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Ramonce Taylor

i love RT, he was my favorite longhorn, and i aint gonna hate on him just cause of some weed, so RT do your thing, best of luck, you gonna be good


kubiak draft him now
 
Well I'd give the kid at least a chance. I'm guilty. I loved him too in college.
Doesn't he deserve another chance ? And since we're on the subject of second chances....
Where's the OU QB at ? I mean if we're hot for the smurf tOSU, shouldn't we at least give White a sniff in camp ? Inquiring minds want to know.
 
Watching him play for Texas I would say that he was probably the best athlete on the team. He was also far from being the smartest.
 
i love this guy, its a shame what happened, but im not gonna turn, but if the texans would give him a chance, i would go crazy
 
Wow....this kid has one good year and now he is Draft worthy. Please

RT was a solid football player, but he is far from were he should be at this point. He needs to transfer to a big school and redshirt...play his senior year, and then just then will he be worthy. He is a Legal headache, and a self proclaimed Superstar. He is far from great, and he will be far from good if he acts like he did at UT.


I am a Longhorn and i can personally say...i dont miss him. He isnt better then Charles, he isnt a powerful runner like young.... Yeah he is a threat out of the backfield but so is charles but they just havent used him the way they should because of their commentment to Young. Now that Charles has the starting spot...he will bring the house down. I have been watching charles since his days at PAM.

Draft A.D (Adrian Peterson.).
 
you must not of watched UT games last season, the guy is amazingly talented and can play multiple positions, so think before you talk
 
dunta23 said:
you must not of watched UT games last season, the guy is amazingly talented and can play multiple positions, so think before you talk
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His time at Texas constituted a 3rd and 4th chance. The dude has always been trouble, and it wasn't just a "little bit of weed"... he was honing in on Bam Morris territory. He'd make a good Bengal though.
 
Dr. Toro said:
His time at Texas constituted a 3rd and 4th chance. The dude has always been trouble, and it wasn't just a "little bit of weed"... he was honing in on Bam Morris territory. He'd make a good Bengal though.
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and that makes him not have talent, and it was just a lil bit of weed, 5 punds aint that much, i think yall would be suprised how many players get into trouble but we just don't hear about it, but RT is a damn good player, and thats all that matters to me, i dont care what he does in his spare time,
 
dunta23 said:
and that makes him not have talent, and it was just a lil bit of weed, 5 punds aint that much, i think yall would be suprised how many players get into trouble but we just don't hear about it, but RT is a damn good player, and thats all that matters to me, i dont care what he does in his spare time,
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You're kidding right? 5 pounds isn't a lot? Who are you Nate Newton?

I don't think Taylor should be drafted by anybody. That's far from youthful indiscretion... he's talented, so what. I could care less about what somebody does in their spare time as long as it isn't a felony. That cuts Taylor off my list.
 
dunta23 said:
and that makes him not have talent, and it was just a lil bit of weed, 5 punds aint that much, i think yall would be suprised how many players get into trouble but we just don't hear about it, but RT is a damn good player, and thats all that matters to me, i dont care what he does in his spare time,
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You're walking on a tightwire right now. Players get in trouble yes, but most players don't carry around 5 lbs of marijuana with them. I don't want him on the Texans. Adrian Peterson is a better back.
 
dunta23 said:
and that makes him not have talent, and it was just a lil bit of weed, 5 punds aint that much, i think yall would be suprised how many players get into trouble but we just don't hear about it, but RT is a damn good player, and thats all that matters to me, i dont care what he does in his spare time,
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Anybody that follows sports is going to hear about a player getting busted with 5 lbs of weed. I can only imagine how much one smokes to consider 5 lbs a "lil bit".
 
Hum398 said:
Wow....this kid has one good year and now he is Draft worthy. Please

RT was a solid football player, but he is far from were he should be at this point. He needs to transfer to a big school and redshirt...play his senior year, and then just then will he be worthy. He is a Legal headache, and a self proclaimed Superstar. He is far from great, and he will be far from good if he acts like he did at UT.


I am a Longhorn and i can personally say...i dont miss him. He isnt better then Charles, he isnt a powerful runner like young.... Yeah he is a threat out of the backfield but so is charles but they just havent used him the way they should because of their commentment to Young. Now that Charles has the starting spot...he will bring the house down. I have been watching charles since his days at PAM.

Draft A.D (Adrian Peterson.).
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very ignorant and uninformed post for a longhorn...

I LOVE JC, I have been a huge fan of his, but to say you dont miss RT is silly. How many long TD's did RT break? plenty... JC has not broken a long touchdown all year. And dont tell me "they just havent used him the way they should because of their 'commentment?' to Young". JC has more carries than Selvin. Just because Selvin starts, does not mean he plays the entire game, and/or carries the load. A great back is going to break long runs, no matter what system they are in, or how they are used. Just look at Slaton, McFadden, A.D., etc... Jamaal was always 1 cut or stiffarm away from breaking one, and that is on him.

RT was a threat running the ball, catching the ball, and returning the ball. He was basically a mini-Reggie Bush, and could have made a huge impact this season in all aspects of the game, something JC & SY cant. Both JC and SY have had fumbling problems, and I would have loved to have had RT in there in pressure situations, because frankly the two backs we have right now just did not produce when needed.

Granted, he did have off the field troubles, but every team does. RT was just unlucky in that he was one of the few who actually got caught. But he is a damn good athlete. If anything, get him as a FA, and put him at the goal line and let him run back kicks.

But considering I think the Texans are the worst organization/team in football, and I only come here for a good laugh, I hope he doesnt end up a Texan either.....
 
If he declares, and puts up good numbers at the combine (if he gets an invite) or a pro day; someone will take a run at him on day two (probably a 5th round). Too many teams have shown they don't care about character as long as they can help on the field.
 
Showed on ESPN that Taylor declared. I think he would be a nice second day pick. This guy is a play maker and can run and catch (sounds like someone we heard of before).

What do yall think about picking that guy.
 
Sorry I posted this morning and didn't see anything about it.

Honestly I think if you get a guy like him in the 5th or 6th, you really aren't gambling. Considering most 6th rounders don't make your team, he will have a lot to prove. If he works out you get a good play maker/Kick returner, if he doesn't you took a chance on a 6th round pick.

Don't be suprised if the Titans take him though. Chow knows what Taylor did against USC.
 
yeah RT is a good player do have, i think he will stay out of trouble now, cause it already got him kicked out of UT so hopefully he wont ruin his chances in the NFL, but i would draft him with a 5th round, cause he can play Special teams, runnin back and WR
 
i don't really follow UT football to much so my question is was this the only time he really got into trouble? was he the RB that was having trouble with grades and Mack told him to skip spring ball to get his grades up?

If it is an isolated incident then he is worth a look in the 5th or 6th round (nothing higher). I remember he made for some big plays for texas and with a little teacher he could be a great zone runner with his speed or use him similar to reggie bush with the saints, a lot of reverses and short passes. if he messes up you can cut him.
 
I know RT personally and he says that a lot of teams have shown interest in him... so take that for what its worth... He's also a lot faster than people realize ,and he is a better RB than JC, He was just never given the opportunity to be nothing more than a scat back... a very good scat back. He'll end up on a NFL team by next year, he's too great of an athlete not to take a look at.
 
Ramonce was very good and I hated when he got booted from UT. But it wasn't the weed that got him booted, it was his grades. He couldn't get passing grades and everyone knows that athletes (especially playmakers) are cut slack with grades unless they just don't give a flip which appears to be the case with RT.
 
Honestly, I belived he would have been this year's Reggie Bush. I thought he could have been better than Bush. I saw flashes of greatness in his two seasons. If anyone remembers the Missouri game last season, he pulled a Bush-type move when he went airborne into the endzone.

If he hadn't screwed up he would have been the x-factor this year. Not that he would have gotten us to the title game by himself, but he would have made it very interesting. We'd be talking about him being a first day, possible first round pick.

Look, they guy screwed up. People make mistakes. I just hope Kub doesn't hold it against him.

Keep ya head up RT!
 
reilli said:
Ramonce was very good and I hated when he got booted from UT. But it wasn't the weed that got him booted, it was his grades. He couldn't get passing grades and everyone knows that athletes (especially playmakers) are cut slack with grades unless they just don't give a flip which appears to be the case with RT.
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If an athlete, especially a key player in one of the best football teams in college foortball, is academically ineligible, you have to really question his intelligence.
 
Dionysus22 said:
If anyone remembers the Missouri game last season, he pulled a Bush-type move when he went airborne into the endzone.
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But, it was the A&M game where questions about Taylor's involvement in marijuana began to surface.

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TexansCanes said:
i don't really follow UT football to much so my question is was this the only time he really got into trouble? was he the RB that was having trouble with grades and Mack told him to skip spring ball to get his grades up?

If it is an isolated incident then he is worth a look in the 5th or 6th round (nothing higher). I remember he made for some big plays for texas and with a little teacher he could be a great zone runner with his speed or use him similar to reggie bush with the saints, a lot of reverses and short passes. if he messes up you can cut him.
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Yeah, that was him. The worse part of the whole situation was that he was the one who called the cops also. That's a real genius - call the cops with 5 lbs and a gun in the car.

All that considered I'd take him in a heartbeat. He's a poor man's Reggie Bush. I don't buy all that ESPN crap about character - the only character I'm worried about is the character of winning. MJ screwed hookers and gambled, didn't hurt his game any. Kobe's a rapist. Heck, look at OJ.

If you want to take it more modern, pac-man is one of the craziest in the NFL - and one hell of an impact player.
 
Taylor seems like Reggie Bush Light to me. He could definitely contribute as a change-of-pace back and receiver out of the backfield. Is he good on special teams? I could see a 6th rounder on him.
 
Haams said:
Yeah, that was him. The worse part of the whole situation was that he was the one who called the cops also. That's a real genius - call the cops with 5 lbs and a gun in the car.

All that considered I'd take him in a heartbeat. He's a poor man's Reggie Bush. I don't buy all that ESPN crap about character - the only character I'm worried about is the character of winning. MJ screwed hookers and gambled, didn't hurt his game any. Kobe's a rapist. Heck, look at OJ.

If you want to take it more modern, pac-man is one of the craziest in the NFL - and one hell of an impact player.
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I guess you dont know the whole story.

Taylor called the cops to stop a fight and when they got there they asked to search his ride.

He let them cuz he had nothin to hide but one of his buddies forgot to tell him that he had a backpack with 5 lbs in it.

When nobody fessed up to the backpack Taylor got arrested because it was his car, even tho the backpack was not his.

He didnt really do anything wrong, but with the kind of crowd he was hangin out with you just knew somethin bad was gonna happen.

I dont know anything about a gun, but again, he wasnt exactly hangin out with kids from the church choir. Not very smart on his part.
 
Oh yeah, I've heard the story - with many different twists and turns - but the point was it was a pretty boneheaded and inexcuseable situation. Still doesn't affect my opinion about him as a football player.
 
bah007 said:
I guess you dont know the whole story.

Taylor called the cops to stop a fight and when they got there they asked to search his ride.

He let them cuz he had nothin to hide but one of his buddies forgot to tell him that he had a backpack with 5 lbs in it.

When nobody fessed up to the backpack Taylor got arrested because it was his car, even tho the backpack was not his.

He didnt really do anything wrong, but with the kind of crowd he was hangin out with you just knew somethin bad was gonna happen.

I dont know anything about a gun, but again, he wasnt exactly hangin out with kids from the church choir. Not very smart on his part.
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I'm calling BS on the back pack was not his. It would be one thing if the back pack had a joint in it, but 5 pounds can lead to serious jail time and I have doubts that he would risk going to jail for a long time to protect someone when he is innocent.
 
reilli said:
Ramonce was very good and I hated when he got booted from UT. But it wasn't the weed that got him booted, it was his grades. He couldn't get passing grades and everyone knows that athletes (especially playmakers) are cut slack with grades unless they just don't give a flip which appears to be the case with RT.
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That is exactly what happened. The weed would have gotten him a one game suspension. Problem was the guy was already on probation due purely to his poor performance/effort in the classroom. He screwed up big time.

As for his draft status, his status reminds me of Laverneus Coles in that they both had other-wordly talent and speed in college and everyone knew it but loads of teams passed on Coles because of some OTF issues. Taylor will be lucky to be drafted at all and would probably be best served by not being drafted and enter a Training Camp of a good team as a Free Agent. Cheap athletic talent is at a premium right now. He will have everything to play for. I think it is setting up ok for him considering how far he fell post-expulsion from UT.
 
tulexan said:
I'm calling BS on the back pack was not his. It would be one thing if the back pack had a joint in it, but 5 pounds can lead to serious jail time and I have doubts that he would risk going to jail for a long time to protect someone when he is innocent.
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I'm with you there. Overall bad judgement, no matter the circumstances. Great player but not a great head on his shoulders from this incident. I'd hate to waste a pick on a guy who might be gone in a year from some kind of trouble.
 
the character issue has become so important with the more stringent conduct and drug testing mandates. teams are legit to drop a player down or completely off their draft board based on behavior they feel that might not fit their team. i would stay away from taylor, but that's just me.
 
tulexan said:
I'm calling BS on the back pack was not his. It would be one thing if the back pack had a joint in it, but 5 pounds can lead to serious jail time and I have doubts that he would risk going to jail for a long time to protect someone when he is innocent.
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yeah 5 pounds of weed means you are a pot dealer. you would have to be Tommy Chong to have that much hooch around for yourself.

However, I think the charges were dropped in the end due to the circumstances of the bust.

I don't think weed is a big deal but with urine tests and suspensions and the fact that its currently illegal, its just a nono in the NFL.

I have a bigger problem with the gun culture in the NFL than the weed culture...much bigger problem
but if your making millions (even hundreds of thousands) to play in the NFL you should refrain from getting baked.
 
Second Honeymoon said:
However, I think the charges were dropped in the end due to the circumstances of the bust.
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No, he got 60 days & 5 years probation.

Former Texas running back Ramonce Taylor was sentenced Thursday to 60 days in the Bell County jail and 350 hours of community service as part of his plea deal two months ago on state felony drug-possession charges.

Taylor also received five years of deferred probation and must pay a $1,000 fine. He was given the option of serving the jail time on weekends, so long as he finishes the sentence by March 11 and maintains his status as a full-time student.
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Honestly, do you guys believe Bob McNair would hire a felon? Ramonce needs to give the Bengals a call.
 
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