Sweed didn’t play that well this year when he was in. A lot of holding calls, and also a few dropped passes like the one late in the game yesterday that went right through his hands.

He’s a rookie though, and we don’t need Rookies to be spectacular their first year.

Don’t get me wrong…I love the University of Texas…I’m probably the biggest fan in the state of GA….but they do BABY their players…Mack does an excellent job of shielding them from any type of negativity.

i don’t know if these is any excuse for the guy but i mean not only is he used to Texas weather and kind of got thrown into frigid weather this year but most players don’t really do too much their rookie year. I don’t remember any rookie besides BB doing a fantastic job and making big contributions especially at WR.

because his best attribute was his hands. I’m not shocked he hasn’t been an impact player for you guys because his biggest criticism as a draftee was his route running ability, but I am surprised that he has made some of the mistakes I’ve seen this year. Just a note on the cold weather, his most famous catch as a long horn occured our championship year at Ohio State in cold weather. I’m not saying that fully exhonerates him, just a thought.

and I’m not talking about in Canton. Sweed looked like he was babied at UT this entire year. He played timid all year and made mistakes. Then, with a chance to make a meaningless play late in a playoff game he dropped the ball like Ike.
I’m afraid we wasted a #2 pick on him. Hope he can improve as I understand that it is tough for a rookie to play WR in the NFL but this guy contributed nothing all year long. Then he disappointed yesterday. If I’m 7 I don’t have a lot of confidence throwing him the ball.

Sweed was my favorite draft pick this year do to his stand out character, the ability to make the big play, and the common ground he and I share with our upbringings and rural backgrounds. Yesterday, when the game was said and done he dropped one of the best throws I’ve seen from Leftwich, which would’ve most certainly been a TD if he caught it. Hit him right in the hands and you could tell he was real pissed when it slid out. I feel bad for him, but he’s still got plenty of time to progress. As was said earlier this year on this blog, Sweed was most likely gonna have this rough year of transition, and that’s exactly what happened. Many people compare his play to former Steeler Plaxico Burress, who was a top draft pick for the Steelers several years ago had a terrible rookie season, then turned it up the very next year. I’m still confident the kid will become a major playmaker.