Eskimo;5047417 said:
Just curious if you have his listings from the 2010 and 2011 drafts.
I looked an he does not list his previous years mocks. I can tell you from my memory he is not accurate with the picks. He is more about time to impact the team with the players given talent. Some players he has rated as stepping in right away and other 2-3 years before they help their respected team. Here is his Lacy diagnoses:
CONCERNS
Eddie is not going to catch the ball down the field for you consistently. As an outlet receiver, he is fine, but I don't think he has the hands to go into the slot and catch many balls down the field. He is not a very good blocker in the backfield on passing downs, he has decent lateral agility, but not what you need for blocking a blitzing linebacker across the formation. Eddie also runs upright, which will be a problem at the next level in short yardage situations.
BOTTOM LINE
When this kid gets his shoulders square to the line of scrimmage, he has the ability to go through tackles and make big runs just like Marshawn Lynch. When he runs off tackle, as long as he is attacking the line of scrimmage he will punish anybody that gets in his way. Make him go east-west and he will be easier to deal with on most plays. Anyway you look at it, you had better make sure the strap of your helmet is on tight and you wrap him up real good if you expect to tackle this kid and take him down. When he gets up to speed in the open field, all I can tell you is that you haven't got a prayer if you tackle him high. He will break that tackle and go for more yardage quicker than you can grab your kid out of the pool when the color of the blue water around his best friend changes to that real deep shade of blue. If you know what I mean. Eddie runs too upright at this point of his career because he is accustomed to running through holes as wide as a mobile home. On film, I don't see him getting tackled at the line of scrimmage very much at the college level. That won't happen at the next level and he will have to learn to lower his pads to get the tough yardage if he wants to reach his full potential and impact for the team that drafts him. That's the biggest issue for a lot of running backs coming into the draft, but especially for the Alabama running backs. The pad levels are so high because the holes are so big and they can get up to top speed the minute you hand off the ball to them. They don't have to look for a hole -- it's right there in front of them, just waiting for the running back to get the ball and run through it at top speed. It takes running backs coming out of college, time to learn they might have to wait and find the hole in the NFL before they run through it. Even if they find the hole, the pad level needs to be low or they will get knocked off their feet going through it. Eddie will learn and, when he does, he should impact and be able to carry a teams running game by himself, that's if he learns to block better.
His mocks are never about how the draft will be it is how the talent will play out in the NFL.
Here is his report on Dez he is scary how accurate he is sometimes:
STRENGTHS
Dez is a big, powerful Wide Receiver who has excellent speed and quickness. He does a very good job blocking and doesn't seem to take any downs off. He shows strong hands to go up and get the ball on the numerous "throw up routes" that his college team seems to favor for all of their receivers. Dez, on the field, has that "I want to be the best player on the field" attitude that will do him well at the next level. As a Sophomore, he was much bigger than most, if not all, corners he went up against. He is a very good special teams returner because of his quickness and the ability to get up to full speed with very long strides quickly. When he makes his cuts, he is very compact which makes his ability to get away from a defender that much harder to deal with because once he comes out of his cuts, his long stride gives him excellent separation. Dez is a strong runner. He takes a hit, holds onto the ball and keeps his legs moving until he is down to the ground. This makes him a wide receiver that can move the chains and go deep at the next level. All of this makes Dez very difficult to defend against.
NEEDS TO IMPROVE
From what I can see from his sophomore year, Dez runs one route and runs that route very well. He runs at full speed, stops, jumps in the air and catches the ball. I'm pretty sure this kid thinks a route tree is something you go into the woods and cut down. I have not seen any consistency in his ability to run a route at full speed and catch a ball while his feet are moving. All of his routes that I see are stop, curl, jump, out muscle, catch the ball. At this point, I question his hands and his ability to be consistent catching the ball off every route in the receiver tree. I suspect his future workout will be strategically set up to mask this little problem.
