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11-17-2010, 03:16 PM
Broncos coach Josh McDaniels announced this
morning that the team has released former first-
round draft pick Jarvis Moss. The move comes as
Robert Ayers, also a first-round pick and outside
linebacker, is set to return from a foot injury that
has kept him out more than a month.
Moss' career in Denver was a disappointment,
with only 40 total tackles and 4.5 sacks in 33
games over 3 1/2 seasons. Moss, the team's
first-round pick in 2007 (17th overall) started
only one game in his Broncos career, that coming
in his rookie season. He moved from defensive
end to outside linebacker when McDaniels
arrived in 2009, part of the switch to a 3-4
scheme.
"He's been a great kid for us, done everything we
asked him to do. It just hasn't been a perfect fit,"
McDaniels said. "Hopefully he can find a place
that will be a better fit and suits what can do."
The Broncos have signed another linebacker,
David Veikune, to take Moss' spot on the 53-
man roster. Veikune played in 10 games for the
Cleveland Browns last year. He was a second-
round pick in 2009.
What people might have forgotten about Moss is
that two months into his rookie year, he suffered
a fractured tibia near the ankle that ended his
season.
What people might have forgotten about Moss is
the Broncos' personnel people who pushed to
make him the No. 17 overall selection in the
2007 NFL Draft — defensive coordinator Jim
Bates, and regional scout Jeff Goodman — were
dismissed before they could see the pass
rusher's progress through. Bates was fired after
the 2007 season; Goodman after 2008.
Considered an elite pass rusher when he was
drafted out of the University of Florida, Moss was
also perhaps victimized in the NFL by his
"tweener" size — 6-foot-7, 250 pounds when he
was drafted. He's a little light when it comes to
stopping the run as a defensive end and a bit
gangly as outside linebackers go.
"Sometimes you're drafted to a team where the
coaches try to make you fit their system," said
Ayers, who in 2009 became another defensive
end/outside linebacker drafted in the first round
by the Broncos. "People don't realize how much a
system means to a player's success. I can
definitely say that Jarvis Moss can play in this
league. There's a lot of guys in the league who
have been released and go on to have success.
Jarvis knows that. He's going to be fine."
http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_16637970
morning that the team has released former first-
round draft pick Jarvis Moss. The move comes as
Robert Ayers, also a first-round pick and outside
linebacker, is set to return from a foot injury that
has kept him out more than a month.
Moss' career in Denver was a disappointment,
with only 40 total tackles and 4.5 sacks in 33
games over 3 1/2 seasons. Moss, the team's
first-round pick in 2007 (17th overall) started
only one game in his Broncos career, that coming
in his rookie season. He moved from defensive
end to outside linebacker when McDaniels
arrived in 2009, part of the switch to a 3-4
scheme.
"He's been a great kid for us, done everything we
asked him to do. It just hasn't been a perfect fit,"
McDaniels said. "Hopefully he can find a place
that will be a better fit and suits what can do."
The Broncos have signed another linebacker,
David Veikune, to take Moss' spot on the 53-
man roster. Veikune played in 10 games for the
Cleveland Browns last year. He was a second-
round pick in 2009.
What people might have forgotten about Moss is
that two months into his rookie year, he suffered
a fractured tibia near the ankle that ended his
season.
What people might have forgotten about Moss is
the Broncos' personnel people who pushed to
make him the No. 17 overall selection in the
2007 NFL Draft — defensive coordinator Jim
Bates, and regional scout Jeff Goodman — were
dismissed before they could see the pass
rusher's progress through. Bates was fired after
the 2007 season; Goodman after 2008.
Considered an elite pass rusher when he was
drafted out of the University of Florida, Moss was
also perhaps victimized in the NFL by his
"tweener" size — 6-foot-7, 250 pounds when he
was drafted. He's a little light when it comes to
stopping the run as a defensive end and a bit
gangly as outside linebackers go.
"Sometimes you're drafted to a team where the
coaches try to make you fit their system," said
Ayers, who in 2009 became another defensive
end/outside linebacker drafted in the first round
by the Broncos. "People don't realize how much a
system means to a player's success. I can
definitely say that Jarvis Moss can play in this
league. There's a lot of guys in the league who
have been released and go on to have success.
Jarvis knows that. He's going to be fine."
http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_16637970