Bigblue25 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Remember when I told you guys he's a pansy and Jonathan Martin 2.0 The Saints are concerned with first-round OT Andrus Peats conditioning. "In 15 years of covering the NFL, I've never seen a player struggle as much as Peat did on Friday," reporter Jeff Duncan said. Peat also dealt with conditioning issues at OTAs. Hes been a disappointment in training camp, working mostly with the second team. Zach Strief remains comfortably ahead of Peat. Aug 8 - 7:35 PM Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2015/08/defensive_substitution_issues.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I remember hearing he didn't have the mean streak too. Flowers, on the other hand, is supposed to have it in spades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueInCanada Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I thought this was the guy everyone had labeled as the "fat slob of the draft". Kinda like that kid the Bungles drafted a number of years back, Smith or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BronxRik Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I remember hearing he didn't have the mean streak too. Flowers, on the other hand, is supposed to have it in spades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigblue25 Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 I thought this was the guy everyone had labeled as the "fat slob of the draft". Kinda like that kid the Bungles drafted a number of years back, Smith or something. Not fat, he's just soft as charmin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balloonknot Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allstarjim Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Yeah, it's August. He hasn't had one single preseason game, even. You could have this same conversation this time next year and it would still be way too premature to be suggesting he's a bust. We got the pro-ready tackle and I'm happy about that. Doesn't mean Peat, who most considered a bit of a project, isn't going to have a great career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigblue25 Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 Yeah, it's August. He hasn't had one single preseason game, even. You could have this same conversation this time next year and it would still be way too premature to be suggesting he's a bust. We got the pro-ready tackle and I'm happy about that. Doesn't mean Peat, who most considered a bit of a project, isn't going to have a great career. My guess is he quits football by then. Heard the same reports from people at Stanford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allstarjim Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 My guess is he quits football by then. Heard the same reports from people at Stanford I highly doubt it unless he suffers some horrendous injury. I also heard reports that his work ethic was no problem at all. Plus, his father was an NFL OT for seven seasons... he knows what to expect. Personally I think even the suggestion of this is flat out silly in August of his rookie season, and basing it off of draft reports... really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigblue25 Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 I highly doubt it unless he suffers some horrendous injury. I also heard reports that his work ethic was no problem at all. Plus, his father was an NFL OT for seven seasons... he knows what to expect. Personally I think even the suggestion of this is flat out silly in August of his rookie season, and basing it off of draft reports... really? Well, it's not just draft reports and work ethic is different than being soft. Soft is possibly the worst thing to who can be in the NFL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedinBlue Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Peat will have a good NFL career. He is different than Flowers, that's for sure. Both huge and future Pro-Bowlers. Peat is a technician who needs to add upper body strength, Flowers relies on strength and intimidation and needs to learn better technique. I liked Peat and was somewhat relieved when we took Flowers because ultimately, in the trenches you want mean mother-fuckers that are stronger and meaner than the guy across the line. I am particularly curious how Scherff will be as I believe he was the apple of the Giants' eye. Glad he was off the board before our turn to pick, taking that call out of the Giants' hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigblue25 Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 For it's worth Scherff was moved from RT and is playing RG and because he struggled with pass protection. He also has a nagging issue with his ankle that he retweaked and limped off the practice field Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazedDogs Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I was high on Scherff, until the Redskins drafted him, which is usually damning of any highly regarded prospect. If the Redskins thought highly of him, I must have been wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allstarjim Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Scherff was projected to start out at OG by most analysts/scouts in the beginning of his career, anyway. I think Scherff could still be a great pick as long as he excels at either position. Again, I'm more than happy with Flowers and after I watched some of his game tapes I came away thinking this guy was going to be a dominant run blocker at bare minimum, and has much better feat than most were giving him credit for. That said, I believe Peat has phenomenal LT potential, but we'll see if he is able to reach it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazedDogs Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Yeah, not sure if they should be concerned at all on Peat. He looks like he is still growing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I wouldn't call him a bust yet but yeah I'm sure there is an alarm bell ringing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigblue25 Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 I guess it's a good thing the Saints didn't pick up Incognito this offseason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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