Auburn In The NFL Thread

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LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO KJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE PLEASE stay healthy and get that first 1k season for you in the NFL!!! WOOOOOO!!!!!! WAR DAMN KJ!!!!!

[Auburn Kev 1,653]

I did not know Adams was in the CFL

 

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Greg Robinson's technical progress evident in Browns camp

 

By: Jeff Risdon | 11 hours ago

There is a great deal of the Browns explosive offensive plans hinging on left tackle Greg Robinson and his ability to keep QB Baker Mayfield upright and comfortable. Robinson’s history says that’s a dicey proposition, but there are very encouraging signs from Browns training camp.

Look at Robinson’s lower body in the clip above. See how his feet are moving in concert with one another, and how light and crisp he is on them? Those are qualities Robinson has not shown in his past career. Having covered him with both the Lions and Browns over the last two seasons, watching every single rep (often multiple times), I’m not sure Robinson has ever looked so fluid, balanced or diligent with his pass protection technique.

Everybody stumbles into a good rep here and there. The key for Robinson is to bring that sort of technical savvy and prowess on every rep. And that’s why it’s so encouraging to see another rep where he stymies Myles Garrett by using excellent technique and proper balance.

 

Robinson has struggled his entire NFL career with being an impatient lunger, too aggressive in attacking and unable to keep his feet properly under him if/when he tries to recover. These two reps show a retrained Robinson.

He’s worked very hard with former Pro Bowl center LeCharles Bentley at his Offensive Line Performance training center. The focus on consistency of technique and proper footwork is evident.

It’s only two reps from the first day of training camp in full pads, but every fire needs a spark. If this keeps up for Robinson, the Browns offense could be flaming hot.

 

 

Second rep mentioned for Greg Robinson earlier. #Browns pic.twitter.com/Z0qkrYOPch

— Jake Burns (@jake_burns18) July 27, 2019

 

Edited July 28, 2019 by Auburn Kev

[AU64 10,122]

Thanks to all above for the good news about former AU players....nice to see them making it as professional football players. .. must have learned some good stuff while here that helped them at the next level.

But Roc ?   does the guy have decision-making issues?  Too bad about the arrest but seems like someone is gonna get him off with a slap on the wrist....and maybe that's will be enough to teach him a valuable lesson. 

[AU64 10,122]

On ‎7‎/‎16‎/‎2019 at 8:52 PM, AUBwins said:

Sure, gets busted then claim he's from Auburn with no mention of JSU. Haha. 

But yes your point is correct.

Thanks....bolts after one year at AU 'cause he is not happy with the role he is projected for....spends 3 years at JSU and he's a "former AU running back".   What crap from BR..  But if they had written "former Jax State running back...."  nobody would have ever clicked the piece.   Another dishonest sports hack chasing clicks using AU as the bait.  . 

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Buccaneers’ Peyton Barber keeps ‘underdog’ mentality as starter

Posted Jul 29, 5:50 AM

 

By Mark Inabinett | minabinett@al.com

In the span of two seasons, Peyton Barber had gone from an undrafted rookie to unseating a former All-Pro to become the starting running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But the former Auburn standout apparently didn’t have a firm grasp on the job because the Bucs used the 38th selection in the 2018 NFL Draft on running back Ronald Jones after he’d rushed for 3,619 yards in three seasons for Southern Cal.

Tampa Bay's rushing stats for the 2018 season show Barber with 871 yards and five touchdowns on 234 carries and Jones with 44 yards and one TD on 23 carries.

But Barber isn't entering training camp for the 2019 NFL season feeling any more secure about his job than he did a year ago.

“I still consider myself to be the underdog,” Barber told reporters during a press conference on Friday. “There’s four or five other guys fighting for my job, and I don’t plan on giving it up.”

Jones remains with Tampa Bay, but Jacquizz Rodgers is gone after leading the Bucs' running backs with 38 receptions last season.

New Tampa Bay coach Bruce Arians brought in Andre Ellington, who played for him in five seasons with the Arizona Cardinals but was out of football last year.

The Buccaneers also have running backs Dare Ogunbuwale and Bruce Anderson on their roster. Ogunbuwale has played in four games over the past two seasons as a kickoff returner, and Anderson is an undrafted rookie and the leading rusher for NCAA FCS championship teams at North Dakota State the past two seasons.

Barber plans to keep his job by improving in the “passing game, staying out there on third downs, really breaking the long runs, explosive plays, things like that.”

“There’s a lot of things that I feel like I didn’t accomplish last year that I definitely want to accomplish this year,” Barber said, “so definitely a lot of expectations for myself.”

After spending his entire NFL career in the offense of head coach Dirk Koetter, Barber has a new playbook under Arians.

“I’d say I’m about a seven,” Barber said about his command of the offense. “I’m getting there. It’s definitely a lot more complicated than it was last year, the previous years.”

Barber said Arians' attack demands more from the running backs than Koetter's did.

“Definitely more complicated blocking schemes,” Barber said. “They ask more of us in the pass protection. And they like to split us out a little bit in the wide-receiver game.”

Barber said he was “excited” by the prospect of more passes going to running backs under Arians. Barber caught 20 passes for 92 yards and his first NFL touchdown reception in 2018.

Barber said the Bucs’ new coach “expects the most out of you. That’s a big thing to players.”

Barber entered the offseason as a restricted free agent, but Tampa Bay moved to keep him under its new staff by placing a second-round tenderon him in March, and he signed the Bucs’ offer sheet of $2.125 million for the 2019 season after playing for the league minimum for three seasons.

“It definitely meant a lot for me to come back here,” Barber said. "Like I said, I definitely feel like I have some unfinished business here that I can definitely improve on.

"And then two, I love the city. This is a great place. I actually just brought a house not too long ago, so I definitely like it down here."

The Buccaneers will kick off their preseason schedule on Aug. 9 against the Pittsburgh Steelers, followed by games against the Miami Dolphins on Aug. 16, the Cleveland Browns on Aug. 23 and the Dallas Cowboys on Aug. 29 before starting the regular season on Sept. 8 against the San Francisco 49ers.

 

[McLoofus 35,182]

And folks crapped on him for leaving early. 

I have to admit to not thinking he'd have this kind of success, though. Very happy we were all wrong. 

[GwillMac6 20,666]

23 minutes ago, McLoofus said:

And folks crapped on him for leaving early. 

I have to admit to not thinking he'd have this kind of success, though. Very happy we were all wrong. 

I DEF was one of those people. And if I am being totally honest I really did not think he was any good at Auburn. Or at least his talent did not back up the stats he had. I was not impressed with him at all and wanted Jovon to be the starter the whole year. 

BUT HEY GREAT FOR HIM!!!! Most unlikely former AU rb to be a starter in the NFL!!!!!! CONGRATS PB!!!! I WAS SO SO SO SO WRONG ABOUT YOU!!!!!!!!! KEEP KILLING IT IN THE NFL BAY BAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!! LETS GOOOO!!! RB U Lives on.

Edited July 29, 2019 by GwillMac6

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10 minutes ago, GwillMac6 said:

I DEF was one of those people. And if I am being totally honest I really did not think he was any good at Auburn. Or at least his talent did not back up the amount of talent he had. I was not impressed with him at all and wanted Jovon to be the starter the whole year. 

BUT HEY GREAT FOR HIM!!!! Most unlikely former AU rb to be a starter in the NFL!!!!!! CONGRATS PB!!!! I WAS SO SO SO SO WRONG ABOUT YOU!!!!!!!!! KEEP KILLING IT IN THE NFL BAY BAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!! LETS GOOOO!!! RB U Lives on.

Jovon Robinson could have been our Leonard Fournette or Nick Chubb, and was for the 5 minutes he actually played. Grrrr.

But Peyton Barber just texted me "Jovon who?" and I was like "Oh you RICH rich" and he was like "<a bunch of emojis>" and I was like "Sorry dude I was just trying to sound cool" and he didn't respond again.  

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2 minutes ago, McLoofus said:

Jovon Robinson could have been our Leonard Fournette or Nick Chubb, and was for the 5 minutes he actually played. Grrrr.

But Peyton Barber just texted me "Jovon who?" and I was like "Oh you RICH rich" and he was like "<a bunch of emojis>" and I was like "Sorry dude I was just trying to sound cool" and he didn't respond again.  

BRUHHHHHHHHHHHHHH honestly the biggest what if in Auburn history because I truly think he could of been a Auburn legend for us and gone on to be a NFL Superstar!!!!!! MANNNNNNNNNNNNN I am totally with you on that fammy!!!..........

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA yah dude he def always remember me and you doubting him. He wants NOTHING to do with us now!! He remembers all the posts I made saying Gus was only playing him down the stretch so much because he wanted him to get 1k yards and keep the streak going. Not only does Pepperidge Farm remember BUT SO DOES PEYTON BARBER!!! Me and you are def not on his Christmas Card list loofy! lol. Maybe Jovon can send us one wherever he is...... lmao

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[Tiger Refuge 6,662]

5 hours ago, Auburn Kev said:

 

Reminds me of this

 

[ellitor 33,082]

Really glad we have an AU NFL thread. @Auburn Kev & @GwillMac6 if you can, help me post updates each week of the season 247 had a weekly article on how AU alum did & I think the AU school website did too.

[Auburn Kev 1,653]

@ellitor

I will gladly post updates. Thanks for asking me.

 

Edited July 30, 2019 by Auburn Kev

[McLoofus 35,182]

12 hours ago, Tiger Refuge said:

Reminds me of this

 

Sent one of those poor boys off on a stretcher. 

Dude went down easy if you could wrap up on his legs at the LOS but if he built up steam, somebody was going to reevaluate their career choice. 

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The Light Has Finally Gone On For Packers Defensive End Montravius Adams

 

Rob ReischelContributor 

SportsMoney

Underachiever.

Montravius Adams has heard the term before. And the Green Bay Packers defensive lineman admits there are times the label has fit.

“There’s definitely times I’ve gotten by with just my abilities and my instincts,” Adams told Conley Media.

Today, there’s a far more flattering term being used with Adams. Try ‘Most Improved.’

“If I had to vote somebody or say who’s most improved from a year ago, it would be Montravius,” Packers defensive coordinator Mike Pettine said. “It’s been pretty obvious with him.

“When I first got here (in 2018) and met him in the spring, my opinion wasn’t real high, and he knows that. It was one where we challenged him and I think (defensive line coach) Jerry Montgomery has done an outstanding job with ‘Mont.’ (And) ‘Mont’ has taken the challenge.”

The Packers have an enormous hole on their defensive line following the release of veteran Mike Daniels last week. But the way Adams finished the 2018 season — and has started training camp — the Packers believe he’s ready for a big year.

“I don’t know if you guys watched, but he was a lot different player last year than he was the year before,” Montgomery said of Adams. “So he’s taken the right steps.

“The guy came back in tremendous shape. He looks a lot different body-wise than he did a year ago. Like, he understands now this is how he provides for his family and I need to do all that I can to be the best payer I can be. He’s done that. He’s working every day. Is he there, no? But he’s definitely a lot further along today than he was last year at this time.”

Adams was one of the top-five defensive tackle recruits in America while at Dooley County High (Vienna, Ga.). The five-star recruit eventually picked Auburn over Clemson, Georgia, USC and numerous other programs.

Adams was quiet, though, his first three years at Auburn and had a rather pedestrian junior season that left the NFL scouting community scratching their collective heads. Then as a senior in 2016, Adams had a monster year with 4.5 sacks, 8.5 tackles for loss, 15 quarterback hurries and 44 tackles.

Adams earned first-team all-SEC honors and the Packers eventually used a third-round draft pick on him. Interestingly, on the same night Adams was drafted, he became a father for the first time.

“There’s really no words I can say,” Adams said that night. “It was just, a lot of blessings.”

The Packers weren’t feeling as blessed midway through the 2018 season.

Adams had a rough rookie year in 2017, when he was a healthy scratch seven times and played in just seven games overall.

Then midway through last season, Adams had done next to nothing and was beginning to look like a bust.

“I wouldn’t just blame it on work ethic,” Adams told Conley Media. “I would just blame it on the differences in the way I learned to play football and the way that I was playing.

“In college, I played more with my abilities. I can’t play that way here and expect to succeed. But like now, I have great teachers and I feel like I have learned a lot of things I didn’t know. So now, I know a lot more than I did and I can play with my instincts. Now, I feel like I’m a better football player.”

So do the Packers.

Injuries decimated Green Bay’s defensive line late in the 2018 campaign, and Adams took advantage of his opportunity. Adams had 12 tackles in the final three games and showed a tenacity that wasn’t always evident. Adams was also quick off the ball, used his hands to get off blocks and showed his bosses that he might have a bright future.

“By the end of last year, I mean he was playing some quality minutes and made some plays,” Pettine said. “(That’s) something I would not have predicted just coming out of training camp.”

Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst agreed.

"When he’s in the game, when he’s had his opportunities, he’s shown up," Gutekunst said. "And so we expect him to do the same as he gets more snaps."

Adams has continued to impress this summer.

Adams changed his diet and did more running than ever this offseason and lowered his weight from 315 pounds to 298. Through the start of camp, he’s made plays he wouldn’t have in past seasons.

“With his weight down, he just made a play in practice (Sunday) where he penetrated and put his foot in the ground, and went and chased the ball carrier down,” Pettine said. “You wouldn’t have seen that from him a year ago.

“I just think the confidence at the end of last season he got, getting out there and playing – Hey, I can do this – I think really propelled him into the offseason to show back up in April ready to go and he’s been impressive since he came back.”

Adams is a perfect fit in Pettine’s defense.

He’s long (6-4, 304), versatile, and athletic enough to play anywhere on the defensive line.

Now, with the opportunity of a lifetime — and the trust of his coaches — Adams could be in for a big year.

“For me, it’s like come out, try to be consistent and still learn,” Adams said. “I know I’m still competing for the job.

“People say like, ‘He’s going with the 1s, blah, blah, blah.’ But at the end of the day, we have good players that can fill that spot if I’m not playing well. So, I have to come with the same kind of outlook as if Mike (Daniels) was here, just compete for the job and keep playing good football.”

 

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Kerryon Johnson wants to run the football ‘as many times as I can take’

Posted Jul 31, 5:36 AM

By Mark Inabinett | minabinett@al.com

In the offseason, the Detroit Lions appointed running-game advocate Darren Bevell as their offensive coordinator, signed 6-foot-7, 250-pound tight end Jesse James in free agency and drafted 6-foot-5, 247-pound tight end T.J. Hockenson. On Saturday, Detroit released running back Theo Riddick, who'd made a living as a third-down specialist and caught 61 passes in 2018.

The combination of circumstances shot Lions running back Kerryon Johnson into the stratosphere of fantasy football and, in the real world, might have turned him into the focal point of Detroit’s offense.

“We’ve got a lot of good running backs, an offensive coordinator who likes to run the ball,” Johnson said. “I mean, we’re just trying to play to our strengths. We’ve got a lot of good receivers to keep the defense honest. Obviously, we have a great quarterback, so I’m sure Bev is sitting there like, ‘We have a lot of options.’ But it’s on us to do it at the end of the day. Scheme is great, plans are great, but at the end of the day, we’re the players, we’ve got to play.”

The Lions let Johnson tiptoe into his rookie season, carrying the ball five times in his debut and eight times in his second game. But when he broke a Detroit streak of 70 games without a 100-yard rusher with 101 yards on 16 carries in an upset of the New England Patriots on Sept. 23, the former Auburn standout vaulted into the starting lineup.

Johnson missed the final six games of 2018 because of a knee injury, but he said he's ready to pick up where he left off -- and then some.

“I’m healthy," Johnson said. "That’s all (coach Matt Patricia) needs to know, so he’s going to give me the ball as many times as I can take. I mean, he’s going to be smart about it, but I’m a running back. They pay me to run the ball, I love to run the ball, I play football to run the ball, so that’s what I’m going to do.”

Patricia said Johnson returned to the Lions this year prepared to play the 16-game schedule.

“He went to work in the offseason and really made improvements with his body,” Patricia said. "He’s smart from that aspect of it, and he trained hard. You think about it: From the rookie season to your second season, it’s really the first spring he’s able to do that. He wasn’t able to do that last spring coming out of college. Doing combine work or draft trips or visits, your schedule is interrupted the entire process through finally getting onto an NFL team.

"For him, just to really have that stability of a normal schedule, being able to go out and work every single day to improve and get better, he did a great job of that."

In his first 10 NFL games, Johnson had 641 yards and three touchdowns on 118 rushing attempts, averaged 5.4 yards per carry and caught 32 passes for 213 yards and one TD. The only other Detroit player with at least 600 rushing yards and 200 receiving yards in the first 10 games of his career was Billy Sims in 1980.

Despite missing six games and starting the season as LeGarrette Blount's backup, Johnson had the most rushing yards for a Lions' running back since 2014.

While Detroit released Riddick, the Lions added a running back in the offseason by signing C.J. Anderson. He received a Pro Bowl invitation in 2014, earned a Super Bowl ring in 2015 and ran for 1,007 yards in 2017 for the Denver Broncos and went to the Super Bowl last season with the Los Angeles Rams.

Bevell produced six NFL offenses that have finished in the top five in a season in rushing when he ran the Minnesota Vikings' attack that featured running back Adrian Peterson and the Seattle Seahawks' offense with Marshawn Lynch.

Detroit's coaches aren't putting Johnson in the same tier as those two running backs yet, but they haven't put limits on him either.

“Nobody’s setting a number, a ceiling, a floor or anything of who’s going to get what touches and all that,” Lions running-backs coach Kyle Caskey said. “It’s all about getting the running game going and then setting all the other stuff up for us. But whoever the best running back is that comes out of this thing will be getting the touches, whoever’s hot will be getting the touches. And I don’t know who that is right now, but it’s going to be one of those things where they’re pushing each other right now and it’s good because there’s competition.”

Johnson earned the SEC Offensive Player of the Year Award for the 2017 season, when he led the league in rushing with 1,391 yards.

At Madison Academy, Johnson earned All-State recognition for three consecutive AHSAA-championship teams and received the Class 3A Player of the Year Award in 2014.

“My confidence is always up," Johnson said. "I always step on the field believing I’m the best one out there. I feel like that’s how you have to play the game.

"But the game will humble you; it certainly will do that. But my confidence is always high.”

The Lions will kick off their preseason schedule on Aug. 8 against the New England Patriots followed by games against the Houston Texans on Aug. 17, the Buffalo Bills on Aug. 23 and the Cleveland Browns on Aug. 29. Detroit will open the regular season on Sept. 8 against the Arizona Cardinals.

 

[McLoofus 35,182]

Dang. Monty, Cory, KJ...

We're a couple unfortunate kickers away from being the Kings in the North.

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Edited August 1, 2019 by WFE12

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[AUBwins 10,074]

6 hours ago, GwillMac6 said:

 

I really really want him to have a fantastic year.