Does anyone know how Chad Jackson is doing?

[RashanGary]

Jennings ran in the 4.45 range, jumped like 37" and did very well in all of his other drills to my recollection. I'm at work so I can't look them up.

He's not off the charts in any catagory, but he is very, very gifted in all of them except height. Sometimes shorter players have a quickness advantage, so it's not that bad.

What sets Jennings apart is how he plays football. He's physically gifted, but what he brings is great hands, polished route running and the ability to break tackles. Like Partial said, that counts for something. Jackson is fast and that is it. Jennings is fast, quick, explosive *evident by his vertical* and a very productive player.

I like Jennings better.

[PackerPro42]

Jackson's Schedule



SCHEDULE Sat Apr 22 Spring Orange and Blue Game
Boxscore Gainesville, FL 1:30PM(ET) TBA --
Sat Sep 2 Southern Miss. Gainesville, FL 6:00PM(ET) --
Sat Sep 9 Central Florida Gainesville, FL 6:00PM(ET) --
Sat Sep 16 at Tennessee Knoxville, TN 8:00PM(ET) --
Sat Sep 23 Kentucky Gainesville, FL TBA --
Sat Sep 30 Alabama Gainesville, FL TBA --
Sat Oct 7 Louisiana State (HC) Gainesville, FL TBA --
Sat Oct 14 at Auburn Auburn, AL TBA --
Sat Oct 28 Georgia Jacksonville, FL 3:30PM(ET) --
Sat Nov 4 at Vanderbilt Nashville, TN TBA --
Sat Nov 11 South Carolina Gainesville, FL TBA --
Sat Nov 18 Western Carolina Gainesville, FL TBA --
Sat Nov 25 at Florida State Tallahassee, FL TBA

Jenning's Schedule
Date Opponent Time/Result
Sep 2 @Indiana
Sep 9 Toledo
Sep 16 @Virginia
Sep 23 Temple
Oct 7 @Ohio
Oct 14 Northern Illinois
Oct 21 @Ball St. 2:00pm
Oct 28 E. Michigan
Nov 4 Miami (Ohio)
Nov 10 @C. Michigan
Nov 18 @Florida St.
Nov 24 @Akron
Not a very intense schedule for Jennings hough?

[PackerPro42]

Look the point I'm trying to make is that I think Jennings will be good but I don't have as much proof because he put up good numbers agains horrible teams. I would have been more comftorable with Jackson because he has proven himself against worthier opponents. That's all I'm trying to say because let's face neither of these guys were amazing prospects.

[Deputy Nutz]

Well, Western Carolina was sure stiff competition on November 18th

[BlueBrewer]

Toledo was a powerhouse on defense!

[Partial]

Look the point I'm trying to make is that I think Jennings will be good but I don't have as much proof because he put up good numbers agains horrible teams. I would have been more comftorable with Jackson because he has proven himself against worthier opponents. That's all I'm trying to say because let's face neither of these guys were amazing prospects.

The teams are not horrible. Relatively speaking they're just as good. Since Florida is a big time football program, they obviously have a great number of good prospects. Western Michigan is not as good of a program obviously, thus they have less talent on both sides of the ball, especially in the caliber of a player throwing the ball to him. It's all relative. I think Jennings had a phenominal college career and there is nothing that leads me to believe that won't translate to success in the NFL.

[PackerPro42]

I think he'll have a good career too but it's a litlle scetchy in my mind looking at the schedule. I know his team wasn't high caliber either but it just draws some questions in my mind.

[Partial]

and Chad Jackson's lack of performance doesn't?

[PackerPro42]

Look he only had one year to prove himself and I think he did a pretty good job of it. He didn't get to start right away like Jennings did because of the high caliber school he went to.

[SD GB fan]

Look he only had one year to prove himself and I think he did a pretty good job of it. He didn't get to start right away like Jennings did because of the high caliber school he went to.

look man, just give up ur crush on jackson for a while. by ur standards, leo bookman will have the greatest career ever. at 6-2 (?), he runs a 4.2. (now if he does have the greatest career ever, great for the pack ) but there is more to football than combine numbers and TT told his staff to remind him not to pick combine freaks but football players.

[Brandon494]

How the hell do you think Jennings is the next Freddie Mitchell? You have no idea what you are talking about. Jennings was prob. the best route runner in the draft this year and IF he had went to a bigger school he would have been a 1st round draft pick. You also have to remember that Jennings was doubled covered in a lot of those games and he still put up big numbers because he ran great routes and knows how to make yards after the catch, which will be big for us with the offense we will be running this year. So get over your crush with Jackson because he will just be the next Gator WR to fail in the NFL.

[BallHawk]

I agree 100% with everything Brandon just said.

Haven't seen you post too much. Welcome to the forum anyway

[Partial]

Welcome to the forum to all the new guys. I have been seeing a lot more of you around, and that is wonderful news. Right now, I can tell you the discussion is a little slow because there isn't a lot going on in the NFL right now. I hope you guys take the time to contribute, get to know everyone, and get ready for some serious fun once training camp starts!!

[Harlan Huckleby]

Has ANYBODY seen these guys play in college?

Just repeating stats doesn't say much. I find the most useful posts about draftees are from people who followed the team of a player in college and have some insight. It was interesting, for instance, when OregonPackerFan said James Lee was gonna be a dog.

I'm not telling everyone to STFU, if you want to form a hard opinion based on combine numbers, that's your choice. It's just kind of a hollow argument.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Watching video also helps.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/gnb

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/nwe

Jennings played well against the big schools:

16 receptions, 156 yards vs. Virginia in 2005
7 receptions, 84 yards, 1 TD vs. Illinois in 2004
9 receptions, 75 yards vs. Virginia Tech in 2004
8 receptions, 107 yards, 2 TDs vs. Michigan State in 2003
5 receptions, 61 yards, 1 TD vs. Virginia in 2003

Hey, the MAC is no joke nowadays. They are a decent conference. It's not like he was playing Division II ball. Some good players have come out of the MAC also:

Ben Roethlisberger, Jason Taylor, Byron Leftwich, Chad Pennington, Jason Babin, Charlie Frye, Chester Taylor, Nick Kaczur, and many others.