What's Bru-ing?

#4
#4
I was leaning to him being a potential draft pick. Maybe his agent wanted him to be undrafted to give them some negotiating leverage. Just odd that there is zero news.
 
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It has to be a health issue. You can't tell me the Wrs from Elon, Gardner-Webb, Emporia State, and Eastern Washington are better prospects.
 
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I love Bru. But he hasn't been very healthy and he was never particularly fast. Teams aren't going to be falling over themselves to bring in a guy that isn't very fast and can't stay healthy.

I always thought that he should add weight and transition to TE if he wanted a NFL future.
 
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NFL caliber guy until the injury. The fan base loves him but he hasn't been the same since the injury. He's made a few clutch plays since the injury but he hasn't been a real threat since coming back.
 
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Sudden Impact said:
Something we don't know about medically is the only thing I can guess.
HIPAA so it can't be disclosed.
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That’s just not how HIPAA works. It’s astounding how many people have no clue how HIPAA works and yet confidently talk about it.

He will 25 years old before his rookie season would start, is not very athletic for a receiver, has a rough injury history, had a DV allegation, and had fewer than 1600 yards and 10 TDs in his college career, despite playing until he was 24. He was never really on NFL radars since he has so many things working against him. Had some great moments at UT but that doesn’t guarantee a NFL career.
 
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LegionnaireOfTheMiserable said:
That’s just not how HIPAA works. It’s astounding how many people have no clue how HIPAA works and yet confidently talk about it.

He will 25 years old before his rookie season would start, is not very athletic for a receiver, has a rough injury history, had a DV allegation, and had fewer than 1600 yards and 10 TDs in his college career, despite playing until he was 24. He was never really on NFL radars since he has so many things working against him. Had some great moments at UT but that doesn’t guarantee a NFL career.
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Since you were so condescending to the poster, why don’t you enlighten us noobs on how HIPPA works. I’m a retired chiropractor that had to follow HIPPA rules so let’s see if you know what you are talking about.
 
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LowKey said:
Anyone else curious why Bru hasn't signed with a team yet?
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If I had to guess, it was an unfortunate perfect storm of issues for him. I think the medical/injury issues were big. Did tend to get injured later in his career and did not look the same after returning. That jumps out to NFL scouts. If you pair that with the fact that this was actually a very deep draft for talented receivers, he dropped down the list a long way. Another issue is that the most needed type of a receiver by most teams this year was a deep, fast, take the top off the defense receiver. He is more in the tough catch, catch in traffic, shorter yardage class. I am a little surprised he hasn't signed as an UDFA yet. His medical issues must be deeper than we know.
 
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If he can prove to be healthy he will find a home. Maybe start as practice player but I still think he’s got talent to make a roster
 
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LowKey said:
Anyone else curious why Bru hasn't signed with a team yet?
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As much as I hate to say it but his in lineup killed his draft stock. Before the injury he was powerfully, explosive and bad some decent speed. After the injury he looked slow, weak and nothing like he used to. I hate it for him.
 
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Think about this. Since Heupel has been here we have had our first Bilitnekoff winner. Yet in 4 years we have yet to send a WR to the NFL that has had any success. Strange.
 
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xpsyclonex2002 said:
NFL caliber guy until the injury. The fan base loves him but he hasn't been the same since the injury. He's made a few clutch plays since the injury but he hasn't been a real threat since coming back.
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This.

He was beast mode during the 2022 season and made some monster plays. He probably would have been drafted after 2023 if he didn't have the horrible injury against SCAR.
 
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Definitely think he could make a team for someone in the league. The guy probably could decide to take a job outside of football and do pretty well though. Anything in sales or marketing in the Knoxville area and he’s gonna do pretty well and not have to have the hell knocked out of him on the field.
 
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BigBadVol said:
Since you were so condescending to the poster, why don’t you enlighten us noobs on how HIPPA works. I’m a retired chiropractor that had to follow HIPPA rules so let’s see if you know what you are talking about.
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HIPAA doesn’t apply to football coaches or the media. It applies to people who work in the medical field or who work for a medical facility. It doesn’t stop anyone from asking about someone’s health information, and it doesn’t keep anyone outside of the medical field from talking about someone’s health information. I’m free to ask you about your health info. If a head coach finds out a player had a broken ankle, the head coach can tell media if he so chooses.

Also it’s not HIPPA, so I kinda doubt you even understand what you’re talking about, even if you were subject to the regulations.
 
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LegionnaireOfTheMiserable said:
That’s just not how HIPAA works. It’s astounding how many people have no clue how HIPAA works and yet confidently talk about it.

He will 25 years old before his rookie season would start, is not very athletic for a receiver, has a rough injury history, had a DV allegation, and had fewer than 1600 yards and 10 TDs in his college career, despite playing until he was 24. He was never really on NFL radars since he has so many things working against him. Had some great moments at UT but that doesn’t guarantee a NFL career.
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Of course that his how HIPAA works, did you fall off the back of a turnip truck? I see your point but you were a little condescending in your Comment.

Grow up and learn to read with comprehension. He may have had to disclose the results of his injuries to the NFL and by the fact there was zero nibbles by any team or any projections should be an indicator or analysis or assumptions rendered. We are talking about a professional organization, the NFL that requires full disclosure of Health status before hire.

So show the stats and beat your chest, but minus the nibbles one could reasonably assume he was forced to disclosed to the NFL and teams because of HIPAA laws could not disclose to the public.

Edit: I see based on your previous comment that you have no clue what you are talking about in regards to HIPAA.
 
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It has been mentioned here before but after he lost a few steps due to the South Carolina injury he might should have moved to tight end. AT 6'3" 230 he is a good size for TE and he would have great TE speed. He ran a 4.62 at the combine, when the average WR speed was 4.49, and just did not raise enough eyebrows. Whereas the average tight end 40 time at the combine was 4.7 which would have put him well ahead of the pack.
 
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Sudden Impact said:
Of course that his how HIPAA works, did you fall off the back of a turnip truck? I see your point but you were a little condescending in your Comment.

Grow up and learn to read with comprehension. He may have had to disclose the results of his injuries to the NFL and by the fact there was zero nibbles by any team or any projections should be an indicator or analysis or assumptions rendered. We are talking about a professional organization, the NFL that requires full disclosure of Health status before hire.

So show the stats and beat your chest, but minus the nibbles one could reasonably assume he was forced to disclosed to the NFL and teams because of HIPAA laws could not disclose to the public.

Edit: I see based on your previous comment that you have no clue what you are talking about in regards to HIPAA.
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How do we ever find out about any injuries? Since HIPAA is apparently the great silencer? Teams disclose injury news all the time. I guarantee you that if injuries are the only thing keeping him from getting on with a team, Tennessee beat reporters can call and find that out if they work hard enough for it.

I’m sure that you also said Butch Jones was just following HIPAA when he lied about injuries. HIPAA doesn’t allow you to lie about people’s health either. Medical trainers are subject to HIPAA. Coaches aren’t, scouts aren’t. We hear things all the time in the draft about “this guy fell down the board because the teams don’t feel comfortable with medical evaluations.” If HIPAA kept people from disclosing that, we wouldn’t hear those reports.
 
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LegionnaireOfTheMiserable said:
How do we ever find out about any injuries? Since HIPAA is apparently the great silencer? Teams disclose injury news all the time. I guarantee you that if injuries are the only thing keeping him from getting on with a team, Tennessee beat reporters can call and find that out if they work hard enough for it.

I’m sure that you also said Butch Jones was just following HIPAA when he lied about injuries. HIPAA doesn’t allow you to lie about people’s health either. Medical trainers are subject to HIPAA. Coaches aren’t, scouts aren’t. We hear things all the time in the draft about “this guy fell down the board because the teams don’t feel comfortable with medical evaluations.” If HIPAA kept people from disclosing that, we wouldn’t hear those reports.
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Your age and wisdom are showing. Your points are valid, but the NFL and Analysis regarding the Medical issues are not. Bru had to disclose his health status to the NFL and he was evaluated by the NFL as well. Bru McCoy did not work out at the combine or at Tennessee Pro day. Why? NFL cannot disclose this reason if it is Medically related nor can the media if Bru does not sign a HIPAA waiver to do so. Time will tell but it is a Moot point at this moment.
8th best WR on UDFA list skipped over. Go figure.
 
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