July 23rd, 2008 by Maclin Zone
The Big 12 recently held their Media Days in Kansas City. Along with Coach Pinkel, the Missouri Tigers invited QB Chase Daniel, TE Chase Coffman, S Williams Moore, and WR Jeremy Maclin to participate in the conferences. “Just trying to get a feel of how everybody is thinking. Getting different views from different schools,” said Jeremy.
The Tigers are picked to win the Big 12 North and anything short of a BCS bid will be a disappointment. They have one of the most explosive offenses in college football and a very strong defense. Maclin said, “If you just repeat what you did last year, that’s not getting better at all. You can’t settle for what you did last year. You have to get better, stat-wise, as an offense, as a whole team, chemistry and everything has to get better.”
One thing cool that came out of the Media Days was a quote by Chase Daniel. It’s funny, yet true. He said, “I have the best job in America where I can throw a 10-yard out route to Jeremy Maclin and he’ll take it 80 yards against Texas A&M. I am very blessed in that aspect.”
July 17th, 2008 by Maclin Zone
Is Jeremy Maclin too valuable to play special teams? In 2007, he averages 12.28 yards per punt return and actually took 2 of them all the way for a touchdown. For kickoffs, he returned 43 of them for over 1,000 yards and score 1 touchdown. Those are awesome stats for a returner. But the question remains, is Jeremy Maclin too valuable to the Missouri Tigers to play special teams?
In the NFL, you will never see star players returning punts or kickoffs. The chance for injury is too high.
We should see a decrease in the number of punts and kickoffs Maclin returns in 2008. This year he is a sophomore and arguably the most valuable player on the team behind Chase Daniel. If Maclin got injured on a punt return it would be devastating. I would love to see him still return some punts and kickoffs, especially in big game situations, but not when the team is winning or playing a non-conference game.
Having great return skills will help Jeremy Maclin get drafted by an NFL team, but it’s not a necessity. Guys like Calvin Johnson, Larry Fitzgerald, and Braylon Edwards were not return specialists. So what do you think? Would you keep him back there returning all the kickoffs and punts, or limit him in 2008?
July 1st, 2008 by Maclin Zone
The 2008 college football season is approaching very quickly. I was searching around on Youtube and found this awesome Jeremy Maclin 2008 preview video. It starts out with a quote that goes like this:
“I have a tendency to start gliding. When I’m running and I know I’m beating everybody, I have a tendency to start gliding.”
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