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Message: [QUOTE="Orangeyes, post: 511254, member: 34"] Dave I thought the article by Michael Cohen was unfair to Justin. [I]"It was a difficult day for the Syracuse football players"[/I] and headline [I]"Three Syracuse football players struggle in Senior Bowl"[/I] is both a disservice to the players, readers as well as followers and fans of Syracuse football. IMHO I thought Justin had a great day. As was pointed out by the NFL expert on the broadcast Justin displayed great footwork and technique. Among the things I observed were that he kept himself square to his man. In many of the blocking situations Pugh drove his man backwards, in a couple of cases as far as 10 yards. He stayed engaged in his blocks through the play. He handled several bull rushes very well with minimum backwards movement. Had one fabulous pancake. One South defender tried to pull a Dwight Freeney spin move. Justin stayed composed and veered him off course, suddenly another defender filled the void and Pugh quickly engaged him preventing a sack. Justin played in about 80% of the North's offensive plays. I would say that in 90% he had a positive outcome. Three plays where he might receive a minus, illegal movement penalty, man got by him and his defender once pushed him near the QB. On that last play another defender pushed the O-lineman on the other side into the QB and then the QB was pushed into Pugh and went down. There is no doubt in my mind that Justin Pugh's play yesterday helped elevate his draft stock. The blanket statement above by Cohen was also unfair to Alec Lemon. I responded to the new PS writer with, "Did he drop balls, run the wrong routes, miss blocking assignments get called for penalties." Of course he didn't. Only one ball was thrown his way and that was by Ryan who threw the ball into coverage. The statement may have hit closer to home with Ryan, however, the North was running a conventional huddle offense. Ryan shinned in SU's version of the K-Gun. Any football expert will tell you that these all star settings are not always good QB showcases. All three SU players were important cogs in an SU record setting season. Cohen's reporting was unfairly harsh. [/QUOTE]

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