Hernandez #77 on NFLN's Top 100

[Joker]

It Is What It Is » Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez at No. 77 in ‘NFL Network’ players poll

The 23-year-old tight end, who was the second Patriot to appear on the list — guard Logan Mankins was 82nd — is making his first appearance on the list. Last season. he had 51 catches for 483 yards and six touchdowns while working in a limited capacity because of injuries. For his career, he has 175 catches for 1,956 yards and 18 touchdowns in his three seasons in the NFL.

what is the formula they use to make these rankings???

darts at a dartboard?

He's the 2nd best TE on the Pats..probably the 7th or 8th best player...yet they have him at 77 out ofa possible 1500+ NFL players?

I admit I'm a homer but,as much as I like his play, this seems a little arbitrary...

 

[VrabelJr]

Seems like a perfect world pick. If he were healthy for an entire season he would be worthy of this spot (or maybe even higher). When healthy, he might be a top 5 route runner in the NFL. He's a nightmare when he's close to 100%, that's for sure.

 

[TriplecHamp]

He would instantly be the best offensive player on every other team in our division. Ranking is justified IMO

 

[Fencer]

He went to the Pro Bowl a year ago, even if as an alternate. So it's not as if this is a totally new opinion about him.

 

[Brady2Moss]

Well since I'm sure they are going to put Goober ahead of Brady for some BS arbitrary reasons and they put Graham ahead of Gronk last year I'll take this as a make up selection .

But seriously this show SUCKS, the fact that they stretch this on throughout multiple episodes is embarrassing.

Edit: Oh yeah Calvin Johnson ahead of Tom Brady a year ago, YEAH RIGHT!

 

[Pewsterbaby]

You can't put a choker in the Top 100. 2nd and 10 from their own 20 with 52 seconds left. What happens? He takes his eyes off the ball to check the position of an oncoming linebacker. Oh, God forbid you might take a hit in crunch time in the most important game of your life. The ball bounces off his hands with a resounding thud that will eternally echo through time.

I DESPISE him for this. That's all I see every time he's on the field now. It runs on a loop in my noodle.

Top 100 what? Top 100 Choke Artists? Definitely.

(Yes, I can be masochistic at 5:30 in the morning as night recedes and the scummy Brooklyn landscape comes back into view. Man, what an eyesore. Hernandez would fit right in down here.)

 

[AzorianPats]

You can't put a choker in the Top 100. 2nd and 10 from their own 20 with 52 seconds left. What happens? He takes his eyes off the ball to check the position of an oncoming linebacker. Oh, God forbid you might take a hit in crunch time in the most important game of your life. The ball bounces off his hands with a resounding thud that will eternally echo through time.

I DESPISE him for this. That's all I see every time he's on the field now. It runs on a loop in my noodle.

Top 100 what? Top 100 Choke Artists? Definitely.

(Yes, I can be masochistic at 5:30 in the morning as night recedes and the scummy Brooklyn landscape comes back into view. Man, what an eyesore. Hernandez would fit right in down here.)

So one bad play and he's a choker? cmon man. Hernandez on another team would be their top tight end/slot wr. He's great after the catch, and the guy can break one out the backfield. He's arguably a top 5 TE and if it wasn't for injuries possibly top 3. Great player, nightmare for defenses to plan for, and he's also a local kid.

 

[Sparetire]

GOOD.

now if hernandez cares about this shizz it will motivate him. good.

 

[RobertWeathers]

These rankings are meaningless.

AH is a solid receiver and still pretty young. Yea hes dropped a few passes but who hasn't.

My biggest concern is his durability. To soften the blow of Welker no longer there for TB, he needs have a big year (90 catches, 1100yds, 8-10TDs) and play at least 80-90% of the snaps.

 

[Pewsterbaby]

So one bad play and he's a choker? cmon man. Hernandez on another team would be their top tight end/slot wr. He's great after the catch, and the guy can break one out the backfield. He's arguably a top 5 TE and if it wasn't for injuries possibly top 3. Great player, nightmare for defenses to plan for, and he's also a local kid.

Lemme set the stage for you for some perspective-

It's the final minute of The Super Bowl. One final drive. It's do or die time. Put up or shut up time. All those plays in his backyard were in anticipation of this exact scenario.

You can NOT drop the ball. Let me repeat that...

You can NOT, that's NOTTTT drop the fricking ball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If Tom Brady throws you the ball in the perfect place for you to catch it, you can NOT NOT catch it.

Again, it's the final drive of The Super Bowl. Ya got 52 seconds left & 1 timeout. Ya need a farking touchdown & you're on your own 20.

He's a choker. I stand by it. I can forgive Branch's drop on the previous play. Know why? It was slightly deflected & he was already Super Bowl 39 MVP anyway, that's why. I can forgive Wes' too because, well, he's White Wes Welker. They have credibility to fall back on. Hernadez doesn't.

The chump showed what he was made of. There was something deep inside of him that made him drop that ball. It comes down to inner psychological makeup but that's a topic too entailed to put across on a football board.

It's the last minute of The Super Bowl. Your team needs a touchdown. The ball is thrown right into the catching triangle of your connected hands and it slips through and onto the ground.

If that's not a choker, nothing is.

CHOKE.

 

[Fencer]

You can't put a choker in the Top 100.

Everybody makes bad plays in clutch situations -- Payton, Brady, Welker, Rodney ...

 

[Fencer]

Oh, God forbid you might take a hit in crunch time in the most important game of your life.

If you never check for oncoming defenders, you'll also drop a bunch of passes as the aforementioned defenders hit you.

If there's choking in football, and I think there is, then it stems from guys changing their technique because they're trying too hard to succeed, or from extra adrenaline messing them up (e.g. on a throw or kick), or from bad decision-making due to a mind that's clouded by the situation.

It doesn't come because physical cowardice rears up at a bad moment.

 

[Pewsterbaby]

Thanks for the 1 A.M. topic thread. Joker. I've never gotten that offa my chest.

My 74 year old father turned to me after that play happened and asked,"Who's that number 81?" I go,'Hernandez. Where you been? You going senile on me?"
He mutters,'Hernandez huh? Tell him not to even bother showing up to training camp in the spring."
By the time spring came, my father was dead and I still have a deep seeded hatred for Aaron Hernandez.

Guy's a mother f*ucking choker. Pure & simple. Tried & true.
He's got what? 18 touchdowns? I can only remember one. Those are like Tully Banta Hannah Barberra sacks. Most come in garbage time.

He chumped it when it mattered.
When everything was on the line, Brady threw a perfect pass right into his hands in the final minute of The Super Bowl and he dropped it.

That's the definition of a choker. I hate him. I'm 46 years old and I hate him.

CHOKER. And I'd say it to his face & gladly take a beating for it. That one's for you, dad.

 

[Pewsterbaby]

Everybody makes bad plays in clutch situations -- Payton, Brady, Welker, Rodney ...

They have credibility to fall back on. Aaron Hernandez does not. I've already clearly defined that. Gawd.

 

[Pewsterbaby]

If you never check for oncoming defenders, you'll also drop a bunch of passes as the aforementioned defenders hit you.

If there's choking in football, and I think there is, then it stems from guys changing their technique because they're trying too hard to succeed, or from extra adrenaline messing them up (e.g. on a throw or kick), or from bad decision-making due to a mind that's clouded by the situation.

It doesn't come because physical cowardice rears up at a bad moment.

I never said it was physical cowardice. Where do you see me saying that? I said it stemmed from something seeded deep inside Aaron Hernandez. And he prematurely looked to his left to check a backer who was like 10 freaking feet away. He had no business doing that. None.

Sometimes one's professional life comes down to one moment or decision and this was his. In the last minute of The Super Bowl. He dropped it. Ya wanna sugar coat it?

 

[strngplyr]

Thanks for the 1 A.M. topic thread. Joker. I've never gotten that offa my chest.

My 74 year old father turned to me after that play happened and asked,"Who's that number 81?" I go,'Hernandez. Where you been? You going senile on me?"
He mutters,'Hernandez huh? Tell him not to even bother showing up to training camp in the spring."
By the time spring came, my father was dead and I still have a deep seeded hatred for Aaron Hernandez.

Guy's a mother f*ucking choker. Pure & simple. Tried & true.
He's got what? 18 touchdowns? I can only remember one. Those are like Tully Banta Hannah Barberra sacks. Most come in garbage time.

He chumped it when it mattered.
When everything was on the line, Brady threw a perfect pass right into his hands in the final minute of The Super Bowl and he dropped it.

That's the definition of a choker. I hate him. I'm 46 years old and I hate him.

CHOKER. And I'd say it to his face & gladly take a beating for it. That one's for you, dad.

You're about as arrogant and ignorant as they come.

Beyond glad that you have no say in any capacity for what this team does at any point in time. We'd be worse than the Jets if people like you ran the show.

 

[Kontradiction]

Maybe I was just hammered at the time, but wasn't that pass behind Hernandez?

 

[Jackson 2]

Maybe I was just hammered at the time, but wasn't that pass behind Hernandez?

Yup.......

 

[JackBauer]

What I got from this thread: PewsterBaby is a very bizarre individual.

 

[JackBauer]

Maybe I was just hammered at the time

I feel like I use this preface for many events in my life......