Playing another year of SEC football means nothing? Mangum had nothing left to accomplish but came back for his senior year.
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Exactly , it really only means something relatively within a certain range. Yea you can?t be a r b in the nfl with a 4.9 forty but when you get down to 4.4 to 4.6 where most everybody is it doesn?t mean much, Emmett smith did not have a good forty time I believe I?ve seen him as slow as 4.6 . Walter Payton,late in his career did likely not have a great forty time but he was still probably the greatest back of all time. Cutting ability, game speed when someone is chasing you , acceleration out of the hole, vision, anticipation...none of that is measured in the straight ahead forty. Physicality, stiff arm, breaking tackles....I?d take an old Payton over just about anybody playing today. Of course early in Payton?s career he was fast as hell. Can?t measure heart.
Is Polk ever going to see NFL? I just think that Spurrier Jr was right on Polk and I think Polk got bad advice. It was a stacked year for WR's and he could have worked another year at MSU and maybe been a 3rd-5th rounder. Is there no value in playing SEC football? Monetary-NIL, Academic?, Noteriarty? Should everyone who has accomplished all they can acommplish as juniors just not play as seniors? I really don't understand leaving school early if you aren't promised to be a 1st - 3rd rounder. You can improve....Yes, you can improve. You can accomplish more.
On a personal level he definitely should have come back to get a free degree and get laid for another year. Might have even snuck into one of the late rounds next year, but with our offense I doubt it. You have to have above average size, speed, or route running to be an effective NFL WR. He definitely doesn?t have the first 2, and our offense is what? 5 routes maybe? So not really a chance to showcase that either
Agree. This was the wrong year to come out as a WR. O lineman, receivers and DBs seem to be the mainstays of this draft. Very reciever heavy. Just based on numbers , Polk would have been better off coming back to school for one more year. That said he will make an nfl roster.
Polk does not have any physical limitations, he has good hands, size and adequate speed athleticism.