Our Gates???
 

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I know alot of teams are trying out exbasketball players trying to find another Antonio Gates but Chevy Troutman could do it. He has room to grow and is a very good athlete. He is from my hometown and I have seen him play football in high school. He was a pretty good DE and played TE in an offense that pretty much just ran the ball. Obviously he would have alot to learn but I do think the talent is there.

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What I like most is that he will try out for us this weekend, then we can offer him a deal if Gibbs likes what he might be able to bring us.

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Jeez, I wish the NFL was my fall back option. :D

Anyone have any insight into the athleticism he showed while playing bball at Pitt?

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Washington Post called his play "stellar" Hard nosed guy. Still wants to play in NBA. Should be interesting...

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would be awesome if we could find a guy like this to contribute to the team

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I loved this guy on the court; and I will defintley be rooting for him to make the team. He was the same type of basketball player in college that Gates was; so I dont know how much that reflects, but we'll see.

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it would be a victory for the organization if this guy just contributes in any way i think, he doesnt have to be a pro-bowler. if a guy who didnt even play football helps the team, its definitely a good thing

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[QUOTE=cpayne5]Jeez, I wish the NFL was my fall back option. :D

Anyone have any insight into the athleticism he showed while playing bball at Pitt?[/QUOTE]


He is very athletic. I have seen him play basketball all four years of high school one of which they one the state championship and could have won another if some other players would have stayed out of jail. I have also played basketball with and against him at my friends house and I can tell you first hand he is athletic as hell. He will be raw but he should get a contract.

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You know what. I am inspired by these guys who are just walking on and trying out. Particularly the new LB from Louisville that we drafted, who was in the Army national guard and walked on to Louisville. When I am finished with this tour of duty I am considering walking onto Maryland. Of coarse that would make me a 28 year old freshman.

Maybe I should just stick to being a spectator!

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[QUOTE=angryssg]You know what. I am inspired by these guys who are just walking on and trying out. Particularly the new LB from Louisville that we drafted, who was in the Army national guard and walked on to Louisville. When I am finished with this tour of duty I am considering walking onto Maryland. Of coarse that would make me a 28 year old freshman.

Maybe I should just stick to being a spectator![/QUOTE]
My school (GMU) had an older guy on the bball team a few years back. He led them to an NCAA bid. He served in Iraq the first go around and then came to school. They got beat in the first round by MD, but it was a good story none the less.

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Extremely athletic, hopefully he'll pan out and be really good.

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I'm all for him if he shows promise. It'd be great if we sneak in a raw, but potentially good player in with a cheap contract.

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Definitely. I think bball players are diamonds in the rough.

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angryssg - try out. You never want to wonder what if!

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One guy I think could make the transition is Reggie Love. He played for both the football and basketball teams at Duke, and went to Packers training camp last year (where he was in the last round of cuts). he was a four year letterman at WR, and at 6'4" 225 he'd need bulking up. He has good hands, though, and plays a physical style.

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I'm liking the guys that are even taller. Just creating HUGE matchup problems based on height alone.

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Troutman is a gamer, no doubt about it. However, I would have to see if he can handle blocking assignments against 300 lbs DE/DT. Also speed is an issue. Does anyone know what his 40 is...?

I know on the court he moves very fast from baseline to baseline, but open field sprints are whole different story. Still I'm very excited to hear that the Skins are going to give him a look.

Troutman would create mis-matchs for Dbacks & LB's if he's got what it takes. LB's would not be able to keep up with him & Dbacks would not be able to tackle him easily. Now that they've outlawed shoulder pad tackling he would be even harder to take down, since that was what smaller players were being taught to do against oversized WR/TE's.

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[QUOTE=ChounsMan]Troutman is a gamer, no doubt about it. However, I would have to see if he can handle blocking assignments against 300 lbs DE/DT. Also speed is an issue. Does anyone know what his 40 is...?

I know on the court he moves very fast from baseline to baseline, but open field sprints are whole different story. Still I'm very excited to hear that the Skins are going to give him a look.

Troutman would create mis-matchs for Dbacks & LB's if he's got what it takes. LB's would not be able to keep up with him & Dbacks would not be able to tackle him easily. Now that they've outlawed shoulder pad tackling he would be even harder to take down, since that was what smaller players were being taught to do against oversized WR/TE's.[/QUOTE]With that size speed might not be such a factor. If he can get to the endzone before the QB gets presured he could throw the ball at the cross bar of the goal post and let him out jump all the defenders. I like the fact that the Skins are trying to find talent in other areas of sports. Did he persue the skins or was he even looking to play football? Does anyone know how this came about?

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Can he skate or hit a curve?

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[QUOTE=EEich]Can he skate or hit a curve?[/QUOTE]No but he can stand on his hands and throw the ball with his feet and hit 6 out of 10 three pointers.

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Troutman? Is that colonial Samuel Troutman? :)

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he was let go after the first day of camp..

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How about this [URL=http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/sports/colleges/university_of_miami/11530577.htm]guy?[/URL]

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he looks nice. hopefully he might be the next antonio gates. the skins said they released troutman because he hasn't played football in a long time and it would take him a long time to develop into a good player.

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My intent is not to start a political riot, but I thought the similarities were hilarious.
[img]http://www.skinsfan.us/images/troutman.jpg[/img][img]http://www.skinsfan.us/images/kerry.jpg[/img]

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[QUOTE=TAFKAS]How about this [URL=http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/sports/colleges/university_of_miami/11530577.htm]guy?[/URL][/QUOTE]

I hear he's a little flat, but can really fly.

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[QUOTE=cpayne5]My intent is not to start a political riot, but I thought the similarities were hilarious.
[img]http://www.skinsfan.us/images/troutman.jpg[/img][img]http://www.skinsfan.us/images/kerry.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]


It's perfect! :biggthump

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HA, that's great!

I love that John Kerry football site, freakin hilarious stuff

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lol that pic was funny. that is some hilarious shit.

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Here's that site I was talking about, good stuff

[url]http://people.wm.edu/~bmjord/kerryfootball.htm[/url]

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72]Here's that site I was talking about, good stuff

[url]http://people.wm.edu/~bmjord/kerryfootball.htm[/url][/QUOTE]


That was hilarious.