Reeves-Maybin: Ceiling is 'sky high' for Kirkland

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Grand Vol said:
Bob Shoop's happy face:

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Coincidentally his mad face, surprised face, confused face, sad face, guilty face and interested face.
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Can you imagine the how the players feel when they screw up in practice and that face is just staring at them?
 
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D4H is seriously the best troll ever. He went from

"Our really good true freshman MLB is legit freakin' literally the best out of 120 others nationwide"

to

"No, not all Tennessee players are best in the conference or country. Arguably our best player on a team I'm already penciling as Heisman and runners-up 2-8 is actually worse than the guy who's only considered better because his star ranking"

to (literal quote here, verbatim)

"As always, the draft will prove me right.." and he's a VN user since January 2015.. Who has this guy been arguing with long enough to say "as always", like he's in a rocking chair spitting some Cope.. Or like we think of him like a Phil Steele hybrid or something.

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In three consecutive posts. Like, we all fell into his trap. We set him up and he spiked it time and time and time again. I honestly hope he writes comic strips with a mind like that.
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
I've made this argument a million times. The NFL exposes guys. It tells us who was successful in college because of the talent around them versus those that were held back by the talent around them.

Tebow being the perfect example. That guy was a product of a system and superior talent that surrounded him. Take away the superior teammates surrounding him and he was exposed as a below average football player.

The NFL exposes who can really play and who can't.
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Irrelevant. It doesnt change the fact that some guys can have fantastic college careers and very little success in the NFL.
 
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Mr. Tri Star said:
I think Kirkland could end up being better than AJ Johnson when it is all said and done. I think Kirkland's ability for pass coverage is leaps and bounds than from AJ.
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I loved AJ. But your right, his pass coverage was horrible. DK is looking like a star in the making for sure.
 
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Mr. Tri Star said:
I think Kirkland could end up being better than AJ Johnson when it is all said and done. I think Kirkland's ability for pass coverage is leaps and bounds than from AJ.
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He's potentially much better than AJ. He's light years ahead of him athletically. I think he's gonna be special......emphasis on "I think" and "gonna be"
 
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I really hope he stays healthy and becomes one of the best linebackers to ever play here. I like the way he plays and was excited when we got him. I think he's the type who could of played for us in any of the past decades.
 
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His progression was fun to watch:

Early he was getting close to the hole but mostly chasing the play.

Midseason he was getting to the hole but not making the tackle and sometimes hitting his own teammates from making the play.

End of the year he was in the hole making plays with teammates
 
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This reminds me, what is going on with Dillon Bates? Anyone seen any coach comments about his place on the team? Any chance he fulfills that potential he came in with? Thanks.
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
I've made this argument a million times. The NFL exposes guys. It tells us who was successful in college because of the talent around them versus those that were held back by the talent around them.

Tebow being the perfect example. That guy was a product of a system and superior talent that surrounded him. Take away the superior teammates surrounding him and he was exposed as a below average football player.

The NFL exposes who can really play and who can't.
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The fallacy of your argument lies within the quality of players in college vs. NFL. Did Tebow have a great system and was he surrounded by great talent, the answer is obviously yes. However, Tebow had the intangibles (along with freakish talent) that allowed him to excel in college. Those intangibles put him in an elite category in college. However, the intangibles were not enough to overcome his deficiencies in the NFL because everybody is good in the NFL.

To say the NFL is an indication of collegiate abilities is absurd. Different game with different talent level. Just because you don't make it in the NFL is not an indication of your impact at the collegiate level.

To take it further, there are plenty of high school stars who didn't make it in college. Does that take away their accomplishments in high school, of course not.
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
I've made this argument a million times. The NFL exposes guys. It tells us who was successful in college because of the talent around them versus those that were held back by the talent around them.

Tebow being the perfect example. That guy was a product of a system and superior talent that surrounded him. Take away the superior teammates surrounding him and he was exposed as a below average football player.

The NFL exposes who can really play and who can't.
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Tebow had a lot of talent around him but that doesn't take away from his amazing ability to make plays. On the ground or through the air, he was unstoppable. He just doesn't fit the mold of being a consistent successful QB although I believe he would be a solid backup and I have no clue why he didn't make the 3rd spot on the Jet's roster.
 
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I saw a video of him chasing down Calvin Ridley on a speed sweep, from the opposite side of the formation. Which is just outrageous. Does anybody have a leak to that video? It may have been on VN where I say it.
 
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Ethan Hooper said:
Might be the best LB we've had since Al. Better than AJ IMO. Maybe better than Mayo. This kid has the potential to be special.
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Definitely better than AJ. AJ was slow, and obviously not very bright, but made up for it with good gap discipline and instincts. Mayo is a different story, he was the full-package at MLB. But I think DKjr has a higher ceiling. When all is said and done, I think you will be correct.
 
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kamoshika said:
Wouldn't surprise me at all if we end up with two 1st-team All-SEC LBs this year.

"The ceiling's sky high," senior linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin said last week at SEC media days in Hoover, Ala. "There might not be none. He's so talented and so gifted. For a freshman to be able to come in and step in and make all the calls for the defense is crazy to me. I know I wouldn't have been ready to do that at all.

"I just want to see him keep maturing, keep progressing, keep taking ownership, keep holding everybody accountable and for him to keep pushing me. We compete all the time. I love to see that from him. It definitely makes it a lot more fun."

..."He still grinds. He's still in the complex late hours working on his game and working on his body and working on his quickness. I don't see any signs of him slowing up, and I think a lot of people are going to be surprised by what he accomplishes this year."
Ceiling is 'sky high' for Tennessee linebacker Darrin Kirkland | Times Free Press
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We win against Oklahoma if he's starting instead of Jumper IMO.
 
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