Brown Update
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:48 pm
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I couldn't resist getting a take from Chip Kelly and from LeGarrette Blount on a comment made last month by Bryce Brown, the nation's top recruit who chose Tennessee over Kansas State and Oregon. In case you missed it:
"I just didn't think (Oregon) would prepare me enough for the NFL,'' Brown told Wichita Sports Radio 1410 KGSO. "I'm thinking long term, I'm thinking next level already.''
Now, a case could be made that Oregon's offense doesn't prepare quarterbacks or receivers enough for the NFL, but running backs?
"I would put Oregon's track record of developing runners against anybody in the country,'' said Kelly, who cited Jonathan Stewart, Onterrio Smith, etc.
Whether Brown heard that knock from the Tennessee staff, we'll never know, but Kelly said he can't help what recruits hear from others looking to sway the kid one way or the other.
"We don't negative recruit,'' Kelly said, "and if other people do, then more power to them.''
Blount, who returned to practice Monday after an ankle injury and returned to Oregon this season after considering an early entry to the NFL, said he was surprised by the comment, too.
"If he hasn't established himself in college yet, why even talk about the NFL?'' said Blount, who said you also have to judge talent against the level of competition. "If you compare Kansas high school football to Florida high school football, Texas high school football, California high school football ... I mean that's where the competition is.''
And besides, Blount said, the Ducks already have all the weapons Brown possesses - even they are spread among himself, LaMichael James, Andre Crenshaw and Remene Alston.
"We're all good backs,'' he said. "We all bring something different to the game. The only thing he'll bring is speed.''
I couldn't resist getting a take from Chip Kelly and from LeGarrette Blount on a comment made last month by Bryce Brown, the nation's top recruit who chose Tennessee over Kansas State and Oregon. In case you missed it:
"I just didn't think (Oregon) would prepare me enough for the NFL,'' Brown told Wichita Sports Radio 1410 KGSO. "I'm thinking long term, I'm thinking next level already.''
Now, a case could be made that Oregon's offense doesn't prepare quarterbacks or receivers enough for the NFL, but running backs?
"I would put Oregon's track record of developing runners against anybody in the country,'' said Kelly, who cited Jonathan Stewart, Onterrio Smith, etc.
Whether Brown heard that knock from the Tennessee staff, we'll never know, but Kelly said he can't help what recruits hear from others looking to sway the kid one way or the other.
"We don't negative recruit,'' Kelly said, "and if other people do, then more power to them.''
Blount, who returned to practice Monday after an ankle injury and returned to Oregon this season after considering an early entry to the NFL, said he was surprised by the comment, too.
"If he hasn't established himself in college yet, why even talk about the NFL?'' said Blount, who said you also have to judge talent against the level of competition. "If you compare Kansas high school football to Florida high school football, Texas high school football, California high school football ... I mean that's where the competition is.''
And besides, Blount said, the Ducks already have all the weapons Brown possesses - even they are spread among himself, LaMichael James, Andre Crenshaw and Remene Alston.
"We're all good backs,'' he said. "We all bring something different to the game. The only thing he'll bring is speed.''
