I doubt you have any expertise or even experience in training to play in the NFL. Pretty sure the guy knows where he stands and has been doing the things he needed to do to be ready if the time came for him to be in this situation. Pretty sure he is closer than you want to babble about.....or at least the NFL thinks he is.Folks, you may want to pump the brakes. AJ hasn't played for three years. He must get into football shape including recapturing his stamina. Not to mentioning rebuilding his skills, muscle mass, and speed. He needs to live and sleep in the weightroom when not ground-pounding 5 - 10 mile runs. AND, if he has a nickle worth of sense, stay away from women of all types, colors, and species even if they're ultra loose Orion females. If he wants a football career, his daily focus should be focused solely on making himself the player he once was and better than even that.
Pretty sure he was never projected close to a 1st or 2nd rounder. 5th would have been where he probably would have been taken, but who knows...... definitely not a 1st or 2bd rounder thoughSlightly different question, it i didn't want to start a thread
where would he have been drafted had he not got caught up in a bad situation? I thought he was a 1 or 2nd rounder, but 10 teams are still interested 3 years later? Now I understand it's easier to offer a FA, as an NFL team there is very little risk for you so these teams may not have drafted him. . .high in the draft anyway.
My prediction is he would have been a top2 or 3 linebackers taken. Puts him 1st round. What do y'all think?
Mma training is often considered superior to some, especially college strength and training regimen. Specifically it's focus on flexibility. Which is a large part of overall explosiveness, and injury prevention and can be neglected. Jay Glaser had several articles espousing it. With several NFL success stories mentioned. If you ever seriously trained "ufc" you'd know what I mean.Hope your right but these are two different types of conditioning.
Pretty sure he was never projected close to a 1st or 2nd rounder. 5th would have been where he probably would have been taken, but who knows...... definitely not a 1st or 2bd rounder though
I read up on it earlier and i was seeing a lot of 2nd and 3rd round predictions. I think hes a Ray Maualauga type, not quite fast enough sideline to sideline to be a true 3 down backer im todays NFL but could be a great player still. Rey was the #1 inside backer in his class and went 38th, most mocks had Johnson as the 3rd best one so probably 3rd. Inside just isnt as high demand as outside. If he played 25 years ago hed have been a perfect middle backer.
Folks, you may want to pump the brakes. AJ hasn't played for three years. He must get into football shape including recapturing his stamina. Not to mentioning rebuilding his skills, muscle mass, and speed. He needs to live and sleep in the weightroom when not ground-pounding 5 - 10 mile runs. AND, if he has a nickle worth of sense, stay away from women of all types, colors, and species even if they're ultra loose Orion females. If he wants a football career, his daily focus should be focused solely on making himself the player he once was and better than even that.
He was extremely tough and good at shedding blockers and filling gaps. Not so great in coverage or going side to side.His NFL combine numbers would have bumped him up pretty high.
2nd round.
He became significantly faster before his senior season. He was making tkls everywhere. He was a complete LB.
This seems like a weird thing to get bent out of shape about...