As the hour approaches, Maureen Fulton of The Blade is on board with the Jacobs story. As always, its a good one, noting wide variation in evaluations of Omar. Has ESPN.com guy saying late first day pick--there's enough upside in his view to take the shot there, and we know how much draft guys love upside.
"I think Jacobs has enough upside to take a chance on him late on the first
day," said Todd McShay, a Scouts, Inc. analyst who provides draft info for
ESPN.com. "He has the size, mobility and accuracy, short-to-intermediate, to
develop into a contributor at the next level, but he's just too raw right
now."
The article notes a lot of concern about his sidearm throwing motion--let's admit that in the draft culture, unorthodox things are not viewed as good, because if he doesn't work out, people will just say "What kind of idiot are you? He throws sidearm."
We'll wait and see. My prediction stands, but no one can really tell. Witness, in fact, the uncertainty on the first ten picks.
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