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    Esks signing Rennie Curran?

    Rennie Curran I mean... :-P

    http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/201...ter-ej_eskimos

    http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings...010&genpos=OLB
    Name: *Rennie Curran
    College: Georgia Number: 35
    Height: 5-11 Weight: 235
    Position: OLB Pos2: ILB/SS
    Class/Draft Year: Jr/2010
    40 Low: 4.58 40 Time: 4.75 40 High: 4.88


    Dates: 03/16/10
    Height: 5105
    Weight: 235
    40 Yrd Dash: 4.65
    20 Yrd Dash: 2.67
    10 Yrd Dash: 1.60
    225 Lb. Bench Reps: 27
    Vertical Jump: 35
    Broad Jump: 09'04"
    20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.40
    3-Cone Drill: 7.34


    Draft Scout Snapshot: DS Rating on 1/19/10: #6 Junior OLB, Projected Rd: 2-3 for the 2011 NFL Draft
    2007: Appeared in 11 games making five starts with 53 tackles including 9.0 for loss and 3.0 sacks...Named Freshman All-America First Team by Rivals.com, Freshman All-America Second Team by Scout.com and Honorable Mention by Sporting News...Rivals.com No. 16 Linebacker in the nation…Scout.com No. 5 Middle Linebacker in the country and #11 player in Georgia.

    Post-Draft Outlook: A closer look at the Titans' picks: Round 3/77 -- Damian Williams, WR, 6-1, 195, USC, The Titans were pleased that Williams was still on their board. With no second-round pick, Williams fills that void nicely. The new leading candidate to return punts and kickoffs. - by The Sports Xchange
    Last edited by danlaurin; 02-20-2013, 05:16 PM.
    Run the Ball up the gut around the horn it does not matter. We run we win what is so difficult to understand.
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    Re: Esks signing Rennie Curran?

    I had asked Hervey if he had any interest in bringing back either of linebacker Rod Davis or kicker Derek Schiavone; two former Eskimos who had gone to Montreal in the past year, with both being released by the Alouettes last week. Hervey shot that idea down and as the small group of media present stood up to leave the room, Hervey said again he wasn’t interested in bringing Davis back. He was interested in Rennie Curran as his linebacker.

    Curran, 24, spent two years in the NFL, one with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and another with the Tennessee Titans, after that team took him in the third round (97th overall) in the 2010 NFL draft. He’s five-foot-11, 230 pounds and in his three-year career at the University of Georgia he was the first player since 1996-97 to have back-to-back 100-tackle seasons. In those three years, he left Georgia as its No. 16 all-time tackler (298).

    The Eskimos haven’t signed Curran yet, but are apparently close to a deal.

    Check out his bio from his days with the Titans. Some of the highlights: The child of Liberian refugees who escaped civil war in their homeland in the 1980s, Curran is the great-grandson of a Liberian tribal chief who had 25 children. Growing up in Snellville, Georgia, Curran learned how to play the piano, drums and viola as a kid. Since he was in the 11th grade, he’s had a mentor in pro-bowl linebacker Jessie Tuggle. The two met at an Atlanta Falcons-sponsored football camp and have stayed in touch since.
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      #3
      Re: Esks signing Rennie Curran?

      It looks like this could be a pretty big signing, not that often a cfl team signs a 3rd round nfl pick who's only 24. Maybe this is why Hervey was willing to toss Simons Lawrence in on the ham trade?

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        Re: Esks signing Rennie Curran?

        So is going to be backup to Hill or is safety going to be an import spot again or both?
        14 and counting!

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          Re: Esks signing Rennie Curran?

          Originally posted by chirp View Post
          So is going to be backup to Hill or is safety going to be an import spot again or both?
          At 5' 11 235 he is too big and not really fast enough to be a safety maybe we will play a 3 - 4. He Sherritt, Munoz, and Hill could be a very versatile and menacing LB corps.

          If Lopez, Alexander and Rwambuka play Corner/safety/DB It will give us definite flexibility.
          Run the Ball up the gut around the horn it does not matter. We run we win what is so difficult to understand.

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            #6
            Re: Esks signing Rennie Curran?

            Makes sense.
            14 and counting!

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              #7
              Re: Esks signing Rennie Curran?

              Seems to be a real high end prospect. Don't see a lot of high draft picks like this come up here so young.

              Good for us.
              Before you insult a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you insult him, you'll be a mile away, and have his shoes.

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                Re: Esks signing Rennie Curran?

                Originally posted by chirp View Post
                So is going to be backup to Hill or is safety going to be an import spot again or both?
                Maybe backup/start in place of Munoz at WIL?

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                  #9
                  Re: Esks signing Rennie Curran?

                  Looks a good player..

                  Has sec pedigree which is always a good thing for dline/lbs. they usually already have that pro speed

                  Be interesting to see where he features..

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                    Re: Esks signing Rennie Curran?

                    Originally posted by danlaurin View Post
                    At 5' 11 235 he is too big and not really fast enough to be a safety maybe we will play a 3 - 4. He Sherritt, Munoz, and Hill could be a very versatile and menacing LB corps.

                    If Lopez, Alexander and Rwambuka play Corner/safety/DB It will give us definite flexibility.

                    Marshall is mostly a 4-3 guy
                    I will not, for a moment longer, support an organization who chooses to cowardly kneel where they once fiercely & proudly stood

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                      Re: Esks signing Rennie Curran?

                      Originally posted by Diesel View Post
                      Marshall is mostly a 4-3 guy
                      I was about to say that Diesel, all of his defenses have been 4-3, I do not think he has ever run a 3-4, like Stubler, and he can run both a 4-3 and a 3-4, and not to be technical, but a 4-3 defense in the CFL is actually more a 4-2 as that SAM and Will linebacker is responsible to pass coverage on a 5 receiver set, that is why the sam linebacker is more of a SS/DB type, because you cannot tell me that TJ Hill was a linebacker in college at 5:9 195

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                        #12
                        Re: Esks signing Rennie Curran?

                        Sounds intriguing but I've seen enough players come and go with advanced building to buy into the hype...
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