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Re: Buccaneers draft Joey Iosefa

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xer 21 wrote:
ulua wrote:The Next Mike Alstott?
he is NOT that good.

let's be realistic here.
If Joey is healthy, he can pound the ball as good as any

will he make the probowl? --- probably not

but who cares --- if he gets to play in the NFL with 10 or 20 touches in a season --- he made the promised land --- that is all that matters
Isn't the real promise land for NFLers who aren't coming in as stars making it to the 4 or 5 year mark? Isn't that when the player gets some type of retirement of the league?
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Blocking, catching the ball, carrying the ball, whatever. Hopefully Joey has a long NFL career.
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iosefa signed a 4 year $2.25 million contract with a $68K signing bonus.

way to go, joey.

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Do you guys think Joey will make the team? We all know that NFL contracts are not guaranteed with the exception of the signing bonus money.

Anyway, best wishes to Joey! Mahalo for everything you did as a Warrior!

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Re: Buccaneers draft Joey Iosefa

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xer 21 wrote:
ulua wrote:The Next Mike Alstott?
he is NOT that good.

let's be realistic here.
I gotta agree here, he's gonna have to improve his vision and pass blocking in the NFL to stick around. He's not gonna be able to over power everyone at the next level.
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Makana wrote:
xer 21 wrote:
ulua wrote:The Next Mike Alstott?
he is NOT that good.

let's be realistic here.
I gotta agree here, he's gonna have to improve his vision and pass blocking in the NFL to stick around. He's not gonna be able to over power everyone at the next level.
And he's gotta fix that fumbling problem.

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And he's gotta fix that fumbling problem.
realistically, he's there to pass block and do some odd pass catching. i dont think the fumbles are going to be an issue, he wont be touching the ball enough to do that. unless he pulls a Chad Owens and fumbles his first touch.
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xer 21 wrote:
EITSwarrior wrote:
And he's gotta fix that fumbling problem.
realistically, he's there to pass block and do some odd pass catching. i dont think the fumbles are going to be an issue, he wont be touching the ball enough to do that. unless he pulls a Chad Owens and fumbles his first touch.
True, but if he were ever to be in a position of being a ball carrier like a Mike Alstott or even a John Kuhn then he would need to fix that fumbling issue.

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EITSwarrior wrote:
xer 21 wrote:
EITSwarrior wrote:
And he's gotta fix that fumbling problem.
realistically, he's there to pass block and do some odd pass catching. i dont think the fumbles are going to be an issue, he wont be touching the ball enough to do that. unless he pulls a Chad Owens and fumbles his first touch.
True, but if he were ever to be in a position of being a ball carrier like a Mike Alstott or even a John Kuhn then he would need to fix that fumbling issue.
What were the percentage of fumbles to carries that Iosefa had for Hawaii? I can't seem to find any relevant data on this. I did find an old thread related to this on our forum but not much else on the net. I predict Joey does well and never earns this fumble label outside of our forum. jmho.

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Re: joey iosefa: drafted by tampa bay round 7/signed 4 yr d

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A quick update on Iosefa from Tampa Bay Bucs blog... Pretty good site for Bucs details...

Rounding out the draft class is a big running back out of Hawaii named Joey Iosefa that will transition to fullback. Iosefa will have the chance to possibly earn a few goal line and short yardage carries if he can beat out fellow rookie Dominique Brown for that role. But mainly, Iosefa will have the chance to compete with Jorvorskie Lane for the Bucs’ fullback position.

“Joey is just a guy that our scouts targeted a little bit and once Coach [Tim] Spencer got involved, he was excited about him,” Biehl said. “He was more of a runner at Hawaii, but we think he has the traits to be a fullback. He is kind of a short-yardage runner, and he has decent hands. He’s tough. The physicalness that he runs with, we think that will transition over to his blocking. We’re excited to work with him.”

Time will tell how many of these Day 3 draft picks wind up making the team, but there are some exciting new Buccaneers that could end up starting from rounds 4-7 and that hasn’t been the case in quite some time in Tampa Bay.

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Hopefully Joey can avoid the injury bug that's plagued him throughout his college career.
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808Hawaii wrote:Hopefully Joey can avoid the injury bug that's plagued him throughout his college career.
I would imagine that they hit harder in the NFL, but unlike at Hawaii with Chow, Tampa Bay won't be running him 25 to 30 times a game either. So yes I agree and hope that Joey stays more or less injury free in his pro career.
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My3Cats wrote:
808Hawaii wrote:Hopefully Joey can avoid the injury bug that's plagued him throughout his college career.
I would imagine that they hit harder in the NFL, but unlike at Hawaii with Chow, Tampa Bay won't be running him 25 to 30 times a game either. So yes I agree and hope that Joey stays more or less injury free in his pro career.

he will have better coaching and better trainers, be of good cheer.

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thanohano44 wrote:
My3Cats wrote:
808Hawaii wrote:Hopefully Joey can avoid the injury bug that's plagued him throughout his college career.
I would imagine that they hit harder in the NFL, but unlike at Hawaii with Chow, Tampa Bay won't be running him 25 to 30 times a game either. So yes I agree and hope that Joey stays more or less injury free in his pro career.

he will have better coaching and better trainers, be of good cheer.
They project him to be their fullback.. so he'll probably do more blocking than ball carrying.
 


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st808 wrote:iosefa was drafted by tampa bay, pick #14 of round 7, overall #231.

good luck, joey. enjoyed watching you play as a warrior.
Great to hear since he's a humble and respectful person. I met him at Mai Tai's and a concert when I was with a few of my frineds who played at UH.
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