His stats said 2nd round. Realistically 2 years of stats at Kentucky were more vital info than a good week of workouts. BTW, I have nothing against D-Rob as a player. I think he ranges from pretty good to average. Obviously you want more than that from a high first round pick.
This maybe a dumb question, but how does his 4.51 compare to guys like Watson,Heap,Gates, Tony G, Cumpler???? I really want revis...........
Watson ran a 4.44 at the combine. Heap (the only great TE amongst the late 1st round picks of the last decade) ran a 4.68 40. Not sure about the others although if they were drafted after 2000 the odds are their combine info is on the web somewhere. The big difference between Olsen and the other recent late picks is they all had a bit more performance to hang their hats on in college. Of the 10 I listed in my post only Marcedes Lewis and Dallas Clark were seen as relatively weak blockers with most of their value in the passing game. BTW, the draft profiles never say bad or weak blocker. They use euphemisms like "improving" and "room to improve" and occasionally "has not filled out yet" to indicate that a player's blocking skills are not up to par.
Olsen had a very good body of work going into this year. He was deemed a sure-fire first rounder heading into the season. Excellent receiver, ran good patterns, tough, son of a coach. Then the U had a terrible year, the rap became more public knowledge, the brawl, plus the overall turmoil of a team that had two players die in midseason within a week of each other. The year got off to a terrible start when their best WR and RB were suspended for the opening game against FSU, and the year got much, much worse from there. Olsen did not come out of nowhere. He was a top recruit coming out of high school who had a successful college career, as the Canes' leading receiver his final two years. it's just that more was expected. Kyle Wright was a failure at QB, and that hurt the entire offense. True, Olsen dropped a number of passes, but the QB stunk and team morale was shot. All the best UM players disapponted this year, but they suffered from a lot of very bad circumstance that snowballed. That's why Coker lost his job, and why their best players, previously seen as potential top picks, fell in stature over the course of the year. Baraka Atkins was a disappointment, and Kareem Brown and Ryan Moore, both seen as potential stars this year, fell flat. Merriweather did not have the dominant season expected of him, and the same can be said for Olsen. But UM is stacked with elite athletes and great players, and to think none of these guys will succeed in the NFL is absurd. Olsen, with what he's shown on the field and with his physical tools, may very well be a star in the pro's. That said, Olsen is not my top choice at our spot. But by no means is he nearly as bad as this board seems convinced of. He creates matchup problems, and will develop into a good, reliable weapon. With his family nearby, he will be even more surrounded by football, and that will be a welcome change from the circus that is Miami athletics. He should be a good pro, even a great one in the right circumstances.
