One of the great advantages the Detroit Lions got from coaching the American team in the Senior Bowl last week was the ability to learn which players meshed with their coaching staff and style. Lions WR coach Antwaan Randle El offered a good look at how that can work in his comments on South Alabama wideout Jalen Tolbert.
Tolbert, a 6-1 outside receiver playing in his home stadium all week, drew mixed reviews from those of us in attendance in Mobile. Randle El effectively gave his young pupil a mixed review of his own.
“Jalen can play. Yeah, I have no question about Jalen in terms of him catching the ball, route-running and things of that nature,” Randle El offered up to reporters on Thursday in Mobile. “He’s just got to work on small stuff, like his stance. He stands very tall in his stance and in this league, like I’ve already told him, I said, ‘You’ve got no chance.’ Like, you can’t be at the line of scrimmage just standing (straight up).”
