Back Up Light

Jamaal Anderson: Boom or Bust?

Will JA#98 be a burgeoning or bust? Perhaps the biggest question on the minds of Falcons fans this off-seasonable and leading into training camp, pre-season, and regular occasion. Also a question that has a serious polarizing effect on fans as well. Two camps have seemed to age into an even split around the former overall #8 draft pick in 2007 by Shock Petrino.

Many fans believe that Anderson is already approaching bust reputation, registering only two sacks in two years. It was certainly a somewhat iffy pick drafting a player who came out his junior year and only played the stance for a couple of years.  His short span at Arkansas led the SEC in sacks with 13.5, no minor accomplishment in arguably the toughest conference in college football. Even though he bedevilled all the physical tools and abilities, Rich McKay had to certain that he would be a project. Anderson has even produced some downright ire from some fans, judgement that he was a bust last year, and going as far as having the feeling that he should be shipped out of village tomorrow. While that might be a bit on the extreme side, they certainly do have a reason to expect more from a top 10 diagram pick. Another line of reasoning from his detractors believe that with such a Herculean struggle from John Abraham on the other side, totaling 16.5 sacks and getting a Pro-Trundle snub, that Anderson should be blowing up the quarterback in the same frame how the Colts Robert Mathis raised his round with Dwight Freeney being such a force on the opposite edge.

Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution

See Also

• Bumpers
• Door Handle
• Fog Lights
• Fenders
• Grilles
• Headlights
• Hoods
• Mirrors
• Tail Lights
• Turn Signals
• Tailgates
• Wheels
• Windows
• Weatherstripping
• Trunks