1) Tampa Bay -- Jameis Winston QB Florida St
2) Tennessee -- Marcus Mariota QB Oregon
3) Jacksonville -- Amari Cooper WR Alabama
4) New York -- Leonard Williams DT USC
5) Oakland -- Brandon Scherff OT Iowa
6) Washington -- Landon Collins S Alabama
7) Chicago -- Randy Gregory DE Nebraska
8) Atlanta -- Melvin Gordon RB Wisconsin
9) Minnesota -- Shaq Thompson S Washington
10) New York G -- Shawn Oakman DT Baylor
Thursday, December 25, 2014
Friday, August 15, 2014
Johnny Manziel STILL a BUST
Sorry, guys. Like his fellow comrades Jeremy Lin, Tim Tebow, and every other ESPN character driven into the ground, Johnny will find himself next in line on the Island of Misfit Toys. This is not where you wanna be. I applaud Johnny for cashing in on anything and everything he can get in the upcoming months, because, soon, like a disease, it will all be taken from him.
Johnny can't play in this league. I watch Johnny and it's just not good. For one, he has happy feet in the pocket. It didn't take a rocket scientist to play DE contain and not let him move out of the pocket in college. The LSU game I stressed this so, so, so, so, much. They have guys that consistently make it to the league and that can get upfield with speed. This is what you see in the NFL. Against shitty teams like Rice even if you play DE contain you have no push in the middle to get in his face and it can be Johnny Football Time all damn day. You have no LB's that can run and hunt you down. They have all these guys in the league.
Johnny wants to leave the pocket and when you watch him it's funny because he doesn't have the speed to run around NFL LB's and DE's so plays in college where he'd roll and run and make some ridiculous play, those are now replaced with happy feet, sheer panic, and fear. He by no means has a "live" arm so he can't even over time learn the nuances of the pocket and rely more on his arms than legs. He is a legs player and in this league a guy like him don't work.
See, a guy like Doug Flutie works and a guy like Johnny Manziel doesn't work. Johnny can talk passion, blah, competitive, blah, but he doesn't have heart. Flutie has heart. Flutie sticks his nose in the pocket and gets drilled. Manziel happy feets because he's thinking flush the pocket, but shit, these guys are too fast, so his feet are always moving, and it's hard to throw a ball with mustard on it when your feet aren't set. Isn't that a passion, competitive, heart play from a QB to look down the gun barrel and say I don't care? Flutie had agility that was off the charts for a QB and he was a magician out there....on ANY level he played. Jon was a magician in the undersized, speedy, SEC. Yes those FLA 6' 210LB LB's are safeties, not LB's. Very fitting for a guy like him an undersized, speedy guy. I think a lot of Flutie's success came because he was so small, even smaller than Manziel, so, the chip on this guy's shoulder was like 100 pounds. I don't think Jon has that chip because he doesn't. He's Hollywood thinking he's a Primetime player when in reality he's just on Hollywood Squares. Sorry Jon..... I don't remember
Johnny can't play in this league. I watch Johnny and it's just not good. For one, he has happy feet in the pocket. It didn't take a rocket scientist to play DE contain and not let him move out of the pocket in college. The LSU game I stressed this so, so, so, so, much. They have guys that consistently make it to the league and that can get upfield with speed. This is what you see in the NFL. Against shitty teams like Rice even if you play DE contain you have no push in the middle to get in his face and it can be Johnny Football Time all damn day. You have no LB's that can run and hunt you down. They have all these guys in the league.
Johnny wants to leave the pocket and when you watch him it's funny because he doesn't have the speed to run around NFL LB's and DE's so plays in college where he'd roll and run and make some ridiculous play, those are now replaced with happy feet, sheer panic, and fear. He by no means has a "live" arm so he can't even over time learn the nuances of the pocket and rely more on his arms than legs. He is a legs player and in this league a guy like him don't work.
See, a guy like Doug Flutie works and a guy like Johnny Manziel doesn't work. Johnny can talk passion, blah, competitive, blah, but he doesn't have heart. Flutie has heart. Flutie sticks his nose in the pocket and gets drilled. Manziel happy feets because he's thinking flush the pocket, but shit, these guys are too fast, so his feet are always moving, and it's hard to throw a ball with mustard on it when your feet aren't set. Isn't that a passion, competitive, heart play from a QB to look down the gun barrel and say I don't care? Flutie had agility that was off the charts for a QB and he was a magician out there....on ANY level he played. Jon was a magician in the undersized, speedy, SEC. Yes those FLA 6' 210LB LB's are safeties, not LB's. Very fitting for a guy like him an undersized, speedy guy. I think a lot of Flutie's success came because he was so small, even smaller than Manziel, so, the chip on this guy's shoulder was like 100 pounds. I don't think Jon has that chip because he doesn't. He's Hollywood thinking he's a Primetime player when in reality he's just on Hollywood Squares. Sorry Jon..... I don't remember
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Top 75
1) Jadeveon Clowney MLB
2) Khalil Mack LB
3) Greg Robinson OT
4) Sammy Watkins WR
5) Eric Ebron TE
6) Justin Gilbert CB
7) Blake Bortles QB
8) Bradley Roby CB
9) Aaron Donald DT/MLB
10) Jeremiah Attaochu OLB
10) Darqueze Dennard CB
11) Derek Carr QB
12) Taylor Lewan OT
13) Ryan Shazier LB
14) Odell Beckham Jr. WR
15) Kyle Fuller CB
16) Kelvin Benjamin WR
17) Jake Matthews OT
18) Anthony Barr LB
19) Mike Evans WR
20) Jason Verrett CB
21) Ra'Shede Hageman DT
22) Zack Martin G/T
23) Deone Bucannon SS
24) Kony Ealy DE
25) Xavier Su'a-Filo G
26) Scott Crichton OLB
27) Haha Clinton-Dix FS
28) Marqise Lee WR
29) Stephon Tuitt DE
30) CJ Mosley LB
31) Calvin Pryor S
32) Louis Nix DT
33) Pierre Desir CB
34) Brandin Cooks WR
35) Stanley Jean-Baptiste CB
36) Bishop Sankey RB
37) Kareem Martin OLB
38) Paul Richardson WR
39) Austin Seferian-Jenkins TE
40) Timmy Jernigan DT
41) Martavis Bryant WR
42) Teddy Bridgewater QB
43) Keith McGill CB/S
44) Antonio Richardson OT
45) Davante Adams WR
46) Jace Amaro TE
47) Allen Robinson WR
48) Morgan Moses OT
49) Kyle Van Noy S/LB
50) Larry Webster TE
51) Carlos Hyde RB
52) Jimmie Ward FS
53) Marcus Martin C
54) Robert Herron WR
55) Marcus Smith DE
56) Chris Smith OLB
57) Jordan Matthews WR
58) Tre Mason RB
59) Ed Reynolds FS
60) Trent Murphy
61) Johnny Manziel QB
62) Troy Niklas TE
63) Trai Turner G/T
64) AJ McCarron QB
65) Demarcus Lawrence OLB
66) Philip Gaines CB
67) Chris Borland LB
68) Joel Bitonio G/T
69) Will Sutton DT
70) Dee Ford OLB
71) Dri Archer RB
2) Khalil Mack LB
3) Greg Robinson OT
4) Sammy Watkins WR
5) Eric Ebron TE
6) Justin Gilbert CB
7) Blake Bortles QB
8) Bradley Roby CB
9) Aaron Donald DT/MLB
10) Jeremiah Attaochu OLB
10) Darqueze Dennard CB
11) Derek Carr QB
12) Taylor Lewan OT
13) Ryan Shazier LB
14) Odell Beckham Jr. WR
15) Kyle Fuller CB
16) Kelvin Benjamin WR
17) Jake Matthews OT
18) Anthony Barr LB
19) Mike Evans WR
20) Jason Verrett CB
21) Ra'Shede Hageman DT
22) Zack Martin G/T
23) Deone Bucannon SS
24) Kony Ealy DE
25) Xavier Su'a-Filo G
26) Scott Crichton OLB
27) Haha Clinton-Dix FS
28) Marqise Lee WR
29) Stephon Tuitt DE
30) CJ Mosley LB
31) Calvin Pryor S
32) Louis Nix DT
33) Pierre Desir CB
34) Brandin Cooks WR
35) Stanley Jean-Baptiste CB
36) Bishop Sankey RB
37) Kareem Martin OLB
38) Paul Richardson WR
39) Austin Seferian-Jenkins TE
40) Timmy Jernigan DT
41) Martavis Bryant WR
42) Teddy Bridgewater QB
43) Keith McGill CB/S
44) Antonio Richardson OT
45) Davante Adams WR
46) Jace Amaro TE
47) Allen Robinson WR
48) Morgan Moses OT
49) Kyle Van Noy S/LB
50) Larry Webster TE
51) Carlos Hyde RB
52) Jimmie Ward FS
53) Marcus Martin C
54) Robert Herron WR
55) Marcus Smith DE
56) Chris Smith OLB
57) Jordan Matthews WR
58) Tre Mason RB
59) Ed Reynolds FS
60) Trent Murphy
61) Johnny Manziel QB
62) Troy Niklas TE
63) Trai Turner G/T
64) AJ McCarron QB
65) Demarcus Lawrence OLB
66) Philip Gaines CB
67) Chris Borland LB
68) Joel Bitonio G/T
69) Will Sutton DT
70) Dee Ford OLB
71) Dri Archer RB
72) Jawuan James OT
73) Gabe Jackson G
74) Daquan Jones DT
75) Jordan Zumwalt LB
66) Donte Moncrief WR
69) Tom Savage QB
70) Jimmy Garoppolo QB
72) Cody Latimer WR
75) Ego Ferguson DT
76) Carl Bradford LB
77) Dominique Easley DT
78) Brandon Thomas G
79) Chris Borland LB
80) Jackson Jeffcoat OLB
81) Trevor Reilly OLB
82) Andre Williams RB
83) Bashaud Breeland CB
84) Kelcy Quarles DT
85) Terrance West RB
86) Christian Jones LB
89) Marcus Roberson CB
90) Jaylen Watkins CB
91) Daniel McCullers NT
93) Jarvis Landry WR
94) Jordan Tripp LB
95) Cyril Richardson G
96) Travis Swanson C
97) Loucheiz Purifoy CB
98) James Gayle OLB
99) Anthony Johnson DT
100) Aaron Lynch OLB
101) George Uko DT
103) Ross Cockrell SS
104) Tre Boston FS
105) Brandon Coleman WR
106) Devin Street WR
107) Arthur Lynch TE
108) Marqueston Huff S
109) John Brown WR
110) DeAndre Coleman DE
111) Storm Johnson RB
112) Adrian Hubbard OLB
113) Lamin Barrow LB
114) Khairi Fortt LB
115) De'Anthony Thomas RB
116) Zach Mettenberger QB
117) Charles Leno G/T
118) Seantrel Henderson OT
119) David Yankey G
120) Wesley Johnson OT
121) Michael Sam OLB
122) Yawin Smallwood LB
123) Kirby Van der Kamp P
124) Khyri Thornton DT
125) Logan Thomas QB/TE
126) Kevin Pierre-Louis S/LB
127) A.C. Leonard TE
128) Jonathan Dowling FS
129) David Fales QB
130) Tajh Boyd QB
131) Trey Millard FB
132) Vinnie Sunseri SS
133) Dontae Johnson FS
134) Prince Shembo LB
135)
66) Donte Moncrief WR
69) Tom Savage QB
70) Jimmy Garoppolo QB
72) Cody Latimer WR
75) Ego Ferguson DT
76) Carl Bradford LB
77) Dominique Easley DT
78) Brandon Thomas G
79) Chris Borland LB
80) Jackson Jeffcoat OLB
81) Trevor Reilly OLB
82) Andre Williams RB
83) Bashaud Breeland CB
84) Kelcy Quarles DT
85) Terrance West RB
86) Christian Jones LB
89) Marcus Roberson CB
90) Jaylen Watkins CB
91) Daniel McCullers NT
93) Jarvis Landry WR
94) Jordan Tripp LB
95) Cyril Richardson G
96) Travis Swanson C
97) Loucheiz Purifoy CB
98) James Gayle OLB
99) Anthony Johnson DT
100) Aaron Lynch OLB
101) George Uko DT
103) Ross Cockrell SS
104) Tre Boston FS
105) Brandon Coleman WR
106) Devin Street WR
107) Arthur Lynch TE
108) Marqueston Huff S
109) John Brown WR
110) DeAndre Coleman DE
111) Storm Johnson RB
112) Adrian Hubbard OLB
113) Lamin Barrow LB
114) Khairi Fortt LB
115) De'Anthony Thomas RB
116) Zach Mettenberger QB
117) Charles Leno G/T
118) Seantrel Henderson OT
119) David Yankey G
120) Wesley Johnson OT
121) Michael Sam OLB
122) Yawin Smallwood LB
123) Kirby Van der Kamp P
124) Khyri Thornton DT
125) Logan Thomas QB/TE
126) Kevin Pierre-Louis S/LB
127) A.C. Leonard TE
128) Jonathan Dowling FS
129) David Fales QB
130) Tajh Boyd QB
131) Trey Millard FB
132) Vinnie Sunseri SS
133) Dontae Johnson FS
134) Prince Shembo LB
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Teams Needing QB
2014
Houston -- 1st round
Cleveland -- 1st round
Jacksonville -- 1st round
Minnesota -- 1st round
Tampa Bay -- 3rd round
Arizona -- 3rd round
2015
New York Jets
Dallas
Tennessee
Oakland
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Kansas City
2016
Pittsburgh
New York Giants
Chicago
Houston -- 1st round
Cleveland -- 1st round
Jacksonville -- 1st round
Minnesota -- 1st round
Tampa Bay -- 3rd round
Arizona -- 3rd round
2015
New York Jets
Dallas
Tennessee
Oakland
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Kansas City
2016
Pittsburgh
New York Giants
Chicago
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Kyle Fuller -- Darrelle Revis
The island. Revis is getting some company. This guy is very fiesty, like Revis. He sticks his nose in the run game. When I think playoff football, this is the kind of competitor I think of. He makes plays and is a top-flight corner in this very deep class. Pretty much off the charts in everything and it translates to the field and that is very easy to see. No risk here, only pro bowl, after pro bowl. after pro bowl.
Kyle Fuller
Va Tech
Height: 181.9 cm
Weight: 13.5 stone
Strengths: Swag, Flash. Talent. Three star player here. Primetime.
Bio: This guy has incredible short area quickness, like a panther, yet, the ability to leap at any minute and get up and take the ball and you are all sad like a panda. Lays the lumber and is a sound tackler. Blitz game specialist. Team player. Fan favorite. Dependable and reliable 1st round pick.
Player comp: Darrelle Revis, Cornerback
Kyle Fuller
Va Tech
Height: 181.9 cm
Weight: 13.5 stone
Strengths: Swag, Flash. Talent. Three star player here. Primetime.
Bio: This guy has incredible short area quickness, like a panther, yet, the ability to leap at any minute and get up and take the ball and you are all sad like a panda. Lays the lumber and is a sound tackler. Blitz game specialist. Team player. Fan favorite. Dependable and reliable 1st round pick.
Player comp: Darrelle Revis, Cornerback
Eric Ebron -- LeBron James
This one is a stretch because you gotta get LeBron to play first. It is just too easyyy. That's what it is like with Eric Ebron. Who you putting on this guy? A linebacker? No chance. Who you putting on this guy a safety? No. Now imagine what I said thinking about LeBron, not sir Eric Ebron. Frightening. Terrifying. This guy held his own on Clowney, he has all the athletic ability in the world, and is a pretty good player in the open field.
Eric Ebron
UNC
Height: 194 cm
Weight: 17.8 stone
Strengths: Athletic, Big, Dependable, QB's best friend, Playmaker
Bio: He will be the top tight end taken in the draft and deservedly so. He is a premium tight end in the game. I like Larry Webster as the top tight end, but he is highly underrated. Ebron is a playmaker at the end of the day and could be a 10 TD guy next year very easily.
Player comp: LeBron James, Tight End
Eric Ebron
UNC
Height: 194 cm
Weight: 17.8 stone
Strengths: Athletic, Big, Dependable, QB's best friend, Playmaker
Bio: He will be the top tight end taken in the draft and deservedly so. He is a premium tight end in the game. I like Larry Webster as the top tight end, but he is highly underrated. Ebron is a playmaker at the end of the day and could be a 10 TD guy next year very easily.
Player comp: LeBron James, Tight End
Khalil Mack -- Patrick Willis
They should name an award after this Mack character. Butkus step aside. Just kidding. I think the best spot, although he has pass rush abilities that are off the charts, is to put him in the middle of your defense on his feet. This is a really, really, exciting prospect. He stumbled and was in cement at Indy for his 40 at the combine and ran a pretty good time. This guy's speed is right there with Willis. Can he instintilvely dominate the game in the middle or does someone put him at OLB. I think guys on the inside with pass rush abilities are even more valuable as to why I play him on the inside and I think he can do it. I like a little more length on the outside, really rangy guys and Mack is a bit on the shorter side but does have long arms and big paws and everything you look for like that.
Khalil Mack
Buffalo
Height:189.5 cm
Weight: 17.9 stone
Strengths: Speed, Strength, Pass Rush, Agility, Tackling, Honey Badger
Player comp: Patrick Willis, Linebacker
Khalil Mack
Buffalo
Height:189.5 cm
Weight: 17.9 stone
Strengths: Speed, Strength, Pass Rush, Agility, Tackling, Honey Badger
Player comp: Patrick Willis, Linebacker
Odell Beckham -- Mike Wallace
If they were like crack addicts on the street begging for it. This is something they might be asking for. Wide receiver talent. We just seem to have problems finding it. Like we know these guys are all kinda bunched together but who is at the top of the bunch. How bout a little Mike Wallace clone in Odell Beckham. Mike Wallace in terms of play marking ability but with much improved hands. They are both the same size and while Wallace has elite speed, Beckham can hang and could potentially dominate any cornerback he faces.
Odell Beckham
LSU
Height: 181 cm
Weight: 14.1 stone
Odell Beckham
LSU
Height: 181 cm
Weight: 14.1 stone
Strengths: Speed, Burst, Agility, Hands, X Factor, Playmaking
Bio: Watch the fuck out! This guy can play. He isn't the biggest, strongest, or fastest but he is very good in all three. You can't talk about this guy without talking about his quickness. He is very good agility side to side and in burst up the field. This is a big time player.
Player comp: Mike Wallace, Wide Receiver
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Player Profile: P Rich
I was down on this guy. I was down on this guy. I was like stop with the hype. Seriously, stop it. But I was wrong about this guy. He is P Rich all damn day. I don't know what I'm smoking.
Nevertheless, this is a guy who has primetime written all over him. He is electric fast. That's the thing with all of these wideouts. For the most part, they are electric fast and about to storm the league. Although, wide outs rarely produce 1,000 yards year one. Paul Richardson I'd throw in the hat to be in that conversation. This guy seems like the perfect wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles. He is a mix in between a DeSean Jackson and an Emmanuel Sanders. He isn't as polished and is still developing, so I like the Emmanuel Sanders comparison. Yet, he is taller than both but build, burst, speed is more in line with DeSean Jackson.
Paul Richardson
Colorado
Height: 183.8 cm
Weight: 12.5 stone
Strengths: + + Route Running
+ + + Fluidity
+ + + Speed
+ + + Hands
+ + + Burst
**Will be #2 WR
Player comp: Emmanuel Sanders, Wide Receiver
Nevertheless, this is a guy who has primetime written all over him. He is electric fast. That's the thing with all of these wideouts. For the most part, they are electric fast and about to storm the league. Although, wide outs rarely produce 1,000 yards year one. Paul Richardson I'd throw in the hat to be in that conversation. This guy seems like the perfect wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles. He is a mix in between a DeSean Jackson and an Emmanuel Sanders. He isn't as polished and is still developing, so I like the Emmanuel Sanders comparison. Yet, he is taller than both but build, burst, speed is more in line with DeSean Jackson.
Paul Richardson
Colorado
Height: 183.8 cm
Weight: 12.5 stone
Strengths: + + Route Running
+ + + Fluidity
+ + + Speed
+ + + Hands
+ + + Burst
**Will be #2 WR
Player comp: Emmanuel Sanders, Wide Receiver
Ronald Powell --> LaVar Arrington
You have to remember LaVar Arrington failed not for a lack of ability, but for a gross overstatement of one's stature. He failed because the expectations were too high. He was a very good player and had some injuries and when he couldn't live up to the "LaVar leap" craze he just quit and rode off into the sunset with tons of cash. I think Ronald Powell will be a very good NFL player and a sure-fire starter in the league. I think he could be your poor mans Jadeveon Clowney if you want a high potential playmaker that is a bit under the radar. I like Powell there more so than William Clarke DE WVU. Powell has a good initial burst and a relentless nature to his game. He is in position and has good side to side quickness. He is an ideal fit in a 3-4 on the ILB position. Hell, in Pittsburgh, this is great. You take a Jarvis Jones at OLB and you know what I think Ronald Powell can do more for you than Jarvis Jones and that's not his natural position. Sadly, this is true.
Ronald Powell
Florida
Height: 190.8 cm
Weight: 17 stone
Strengths: + + + Demeanor
+ + Speed
+ + + Athleticism
+ X Factor
+ + Strength
+ + Lift
Player comp: LaVar Leap, Linebacker
Ronald Powell
Florida
Height: 190.8 cm
Weight: 17 stone
Strengths: + + + Demeanor
+ + Speed
+ + + Athleticism
+ X Factor
+ + Strength
+ + Lift
Player comp: LaVar Leap, Linebacker
Aaron Donald --> Warren Sapp
Aaron Donald
Pitt
Height: 184.7 cm
Weight: 20.3 stone
Speed: 4.65 seconds
Mini Chalk: Aaron Donald could be one of the most exciting players in this years draft. I am going to compare him with Warren Sapp because Warren Sapp is a dominant 3-gap player, perhaps the most dominant. I think this kid rivals what he can do. He is slippery, strong, and a force in the backfield all day long. He spends the weekends there, literally. Not that funny, ha! I think he is scheme versatile and is so versatile he could probably even play some 3-4 ILB. He could be like a Levon Kirkland in that mold. He has the short-area quickness to pull it off! That's why when you say a statement like that then you know for damn sure he can play along the defensive line and will cause those big saltys a tough time. And he doesn't lack the strength for the DL and he doesn't have short arms either. His short size is ideal, given his strength/arm length, at the nose tackle position because he can drive out low and get under your pads every play. Every. Single. play. You can't stop him, literally, because he is shorter than you, yet, stronger, and faster at the same time. How the hell does that happen? Oh yeah and he could play 3-4 DE or 4-3 DT. A 4-3 DT in a four man rush only the QB wouldn't have a chance. Smart teams gobble up guys like this because I want to run a 4-3 4 man rush and then switch up the next play and run 2 DL and have a crazy zone blitz. Guys like that you can't put a value on them. There should be no question to his ability as he did win four postseason awards. I guess the guy can play!
Player comp: Warren Sapp, Defensive Line
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Warren Sapp
The U
Height: 187.9 cm
Weight: 21.4 stone
Speed: 4.68 seconds
Pitt
Height: 184.7 cm
Weight: 20.3 stone
Speed: 4.65 seconds
Mini Chalk: Aaron Donald could be one of the most exciting players in this years draft. I am going to compare him with Warren Sapp because Warren Sapp is a dominant 3-gap player, perhaps the most dominant. I think this kid rivals what he can do. He is slippery, strong, and a force in the backfield all day long. He spends the weekends there, literally. Not that funny, ha! I think he is scheme versatile and is so versatile he could probably even play some 3-4 ILB. He could be like a Levon Kirkland in that mold. He has the short-area quickness to pull it off! That's why when you say a statement like that then you know for damn sure he can play along the defensive line and will cause those big saltys a tough time. And he doesn't lack the strength for the DL and he doesn't have short arms either. His short size is ideal, given his strength/arm length, at the nose tackle position because he can drive out low and get under your pads every play. Every. Single. play. You can't stop him, literally, because he is shorter than you, yet, stronger, and faster at the same time. How the hell does that happen? Oh yeah and he could play 3-4 DE or 4-3 DT. A 4-3 DT in a four man rush only the QB wouldn't have a chance. Smart teams gobble up guys like this because I want to run a 4-3 4 man rush and then switch up the next play and run 2 DL and have a crazy zone blitz. Guys like that you can't put a value on them. There should be no question to his ability as he did win four postseason awards. I guess the guy can play!
Player comp: Warren Sapp, Defensive Line
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Warren Sapp
The U
Height: 187.9 cm
Weight: 21.4 stone
Speed: 4.68 seconds
Justin Gilbert --> Patrick Peterson
Justin Gilbert
Oklahoma State
Height: 185.7 cm
Weight: 14.4 stone
Strengths: + + + Speed
+ + + Athleticism
+ + + Ball Skills
+ + "Lift"
+ + Tackler
+ + + Playmaker
+ + + X-Factor
Mini Chalk: If you wondered why I call it a mini chalk, it is because this is like a fireside chat that FDR gave to our forefathers and fellow brethren before us. A short, sweet talk on what you're getting into and peek into the future. So. huddle around those MacBooks. This is one of my favorite players like a similar favorite player in Patrick Peterson. Gilbert is by no means Patrick Peterson, but Gilbert is an elegant-strider as I mentioned with Stanley Jean-Baptiste, and Patrick Peterson before. He is a top-notch, elite athlete. He has the all the swag in the world, and he is a dynamic playmaker on the defensive side of the ball; which is very rare. He can pick it for six ... just like that.
Player comp: Patrick Peterson, Cornerback
Oklahoma State
Height: 185.7 cm
Weight: 14.4 stone
Strengths: + + + Speed
+ + + Athleticism
+ + + Ball Skills
+ + "Lift"
+ + Tackler
+ + + Playmaker
+ + + X-Factor
Mini Chalk: If you wondered why I call it a mini chalk, it is because this is like a fireside chat that FDR gave to our forefathers and fellow brethren before us. A short, sweet talk on what you're getting into and peek into the future. So. huddle around those MacBooks. This is one of my favorite players like a similar favorite player in Patrick Peterson. Gilbert is by no means Patrick Peterson, but Gilbert is an elegant-strider as I mentioned with Stanley Jean-Baptiste, and Patrick Peterson before. He is a top-notch, elite athlete. He has the all the swag in the world, and he is a dynamic playmaker on the defensive side of the ball; which is very rare. He can pick it for six ... just like that.
Player comp: Patrick Peterson, Cornerback
Player Profile: Khairi Fortt
Here is a guy you have never heard of! Again. Here is a guy that is a Linebacker U product. Here is a guy who is also a California Bears product. Ohh, one of those guys. I always love those stories. A guy didn't catch on for some reason for whatever reason and goes to another team and somehow has a heroic comeback or now people see him in good light or whatever reason. Not sure but it sounds a lot like Jerry. Ohh. A lot of time the best guys don't get selected for reasons beyond their control and this guy is either peep quiet because everyone loves him or they don't care about him. This guy is a sure-fire day three pick. He could go undrafted. And here is a NFL player. Come on, people. What are you watching?
Khairi Fortt
Cal
Height: 188.5 cm
Weight: 17.7 stone
Mini Chalk: Teams around the NFL looking for a 3-4 ILB this is your perfect guy. He looks like a LaMarr Woodley build, but pre-fat camp Woodley. Like lean, cut, well-built. He is a downhill linebacker. He is pretty good at the pop and shed, a key for 3-4 ILBs, and can rush the passer pretty well for ILBs. He has long arms that help him engage the offensive linemen and he has the strength to get off of him. His best asset might be his athleticism, very good tools there. He is very strong, can jump, pretty explosive, all-around player. He is the perfect "Buck" LB in the 3-4 and when he needs to cover in situational football he isn't a liability there, just average in that department.
Player comp: Hardy Nickerson, Linebacker
Khairi Fortt
Cal
Height: 188.5 cm
Weight: 17.7 stone
Mini Chalk: Teams around the NFL looking for a 3-4 ILB this is your perfect guy. He looks like a LaMarr Woodley build, but pre-fat camp Woodley. Like lean, cut, well-built. He is a downhill linebacker. He is pretty good at the pop and shed, a key for 3-4 ILBs, and can rush the passer pretty well for ILBs. He has long arms that help him engage the offensive linemen and he has the strength to get off of him. His best asset might be his athleticism, very good tools there. He is very strong, can jump, pretty explosive, all-around player. He is the perfect "Buck" LB in the 3-4 and when he needs to cover in situational football he isn't a liability there, just average in that department.
Player comp: Hardy Nickerson, Linebacker
New Trend in DB? wah wha wah??!!?
Two part series on some of the new type of DBs in the NFL game today. Here are two prospects that have caught my eye and from looking at tape on these guys. This could get good. These guys are basically like NFL WR's that have converted to DB and are able to survive in this league because of Goodell and the emphasis on de-tackling. Less contact, less concussions, less violence, which on his end serves him well, but I don't get anything out of it.
The first guy here is Stanley Jean-Baptiste out of Nebraska. He is a tall, rangy, guy and I just think if the Seahawks get some of these guys it could be the end of days for parity in the NFL. These are the guys I need, people. No one is reading ... yet. How can I cover Calvin Johnson? He is too fast, he is too tall, he can jump too high, he is too strong? Where that is an incomplete thought, there is a complete answer. You get someone just like him to the closest quality. Now Calvin is the coolest and the face of any ad campaign I'd run, but on game day you don't need someone perfect to cover him. You just need someone good enough with some help from teammates and coaches that are part of the solution, not the problem, and you can hold him to 2 catches for 29 yards.
Stanley Jean-Baptiste
Nebraska
Height: 189 cm
Weight: 15.5 stone
The first guy here is Stanley Jean-Baptiste out of Nebraska. He is a tall, rangy, guy and I just think if the Seahawks get some of these guys it could be the end of days for parity in the NFL. These are the guys I need, people. No one is reading ... yet. How can I cover Calvin Johnson? He is too fast, he is too tall, he can jump too high, he is too strong? Where that is an incomplete thought, there is a complete answer. You get someone just like him to the closest quality. Now Calvin is the coolest and the face of any ad campaign I'd run, but on game day you don't need someone perfect to cover him. You just need someone good enough with some help from teammates and coaches that are part of the solution, not the problem, and you can hold him to 2 catches for 29 yards.
Stanley Jean-Baptiste
Nebraska
Height: 189 cm
Weight: 15.5 stone
#16
Now, this is an excellent photo because you can kind of see how he looks like a wide receiver here. Patrick Peterson looks this way as well. Usually when someone is tall and I call them elegant-striders, as they just flow so gracefully, yet, with so much velocity.
Mini Chalk-Statistical Domination: This could have big time written all over it. Like BIG time. BIG 16 dream conference BIG. He has the potential to be an absolute superstar. Now, I created a little something, something called "lift" rating. This is the players lift off the ground in terms of true dynamics. In terms of this rating, two men stood out. Stanley Jean-Baptiste and Keith McGill. Now, I will not reveal their numbers for pure awesomeness reasons, I will reveal that almost ALL players were clustered around a central mean and median with some below the mean as well, except for these two. Now, the sample was small, but it included 20 of the elite and also "elite" players in this year's draft. Both McGill and Stanley Jean-Baptiste were two standard deviations from the mean and Baptiste was slightly more than two standard deviations from the mean. Now, there is a phrase "off the charts" that gets thrown around and there is literally a place on the chart where it does not exist any more, called an outlier. That is what you have here. That's what I want on my team. A bunch of outliers. Kinda like saying A-Rod on the Yankees, well you used to be able to say, he stood out, because of his native ability. He was an outlier.
Baptiste also makes plays during tape, so he is not just a freak of nature like Usain Bolt that can't do shit for brains other than run. He missed the double stamp in two marks to quantity explosion, barely. As a matter of fact next to his lift rating he has a +/- to indicate hey he's got it, there could easily be some human error here or he tests a little better the next day. Or better yet, we make sure he hits both explosion ratings and take care of this young man.
Player comp: Richard Sherman, Cornerback
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The second guy here is a sir Keith McGill of Utah. Not sure if he is idolized there, but Utah, I think Mormons, and Johnny Utah, and both bring a bunch of funny thoughts to mind. Keith McGill same thing. "Lift" rating is off the charts. When I talk "lift" rating you should be thinking Marty McFly and those cool shoes. Like he gets "UPPP". McGill received two plus marks (out of two) in explosion to go with his ridiculous "lift". I'll put it this way. Ed Reynolds (2nd round pick to some people?) is probably in the Tom Zbikowski mold looking at his "lift" and I haven't calculated Zibby's lift, nor will I, because sometimes there are no need to confirm that assertion. There are guys I can tell you if they're good by their numbers, and when I hear a guys numbers sometimes I literally giggle to myself, almost uncontrollably, because it is like if I had a million dollars, I would guess that exact number to the hundredth, give or take a few ticks. Like "lift" you should be thinking push-up bra if you're not in the shoe game. It goes "UPP" and gives you an edge over the competition. It is almost required in today's game. Push-up bras that is. That's what these guys represent. Probably found some undrafted guys that succeed in the NFL with this cutting-edge, scientific-discovery, like the push-up bra.
Keith McGill
Utah
Height: 191.4 cm
Weight: 15 stone
Player comp: Antonio Cromartie, Defensive Back
Player Profile: Joel Bitonio G/T
It's kind of funny to think about, but when I think of my offensive linemen I like to think of dancing ballerinas. Like if you would picture that, it would make you be in a happy place [bc it is hilarious] and then you can make an informed decision. Because nothing pisses me off more than missing on an offensive linemen for whatever the reason: likes too much eat less play, pure laziness, I eat too much and my knees, bending, back, any bullshit for the reason that these guys fail to do the damn job. The real reason is because your weight isn't distributed properly you lazy fuck and your knees can't support it, yet, if the whole body would have added strength properly distributed it would be possible to be without pain, as I've seen it before. Okay, thank you captain dietician. But if I think you can move around and dance, then you're not going to fail me in the 4th quarter because of some word called FATIGUE. Likes what does that even mean. I need you to be nimble and on your feet and ready to go all damn day, because that is what a ballerina can do. At the end of the day, they are athletic and you need to have athletic linemen, especially with the specimens they have on the defensive side of the ball these days. The ballerinas help me remember that.
Joel Bitonio
Nevada
Height: 193.6 cm
Weight: 21.5 stone
Mini Chalk: This guy probably in the mold of a guard than a tackle because he is like a walking penguin out there flailing his arms. I'm not anti-lumberjack or anything, as long as you can get through the ballerina routine than I don't care what you look like but this guy offers minimal flexibility, although playing at the tackle position his entire career. On the inside, his numbers are right in line with the guards of the NFL today. This guy has a mean streak, like nasty. Like he would kick my ass, and I'm about 14.5 stone, if he read what I said about him.
Player comp: run-of-the-mill Big Ten Guard
Joel Bitonio
Nevada
Height: 193.6 cm
Weight: 21.5 stone
Mini Chalk: This guy probably in the mold of a guard than a tackle because he is like a walking penguin out there flailing his arms. I'm not anti-lumberjack or anything, as long as you can get through the ballerina routine than I don't care what you look like but this guy offers minimal flexibility, although playing at the tackle position his entire career. On the inside, his numbers are right in line with the guards of the NFL today. This guy has a mean streak, like nasty. Like he would kick my ass, and I'm about 14.5 stone, if he read what I said about him.
Player comp: run-of-the-mill Big Ten Guard
Robert Herron --> Steve Smith (Carolina)
I guess you have to throw that Carolina on the end of Steve Smith. Shows that the name hasn't been that great that another could easily be confused. Hmm, sad. Anyway, that doesn't tell the story of Robert Herron. He can become the next in that Victor Cruz-Steve Smith where they have a five year terror on the league. He is a small school kid but not with small time skills. He is an electric playmaker, one many probably don't know about. He is a possession guy underneath. Well, let me say that again. You want to use this guy like Antonio Brown, Steve Smith. Dinky more or less extended hand-offs, screens, slants, curls, and those routes. Yet, this guy can beat you deep like Cruz and Steve Smith, once again. He has very good route running and move making in selling his body to the corner. You know what I mean. A little shimmy, and the guy is grabbing his jockstrap going how did he do that. That's the kind of guy I would expect with Robert Herron. The problem is there are so many of these guys. I just feel bad for teams that miss at wide receiver, like come on, what the fuck are you watching. I will make an elite wide receiving core from every draft. Just using that draft. No excuse not to be rich at the wide receiver position.
Robert Herron
Wyoming
Height: 175.5 cm
Weight: 13.7 stone
Speed: 4.28
Robert Herron
Wyoming
Height: 175.5 cm
Weight: 13.7 stone
Speed: 4.28
Electric
Player comp: Steve Smith, Wide Receiver
Larry Webster --> Jimmy Graham
Ahh, so you wanna hear about Lair? What you know bout Lair? Nothing. No one knows nothing about Lair. They know so very little, they got the cat playing defense. Think about that. Just chasing quarterbacks, instead of catching passes. Think about everything I just said with Larry Fitzgerald in your mind, instead of this man foreign to you. It wouldn't make any sense. Hopefully, you are welcome, Larry Webster. These fools are idiots.
Larry Webster
Bloomsburg University
Height: 197 cm
Weight: 18 stone
This kid really deserves a cover story. An interview. But we got resource issues. No funding. Just a genius behind the wheel of glory. Okay, this is young Larold, a few years back as a basketball player. See where I am going. Now, I am pro-conspiracy, like House of Cards, I believe people can be inherently evil with an agenda and find a way to cover themselves because of power and greed. Now, you don't believe in conspiracy just for the sake of conspiracy. Kinda like of the mindset of being against hipsters. A hipster tries something new, just for the sake of trying something new. I don't know. Just something I thought about earlier.
Point being did they put this clown at defense to sabotage him or are they just that dumb down in Bloomsburg University. The picture becomes more clear when you say that over, over, over, and over again. Bloomsburg University. What state is that in? You know what? It doesn't matter. It is irrelevant. They are that dumb.
I put the kid in a basketball uniform from his days on the team to show you something that no one else will show you. The ability to not be blind. If you see him in his uniform you'll think something different but you see where I'm going with basketball player ... NFL ... as I salivate like a dog with a piece of meat hanging from the counter dripping on his nose.
You look at this kid in any way from his numbers and they are completely off the charts. One of the reasons I love the Jimmy Graham comparison is because is if a team is smart they will gobble this kid up in the 3rd round compensatory round, much around the area a young Jimmy Graham went. Jimmy Graham, the 100M dollar man I might mind, but we'll see if the franchise tagging of the NFL denies him his big deal. It pisses me off when I have to check him [Larry Webster] and I look under tight end, I don't see him, I have to look under defensive line. These people should be shot or just let the other farm animals run the team. Hell, the goat can be the mayor.
Quick Chalk: Okay, arms, long, but not gorilla long. Hands, nice paws. Speed right in line with top flight tight ends of the game today. Strength given arm length decent for right now. I would imagine room to grow. Seems like a strapping young lad. Never met the guy tho. Vertical jump very good given other variables gives him quite the advantage over his competition every Sunday. Broad jump shows good explosion given a man of his size. Explosion not completely off the charts, but given his background in basketball you can understand it is quite good.
Player comp: Jimmy Graham, Tight End
maybe you'll find out in comparison what stone and centimeters is tall and strong, relatively speaking
Larry Webster
Bloomsburg University
Height: 197 cm
Weight: 18 stone
2012
Point being did they put this clown at defense to sabotage him or are they just that dumb down in Bloomsburg University. The picture becomes more clear when you say that over, over, over, and over again. Bloomsburg University. What state is that in? You know what? It doesn't matter. It is irrelevant. They are that dumb.
I put the kid in a basketball uniform from his days on the team to show you something that no one else will show you. The ability to not be blind. If you see him in his uniform you'll think something different but you see where I'm going with basketball player ... NFL ... as I salivate like a dog with a piece of meat hanging from the counter dripping on his nose.
You look at this kid in any way from his numbers and they are completely off the charts. One of the reasons I love the Jimmy Graham comparison is because is if a team is smart they will gobble this kid up in the 3rd round compensatory round, much around the area a young Jimmy Graham went. Jimmy Graham, the 100M dollar man I might mind, but we'll see if the franchise tagging of the NFL denies him his big deal. It pisses me off when I have to check him [Larry Webster] and I look under tight end, I don't see him, I have to look under defensive line. These people should be shot or just let the other farm animals run the team. Hell, the goat can be the mayor.
Quick Chalk: Okay, arms, long, but not gorilla long. Hands, nice paws. Speed right in line with top flight tight ends of the game today. Strength given arm length decent for right now. I would imagine room to grow. Seems like a strapping young lad. Never met the guy tho. Vertical jump very good given other variables gives him quite the advantage over his competition every Sunday. Broad jump shows good explosion given a man of his size. Explosion not completely off the charts, but given his background in basketball you can understand it is quite good.
Player comp: Jimmy Graham, Tight End
maybe you'll find out in comparison what stone and centimeters is tall and strong, relatively speaking
Deone Bucannon --> Brian Dawkins
Personally, this is my kinda guy. This guy might eat his children. No, Mike Tyson might be the only one to be able to do that. Good God. But he is a high intensity, high motor, high character, high determination, high leadership kinda guy. Basically, meaning I like him a lot. He gets great marks on production, something I rarely check on as it is more about what you can do, not necessarily what you've done. He has good speed for the safety position and is the top strong safety in this class. Find me another one and sir you are gravely mistaken. He will lay the lumper but, yet, he is deer-like in the secondary after he intercepts the pass. His side to side quickness in short areas is that of a cornerback, which is just stupid, given his demeanor and way he plays the game. He plays the game with a lot of passion, which is a desirable trait. He is also very humble which is another positive quality, well, it definitely can't be a disaster negative so there is no personality issues is what I'm saying, which is underrated as everything could be right and that could fuck it up.
Deone Bucannon
Washington State
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 15 stone
Player comp: Brian Dawkins, Strong Safety
..... nothing special, just chilling
Deone Bucannon
Washington State
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 15 stone
Player comp: Brian Dawkins, Strong Safety
..... nothing special, just chilling
Jimmie Ward --> Jairus Byrd
If you are into player comparisons, which everyone is, than you are looking at a Jairus Byrd type investment. Not the biggest safety, but there is room to grow, and he has that adequate speed quotient to play in the league. He is more adept in pass coverage, which is where the league has been heading for sometime so his value is greatly increased. Still under the radar for some reason. Oh yeah, he play at Northern Illinois. That will stop some of the lazier teams in the scouting department and slips through the finger of the Mel Kiper's of the world. Why don't teams gobble up these guys as they have third round grades.
Player comp: Jairus Byrd - Free Safety
Jimmie Ward
Northern Illinois
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 13.5 stone
Player comp: Jairus Byrd - Free Safety
Monday, March 10, 2014
Mr. GQ 2014 -- Blake Bortles
Blake is going to win this award for multiple reasons and reeling in Lindsey Duke has a lot of reasons to do with that. Good work Blake. Stud. I love Blake Bortles. I don't know what else to say. He's the perfect type of QB you want to build around in today's game. He extends plays and while doing so, he is looking for the big play downfield. The heymaker to knock out your opponent and make them feel defeated.
The real reason Blake gets this award is because it is never about the ceiling with owners and teams. They hold a pessimistic view and want to know what is the least I'm going to get out of this guy. That's why the Mr. GQ award stands for good quality. Who I'm going to get at worst quality production out of this guy. At the quarterback position, this increases the value even more as good QBs are some of the toughest guys to find. The worst I could possibly see Blake Bortles is being a top 10 QB in the NFL and like a B rating, in relative terms. He should throw for at least 3,400 yards and 25 TDs and possibly running 5 TDs in his early years, much like Ben Roethlisberger.
I would have Blake Bortles as the top prospect this year but I view Jadeveon Clowney as a once in 15 years kind of prospect, like a Jevon Kearse. The debate in my head of a Clowney-Bortles is mind-boggling. It's like you can't go wrong. Yet, some have failed before. The Texans should consider three players for that first pick and it should be Clowney, Bortles, and Bridgewater. Noting how he might be a Texas guy but you bring bust to the party if you bring Johnny Manziel in consideration to be with the other three players for consideration for that top pick. The question would be do they value a franchise QB more than a premium pass rusher. I take the pass rusher because I think I can win with an average QB ... like Russell Wilson
Blake Bortles QB
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 232
Supposed Concerns: cheating on Lindsey Duke
Grade: 8.5/10 [Perennial All-Pro]
The real reason Blake gets this award is because it is never about the ceiling with owners and teams. They hold a pessimistic view and want to know what is the least I'm going to get out of this guy. That's why the Mr. GQ award stands for good quality. Who I'm going to get at worst quality production out of this guy. At the quarterback position, this increases the value even more as good QBs are some of the toughest guys to find. The worst I could possibly see Blake Bortles is being a top 10 QB in the NFL and like a B rating, in relative terms. He should throw for at least 3,400 yards and 25 TDs and possibly running 5 TDs in his early years, much like Ben Roethlisberger.
I would have Blake Bortles as the top prospect this year but I view Jadeveon Clowney as a once in 15 years kind of prospect, like a Jevon Kearse. The debate in my head of a Clowney-Bortles is mind-boggling. It's like you can't go wrong. Yet, some have failed before. The Texans should consider three players for that first pick and it should be Clowney, Bortles, and Bridgewater. Noting how he might be a Texas guy but you bring bust to the party if you bring Johnny Manziel in consideration to be with the other three players for consideration for that top pick. The question would be do they value a franchise QB more than a premium pass rusher. I take the pass rusher because I think I can win with an average QB ... like Russell Wilson
Blake Bortles QB
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 232
Supposed Concerns: cheating on Lindsey Duke
Grade: 8.5/10 [Perennial All-Pro]
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Mock Draft 1.0
No trades to simplify everything because I like certain guys and every pick would end up being swapped. This is who I take and is by no means who I think they take.
1) Houston Texans -- Jadeveon Clowney DE
2) St. Louis Rams -- Blake Bortles QB
3) Jacksonville Jaguars -- Teddy Bridgewater QB
4) Cleveland Browns -- Khalil Mack OLB
5) Oakland Raiders -- Sammy Watkins WR
6) Atlanta Falcons -- Greg Robinson OT
7) Tampa Bay Buccaneers -- Eric Ebron TE
8) Minnesota Vikings -- Justin Gilbert CB
9) Buffalo Bills -- Anthony Barr OLB
10) Detroit Lions -- Kelvin Benjamin WR
11) Tennessee Titans -- Jake Matthews OT
12) New York Giants -- Darqueze Dennard CB
13) St. Louis Rams -- Taylor Lewan OT [go WR round two]
14) Chicago Bears -- Aaron Donald DT
15) Pittsburgh Steelers -- Jerry Ricecake WR St. Cloud State
16) Dallas Cowboys -- Mike Evans WR
17) Baltimore Ravens -- Marqise Lee WR
18) New York Jets -- CJ Mosley LB
19) Miami Dolphins -- Haha Clinton-Dix S [can get OL later]
20) Arizona Cardinals -- Ryan Shazier LB
21) Green Bay Packers -- Louis Nix III NT
22) Philadelphia Eagles -- Calvin Pryor S
23) Kansas City Chiefs -- Odell Beckham Jr WR
24) Cincinnati Bengals -- Kyle Fuller CB
25) San Diego Chargers -- Brandin Cooks WR
26) Cleveland Browns -- Johnny Manziel QB
27) New Orleans Saints -- Timmy Jernigan DT
28) Carolina Panthers -- Cyrus Kouandijo OT
29) New England Patriots -- RaShede Hageman DE
30) San Francisco 49ers -- Martavis Bryant WR
31) Denver Broncos -- Dee Ford DE
32) Seattle Seahawks -- Xavier Su'a-Filo G
1) Houston Texans -- Jadeveon Clowney DE
2) St. Louis Rams -- Blake Bortles QB
3) Jacksonville Jaguars -- Teddy Bridgewater QB
4) Cleveland Browns -- Khalil Mack OLB
5) Oakland Raiders -- Sammy Watkins WR
6) Atlanta Falcons -- Greg Robinson OT
7) Tampa Bay Buccaneers -- Eric Ebron TE
8) Minnesota Vikings -- Justin Gilbert CB
9) Buffalo Bills -- Anthony Barr OLB
10) Detroit Lions -- Kelvin Benjamin WR
11) Tennessee Titans -- Jake Matthews OT
12) New York Giants -- Darqueze Dennard CB
13) St. Louis Rams -- Taylor Lewan OT [go WR round two]
14) Chicago Bears -- Aaron Donald DT
15) Pittsburgh Steelers -- Jerry Ricecake WR St. Cloud State
16) Dallas Cowboys -- Mike Evans WR
17) Baltimore Ravens -- Marqise Lee WR
18) New York Jets -- CJ Mosley LB
19) Miami Dolphins -- Haha Clinton-Dix S [can get OL later]
20) Arizona Cardinals -- Ryan Shazier LB
21) Green Bay Packers -- Louis Nix III NT
22) Philadelphia Eagles -- Calvin Pryor S
23) Kansas City Chiefs -- Odell Beckham Jr WR
24) Cincinnati Bengals -- Kyle Fuller CB
25) San Diego Chargers -- Brandin Cooks WR
26) Cleveland Browns -- Johnny Manziel QB
27) New Orleans Saints -- Timmy Jernigan DT
28) Carolina Panthers -- Cyrus Kouandijo OT
29) New England Patriots -- RaShede Hageman DE
30) San Francisco 49ers -- Martavis Bryant WR
31) Denver Broncos -- Dee Ford DE
32) Seattle Seahawks -- Xavier Su'a-Filo G
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Diamond in the Rough -- Dri Archer
Dri Archer RB
Height: 5'8"
2012: 159 carries 1,429 rushing 561 receiving 20 TDs
4 career return TDs
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 175
2013: 68 carries 527 rush yards 279 receiving 10 TDs2012: 159 carries 1,429 rushing 561 receiving 20 TDs
4 career return TDs
Supposed Concerns: MAC conference (competition), Durability, 3rd down back/return specialist
Strengths: +++ speed
++ vision
+ strength
+++ initial burst/acceleration
+ catching
Mini Chalk: The kid has six gears. He is extremely explosive and the closest comparison is clearly Chris Johnson, and that is special to me as Chris Johnson was the top prospect back in '08. Dri has the vision of all great backs and I'm not concerned with his strength or durability at all. He had 20 repetitions of 225 pounds at the combine and had he put up 24 reps I would have given him another plus in the strength category. He's not a #1 RB. He's your lightning to the other guy you got as teams throttle down on the one back systems. Had a slight hiccup this year with an ankle but averaged 9 YPC his Junior year on 150 carries. A star is born every day and here is one of them.
Grade: 7.5/10
Grade: 7.5/10
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Stock Watch -- Post Combine 40
Unreal.
1) Jadeveon Clowney MLB
2) Khalil Mack OLB
3) Greg Robinson OT
4) Blake Bortles QB
5) Teddy Bridgewater QB
5) Justin Gilbert CB
6) Sammy Watkins WR
7) Anthony Barr OLB
8) Eric Ebron TE
9) Kelvin Benjamin WR
11) Aaron Donald NT
12) CJ Mosley LB
13 Ra'Shede Hageman DL
14) Martavis Bryant WR
15) Haha Clinton-Dix FS
16) Ryan Shazier ILB
16) Ryan Shazier ILB
16) Bradley Roby CB
17) Mike Evans WR
18) Louis Nix III NT
19) Darqueze Dennard CB
20) Odell Beckham Jr. WR
21) Taylor Lewan OT
22) Johnny Manziel QB
23) Marqise Lee WR
24) Kyle Fuller CB
25) Jake Matthews OT
26) Jason Verrett CB
27) Cyrus Kouandijo OT
28) Xavier Su'a-Filo G
29) Derek Carr QB
30) Calvin Pryor FS
31) Zack Martin OT
32) Timmy Jernigan DT
33) Antonio Richardson OT
34) Stephon Tuitt DE
35) Deone Bucannon SS
36) Austin Seferian-Jenkins TE
37) Kony Ealy DE
23) Marqise Lee WR
24) Kyle Fuller CB
25) Jake Matthews OT
26) Jason Verrett CB
27) Cyrus Kouandijo OT
28) Xavier Su'a-Filo G
29) Derek Carr QB
30) Calvin Pryor FS
31) Zack Martin OT
32) Timmy Jernigan DT
33) Antonio Richardson OT
34) Stephon Tuitt DE
35) Deone Bucannon SS
36) Austin Seferian-Jenkins TE
37) Kony Ealy DE
38) Brandin Cooks WR
39) Jace Amaro TE
40) Davante Adams WR
39) Jace Amaro TE
40) Davante Adams WR
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Best WR Class of All-Time?
As we get closer to the draft we can debut some classes that rival this class but this class is truly top notch. It has risky investments, safe investments, tall receivers, stop and start receivers, and some different views on the cream of the crop.
1) KELVIN BENJAMIN 6'5" 234 lb WR FLORIDA STATE
2) SAMMY WATKINS 6'1" 205 lb WR CLEMSON
5) MARTAVIS BRYANT 6'5" 200 lb WR CLEMSON
1) KELVIN BENJAMIN 6'5" 234 lb WR FLORIDA STATE
Player comp: Calvin Johnson WR
Player comp: Devin Hester/Chris Johnson
3) MARQISE LEE 6' 195 lb WR USC
Player comp: DeSean Jackson WR
4) ALLEN ROBINSON 6'3" 210 lb WR PENN STATE
Player comp: Charles Rogers WR
Player comp: Plaxico Burress WR
6) DAVANTE ADAMS 6'2" 216 lb WR FRESNO STATE
Player comp: Brandon Marshall WR
7) ODELL BECKHAM 6' 193 lb WR LSU
Player comp: Randall Cobb WR
8) BRANDIN COOKS 5'10" 186 lb WR Oregon State
Player comp: Antonio Brown WR
9) Brandon Coleman 6'6" 220 lb WR Rutgers
Player comp: Marques Colston WR
10) Donte Moncrief WR Ole Miss
11) Jarvis Landry WR LSU
12) Mike Evans WR Texas A&M
13) Jordan Matthews WR Vanderbilt
14) Paul Richardson WR Colorado
15) Bruce Ellington WR South Carolina
Boom/Bust -- Blake Bortles
Blake is a Boom shock a locka
Blake is the man. Blake is a star. Blake is an unbelievable QB. Blake is a taller version of John Elway.
The Roethlisberger comparison is clear but I think Blake is much more athletic than that. Ben his rookie year might look something like that but Ben Roethlisberger is a shell of his rookie year form. He is battered and aged like that of an ancient gladiator.
Blake has an incredibly hot girlfriend. Her name is Lindsey Duke and she is awesome.
Blake is a franchise QB in the 10-15 year range. He has an incredibly high ceiling and a very high floor. I think he could win a few league MVP's and perhaps a Super Bowl or few. He should be on the rating of a John Elway when he came out in 1983 and I understand how much of a big deal that was.
Blake is an escape artist like a Johnny Manziel but Blake's is replica-table at the NFL level because his game relies on size and speed, unlike Johnny's. Blake has a strong arm like Elway and many times found a way to win. Character points off the charts. Charisma, leadership off the charts. Should be in consideration for the #1 overall pick.
Blake is the man. Blake is a star. Blake is an unbelievable QB. Blake is a taller version of John Elway.
The Roethlisberger comparison is clear but I think Blake is much more athletic than that. Ben his rookie year might look something like that but Ben Roethlisberger is a shell of his rookie year form. He is battered and aged like that of an ancient gladiator.
Blake has an incredibly hot girlfriend. Her name is Lindsey Duke and she is awesome.
Blake is a franchise QB in the 10-15 year range. He has an incredibly high ceiling and a very high floor. I think he could win a few league MVP's and perhaps a Super Bowl or few. He should be on the rating of a John Elway when he came out in 1983 and I understand how much of a big deal that was.
Blake is an escape artist like a Johnny Manziel but Blake's is replica-table at the NFL level because his game relies on size and speed, unlike Johnny's. Blake has a strong arm like Elway and many times found a way to win. Character points off the charts. Charisma, leadership off the charts. Should be in consideration for the #1 overall pick.
Friday, January 17, 2014
Boom/Bust -- Johnny Manziel
I'm going to call him a BUST.
Johnny Manziel has gone into Tim Tebow supernova territory. The most talked about, controversial, egotistical player this draft. You either love him or hate him. I have gone back and forth on him. The whole Johnny Football craze in 2012 made me hate him. If there ever was a Johnny Football it would be Johnny Unitas and I love Johnny Unitas. Then everyone started to hate him in the offseason and I've been accused of Skip Baylissing as at that time the Johnny Football craze had died down and I was like, okay, I like him. He's a frat star. He gets it in. He's cool. For the record, I would rather have one testicle than be accused of Skip Baylissing. What that means if you don't know is that you take the opposing view just to be controversial and drive a story.
Then the 2013 season started and up until the end of the season I was a Johnny Football fan. Here's the thing. If you play SMU or Sam Houston State those games can only hurt you. You can get hurt or have a pedestrian 250 passing yards and 3 TDs and it's like yeah you just played Sam Houston State. You're supposed to kill them. Even if you throw for 400 yards and 6 TDs, it's thrown out because a guy from Sam Houston State wouldn't even be in "A" ball if football had the minor leagues. You really just throw those performances out because at the next level the bad defenses still have players littered from the top programs in the country. Sorry, John, I don't remember.
Looking at his tape the only two good defenses with NFL players being drafted from them are Missouri and LSU. It really was a down year for SEC defenses. Granted, there were a lot of good QBs this year in the SEC. Maybe the best overall group this century. I put the tape portion of the grading process in those two games and those two games alone, as well as LSU and Alabama last year. Missouri should have two or maybe three players drafted in the first three rounds and LSU should have at least two as well as some other late round guys. It needs addressed right now.
What about Alabama? Shut the fuck up before you hurt yourself. You look at the box scores you say hey Alabama had a good defense this year. Shut up they didn't play a soul. They played four good TEAMS all year, one of which was the bowl game. Not good offenses or good defenses they played Oklahoma and only three good teams in the SEC. The supposed tyrannical government dominating the NCAA until this year. Alabama went 2-2 against good teams. Here's Alabama's schedule: VT (most overrated team EVER and it happens every year), Texas A&M (1), Colorado State (sucks), Mississippi (sucks), GA State (sucks), Kentucky (sucks), Arkansas (sucks), Tennessee (you guessed it.. sucks), LSU (2), Mississippi State (sucks), Chattanooga (flying suck), Auburn (3) , Oklahoma (4). They gave up 138 points against those four teams and 60 points to the other 9 teams combined. Catch my drift.
Now that Alabama is out of the way. Good God. We can return to Manziel's performance against good defenses. He was completely overmatched. The speed of LSU's pass rush was overwhelming not only this year but last year as well. He was constantly overthrowing receivers as he had to stay in the pocket and it was amazing to see CBs not watch Mike Evans catch a ball where Manziel dicks around, heaves it up and says 500. Those are the kind of guys you will be playing against in the NFL every single week.
Manziel really is easy to stop. You just have your DEs contain and throw maybe even a QB spy and he's not doing anything. Make him beat you with his arm. Manziel doesn't have a strong arm. Accuracy is decent. I don't remember too many difficult throws he's made. He's thrown some fly's, slants, outs, but not too many of the more difficult throws far hash to a corner route on the opposite side of the field. Maybe a deep cross through the tiny window. He would scramble make it manageable and get the first down. Not happening in the pros my friend. Many of his big plays are prayers in the NFL that get knocked down or picked off. He's not entirely intelligent. I don't think I've ever seen him change a play at the line. His game is improvisational. He's a backyard QB. LSU's speed was too much for him and he completed 39% of his passes against them this year. It was really ugly. It also looked like he quit on his team. He's not the leader of my football team I'll tell you that much right now. In his two games against LSU, Manziel has 1 TD and 5 INTs with a combined completion percentage of 46%. Yikes! Tim Tebow and Josh Freeman territory. He was neutralized when he tried to scramble and that tells me it's not going to work in the NFL.
All of that just to capture a portion of the FLASH rating. Against good opponents, outside of the Alabama game that won him the Heisman he was very average or awful.
The next order of business is about his size. He's too small. In a picture next to Cliff, or maybe it was Chris Paul, I couldn't tell, he was shorter than him. Paul is listed at six foot. Next to Jameis Winston, who is listed at 6'4" and rape victim says 6'2" Manziel's head was roughly an inch above his nose. I'm calling Manziel (x-4.5) to Jameis Winston. He's 4.5 inches shorter. Now, someone doesn't confuse a legit 6'4" with 6'2". 6'1", 6'2", 6'3" you're tall compared to the average of 5'10" or whatever it is, but when you're 6'4" you're a giant, and this girl would really be looking up to him and with a 6'2" allegation she wasn't really looking up to him that much. Catch my drift.
Then his weight. This is durability. The way he plays, this is critical. How many hits can he take dancing around like a ballerina? Will he even be able to do that with Patrick Willis flying at him? He is listed at 6'1" 215 LBs. Jameis Winston is listed at 6'4" 228 LBs. Do you see the difference? Manziel has no muscle on his body and has chicken legs and you look at Winston and he's a bull. You're supposed to tell me 10 pounds separates the two when you have midget versus grown ass man. When you're taller you can hide the weight bc of a bigger frame and you're going to tell me Johnny Manziel is this condensed strong man. I think not. He's a tot. Manziel prediction 5'11" 3/8 195 LBs. I expect batted balls to be somewhat of a problem for him in his career.
I think so many of his big plays are not replicable in the pro game. Like jumping over an OL and then escaping. That DL grabs you and you go nowhere. Put it this way. Jared Allen grabbed Ben Roethlisberger with ONE ARM and Ben couldn't move. Ben is considered the toughest QB to bring to the turf and one hand is all it took. You think a finger can take down Manziel?
I look at character. The QB is everything. Good QB you win, bad QB you lose. Does character matter? I think he's more concerned with hanging out with celebrities and being a celebrity than being the best QB ever. I already said he looked like he gave up on his team against LSU that night. What kind of guy do you want? Do you want the guy that when it's going great to be chipper or when shit hits the fan he doesn't care up or down ten he's going to fight until the end. I prefer the latter.
He gets knocked for character, durability, height, arm strength, subpar accuracy, intelligence, transferability of game to the NFL, and performance against top echelon opponents. It all adds up to five years from now you going with their first round pick the Houston Texans select …. QB
Johnny Manziel has gone into Tim Tebow supernova territory. The most talked about, controversial, egotistical player this draft. You either love him or hate him. I have gone back and forth on him. The whole Johnny Football craze in 2012 made me hate him. If there ever was a Johnny Football it would be Johnny Unitas and I love Johnny Unitas. Then everyone started to hate him in the offseason and I've been accused of Skip Baylissing as at that time the Johnny Football craze had died down and I was like, okay, I like him. He's a frat star. He gets it in. He's cool. For the record, I would rather have one testicle than be accused of Skip Baylissing. What that means if you don't know is that you take the opposing view just to be controversial and drive a story.
Then the 2013 season started and up until the end of the season I was a Johnny Football fan. Here's the thing. If you play SMU or Sam Houston State those games can only hurt you. You can get hurt or have a pedestrian 250 passing yards and 3 TDs and it's like yeah you just played Sam Houston State. You're supposed to kill them. Even if you throw for 400 yards and 6 TDs, it's thrown out because a guy from Sam Houston State wouldn't even be in "A" ball if football had the minor leagues. You really just throw those performances out because at the next level the bad defenses still have players littered from the top programs in the country. Sorry, John, I don't remember.
Looking at his tape the only two good defenses with NFL players being drafted from them are Missouri and LSU. It really was a down year for SEC defenses. Granted, there were a lot of good QBs this year in the SEC. Maybe the best overall group this century. I put the tape portion of the grading process in those two games and those two games alone, as well as LSU and Alabama last year. Missouri should have two or maybe three players drafted in the first three rounds and LSU should have at least two as well as some other late round guys. It needs addressed right now.
What about Alabama? Shut the fuck up before you hurt yourself. You look at the box scores you say hey Alabama had a good defense this year. Shut up they didn't play a soul. They played four good TEAMS all year, one of which was the bowl game. Not good offenses or good defenses they played Oklahoma and only three good teams in the SEC. The supposed tyrannical government dominating the NCAA until this year. Alabama went 2-2 against good teams. Here's Alabama's schedule: VT (most overrated team EVER and it happens every year), Texas A&M (1), Colorado State (sucks), Mississippi (sucks), GA State (sucks), Kentucky (sucks), Arkansas (sucks), Tennessee (you guessed it.. sucks), LSU (2), Mississippi State (sucks), Chattanooga (flying suck), Auburn (3) , Oklahoma (4). They gave up 138 points against those four teams and 60 points to the other 9 teams combined. Catch my drift.
Now that Alabama is out of the way. Good God. We can return to Manziel's performance against good defenses. He was completely overmatched. The speed of LSU's pass rush was overwhelming not only this year but last year as well. He was constantly overthrowing receivers as he had to stay in the pocket and it was amazing to see CBs not watch Mike Evans catch a ball where Manziel dicks around, heaves it up and says 500. Those are the kind of guys you will be playing against in the NFL every single week.
Manziel really is easy to stop. You just have your DEs contain and throw maybe even a QB spy and he's not doing anything. Make him beat you with his arm. Manziel doesn't have a strong arm. Accuracy is decent. I don't remember too many difficult throws he's made. He's thrown some fly's, slants, outs, but not too many of the more difficult throws far hash to a corner route on the opposite side of the field. Maybe a deep cross through the tiny window. He would scramble make it manageable and get the first down. Not happening in the pros my friend. Many of his big plays are prayers in the NFL that get knocked down or picked off. He's not entirely intelligent. I don't think I've ever seen him change a play at the line. His game is improvisational. He's a backyard QB. LSU's speed was too much for him and he completed 39% of his passes against them this year. It was really ugly. It also looked like he quit on his team. He's not the leader of my football team I'll tell you that much right now. In his two games against LSU, Manziel has 1 TD and 5 INTs with a combined completion percentage of 46%. Yikes! Tim Tebow and Josh Freeman territory. He was neutralized when he tried to scramble and that tells me it's not going to work in the NFL.
All of that just to capture a portion of the FLASH rating. Against good opponents, outside of the Alabama game that won him the Heisman he was very average or awful.
The next order of business is about his size. He's too small. In a picture next to Cliff, or maybe it was Chris Paul, I couldn't tell, he was shorter than him. Paul is listed at six foot. Next to Jameis Winston, who is listed at 6'4" and rape victim says 6'2" Manziel's head was roughly an inch above his nose. I'm calling Manziel (x-4.5) to Jameis Winston. He's 4.5 inches shorter. Now, someone doesn't confuse a legit 6'4" with 6'2". 6'1", 6'2", 6'3" you're tall compared to the average of 5'10" or whatever it is, but when you're 6'4" you're a giant, and this girl would really be looking up to him and with a 6'2" allegation she wasn't really looking up to him that much. Catch my drift.
Then his weight. This is durability. The way he plays, this is critical. How many hits can he take dancing around like a ballerina? Will he even be able to do that with Patrick Willis flying at him? He is listed at 6'1" 215 LBs. Jameis Winston is listed at 6'4" 228 LBs. Do you see the difference? Manziel has no muscle on his body and has chicken legs and you look at Winston and he's a bull. You're supposed to tell me 10 pounds separates the two when you have midget versus grown ass man. When you're taller you can hide the weight bc of a bigger frame and you're going to tell me Johnny Manziel is this condensed strong man. I think not. He's a tot. Manziel prediction 5'11" 3/8 195 LBs. I expect batted balls to be somewhat of a problem for him in his career.
I think so many of his big plays are not replicable in the pro game. Like jumping over an OL and then escaping. That DL grabs you and you go nowhere. Put it this way. Jared Allen grabbed Ben Roethlisberger with ONE ARM and Ben couldn't move. Ben is considered the toughest QB to bring to the turf and one hand is all it took. You think a finger can take down Manziel?
I look at character. The QB is everything. Good QB you win, bad QB you lose. Does character matter? I think he's more concerned with hanging out with celebrities and being a celebrity than being the best QB ever. I already said he looked like he gave up on his team against LSU that night. What kind of guy do you want? Do you want the guy that when it's going great to be chipper or when shit hits the fan he doesn't care up or down ten he's going to fight until the end. I prefer the latter.
He gets knocked for character, durability, height, arm strength, subpar accuracy, intelligence, transferability of game to the NFL, and performance against top echelon opponents. It all adds up to five years from now you going with their first round pick the Houston Texans select …. QB
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Miami Dolphins GM Scenario
The Miami Dolphins are 21M under the salary cap for 2014.
Let's give Joe Philbin a round of applause for almost making the playoffs and the Miami Dolphins being the Miami Dolphins at 8-8. He's a choke. I'd dump him next year unless they make the playoffs. You could easily lure a college coach to the Miami sun. What about Chucky? That would be unreal. Give him like 8M, no one turns that down. John Gruden, I love.
First order of business is cutting a guy I've never heard of. Dimitri Patterson. It was a breakout year I suppose for this guy. Went on IR with a groin. He amassed 4 INTs of his 9 career. He is 30, you dump him you save another 5.4M. Releasing Matt Moore saves 4M. He is schedule to make more than Ryan Tannehill next year and that can't happen.
Let's work with 30M cap room. I re-sign Brent Grimes to the money saved by cutting Dimitri Patterson. Damn back to 25M. Other FA's of Miami I would consider as they don't have a whole lot would be Randy Starks and maybe a John Jerry. Starks would come with a hefty price tag so an alternative would be the monster known as LaMarr Houston DT from Oakland who comes with similar production and a smaller price tag. Granted, teams like to bring back their own guys for familiarity reasons. I just prefer amassing the most amount of talent possible for 125M.
The Dolphins need playmakers on both sides of the ball. A CB is a must. Either in UFA like a run DRC or maybe a guy like Justin Gilbert who had 6 INTs at Oklahoma State. Gilbert is not only a ballhawk but can hurt you on the INT return or in the special teams return game. Gilbert is a sure-fire first round pick. They could be in the running for a Jairius Byrd as this safety draft class isn't too hot outside of Haha Clinton-Dix. Clinton-Dix should be there when they select in the first round. Definitely thinking DB for Miami in round one.
I like Rishard Matthews and Hartline is OK. He's not a pesky Welker type. He's a possession guy and I'd love to see Jeremy Maclin in a Dolphins uniform. Two speedsters with Wallace and Maclin and with Clay, Hartline, and Miller that should be a dynamic offense. Finally.
Draft Picks?
Haha Clinton-Dix FS (1st)
Justin Gilbert CB (1st)
Antonio Richardson OT (1st-2nd)
Xavier Su'a-Filo G (2nd)
Cyril Richardson G (2nd-3rd)
Gabe Jackson G (3rd-5th)
Free agents?
Jairius Byrd S
Branden Albert OT
Blindside OT
Dominique Rodgers Cromartie CB
LaMarr Houston DT
Jeremy Maclin WR
Top Four Needs
OL
DB
S
DT/WR
Randy Starks wasn't overly dominant this year and can be replaced. I'm signing Maclin and saying screw you Bellidick stop us with your joke defense. The Dolphins need to sure up that abysmal line and should be thinking 1-2 draft picks along the OL. Sprinkle in a defensive playmaker in the first round and you might have something. Maybe sign DRC and then go Clinton-Dix in round one. Need more explosive weapons on offense as Wallace is a decoy kinda as he's just going to get doubled but if you have someone potent on the other side than he will get better looks downfield. Wallace also needs to catch the damn ball. I would like to see him work more underneath routes and capitalize on his speed in the open field
Let's give Joe Philbin a round of applause for almost making the playoffs and the Miami Dolphins being the Miami Dolphins at 8-8. He's a choke. I'd dump him next year unless they make the playoffs. You could easily lure a college coach to the Miami sun. What about Chucky? That would be unreal. Give him like 8M, no one turns that down. John Gruden, I love.
First order of business is cutting a guy I've never heard of. Dimitri Patterson. It was a breakout year I suppose for this guy. Went on IR with a groin. He amassed 4 INTs of his 9 career. He is 30, you dump him you save another 5.4M. Releasing Matt Moore saves 4M. He is schedule to make more than Ryan Tannehill next year and that can't happen.
Let's work with 30M cap room. I re-sign Brent Grimes to the money saved by cutting Dimitri Patterson. Damn back to 25M. Other FA's of Miami I would consider as they don't have a whole lot would be Randy Starks and maybe a John Jerry. Starks would come with a hefty price tag so an alternative would be the monster known as LaMarr Houston DT from Oakland who comes with similar production and a smaller price tag. Granted, teams like to bring back their own guys for familiarity reasons. I just prefer amassing the most amount of talent possible for 125M.
The Dolphins need playmakers on both sides of the ball. A CB is a must. Either in UFA like a run DRC or maybe a guy like Justin Gilbert who had 6 INTs at Oklahoma State. Gilbert is not only a ballhawk but can hurt you on the INT return or in the special teams return game. Gilbert is a sure-fire first round pick. They could be in the running for a Jairius Byrd as this safety draft class isn't too hot outside of Haha Clinton-Dix. Clinton-Dix should be there when they select in the first round. Definitely thinking DB for Miami in round one.
I like Rishard Matthews and Hartline is OK. He's not a pesky Welker type. He's a possession guy and I'd love to see Jeremy Maclin in a Dolphins uniform. Two speedsters with Wallace and Maclin and with Clay, Hartline, and Miller that should be a dynamic offense. Finally.
Draft Picks?
Haha Clinton-Dix FS (1st)
Justin Gilbert CB (1st)
Antonio Richardson OT (1st-2nd)
Xavier Su'a-Filo G (2nd)
Cyril Richardson G (2nd-3rd)
Gabe Jackson G (3rd-5th)
Free agents?
Jairius Byrd S
Branden Albert OT
Blindside OT
Dominique Rodgers Cromartie CB
LaMarr Houston DT
Jeremy Maclin WR
Top Four Needs
OL
DB
S
DT/WR
Randy Starks wasn't overly dominant this year and can be replaced. I'm signing Maclin and saying screw you Bellidick stop us with your joke defense. The Dolphins need to sure up that abysmal line and should be thinking 1-2 draft picks along the OL. Sprinkle in a defensive playmaker in the first round and you might have something. Maybe sign DRC and then go Clinton-Dix in round one. Need more explosive weapons on offense as Wallace is a decoy kinda as he's just going to get doubled but if you have someone potent on the other side than he will get better looks downfield. Wallace also needs to catch the damn ball. I would like to see him work more underneath routes and capitalize on his speed in the open field
Indianapolis Colts GM Scenario
This one should be fun. The Colts have over 36M in cap space for 2014. There is a cap floor on how much you must give out in contracts each year so it will be interesting to see how they spend their cash this year. If you put all of your eggs in one basket this year by signing everyone in sight you may run into problems down the road as you must sign 80M worth of total contracts ("new money" not just moving money around) each year or something like that. Think about it. That's one top UFA and re-signing some of your own players and you're there. You can't just spend 300M like the NYY in one year as you wouldn't be able to be under the cap in future years bc you must dish out money each year.
First, you cut Matt Hasselbeck and Samson Satele, which saves 6.25M. I don't believe in old WRs coming off knee injuries either, so I'd cut Reggie Wayne as well, saving another 4M. So, let's call it 46M of cap space and let the games begin.
Franchise tag Vontae Davis or sign him long-term. I guess I'll have to stop sending Vontae to other teams. He's not going anywhere. He could be had for first year cap hit in the 4-6M range, with of course over 10M to sign and rising cap hits throughout the deal. 5yrs/50M should be fair value for a guy of his caliber. Leaning more towards a number lower, than higher than that.
This is what separates the men from the boys. Decisions, decisions. I let Antoine Bethea walk and I sign Jairius Byrd. I imagine the Colts love Bethea for some reason and he's OK and will be re-signed, but I'll pay an extra 3-4M a year to have Byrd over Bethea. That's like going from a C to a B.
They have major league problems at multiple positions on this roster. The OL is terrible. The WR corps is depleted. They have no talented MLB's for their 3-4. The front 3 is very suspect. Well, their front seven minus Robert Mathis is suspect. Didn't like the Bjoern Werner draft pick, maybe he fills in at 3-4 OLB next year. Who will be the RB? Re-sign Brown not a bad idea. Bring back Vinatieri and Mcafee also good ideas.
If you cut Reggie you have T.Y. as the starter and that's a bad look. I think T.Y. is a good 3rd and luckily for them this is an A+ WR UFA and draft class. I think make a move at Jeremy Maclin as he's coming off a knee injury and won't be getting too much cash. Maybe an Eric Decker. Maybe both. They have the cap room. No need to show love to Reggie at the ripe age of 35 going on 36 when you can bring in young talent at the same price or slightly above and have them for 5 more years. They don't have a 1st rd pick but with some solid UFA signings they could be Super Bowl contenders. Still think a guy like Darren McFadden is the perfect guy for this system. I'd trade Trent for a 2nd rd pick, but they won't do that.
Draft Picks?
Davante Adams WR (1st-2nd)
Brandin Cooks WR (2nd-3rd)
Dominique Easley DT (3rd-4th)
Ryan Shazier ILB (2nd-3rd)
Christian Jones ILB (2nd-3rd)
Gabe Jackson G (3rd-5th) PRO BOWLER
Free Agents?
Branden Albert OT
Jeremy Maclin WR
Eric Decker WR
Jairius Byrd FS
LaMarr Houston DL
Jason Worilds OLB
Top Four Needs
WR
ILB
OT
DL
I think the Colts need to bring in 4 top UFA's bc they don't have a 1st rd pick. One will be the choice of Byrd over Bethea. The other three would be Decker, LaMarr Houston DL who is an absolute beast, and Branden Albert OT to protect Luck. I think Decker and Luck could be like two peas in a pod. I'd feel more comfortable flipping Castonzo to RT and having Albert at LT than Castonzo at LT and Gosder freaking Cherilus at RT. Winning the division means tougher schedule and let's see what the great Ryan Grigson can do. Do you think he can beat FST?
First, you cut Matt Hasselbeck and Samson Satele, which saves 6.25M. I don't believe in old WRs coming off knee injuries either, so I'd cut Reggie Wayne as well, saving another 4M. So, let's call it 46M of cap space and let the games begin.
Franchise tag Vontae Davis or sign him long-term. I guess I'll have to stop sending Vontae to other teams. He's not going anywhere. He could be had for first year cap hit in the 4-6M range, with of course over 10M to sign and rising cap hits throughout the deal. 5yrs/50M should be fair value for a guy of his caliber. Leaning more towards a number lower, than higher than that.
This is what separates the men from the boys. Decisions, decisions. I let Antoine Bethea walk and I sign Jairius Byrd. I imagine the Colts love Bethea for some reason and he's OK and will be re-signed, but I'll pay an extra 3-4M a year to have Byrd over Bethea. That's like going from a C to a B.
They have major league problems at multiple positions on this roster. The OL is terrible. The WR corps is depleted. They have no talented MLB's for their 3-4. The front 3 is very suspect. Well, their front seven minus Robert Mathis is suspect. Didn't like the Bjoern Werner draft pick, maybe he fills in at 3-4 OLB next year. Who will be the RB? Re-sign Brown not a bad idea. Bring back Vinatieri and Mcafee also good ideas.
If you cut Reggie you have T.Y. as the starter and that's a bad look. I think T.Y. is a good 3rd and luckily for them this is an A+ WR UFA and draft class. I think make a move at Jeremy Maclin as he's coming off a knee injury and won't be getting too much cash. Maybe an Eric Decker. Maybe both. They have the cap room. No need to show love to Reggie at the ripe age of 35 going on 36 when you can bring in young talent at the same price or slightly above and have them for 5 more years. They don't have a 1st rd pick but with some solid UFA signings they could be Super Bowl contenders. Still think a guy like Darren McFadden is the perfect guy for this system. I'd trade Trent for a 2nd rd pick, but they won't do that.
Draft Picks?
Davante Adams WR (1st-2nd)
Brandin Cooks WR (2nd-3rd)
Dominique Easley DT (3rd-4th)
Ryan Shazier ILB (2nd-3rd)
Christian Jones ILB (2nd-3rd)
Gabe Jackson G (3rd-5th) PRO BOWLER
Free Agents?
Branden Albert OT
Jeremy Maclin WR
Eric Decker WR
Jairius Byrd FS
LaMarr Houston DL
Jason Worilds OLB
Top Four Needs
WR
ILB
OT
DL
I think the Colts need to bring in 4 top UFA's bc they don't have a 1st rd pick. One will be the choice of Byrd over Bethea. The other three would be Decker, LaMarr Houston DL who is an absolute beast, and Branden Albert OT to protect Luck. I think Decker and Luck could be like two peas in a pod. I'd feel more comfortable flipping Castonzo to RT and having Albert at LT than Castonzo at LT and Gosder freaking Cherilus at RT. Winning the division means tougher schedule and let's see what the great Ryan Grigson can do. Do you think he can beat FST?
Lions GM Scenario
I think the Rams had an easy fix. I think a few elite offensive weapons and I think they got something there. As for Detroit, don't like their secondary at all. The little dutch boy Rashean Mathis will be gone and I'm not a fan of Chris Houston. Very overrated. I would like to see them go after a nice UFA CB like a Vontae Davis to solidify that secondary. Their LB's have improved as I've always seen that as a weakness of this team. Been pleasantly surprised by play of Tulloch and Levy. Of the two, Levy is the guy I want and would prefer an upgrade over Tulloch.
The first priority of Detroit this offseason now that they got their head coach is to do something with Ndamukong Suh's contract. You can't pay any player, even a franchise QB, 22.4M as a cap hit in 2014. They could knock 10M off that number with an extension or a restructure.
Nate Burleson should be cut. Saves 5.5M. Plenty o good WRs this draft for the Lions to take in round one hehe. Imagine a Kelvin Benjamin or a Sammy Watkins playing with Calvin. Yikes! They should be able to get one of them without having to trade up.
Another guy I'd love to see on that Detroit defense is Michael Johnson DE. The Lions have three 1st rd pick DL and if you add this guy to the mix watch out. Problem is he might be the most expensive UFA this year so Detroit would have some spring cleaning to do to be able to make a move like this.
Maybe go after Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie as well. A cheaper alternative to Vontae Davis. Personally, I'd take them both. Should be able to get them both for under 10M combined cap hit in 2014. They also need an upgrade at the OLB position over Ashlee Palmer. Who the hell is that? Exactly.
Lions are currently 5M over the cap in 2014.
The first priority of Detroit this offseason now that they got their head coach is to do something with Ndamukong Suh's contract. You can't pay any player, even a franchise QB, 22.4M as a cap hit in 2014. They could knock 10M off that number with an extension or a restructure.
Nate Burleson should be cut. Saves 5.5M. Plenty o good WRs this draft for the Lions to take in round one hehe. Imagine a Kelvin Benjamin or a Sammy Watkins playing with Calvin. Yikes! They should be able to get one of them without having to trade up.
Another guy I'd love to see on that Detroit defense is Michael Johnson DE. The Lions have three 1st rd pick DL and if you add this guy to the mix watch out. Problem is he might be the most expensive UFA this year so Detroit would have some spring cleaning to do to be able to make a move like this.
Maybe go after Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie as well. A cheaper alternative to Vontae Davis. Personally, I'd take them both. Should be able to get them both for under 10M combined cap hit in 2014. They also need an upgrade at the OLB position over Ashlee Palmer. Who the hell is that? Exactly.
Lions are currently 5M over the cap in 2014.
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Rams GM Scenario
The Rams hold the 2nd and 13th pick in this year's draft. Trade back from the 2nd overall pick and pick up at least another 2nd round pick. Someone will surely be trading up for Clowney or maybe a quarterback. Moving only a few spots back to say the 7th overall pick range. With the 7th pick, select Sammy Watkins WR and with the 13th pick select Kelvin Benjamin WR. With the extra pick pair that with your own 2nd rd pick and jump up to the 27th pick range and get Austin Seferian-Jenkins TE. Now, Sam Bradford has weapons and with Tavon Austin in the fold the Greatest Show on Turf would be back
Underclassmen Update
1) Jadeveon Clowney DE
2) Kelvin Benjamin WR
3) Sammy Watkins WR
4) Khalil Mack OLB
5) Greg Robinson OT
5) Blake Bortles QB
6) Eric Ebron TE
7) Teddy Bridgewater QB
8) Davante Adams WR
9) Marqise Lee WR
11) Louis Nix III NT
12) Justin Gilbert CB
13) Anthony Barr OLB
14) Ra'Shede Hageman DE
15) Johnny Manziel QB
16) Bradley Roby CB
16) Haha Clinton-Dix S
17) Darqueze Dennard CB
18) Stephon Tuitt DE
19) Trent Murphy DE
20) Taylor Lewan OT
21) Mike Evans WR
22) Cyrus Kouandijo OT
23) Vic Beasley OLB
24) Lache Seastrunk RB
25) Austin Seferian-Jenkins TE
2) Kelvin Benjamin WR
3) Sammy Watkins WR
4) Khalil Mack OLB
5) Greg Robinson OT
5) Blake Bortles QB
6) Eric Ebron TE
7) Teddy Bridgewater QB
8) Davante Adams WR
9) Marqise Lee WR
11) Louis Nix III NT
12) Justin Gilbert CB
13) Anthony Barr OLB
14) Ra'Shede Hageman DE
15) Johnny Manziel QB
16) Bradley Roby CB
16) Haha Clinton-Dix S
17) Darqueze Dennard CB
18) Stephon Tuitt DE
19) Trent Murphy DE
20) Taylor Lewan OT
21) Mike Evans WR
22) Cyrus Kouandijo OT
23) Vic Beasley OLB
24) Lache Seastrunk RB
25) Austin Seferian-Jenkins TE
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