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Antonio Pittman to declare

dbspi

dbspi

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According to Scott Wright, press conference is scheduled for letter today. Where do you think he will end up in draft. I think he will end up in third round but he is a good back and runs like Portis. Not as good as Portis but his running style is very similar to him.
 
wow- i'm stunned by this.

pittman is an excellent "one-cut" back for the texans' system. he could be worth looking at at 41-ish or wherever the texans second pick is. he will definitely enter their thought process.
 
yes he provides more options for the Texans. He's definitely a back that needs to get his carries to be productive.
 
Honestly, I'd rather have the RB from grambeling St or the Race guy from Pittsburg state. Both are bigger just as fast and Race has been more than a little productive. Both Selvin Young and Pittman, all of them really, are going to have a learning curve on blocking and recieving in the NFL
 
dbspi said:
According to Scott Wright, press conference is scheduled for letter today. Where do you think he will end up in draft. I think he will end up in third round but he is a good back and runs like Portis. Not as good as Portis but his running style is very similar to him.
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I'd be a little surprised if he makes it into the 1st day of the draft, just depends on when teams start taking a bunch of RBs. I don't especially see the Portis comparisons, in some sort of way he runs in a similar style in that he is decent at making his one cut and going with it (can be said for several RBs though) but he's no where near as athletic or talented. He'd warrant consideration on the 2nd day of the draft, but I'd hope that we can secure a more talented RB somewhere this offseason.
 
MorKnolle said:
I'd be a little surprised if he makes it into the 1st day of the draft, just depends on when teams start taking a bunch of RBs. I don't especially see the Portis comparisons, in some sort of way he runs in a similar style in that he is decent at making his one cut and going with it (can be said for several RBs though) but he's no where near as athletic or talented. He'd warrant consideration on the 2nd day of the draft, but I'd hope that we can secure a more talented RB somewhere this offseason.
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pittman is a VERY tough runner and he catches the ball well. i had him on my fantasy team and i watched him a lot. he might go round 1.
 
xtruroyaltyx said:
Pittman is at best a fourth rounder....
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I tend to agree w/ most of your posts, but I think you're slightly underestimating Pittman.

I think he's a solid 3rd rounder who MAY sneak into the 2nd. He is probably at worst a 4th rounder. I'm sure that's at least the advice that he was given otherwise he wouldn't have declared as a junior. JMO.
 
AustinJB said:
I tend to agree w/ most of your posts, but I think you're slightly underestimating Pittman.

I think he's a solid 3rd rounder who MAY sneak into the 2nd. He is probably at worst a 4th rounder. I'm sure that's at least the advice that he was given otherwise he wouldn't have declared as a junior. JMO.
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I would put him at about the 7th to 10th rated back in the draft....IMO that has fourth rounder at best written all over it....
 
AustinJB said:
I tend to agree w/ most of your posts, but I think you're slightly underestimating Pittman.

I think he's a solid 3rd rounder who MAY sneak into the 2nd. He is probably at worst a 4th rounder. I'm sure that's at least the advice that he was given otherwise he wouldn't have declared as a junior. JMO.
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He declared because he was about to lose his starting spot.
 
I like pittman, i wouldn't be mad if he came here, but only 3rd round & below. You know he's been coached well, he's a tough runner & baring AP falling to us we should consider him if he's there.
 
xtruroyaltyx said:
I would put him at about the 7th to 10th rated back in the draft....IMO that has fourth rounder at best written all over it....
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This is my tentative list as it stands now. So we have him rated pretty close. I guess I just think that there will be more RBs taken in the 2nd & 3rd rounds that you do.


1. Adrian Peterson
2. Marshawn Lynch
3. Michael Bush
4. Tony Hunt
5. Kenny Irons
6. Antonio Pittman
7. Lorenzo Booker
8. Darius Walker
9. Gary Russell
10. Kenneth Darby
 
AustinJB said:
This is my tentative list as it stands now. So we have him rated pretty close. I guess I just think that there will be more RBs taken in the 2nd & 3rd rounds that you do.


1. Adrian Peterson
2. Marshawn Lynch
3. Michael Bush
4. Tony Hunt
5. Kenny Irons
6. Antonio Pittman
7. Lorenzo Booker
8. Darius Walker
9. Gary Russell
10. Kenneth Darby
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.....switch irons & pittman & drop bush a little further down &:ok:
 
O.G. said:
What is his size and states and where does he rank amongst Peterson and Lynch?
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Pittman is listed at 6'1", 220 lbs. He isn't particularly fast although he's a pretty solid runner, decent shiftiness and explosion, decent running power, takes care of the ball well. He's a fairly solid runner but like many in this draft I just don't think he's special in any particular way. He could definitely be a contributing part of a RB rotation and be a pretty solid allround back like many of the guys in this draft, but I just don't think he's good enough to be a main RB on almost any team in this league, which spells 3rd rounder or maybe lower to me. Peterson and Lynch are locks for the 1st round, Michael Bush is likely a 2nd depending on how he's recovering from his injured leg and how well he can work out, he could possibly climb into the late 1st or even fall into the early 3rd depending on this. Outside of them, Tony Hunt, Kenny Irons, Antonio Pittman, and Gary Russell all look like pretty solid but unspectacular players that I'd be a little surprised if they go in the 2nd round unless they have phenomenal workouts and some team ends up really liking them, and there are a number of other RBs that are decent players and could end up contributing in the NFL. Unfortunately this RB class is just not all that great, it has a lot of pretty talented guys and is relatively deep in that sense but it doesn't have much top-end talent.
 
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