Archuleta cut by Bears

[scout]

Didn't see this posted yet, so wanted to give the obligatory 'should we sign him' post. (No)

 

[DGameguy]

We already have him under the name Tank Williams.

 

[Pats726]

No...I think it is that simple.....a few years ago, I thought possibly, but no thank you. As was stated..a younger version is already here...Tank Williams.

 

[nashvillepatsfan]

ummmmm, no!!!!

 

[Keegs]

Archuleta is absolutely horrendous.

I can't get over how bad he was. I watched a lot of the Bears games and when he wasn't beat in coverage, he was consistently run over by any running back.

I never saw him make a good play on the Bears. Ever.

 

[dhamz]

Archuleta might be the worst safety in the NFL and has been in the running for that title for some time. He could not cover Gilbert Brown on a pass pattern.

 

[Fixit]

At least he's still got a shot at winning American Idol.

 

[mike100915]

Why doesn't he just add some weight and become a LB in a Tampa 2 defense. When he was coming out of college there was talk of him being a LB, he is terrible in coverage as a safety maybe a move to LB would be a good career move for him. He'd be pretty good in Indy.

 

[Alk]

I remember watching the draft when this guy was picked. They showed a little clip on him and his training and I thought there is no way this guy will fail in the NFL. He did all of this crazy training. The one thing that still sticks in my head was he would have two guys lift him up horizontally about chest high and then just drop him. He would have to break his fall using his hands.

 

[VJCPatriot]

I remember watching the draft when this guy was picked. They showed a little clip on him and his training and I thought there is no way this guy will fail in the NFL. He did all of this crazy training. The one thing that still sticks in my head was he would have two guys lift him up horizontally about chest high and then just drop him. He would have to break his fall using his hands.

He was decent earlier on in his career. I doubt he's still doing the same hardcore training he did when he first started the pro game. If he does, it sure doesn't show!

 

[patsox23]

Agree with the consensus here - NOPE.

 

[Rubber Bean & Liquor]

Has anybody read about Archuleta's workout regimen? It's some kind of weird "warrior training" where they drop weights on him, he catches the weight, and throws it back to the "dropper." The entire point of it, as I understood, was that the impact training would make an athlete more immune to injury. Hmmm, sure did work for Archie over the past few years, huh?

He's a powerful hitter, but he's basically a linebacker who didn't grow big enough to play backer in the NFL. He's a slow, hard hitting safety who struggles in coverage and doesn't have the closing speed that a comparable, successful safety in this league has. I'd say there are dozens of college linebackers who could move to safety and do exactly what Archuleta does. Don't get me wrong, I like the guy (enough to have read about his training), but he just hasn't panned out.

 

[spacecrime]

Didn't see this posted yet, so wanted to give the obligatory 'should we sign him' post. (No)

We need separate forum for stuff like this.

 

[Keegs]

Has anybody read about Archuleta's workout regimen? It's some kind of weird "warrior training" where they drop weights on him, he catches the weight, and throws it back to the "dropper." The entire point of it, as I understood, was that the impact training would make an athlete more immune to injury. Hmmm, sure did work for Archie over the past few years, huh?

He's a powerful hitter, but he's basically a linebacker who didn't grow big enough to play backer in the NFL. He's a slow, hard hitting safety who struggles in coverage and doesn't have the closing speed that a comparable, successful safety in this league has. I'd say there are dozens of college linebackers who could move to safety and do exactly what Archuleta does. Don't get me wrong, I like the guy (enough to have read about his training), but he just hasn't panned out.

He was solid on the Rams and you can't take it away from him that he works his butt off training.

But he had to, to be able to compete in the league.

It's clear that he just didn't have the athletic gifts that other players have. He had to bust his butt and now he's past his prime.

The "hard hitting safety" was RUN OVER numerous times this past season.

 

[Kontradiction]

The only good play that Archuleta can make is applying Clearsil to his face.

 

[NoCal Patriot]

My favorite memory of Adam Archuleta is him slipping and falling for the Rams when Troy Brown ran a slant route and blew right by Him into Rams territory to set Up Adam's kick to launch a Dynasty.

 

[DW Toys]

Archuleta might be the worst safety in the NFL and has been in the running for that title for some time. He could not cover Gilbert Brown on a pass pattern.

I do not know about that. We then have the second to worst in James Sanders.
If you want to see a disaster, check JS out. See where everyone of the big pass plays went last year. Watch the tape before you object.
Too bad he didn't have a camera for the "helmet catch". We could have gotten a close up. He had nothing to do anyway.
DW Toys

 

[BillBelichickFan79]

My favorite memory of Adam Archuleta is him slipping and falling for the Rams when Troy Brown ran a slant route and blew right by Him into Rams territory to set Up Adam's kick to launch a Dynasty.

Agreed.

 

[Kontradiction]

I do not know about that. We then have the second to worst in James Sanders.
If you want to see a disaster, check JS out. See where everyone of the big pass plays went last year. Watch the tape before you object.
Too bad he didn't have a camera for the "helmet catch". We could have gotten a close up. He had nothing to do anyway.
DW Toys

Pretty sure Rodney was in on coverage during the "helmet catch" (I prefer to call it 'The Miracle'). Forgive me if I read your post wrong.

 

[Patjew]

I do not know about that. We then have the second to worst in James Sanders.
If you want to see a disaster, check JS out. See where everyone of the big pass plays went last year. Watch the tape before you object.
Too bad he didn't have a camera for the "helmet catch". We could have gotten a close up. He had nothing to do anyway.
DW Toys

Is there a broken record and/or stalker smiley I can use here?