Andre Brown: The steal of the NFL Draft?

Most of us were a little surprised when Andre Brown fell to the 4th round of this year’s NFL Draft. But, with that fall also comes a set of expectations that may be easier to reach on a relative basis.

Brown is already turning heads in New York. (Link)

The more I hear about Brown, the more it seems like he could be the steal of the draft. Reese and Tom Coughlin love creating competition during minicamps and training camp. The position battle involving Danny Ware, Ahmad Bradshaw and Brown is going to be fun to watch.

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12 Responses to Andre Brown: The steal of the NFL Draft?

  1. GAWolf 05/13/2009 at 1:19 PM #

    Kudos to Brown. And to boot, he’s a kid of extraordinary character. That’s something that should make us all proud. Especially considering this from Fanhouse:

    Star-Crossed Top Recruits of 2005 More Likely to Be Arrested Than Drafted

    http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/05/11/star-crossed-top-recruits-of-2005-more-likely-to-be-arrested-tha/#cont

    In 2005, Rivals.com ranked 28 men as five-star football recruits. The players were the cream of the crop, the top football players in America. They signed to play for top teams across the country, from USC to Miami, Penn State to Oklahoma.

    There was just one problem: Turns out they were more likely to be arrested than drafted by the NFL.

    In the 2009 draft, seven of these 28 men were drafted. Four more left early and were drafted in the 2008 draft. That means there have been 11 draft picks from the 2005 five-stars. Amazingly, that’s less than the number of men who have been arrested, 14. If you ever doubted whether being obsessed with college football recruiting was fool’s gold, keep this stat in mind: In 2005, five-star recruits were more than twice as likely to be arrested (14) as drafted in the first round of the NFL Draft in 2008 or 2009 (six). There haven’t been this many wasted hours on the Internet since first year lawyering. …..

  2. Noah 05/13/2009 at 1:25 PM #

    The guys on the Sirius NFL blitz *lurved* Andre Brown. They met him in Birmingham and couldn’t stop talking about what a good guy he was and how impressive his performance was.

  3. GAWolf 05/13/2009 at 1:30 PM #

    Also, I’ve made the comparison of Andre Brown to Terrell Davis before… but check this out:

    In 1995, then newly-appointed Denver Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan drafted Terrell Davis in the 6th Round of the 1995 NFL Draft. Davis entered training camp as the sixth string tailback and was a long shot to even make the team. He managed to impress the Broncos coaching staff after his second pre-season game, most notably with a crushing hit as a member of special teams. Davis kept improving with each pre-season game and was promoted to starting running back for the season’s opening game.[1] With Davis at running back, the Broncos possessed the potent running attack that they had previously lacked. Davis started 14 games during the 1995 season, carrying the ball 237 times, averaging 4.7 yards per run, and scoring eight touchdowns. Davis finished his season with a total of 1,117 rushing yards, becoming the lowest drafted player to ever gain over 1,000 yards rushing in his rookie season.

    In 1996, Davis signed a lucrative new five-year contract with the Broncos that was worth $6.8 million. That season, he rushed for a total of 1,538 yards and set a Denver Broncos record for rushing touchdowns with 13. The Broncos ended that season with a 13–3 record, tied with the Green Bay Packers for the best in the NFL that year.

  4. Alpha Wolf 05/13/2009 at 2:37 PM #

    If Andre stays healthy, he will be a bona fide star. He has the speed and the football sense to get the job done.

    I’m looking forward to seeing him play on Sundays, all the better with a good team in Dallas’s division.

  5. BJD95 05/13/2009 at 3:48 PM #

    I’m not convinced that he’ll be a star, but I like him very much as a solid performer in a two-back system. The Giants are a perfect fit for his skill set.

  6. old13 05/13/2009 at 5:51 PM #

    I’ll support AB in all his NFL games. But I hate the NYG with Eli! I’ll pull for AB to have great games in losing causes, and for EM to always fall on his face.

    BTW Foulup has been pretty quiet recently (thank God!) Has he attended any Caravan meetings? If so, anyone in attendance, what has his role been? Has he said anything of note?

  7. StateFans 05/13/2009 at 5:58 PM #

    Brown’s positioning for the NFL took exponential leaps with the hiring of Coach O’Brien and his staff. TOB’s staff has made a huge impact on Brown ‘running strong’ and finding holes and getting valuable yardage as opposed to his previous style of always looking for the home run.

  8. Zen Wolf 05/13/2009 at 6:54 PM #

    Can someone tell me how to put a picture in the avatar square.

    SFN: Click on the FAQ link at the very top of the page.

  9. Wulfpack 05/13/2009 at 7:10 PM #

    What in the world could someone have against Eli Manning? All he does is keep his mouth shut and play good solid football. In this age of primadonnas, I find guys like Eli refreshing.

    AB is going to a perfect situation in NY. Great team, solid coaching and QB play…he should really shine there. If he ever grows tired of the big city, he’s always welcome back down south!

  10. old13 05/13/2009 at 7:23 PM #

    ^ Guess you weren’t around on his draft day.

  11. Alpha Wolf 05/14/2009 at 8:20 AM #

    BTW Foulup has been pretty quiet recently (thank God!) Has he attended any Caravan meetings? If so, anyone in attendance, what has his role been? Has he said anything of note?

    Yes, he was a the Raleigh Caravan and had a prominent role. Purcell bent over backwards to praise him — you could tell that the criticism that has flowed outward from the fanbase has been heard at the WPC.

    Fowler did go out of his way to call Internet users dumb. Specifically he pointed out that a group that had raised their hands to some question he asked (I forget what it was) were “the smart ones who don’t go on the Internet.” Ostensibly, I took it to mean that those of us who do get on the intertubes and talk NCSU sports are not smart.

  12. tvopack 05/14/2009 at 9:49 AM #

    Should we still call someone a kid when he’s already graduated and joined the NFL?

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