Jeremy Bloom

[JD074]

[url]http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=football&ID=40 4[/url]

Jewish father/Non-Jewish mother.

Good. Maybe he'll get a break. You never know. Somebody might like him and help him for precisely that reason.

 

[Don Wassall]

Bloom runs the 40 at the Combine today (Saturday). He only arrived at Indy on Friday and is suffering from jet lag so it sounds like a difficult spot to run the great time that would significantly boost his chances of being drafted.

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[Deacon]

[url]http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/seahawks/2002827436_co mbine25.html[/url]

I haven't run a 40 yet. I don't have anything to base it off, but I'm going to run it here to give myself an indication of where I'm at," Bloom said. "I know I'm not where I can be for sure. I haven't worked out football specific in quite a while, but I've got a lot of fire inside of me for football and I'm ready to dedicate 100 percent of my time to that.

Good for him. The guy has a strong work ethic, that's for sure.

 

[white tornado]

Jeremy ran a 4.49

 

[backrow]

he can improve upon that time, easily. it's still pretty good considering that he wasn't able to prepare for football specific drills in several months.

that's from NFL.com Pat Kirwan's article:

"Next stop after the punters was into the media center to listen in on a few interviews and ask a few questions of the players on the podium. The first player I listened in on was Olympic skier and former Colorado receiver Jeremy Bloom. Now here's a guy who was downhill skiing just days ago in Italy, yet he will still compete in as many events as possible this weekend. He called coming to the Combine a "dream come true." He knows he has a lot of football conditioning to do and his weight is down to close to 170 pounds for skiing, but he plans on being up close to 185 by the time football starts this summer. The most important conditioning point he made was that wearing ski boots locks your ankles almost like they were in a cast, which is not what happens when you run around on a football field. He's going to compete in Indy while others who had nothing to do for months but get ready for the Combine say they aren't ready to lay it on the line. By the way, as I stood with former NFL quarterback Neil O'Donnell and listened to Bloom talk about his love of the game, both of us felt like we were listening to a young Wayne Chrebet."

 

[jaxvid]

I stood with former NFL quarterback Neil O'Donnell and listened to Bloom talk about his love of the game, both of us felt like we were listening to a young Wayne Chrebet."

Damned by faint praise!

 

[SteveB]

4.49 I guess isn't too bad since he hasn't really been training for the 40 in the past few months. The problem is it is another strike against him and gives ammunition to the critics. I hope he comes back during his Pro Day and runs in the 4.3 range, that will help his chances.

 

[Guest]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/don_banks/02/2 6/snap.judgments/index.html

 

[White Shogun]

4.49 I guess isn't too bad since he hasn't really been training for the 40 in the past few months. The problem is it is another strike against him and gives ammunition to the critics. I hope he comes back during his Pro Day and runs in the 4.3 range, that will help his chances.

How is 4.49 bad??

 

[Guest]

Its not a bad time but I read that Bloom can run a sub 4.40 40. He was not in football shape and I think that explains the 9/10ths of a second increase on his 40. I think his pro day will show he can run a very low 4.4 or high 4.3 In ths SI article I posted one scout said it did not hurt his status at all and bumped him into second day territory and was a lock to be drafted.

 

[SteveB]

How is 4.49 bad??

4.49 was the middle of the pack for the receivers at the combine. He is the smallest guy there and hasn't played football in 2 years, so he really needed to be sub 4.4 to make a statement that he belongs. Since he ran a hand timed 4.25 in college, I think a lot guys expected him to be faster than 4.49. He will probably be drafted in the later rounds, but a better 40 time could have helped him move up to the 4th or 5th round.

 

[Don Wassall]

The expectations were that Bloom would run a 4.3 or even a 4.25. Bloom himself encouraged those expectations in various articles, which was a mistake. Being jet-lagged and not having trained for football for such a long time makes what he ran understandable, but being so small (for a white guy) it didn't help his cause.

 

[white lightning]

Bloom will get better over the coming months before the nfl draft.I just see this kid being a star.He could end up being one of the NFL's most popular players if he goes to the right team that will let him play!He is just a very marketable guy.Madison Avenue should love this kid.

 

[robcat]

His good media image would give all white receivers an image boost but he wont be allowed to do more than return kicks, at least in his rookie season imo.

 

[Guest]

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/draft/2006-02-26-blo om-combine_x.htm

One scout had him clocked at a 4.39 yesterday.

 

[White Shogun]

Surprising comments from Clayton at ESPN:

- The 4.49 40-yard dash of Colorado wide receiver Jeremy Bloom was impressive because he had virtually no preparation. He spent the past several months training for the Olympics (mogul skiing) and, as he said, it's hard to run in snow boots. He didn't start running until four or five days ago, and he's not at his football weight of about 185. Instead, he's at 170. When he runs it again in a month, he can probably post a 4.4 or lower.

Basically the same thing everyone on this board has been saying. Hard to believe some people get paid to write the same sh*t we post here everyday, for free.

 

[white is right]

His muscles are developed for skiing not running at this point. Just losing all that bulk for skiing is going to hurt his short burst power, that's all the 40 is really.......

 

[whiteCB]

I think Bloom running showed just how much he cares about being a good pro football player. The scouts love to see a guy come into the combine and run a 40 a week after beinbg in the olympics. They'll take his Pro Day 40 time as what to go by when drafting him. The 4.49 time is nothing but an abberation.

 

[OC football]

I wonder if the liberal media will consider him a real athlete now that he has black competition. ahahah. Because we all know that winter olympians arnt real athletes. Too bad he wasn't as good at those pathetic white downhill skiers.

 

[robcat]

Bloom has four or five big name corporate sponsors, which is a strong indication that some team will give him a shot to be a kick returner. as far as wide receiver the NFL has a strict rule that short blacks (5'9 or less) can be used as wideouts but not short white recievers. Wayne Chrebet at 5' 10 is the only white receiver under six feet that has played in the last 20 years besides Wes Welker. 5'9 Welker showed it can be done, as if there was the slightest doubt that this was anything but another silly caste system myth.

 

[devans]

Don Beebe 5'11"

 

[Guest]

Wes Welker is awesome...he is so underrated. He had like 400yds rec this year and he was the 4th or 5th WR on the depth chart. Welker proves smaller white guys can play in the league at WR/KR/PR and excel and Bloom probably has more speed than Welker so Bloom can make an impact like Welkers or better. Welker is one of my favorite players for sure though.

 

[Don Wassall]

Derek Abney (5-9) is another short white receiver who would shine if given an opportunity. He was maybe the best kick returner in college football history and has excellent receiving skills too. He was injured in his rookie season in 2004, but no NFL team gave him a shot in '05.

 

[devans]

Jonathan Ogden of Dallas, Baltimore and Miami was an excellent returner and reciever in my opinion. He also went to the NFL Europe League one year, and was the league leading receiver. He always seemed to make the plays for his NFL teams, when asked. He seemed to get on the wrong side of a section of the fans in Miami and was cut a couple of years ago to end his career before he had really showed what he could do.

 

[guest301]

His name devans was Jeff Ogden and you are right he made plays when given the chance. He was also the fastest player the cowboys had at the time with a time of 4.3 in the forty. He was 6-3 215 and had the world's hugest hands. Another victim of the caste system. Thanks for jogging my memory of that guy.