ND's Post Combine Mock

[XxTDxX]

Vaccaro: Good pick.. This kid is a hell of a player.

Teo: Would be huge distraction.. He is the new Tebow lol. Don't like this pick at all and highly doubt they would go this direction. Rather take a RB/OG/DL with this pick.. LB not a area of need right now.

Barret Jones: Won't happen.. I think Jerry and co. are convinced that Costa will be a player and at the very least Bernardeau can be moved to C

Taylor: Like the pick but doubt he makes it to the mid 4th round.. Could grab a guy like William Gholston or Lavar Edwards

Mallette: Not a bad pick but I prefer Rodney Smith out of Florida State

Williams: Great pick.


Pretty good mock but Teo in the 2nd kind of ruins it for me.. too many positions of need to go for a guy when we are already above average at linebacker even if Albright has to start.. Also no RB? Unless we sign a guy like Chris Ivory we have no choice but to draft one at some point in this draft

[Gaede]

Originally Posted by robert70x7

Manti Te'o is Vontaze Burfict without the craziness. Sure he has baggage that has been perpetuated and exploited by the media, but someone is going to get a good ILB for a long time regardless of where he is taken.

Exactly. You can throw out all the other crap. He's a good football player.

[visionary]

Originally Posted by robert70x7

Manti Te'o is Vontaze Burfict without the craziness. Sure he has baggage that has been perpetuated and exploited by the media, but someone is going to get a good ILB for a long time regardless of where he is taken.

Dont agree here Robert

Teo has bagage AND

lost weight (down from 255 to 241) and still

ran 4.81 /40

and did not lift (most likely because he had lost weight to be able to run faster)

he may be a good LB but i cant imagine a team taking him before the late 2 or early 3

[JeffInDC]

Originally Posted by UncFelix28

Bowman ran a 4.72 a few years ago man, how many combines do you have to witness to realize the 40 isn't everything..Laurinaitis 4.82.. Maualuga 4.86..Curtis Lofton 4.79...Briggs 4.75 seconds...Stephen Tulloch 4.84..

Burfict 5.09, and I'm sure we could go on.

[DFWJC]

Originally Posted by newlander

....I saw them play LSU and UGA and you're right....BUT I just can't get past T'eo's 40....4.8? He is slow....I'll stick by what I said: 4th rounder IMO

I thought he looked very awkward in the drills too. Cumbersome almost. To be fair, I didn't see him play much this season. He must have great instincts to rack up those stats. I wouldjust rather spend out early picks on the trenches and maybe safety.

[robert70x7]

Originally Posted by visionary

Dont agree here Robert

Teo has bagage AND

lost weight (down from 255 to 241) and still

ran 4.81 /40

and did not lift (most likely because he had lost weight to be able to run faster)

he may be a good LB but i cant imagine a team taking him before the late 2 or early 3

What he's done on the field supplants anything he has done in shorts.

I wouldn't lift either unless I had ~2-3 months to prepare. Being able to bench press 225 pounds is not a valid test and there is no correlation relating to football success. He'll probably do it at his pro day.

[Shinywalrus]

Originally Posted by newlander

except for T'eo...bama PUNISHED him. The kid ran a 4.8 forty.....he's a 4th round backup ILB that can play special teams: that is TRULY what he is

Go watch the All-22 of the Patriots games this year and just watch Brandon Spikes. Then discuss why that 40-yard dash will prevent him from being effective in the right scheme.

I wouldn't draft him until the late 2nd at best, but this is just insane. He's an instinctive player on the inside with good lateral agility and good short-area response.