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DrumNFeather · 04-28-2008, 03:32 PM

Looks like 5 Utes will get a shot in an NFL camp this year.

Gabe Long - Houston
Martail Burnett - Minnestoa
Derick Richards and Steve Tate - Tampa
Boon - New Orleans.

Of those I think Long and Burnett have the best shot. I wouldn't rule out Steve Tate landing a special teams role in Tampa...despite what some may think.

Hot Lunch · 04-28-2008, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by DrumNFeather

Looks like 5 Utes will get a shot in an NFL camp this year.

Gabe Long - Houston
Martail Burnett - Minnestoa
Derick Richards and Steve Tate - Tampa
Boon - New Orleans.

Of those I think Long and Burnett have the best shot. I wouldn't rule out Steve Tate landing a special teams role in Tampa...despite what some may think.

Long and Burnett have a great shot. But I am sorry there is no way in hell Steve Tate makes that squad. He is slow and undersized for the NFL. You can let me have it all you want if he makes. I will take my beating. I just don't see him making a team.

DrumNFeather · 04-28-2008, 03:38 PM

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Long and Burnett have a great shot. But I am sorry there is no way in hell Steve Tate makes that squad. He is slow and undersized for the NFL. You can let me have it all you want if he makes. I will take my beating. I just don't see him making a team.

I know that many cougar fans just don't like him...and that's understandable and I certainly cannot judge your motives for thinking he won't stick...and he might not. I thought he had a very good career at Utah at the S position and was at least as qualified as the kid from Army that got taken.

I agree that it is a long shot.

Hot Lunch · 04-28-2008, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by DrumNFeather

I know that many cougar fans just don't like him...and that's understandable and I certainly cannot judge your motives for thinking he won't stick...and he might not. I thought he had a very good career at Utah at the S position and was at least as qualified as the kid from Army that got taken.

I agree that it is a long shot.

He did have a good career. A couple of years of a 100+ tackles are very impressive.

RockyBalboa · 04-28-2008, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by DrumNFeather

I know that many cougar fans just don't like him...and that's understandable and I certainly cannot judge your motives for thinking he won't stick...and he might not. I thought he had a very good career at Utah at the S position and was at least as qualified as the kid from Army that got taken.

I agree that it is a long shot.

It doesn't have anything to do with not liking him. He simply just doesn't have the NFL intangibles or talent.

Morgan Scalley was a better player than Tate, and if he couldn't make it, no way in hell Tate does.

And yes I'm separating his college career from his pro potential. He had a very good college career, but he's just not NFL material.

Spaz · 04-28-2008, 05:11 PM

I have no opinion as to the NFL-worthiness of Tate.

I will say, I hope he still has dreams of Michael Reed....

DrumNFeather · 04-28-2008, 05:23 PM

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It doesn't have anything to do with not liking him. He simply just doesn't have the NFL intangibles or talent.

Morgan Scalley was a better player than Tate, and if he couldn't make it, no way in hell Tate does.

And yes I'm separating his college career from his pro potential. He had a very good college career, but he's just not NFL material.

I think Morgan was a FA signee of Tampa Bay a few years ago...but I could be making that up. Tampa is one of those teams that seems to sign Utah guys every year, so it's nice that they are giving a few more a shot.

myboynoah · 04-28-2008, 05:34 PM

I have a basic question. How much is signing one of these FA deals worth? What's the initial money? And then if one makes the team?

cougjunkie · 04-28-2008, 05:34 PM

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I think Morgan was a FA signee of Tampa Bay a few years ago...but I could be making that up. Tampa is one of those teams that seems to sign Utah guys every year, so it's nice that they are giving a few more a shot.

Tate is a nice player, but he doesnt have great coverage skills, and his tackling numbers were inflated due to lack of linebacker skill.

Hot Lunch · 04-28-2008, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by DrumNFeather

I know that many cougar fans just don't like him...and that's understandable and I certainly cannot judge your motives for thinking he won't stick...and he might not. I thought he had a very good career at Utah at the S position and was at least as qualified as the kid from Army that got taken.

I agree that it is a long shot.

Also Whitt's defense is designed for the SS to make a ton of tackles and I think like a couple of other people that there were many over the past few years in that Defense that were better than Tate. Scalley, Revil and Sanders just to name a couple that really didn't make it in the NFL.

04-28-2008, 03:32 PM	#1
DrumNFeather Active LDS Ute Fan Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Nantucket : ) Posts: 2,566	5 Utes sign FA deals Looks like 5 Utes will get a shot in an NFL camp this year. Gabe Long - Houston Martail Burnett - Minnestoa Derick Richards and Steve Tate - Tampa Boon - New Orleans. Of those I think Long and Burnett have the best shot. I wouldn't rule out Steve Tate landing a special teams role in Tampa...despite what some may think.

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Spaz Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,371	I have no opinion as to the NFL-worthiness of Tate. I will say, I hope he still has dreams of Michael Reed.... __________________ "My days of not respecting you are certainly coming to a middle." -Malcolm Reynolds "It doesn't mean that if we lose a game or when we lose a game people won't then jump on and say the quest is over. Because they will. But they've missed the point." -Bronco Mendenhall on "The Quest"

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myboynoah Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Memphis freakin' Tennessee!!!!! Posts: 4,530	I have a basic question. How much is signing one of these FA deals worth? What's the initial money? And then if one makes the team? __________________ Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!! Religion rises inevitably from our apprehension of our own death. To give meaning to meaninglessness is the endless quest of all religion. When death becomes the center of our consciousness, then religion authentically begins. Of all religions that I know, the one that most vehemently and persuasively defies and denies the reality of death is the original Mormonism of the Prophet, Seer and Revelator, Joseph Smith.