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Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread
Although Walsh's system of offense can compensate for lack of talent; however, defense is a different story. According to Walsh, talent on defense was essential and could not be compensated for. What did Walsh do in 1981? He acquired physical and talented players on defense.
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01-08-2013, 05:19 PM #1082
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01-08-2013, 05:23 PM #1083
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01-08-2013, 05:38 PM #1084
Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread
Gota what's your take on minter?
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01-08-2013, 09:10 PM #1085iggyman555 Guest
Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread
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Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread
Geno Smith apparently is planning to skip the Senior Bowl.
Personally, I think that is a mistake. I understood why Luck skipped it last year because he was likely to be the top pick, but I think Geno Smith could have really shown his stuff and made a lot of folks on the fence believers.Disclaimer: The content posted is of my own opinion.
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Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread
I think Te'o gets by on smarts and instincts more than athleticism. I don't think he'll have a great combine.
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Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread
He doesn't need a great combine. Everyone knows that he'll test well and interview well. He'll probably do well in bench. The events most will be looking at with Te'o are the 3-cone, 40, and vertical jump/long jump.
Right now, I wouldn't be surprised if he runs the 40 in the high 4.6's (similar to Hightower). However, Te'o is also about 2" shorter (at least) and 15-20lbs smaller than Hightower. Ideally, if Te'o runs in the 4.5's then he will really bump his stock up.Disclaimer: The content posted is of my own opinion.
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Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread
Doesn't really matter about height when your an ILB. Ray Lewis is the greatest ever and is only 6'1, while London Flecther is only 5'10. I still think Te'o is better than both Kuechly and Hightower, I think he'll be gone well before we pick.
Alec Ogletree is not going in the first round, and I would not like him as our first round pick, Kevin Minter is better and may go late in the first round.
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01-09-2013, 10:32 AM #1090Hall Of Fame Poster
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Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread
Terrible mistake. Geno could legitimately get overtaken for #1 QB in the class if another QB has an incredible Senior Bowl and Combine. He really needed to just put his nose to the grindstone, play the game, and show improvement.
I think he's scared of falling even more, frankly. He's just going to keep his mouth shut and hope and pray that people fall in love with his numbers instead of watching the tape of his late-season collapse. I'm actually growing to really dislike him as a prospect.
I really doubt Te'o is going to have a good Combine... he's not an athletic freak at all. I believe he's listed at 6'2 255... he might consider dropping 10 or 15 pounds for the Combine in hopes of getting his speed up. Just judging from his tape I don't see the kind of elite lateral movement and looseness that translates to a good 3-cone time. Kuechly for example put up a 6.92 3-cone which is excellent and very indicative of his sideline-to-sideline ability. I do see Te'o having good strength numbers, i.e. bench and vertical jump.
I don't agree that Te'o is a better prospect than Kuechly. Taking a hard look at his tape, you don't see the kind of elite sideline-to-sideline athleticism Kuechly had when he came out. I think Te'o might be out of the conversation for 4-3 Mike at this point, to me he looks more like a 3-4 ILB only or maybe 4-3 SAM. If he drops some weight and really shows improved sideline to sideline ability in the pre draft process he might work his way back.
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Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread
Te'o may have a bad BCS game, but Kuechly played against lesser competition, while Te' was dominating against some of the top teams in America. Its also funny how you bring up "elite" sideline to sideline speed, because while Kuechly had a very average rookie year, Hightower has been lights out whenever he's been on the field, and a lot of people said that Hightower should drop weight, and said there's no way he could excel in a 4-3 scheme as a ILB, guess he proved everyone wrong this year.
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Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread
I totally agree.
I think Kuechly is a significantly better prospect than Teo.
Kuechly may have played against lesser comp than Teo, but he also didn't have multiple first and second day picks playing in front of him taking up all the blockers either. Kuechly showed in college a much better ability to shed blocks and is vastly superior in pass coverage.
And he was far from average this year...lol. He led the NFL in tackles and was the defensive rookie of the month in December. He was so good that the Panthers are going to move Jon Beason, a Pro Bowl level MLB to OLB and keep Kuechly there.
He had an outstanding rookie year and is the running for defensive rookie of the year.
I definitely haven't seen Hightower being "lights out". He missed 2 games granted, but he also had like a third of Kuechly's tackles and didn't force a single turnover (he recovered 2 fumbles).Although Walsh's system of offense can compensate for lack of talent; however, defense is a different story. According to Walsh, talent on defense was essential and could not be compensated for. What did Walsh do in 1981? He acquired physical and talented players on defense.
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