Chubb will be gone too.

Then again I can’t really deny the power of a good combine. If Ridley runs a 4.3 40 it wouldn’t be shocking to see his stock soar.

A lot of people on here dislike him but I think he’s one of the more polished receiving prospects to come out in a while. Fast, good size, great route running, can run every single route in the route tree proficiently, can play every position, fantastic hands.

And Ridley won’t be 24 until the end of next season.

Yeah the age thing is dumb asf! He is in fact 23! Like you said he turns 24 until the end of the season. If we can get even 5 years of high level production from him ill take it. My biggest endorsement of Ridley is Jalen Hurts. That kid stinks! If Ridley played with a Darnold, Rosen or an Allen the narrative on him going into the draft would be much different.
What stands out to me is the separation he gets and just how he does things so effortlessly. If hes there at #8 the Bears should take him.

 

[Luke]

I don't know if Pace will take CR at 8, but to say he's not worth it just doesn't make sense. The kid runs good routes, has good hands and gets separation which is something they don't currently have on the team. He's a legit home run threat with blazing speed who has beaten Cooper in a 40 and Amari ran an adjusted 4.35 - 4.38 at the combine. CR ran a 4.35 at Alabama 2016 spring testing, I wonder what he will do with a month of track sprinting practice under his belt. Like others have said, Jalen Hurts blows. CR's productivity has dropped significantly from his freshman year when the great Jake Coker was at the helm when he caught 89 passes for 1045 and 7 td's. The Bears offense was putrid and CR would definitely help change that around.

 

[bamainatlanta]

I don't know if Pace will take CR at 8, but to say he's not worth it just doesn't make sense. The kid runs good routes, has good hands and gets separation which is something they don't currently have on the team. He's a legit home run threat with blazing speed who has beaten Cooper in a 40 and Amari ran an adjusted 4.35 - 4.38 at the combine. CR ran a 4.35 at Alabama 2016 spring testing, I wonder what he will do with a month of track sprinting practice under his belt. Like others have said, Jalen Hurts blows. CR's productivity has dropped significantly from his freshman year when the great Jake Coker was at the helm when he caught 89 passes for 1045 and 7 td's. The Bears offense was putrid and CR would definitely help change that around.

Funny, he didn't get separation consistently against auburn, Georgia or Clemson. Wonder why that is. Could it have been they didn't need to commit extra to the run defense or was it the press coverage?

 

[CHICAGOMIDWAYMONSTERS]

A good 40 wont matter on a crummy soldier field in the middle of winter. Ridley is too small, Ill pass.

 

[JUSTWIN]

A good 40 wont matter on a crummy soldier field in the middle of winter. Ridley is too small, Ill pass.

Let's get a dome in Chicago.

 

[bamainatlanta]

Let's get a dome in Chicago.

**** that

 

[JUSTWIN]

**** that

LOL. Why's that? I think it would make the games look better and players can be at their best. Soldier Field has really never given us "home field advantage". I can only imagine those Lovie defenses on turf.

 

[Josh2J]

apologize if already posted haven't gone thru all 9 threads.....but thought this was telling and AMMO for those hoping WR is the pick at 8


ESPN's Mel Kiper calls Alabama WR Calvin Ridley "the best receiver in this class by a mile."

In a mock draft published Thursday, Kiper slotted Ridley No. 8 to the Bears. Ridley (6'1/188) isn't the biggest receiver, nor is he the most productive, but he did everything asked of him in Alabama's run-first offense over the past few years. Ridley posted a 63-967-5 receiving line in 2017. Most of his touches were either manufactured close to the line of scrimmage or on home-run balls when defenses cheated on an RPO and Jalen Hurts' throw wound up within Ridley's vicinity. Coming out of a poor situation to showcase all his skills, the polished Ridley may very well end up showing better in the NFL than he did in college -- Hurts just wasn't talented enough as a thrower to comfortably let Ridley run an entire route tree.





Source: ESPN

 

[modo]

A good 40 wont matter on a crummy soldier field in the middle of winter. Ridley is too small, Ill pass.

So the turf slows down fast people but doesn't affect slow people?

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[bamainatlanta]

apologize if already posted haven't gone thru all 9 threads.....but thought this was telling and AMMO for those hoping WR is the pick at 8


ESPN's Mel Kiper calls Alabama WR Calvin Ridley "the best receiver in this class by a mile."

In a mock draft published Thursday, Kiper slotted Ridley No. 8 to the Bears. Ridley (6'1/188) isn't the biggest receiver, nor is he the most productive, but he did everything asked of him in Alabama's run-first offense over the past few years. Ridley posted a 63-967-5 receiving line in 2017. Most of his touches were either manufactured close to the line of scrimmage or on home-run balls when defenses cheated on an RPO and Jalen Hurts' throw wound up within Ridley's vicinity. Coming out of a poor situation to showcase all his skills, the polished Ridley may very well end up showing better in the NFL than he did in college -- Hurts just wasn't talented enough as a thrower to comfortably let Ridley run an entire route tree.





Source: ESPN

http://awfulannouncing.com/espn/mel-kipers-top-10-nfl-draft-blunders.html

Kiper...LOL

 

[1000ftditka!]

Draft Best available Player (not QB) at #8. A WR might be too early here. I suspect that Pace will find a top shelf WR in FA and draft another WR prospect in the 4th or later. I See a franchise player OT/OG or DE/EDGE here.....at #8.

 

[satchice]

apologize if already posted haven't gone thru all 9 threads.....but thought this was telling and AMMO for those hoping WR is the pick at 8


ESPN's Mel Kiper calls Alabama WR Calvin Ridley "the best receiver in this class by a mile."

In a mock draft published Thursday, Kiper slotted Ridley No. 8 to the Bears. Ridley (6'1/188) isn't the biggest receiver, nor is he the most productive, but he did everything asked of him in Alabama's run-first offense over the past few years. Ridley posted a 63-967-5 receiving line in 2017. Most of his touches were either manufactured close to the line of scrimmage or on home-run balls when defenses cheated on an RPO and Jalen Hurts' throw wound up within Ridley's vicinity. Coming out of a poor situation to showcase all his skills, the polished Ridley may very well end up showing better in the NFL than he did in college -- Hurts just wasn't talented enough as a thrower to comfortably let Ridley run an entire route tree.





Source: ESPN

FA is the same way with Landry being miles better then the next guy.

 

[Bears_804]

I wouldn't mind Ridley if he was going to be an impact player for years to come. It's a huge need. I couldn't tell you whether Pace sees him as a guy worth 8 or not. People will always be mad, meh, or happy with any 1st rounder we chose. Pace always seems to surprise in the 1st few rounds. I would prefer we traded down in the 1st and nabbed Ridley if that's the case. Even if it's just back to 10-12. We need more draft picks in 2-3-4.

 

[Mdbearz]

I was super unimpressed with him in the NC game. Didn't display great hands. Seemed like the pressure got to him.

His little brother Riley actually outplayed him in that game, but I don't think that makes either one of them worth the #8 pick.

However, Calvin is likely the Best WR in this draft and if this staff likes Calvin and takes him, then I will get behind the pick. We can not allow the KevinWhitegate to affect our ability to grow the team.

Make no mistake, we need WRs and if we take one or two in the draft, then so be it!!

 

[Antobears]

Draft Best available Player (not QB) at #8. A WR might be too early here. I suspect that Pace will find a top shelf WR in FA and draft another WR prospect in the 4th or later. I See a franchise player OT/OG or DE/EDGE here.....at #8.

This. My preference is an OLB but an OT would be fine. Unless the wideout is a potential game changer wait until round 2.