Lions waive Greg Robinson/Signed by Browns

[Soul Surfer]

Jeffery is a real head scratcher. If you’re looking for a WR and Jeffery is available, you take Quick? Maybe trying too hard to be the smartest guy in the room?

And if they had taken Cordy Glenn they wouldn't have needed to waste their time and money on Jake Long or needed to take Greg Robinson.

That is why Brian Quick was the beginning of the end for Jeff Fisher IMO.

 

[OC--LeftCoast]

It's too bad he has such a weak football IQ. He could be a good OG if he was more cerebral.

Ah yes, that pesky little cerebral thing

 

[Merlin]

The least we could do as a group is help him come up with a super cool rap name. Hrm allow me to be first...

"G Dizzy" (no insult intended btw to the great Dizzy G).

 

[Soul Surfer]

Ah yes, that pesky little cerebral thing

Have you noticed the mantra of Snead and McVay regarding, "smart players"?

I think Snead is an extremely fast learner.
I haven't seen him repeat his mistakes over and over again like Fisher did.

 

[fearsomefour]

It's too bad he has such a weak football IQ. He could be a good OG if he was more cerebral.

Some guys cannot take the lessons into a game. Lack of focus? Can't defeat old bad technique? I'm not sure but it happens.
What has held Robinson back is an inability to play with balance. I've never seen a physically, athletically gifted guy lose his feet more than GR. Glaring technical holes that, come game time, he just couldn't bring the fixes to the field.

 

[Ramstien]

You know a team is hurting when they pick up Greg Robinson. This reminds me of the Rams a few years ago picking up these players that were busts on other teams thinking they could somehow turn their careers around. It does not work!

 

[Farr Be It]

...and you know...courage. Courage would be good.

And if they had taken Cordy Glenn they wouldn't have needed to waste their time and money on Jake Long or needed to take Greg Robinson.

That is why Brian Quick was the beginning of the end for Jeff Fisher IMO.

True. That and promoting unqualified offensive coordinators from within.

The least we could do as a group is help him come up with a super cool rap name. Hrm allow me to be first...

"G Dizzy" (no insult intended btw to the great Dizzy G).

That was pretty funny stuff, there. By the way, that photo of GRob. Not bad. Looking svelt.

You know a team is hurting when they pick up Greg Robinson. This reminds me of the Rams a few years ago picking up these players that were busts on other teams thinking they could somehow turn their careers around. It does not work!

Well, mostly true. Then there is Barron, Easley, ....Sensabaugh.

:banghead: dang it. Went too far again!

 

[OldSchool]

...and you know...courage. Courage would be good.


True. That and promoting unqualified offensive coordinators from within.

That was pretty funny stuff, there. By the way, that photo of GRob. Not bad. Looking svelt.



Well, mostly true. Then there is Barron, Easley, ....Sensabaugh.

:banghead: dang it. Went too far again!

Add Joe Barkdale, that was a big turn around by Boudreau.

 

[Soul Surfer]

As I recalled Joe Barksdale's situation;
Oakland drafted him as a man/power blocker and then switched to a zone system which made him obsolete.

I think he just needed to be in the proper blocking system.

 

[Farr Be It]

Add Joe Barkdale, that was a big turn around by Boudreau.

Maybe his only turnaround...then we let Barksdale go.

Coach Boo :death: seemed to be a legend that we couldn't miss, because he wouldn't go away.

 

[RamFan503]

of all the things I've lost, i miss my mind the most
train

I love that quote.

 

[nighttrain]

I love that quote.

That's a quote? hmmmmm
train

 

[RamFan503]

That's a quote? hmmmmm
train

Mark Twain

 

[nighttrain]

Mark Twain

ahh,great guy to drink with!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
train

 

[OldSchool]

ahh,great guy to drink with!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
train

Don’t let him fool you, it was Ozzy Osborne

 

[majrleaged]

I feel bad for the guy. So much let down after such high praise.

Feel bad for Robinson too.

But yeah that Hue Jackson guy.. such a letdown.

Why feel sorry. He got millions to fail and contribute to the 9 and 7 bullshit

 

[dang]

Why feel sorry. He got millions to fail and contribute to the 9 and 7 bullcrap

You mean the 7-9 bs. 9-7 would have prolonger the suffering. Perhaps 4-12 was the necessary kill shot to mercifully put us out of our misery.

 

[DR RAM]

And if they had taken Cordy Glenn they wouldn't have needed to waste their time and money on Jake Long or needed to take Greg Robinson.

That is why Brian Quick was the beginning of the end for Jeff Fisher IMO.

Well, Cordy wasn't obvious, because I remember the more than a dozen discussions I had about him, when some pretty smart people on the forum, back then, said he was a right tackle only. I had him mocked to the Rams. And, like you never heard that Alshon, even though he was favored here. was too slow to make an impact, and had other troubling problems.

Nothing is ever set in stone by teams. Everyone else passed on Alshon to that point. I almost blew a gasket when we passed on Desean Jackson, who I also had mocked to us. Shit happens, teams make mistakes, but what I've always said, and the biggest reason why, Greg Robinson, I got out of the mocking game, is that there are things that we don't or can't possibly know. We don't know the psych evals, or the meetings with the players, or the background reports, or the player's mental football acumen. We just don't know that stuff.

Who brought this thread back, and why? Lol.

 

[Soul Surfer]

I'm not into mocking or even a draftnick.
My guess of Cordy Glenn was based entirely on common sense.
Glenn being a left guard or left tackle who was scheduled to go in the first round of the draft.
I had just watched Jeff Fisher GUT the o-line.
He got rid of Jason Brown and Jacob Bell and was bringing in stiffs like Quinn Ojannaka.

All we really had was Saffold.
One player does not an o line make.
We also had a franchise quarterback that needed to be developed and protected.
Even taking a skill player like a wide receiver doesn't make sense if you do not have an o line.
Cordy Glenn was a SEC proven player who was scheduled to go in the first round and fell to us in the second.

Taking Cordy Glenn was a no-brainer.

Instead, Fisher proved HE was a no-brainer.

 

[Soul Surfer]

Mark Twain

....meets Mark Train.