CrazedDogs

Same for Odunze. There are some stories about him doing shit like counting rotations on the ball before he catches it that bring to mind one of our old favorites, Hakeem Nicks. Then the guy put up some pro day numbers that bring to mind Julio Jones. And I'm not so sure I don't like Nabors better than either of them.

Me too. I think in most drafts it’s a sure fire bet that either would be off the board by 6.

I'm glad he's back, I think he'll be an interesting fit in Bowen's defense. I'm not sure what to expect.

for sure. that's why I don't care much about sack totals. If we're going to evaluate based on stats, then show me pressure rates, win rates, sacks+pressures+TFL/snap, things like that. Scheme matters a ton too, maybe a guy just wasn't being asked to do what he does best. Not sure either is a good argument for Burns though. Or maybe it is, I can't tell you the first thing about the Panthers defense in recent seasons.

no, there's an equal, if not slightly greater chance that more opportunities might lower the prwr, or any other rate-based stat. That's why there's typically a minimum snap count (or whatever the denominator is) to be considered a leader in any rate-based stat.

chances don't matter for rate-based stats, like PRWR.

I should have remembered that, I was thinking the '83 draft was five QBs ---- Elway, Marino, Kelly, Blackledge, and (LOL @ Jets) O'Brien. Who did I forget? ----- aha, Eason.

I going with hell no.

Seems like the QBs always get inflated during draft month. Six QBs in the mix for the 1st round? Has that ever actually happened before?

Michigan obviously runs a pro-style offense. It's more of a 'pro-style' offense than some pro teams run, lol..... including Daboll's or Shurmur's Giants. McCarthy played under center, he has experience turning his back to the D and running legit play action. I don't know how their passing concepts stack up compared to a true NFL offense, but I can recognize that they weren't running half-field reads or one read and pull it down play design, like we've been suffering through with Jones.

Well, I don't know, he's a great athlete, but hitting a ball is a very different skill from banging skulls with Aaron Donald. Does Jason Kelce have skills like that? Maybe, that might be what makes him a hall of fame level football player. Going way back, a good example is Alex Karras. He was supposedly a hell of a baseball player, but had poor vision, couldn't hit breaking pitches. But a football lineman only needs to see color.

heh, well, I would too, but the thing is, pretty much all the guys in Basketball, Baseball, Tennis, or Soccer, are either more athletically gifted than the NFL guys, or they had the resources to spend countless hours developing a particular skill, or both. The NFL is the only path to being a pro athlete for a lot of guys, whether that's due to limitations in their hand-eye coordination talent, or just whether they had the opportunity to have, for ex., golf lessons as a kid. But anyone who is sufficiently large, strong, or fast, can get a cup of coffee in the NFL.

yeah, it sounds like a side effect of rugby tackling technique.... but I think that's safer, it takes the head out of the tackle. So guess its head in front and drive the hips or nothing? Oh, but don't forget not to lower the helmet, that's a penalty too. Not even remotely a fan of this rule change. I think it will be a mistake, it's going to encourage head on head collisions.

oh wow, that's actually a really good idea. I presume there will be special rules for on side attempts too.

ooookay..... why? Horse collar tackle, okay, ban that, makes sense. But.... using your weight to pull down the opposing player. That's tackling, isn't it?

hey, Bavaro was an always injured tight end, and he was awesome!

I'm shocked Peart was offered a contract. He's earned camp-body-at-most status. His effort level last time he saw the field was unacceptable. Holmes, cool, he's an NFL player. He'd be a better NFL player if the medical staff would amputate his fingers, so he couldn't grab jersey anymore.

LOL! don't count on it, kiddo. Saquon won't be running behind Kelce.

people keep saying that after this McCarthy visit, but I'm not sure that's true. My understanding is that it isn't uncommon for team A to have a visit with prospect B on behalf of team C, while team C has a visit with prospect D on behalf of team A.

I wouldn’t be mad at a trade back to later in the first, then pick McCarthy. I think. It’s a based on shit I’ve read opinion, don’t feel like I’ve seen enough of him to judge.

heh, after the stink the Eagles raised over losing Gannon, I really hope they get fucked on this.

I think its the former, not the latter. And before we panic, there's a lot of room between 'Lock will have the opportunity to compete' and 'Lock is the week 1 starter'.

damn it. you're going to make me learn how to use PFR, aren't you.

I did too, until he started showing his ass. And he was mostly ass.

oh wow, I did watch a bunch of OSU this year, so I'm up on MHJ's film ---- he doesn't have the route running nuance of Nabers, and he's twice as likely to drop the ball from what I've seen ---- but I had no idea he was so tall. No pun intended, but that's huge.