McIntosh & Landry

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Originally Posted by The Goat

Agree w/ Schneed especially and others that Landry invaluable even though we don't see him on many plays. I'm wondering how many don't follow college ball because Landry was the FS @ LSU and by his senior years offenses were so intimidated there was rarely a long pass thrown against the LSU defense. His being a "step behind" on some plays this year is a result of the nagging injury but... Zorn commented that Landry showed more burst on Monday night than all year. And w/ the extra rest I think LL will be dominant in the last 7 games - probably take some teams by surprise and snatch an INT or two. Only concern w/ him is the injury - was it a 2nd year fluke or is this kid gonna have muscle issues? (The preseason race probably wasn't the best idea)

Rocky concerns me because of Zorn's comments this season. When he feels confident in his body he flies around and makes plays, which we saw pretty consistently in the 1st qtr of the season. Since then he's been less effective, which by Zorn's judgment means Rocky could be a little nicked up or just worried about another catastrophic injury. Like someone else said London has covered Rocky's ass (along w/ 3 or 4 other guys IMO). Anyway, I never figured Rocky would have a long NFL career so if we get another couple years of consistent play from him it's enough for me.

If you are Vinny Cerrato, do you consider not extending McIntosh past his rookie deal because of his knee?

On one hand, we're a youth-starved team that invested a lot to draft Rocky only three years ago. On the other, most of our draft picks in the last few years have been wildly successful, and most of those guys are already going to garner huge deals around the same time: Campbell, Rogers, Cooley (already got his), Landry, Horton, Golston, and maybe Blades.

I'd say, right now, I would give McIntosh the Dockery treatment. Keep him and play him as long as he's under his rookie deal/RFA years, but once he hits UFA, I'd let him walk.