While I was busy yesterday playing up the chances of a rookie who wasn't even drafted of starting for the Rams at WR this year, more advice comes from the ATL not to go to sleep on Laurent Robinson.
D. Orlando Ledbetter is the Falcons' beat reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. These were some of his comments for a footballguys.com podcast yesterday:
He doesn't know why it didn't work out for Robinson in Atlanta, because on the practice field, he looked like a superstar in the making. He was "absolutely phenomenal" catching the ball and running routes. However, he couldn't stay on the field because of hamstring problems, and he might have been on the outs in Atlanta because he was one of Bobby Petrino's guys. (And his WR coach was Petrino's brother.) The "new" Falcons prefer bigger WRs. Robinson moves well, but is thinner, so he'd be more of a slot receiver there, but Harry Douglas had a very good rookie season and took that spot.
Ledbetter went on to suggest Robinson could be a sleeper this year, on the field and in fantasy football, because a) Robinson can catch it and go get it and b) Marc Bulger doesn't have a whole lot of people to throw to. Yeah, no kidding.
The Couch Potatoes have no plans to draft Robinson in next month's draft, and I'll be very surprised to see him selected in many fantasy drafts anywhere. But by week 4 when I'm dumping half my roster like I do every year, I'll keep an open mind.
photo from stlouisrams.com
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