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[QUOTE="relaxer, post: 4720069, member: 7852"]
It doesn't bother me if you don't have concern for my opinion; my word and analysis are not the gospel. But my take is not based on only valuing watterbug attack men, even if they have the highest hit rate.

I've plainly stated that there are a number of different types of attack men who can be elite. It just requires that they be either a great dodger or an elite finisher (guys who are purely feeders are role players no matter how good their passing ability is, as evidenced by TJ Haley at Georgetown). The dodgers come in several types: there are those that get by on pure foot speed (Chris Gray types), and there are those that use some combination of foot speed/length/physicality (at least two out of the three attributes). O'Neill and Kirst have all three. Dordevic had speed and physicality. Guys like Wisnauskas have length and physicality. Shellenberger and Bernhardt were speed and length.

Ford's issue is that at present he only has one of those three: length. He's not likely to get the foot speed, so it comes down to if he'll develop the physicality. He likes to post up and survey, but mostly to feed; he doesn't back down or push through defenders. That has to change for him to live up to his billing as a 5 star qb-style recruit. I suppose it's also not out of the question for him to have a great career as a finisher in the vein of Xander Dickson, but that's a lower ceiling than #4 overall recruit.
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