DRC: Malcolm Kelly glad he opted for NFL sooner than later

[TheLongshot]

Ok, enough of the negative articles and talk about Campbell. Let's get some more positive ones out there, like this one about Malcolm Kelly.

http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedconten....236d258b.html

Malcolm Kelly could have been heading into December with a chance to win a national championship as a vital offensive cog for the Oklahoma Sooners. Instead, he heads into December looking for just the fourth reception of his football season.

Kelly was a three-year starter for the Sooners who decided to skip his senior season to turn pro. Kelly expected to be a first-round NFL selection, but slid deep into the second round of the 2008 draft where the Washington Redskins claimed him.

Kelly has not been the impact receiver in the NFL that he was in college. He has been inactive for eight of his 12 career games with a smattering of ankle and knee injuries. In the four games he has played, Kelly has come off the bench to catch three passes for 18 yards – a far cry from his days in Norman when he caught 21 touchdown passes, averaged 15.9 yards per reception and rang up nine career 100-yard games.

"I don't have any second thoughts," Kelly said. "I'd rather have the [injury] situation happen now that I'm in the NFL than getting hurt in college. It would have been a whole lot worse. The Redskins gave me a first-round grade, but I had knee problems [coming out]. That's where I would have gone, so I don't have any regrets coming out."

Kelly keeps track of the Sooners on a weekly basis, checking in by phone with friends still on the team. But he does not fantasize about the impact he could have had this fall in an offense that has thrown an NCAA-leading 47 touchdown passes and averages 354 aerial yards per game.

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[Sweet Sassy Molassy]

C'mon, you should now that we here at Extremeskins know how to make any, and everything, negative. You must have gotten all of your posts during the AHFB days, because you don't know anything about the stadium.

Allow me to give you my glass half empty analysis here. Obviously the only reason Kelly says he has no regrets is because he got paid to be injured for 8 games. I would be super excited if I got paid millions of dollars to catch 4 passes. And why would he want to learn technique from WRs who can't get open? He should be hoping to get traded so he doesn't look like a bust by having a sorry excuse for a QB throwing to him. He hasn't shown me any of this great experience he's getting, and everyone knows that WRs don't need time to develop...look at Eddie Royal. Which makes me wonder why we wasted a draft pick on this bust.

You homers on this board trying to be positive about this team's future amuse me. Now that I'm done with this thread, I'm going to find a thread to blame everything on Jason Campbell, because having time in the pocket is overrated.

[909997]

Iam glad we drafted him last season so he has time to grow and learn. Its very hard for wrs to make a impact there rookie season. I always felt kelly was the best Wr coming out of the draft. Hope he proves me right in the future.

[Shilsu]

If Kelly had stayed another year, his draft stock would have fallen a heck of a lot lower than it did just this year. Of course he's glad he got out early...

[modazfuk]

If Kelly had stayed another year, his draft stock would have fallen a heck of a lot lower than it did just this year. Of course he's glad he got out early...

Yeah, true and he pretty much says as much.

"I'd rather have the [injury] situation happen now that I'm in the NFL than getting hurt in college. It would have been a whole lot worse.

[justice98]

Iam glad we drafted him last season so he has time to grow and learn. Its very hard for wrs to make a impact there rookie season. I always felt kelly was the best Wr coming out of the draft. Hope he proves me right in the future.

There's a sliding scale of "impact" though. There's not just Rookie of the Year impact and no impact whatsoever. There's a lot of space in between. Even allowing for a learning curve, literally zero contribution is unacceptable.

[Lombardi's_kid_brother]

He's happy because he was going to have these knee problems whether he was in Washington or in Oklahoma. They weren't related to actually playing.

And if they had happened in Oklahoma, they probably would have simply stopped dressing him for games (it's not like they need him). And he would have been a fifth rounder.

He saved himself about $2.8 million by coming out last year.

[justice98]

He's happy because he was going to have these knee problems whether he was in Washington or in Oklahoma. They weren't related to actually playing.

And if they had happened in Oklahoma, they probably would have simply stopped dressing him for games (it's not like they need him). And he would have been a fifth rounder.

He saved himself about $2.8 million by coming out last year.

The sad part is, it took all of 30 seconds for the #1 concerns about this guy to rear their ugly heads and completely take him out of the equation. I really see no reason to think he’s all the sudden going to become a guy without knee problems.

[Lombardi's_kid_brother]

John Feinstein wrote a book with Red Auerbach a few years ago. And by "wrote" I mean "transcribed."

Anyway, Red attended every GW home game and was very involved with the program. And he had two stories which proved how timing was everything in the draft.

I forge the guy's name but GW had a big Russian or Eastern European center who had a very good freshman year. If he had declared for the draft right then, he might have been a top fifteen pick because 7 footers with potential always go high in the draft and European big men were in vogue at the time. He chose to stay and quickly declined as a player. And he never was drafted. So, by not coming out, he probably cost himself millions and millions of dollars.

There was another player name SirValiant Brown who had it in his mind that he was a first round pick. Red tried to tell him that he wasn't going to be drafted, but if he stayed another year or two and developed either a jump shot or improved on defense, he could be a late first rounder. He entered the draft, no one picked him, and he might be in the D-League now.

[#98QBKiller]

I'm happy he came out of college early too.

Most receivers take at least until the 2nd season to really "catch on." It's nice to have Kelly here now, get his knee fixed up this season all while he's learning the offense because just from how quickly he's learned to run the routes and follow his blocking assignments, I think he's going to be a very good WR once he masters this offense.

Hell even vets like ARE are taking a while to catch on.

Ditto for Devin Thomas too. Hope they get their learning curves out of the way.

[Dick Edds]

he's gonna be good ... just wait and see

[Lombardi's_kid_brother]

I'm happy he came out of college early too.

Most receivers take at least until the 2nd season to really "catch on." It's nice to have Kelly here now, get his knee fixed up this season all while he's learning the offense because just from how quickly he's learned to run the routes and follow his blocking assignments, I think he's going to be a very good WR once he masters this offense.

Hell even vets like ARE are taking a while to catch on.

Ditto for Devin Thomas too. Hope they get their learning curves out of the way.

I like Thomas; I think he will be fine.

Kelly...jeez...do bad knees ever stop being bad knees? I think he is going to be one of those guys who will have an amazing 8-game stretch at some point which will make everyone excited and then you will read that he is getting his knee drained.

[Forehead]

There was another player name SirValiant Brown who had it in his mind that he was a first round pick. Red tried to tell him that he wasn't going to be drafted, but if he stayed another year or two and developed either a jump shot or improved on defense, he could be a late first rounder. He entered the draft, no one picked him, and he might be in the D-League now.

I remember Val Brown, we went to high school around the same time, he played at Lee High in Springfield. He torched McLean (my school) on a number of occasions, routinely scoring 30-40 points, a ton for high school basketball. Didn't he go to GW or American or someplace like that?

Edit* Just looked him up, he is in the D-League. Plays for a team called the Roanoke Dazzle.

[MWCREDSKINS]

Art Monk was hurt the first few years of his career and that worked out pretty well. I can only dream of Kelly being in Monk's breath, got the same build. He needs a chance too rather than going with James Thrash

[#98QBKiller]

I like Thomas; I think he will be fine.

Kelly...jeez...do bad knees ever stop being bad knees? I think he is going to be one of those guys who will have an amazing 8-game stretch at some point which will make everyone excited and then you will read that he is getting his knee drained.

Jesus man are you trying to send bad karma his way or what?

Not sure about the bad knees being bad knees thing...wasn't Rocky McIntosh supposed to have bad knees too?