News: BTB: Noah Brown is a Swiss Army Knife an a Lock to Make Roster in 2022

[Pass2Run]

Not sure if I agree that Noah Brown is the lock, as this article argues.

It's more likely the author of the article isn't familiar with the bottom half of the WR depth chart, where I see several guys who could challenge Noah Brown.

I can see him making the 2022 roster as a tweener, TE. But that's about as far as I'll take the "lock" speculation.

I certainly don't think he'll be guaranteed a position.

Correction: title should be BTB, not BTS. Typo..

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Noah Brown came from Ohio State University, a school known as one of the hot beds for NFL teams to pluck talent. One would think that a draftable player like Noah Brown would come with a bit of fanfare. That certainly was not the case for Brown. In fact, when he was drafted 239th overall in the seventh round of the 2017 NFL Draft, he was considered an afterthought. Being drafted that late, who could blame anyone for drawing that conclusion.

There were obvious reasons as to why Brown was drafted where he was like a serious leg injury which required two surgeries, and the lack of game action during his time in Columbus. Although his time with the Buckeyes did not go as planned, he made the most out of the opportunities he was given.

Check out this spectacular catch.

Link to full story: Noah Brown is a Swiss Army knife and a lock to make the 2022 Cowboys - Blogging The Boys

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Noah Brown career stats:

 

[jazzcat22]

Brown should make the 53 easily. Who will push him? Fehoko and Vasher will need a heck of a TC to do so. Fehoko was pretty much inactive all of last year, and we yet to see Vasher.
But yet many fans, as usual, will over rate all the UDFA WR's. Especially if one shines in PS games against 3rd and 4th team players.
Who knows, maybe Brown passes Washington, or Fehoko and / or Vasher look great and replace Brown. This will be an interesting TC to see.

Garrett and Linehan, and even Moore has not utilized Brown as a WR as they should. But with talent ahead of him, that is understandable.
I don't get the hate or dislike that many have against Brown. Then again our pro bowl players get hated on as well.

Lamb, Gallup, Washington, Tolbert ar ether top 4, and Brown being #5. Which he will be #4 until Gallup returns. Fehoko and Vasher probably 5th and 6th until Gallup returns.
There are no other WR's on the roster that can push any of them, until we actually see them on the field.
Brandon Smith showed a few good signs last year in PS games though.

 

[Pass2Run]

Brown should make the 53 easily. Who will push him? Fehoko and Vasher will need a heck of a TC to do so. Fehoko was pretty much inactive all of last year, and we yet to see Vasher.
But yet many fans, as usual, will over rate all the UDFA WR's. Especially if one shines in PS games against 3rd and 4th team players.
Who knows, maybe Brown passes Washington, or Fehoko and / or Vasher look great and replace Brown. This will be an interesting TC to see.

Garrett and Linehan, and even Moore has not utilized Brown as a WR as they should. But with talent ahead of him, that is understandable.
I don't get the hate or dislike that many have against Brown. Then again our pro bowl players get hated on as well.

Lamb, Gallup, Washington, Tolbert ar ether top 4, and Brown being #5. Which he will be #4 until Gallup returns. Fehoko and Vasher probably 5th and 6th until Gallup returns.
There are no other WR's on the roster that can push any of them, until we actually see them on the field.
Brandon Smith showed a few good signs last year in PS games though.

To be clear, I'm not hating on Brown. I like the player, as a blocker, STer.

I just don't think his production, outside of special teams and being the "best blocker" makes him a lock to make the roster.

As far as UDFAs, several of them would have been worthy of draft picks, later round picks (but that's what Brown was), in any other year outside of the COVID era. So, we're looking at similar levels of talent with guys like Roberson, Drummond, Fryfogle and Houston. I can see any of those guys being the next Cedrick Wilson. Roberson reminds me a lot of Wilson. And all of those guys had more production in college than Vasher, who played for Tech (a passing team) and I think all of those guys have more NFL potential than Vasher.

Fehoko may have been inactive last year, but he was also a rookie, so that's pretty common.

Some have suggested we should look at Brown as a TE. And I'm starting to come around to that idea. He'd be smaller, of course, but I think he would be better utilized in that role. Then again, he's likely not a better TE than Schultz, Ferguson, maybe even Hendershot, who would have been drafted if not for off-the-field issues.

Or maybe you keep a guy who can play both spots to make another spot on the roster for another player.

My main point of posting this was the "lock" part. I don't see him as a lock, at all. I won't be surprised if he makes the team. But calling him a "lock" before training camp is going a bit overboard.

 

[fivetwos]

Brown should make the 53 easily. Who will push him? Fehoko and Vasher will need a heck of a TC to do so. Fehoko was pretty much inactive all of last year, and we yet to see Vasher.
But yet many fans, as usual, will over rate all the UDFA WR's. Especially if one shines in PS games against 3rd and 4th team players.
Who knows, maybe Brown passes Washington, or Fehoko and / or Vasher look great and replace Brown. This will be an interesting TC to see.

Garrett and Linehan, and even Moore has not utilized Brown as a WR as they should. But with talent ahead of him, that is understandable.
I don't get the hate or dislike that many have against Brown. Then again our pro bowl players get hated on as well.

Lamb, Gallup, Washington, Tolbert ar ether top 4, and Brown being #5. Which he will be #4 until Gallup returns. Fehoko and Vasher probably 5th and 6th until Gallup returns.
There are no other WR's on the roster that can push any of them, until we actually see them on the field.
Brandon Smith showed a few good signs last year in PS games though.

Man, you're not kidding about the over rating of UDFA WR.

Brown is making this roster.

 

[jazzcat22]

To be clear, I'm not hating on Brown. I like the player, as a blocker, STer.

I just don't think his production, outside of special teams and being the "best blocker" makes him a lock to make the roster.

As far as UDFAs, several of them would have been worthy of draft picks, later round picks (but that's what Brown was), in any other year outside of the COVID era. So, we're looking at similar levels of talent with guys like Roberson, Drummond, Fryfogle and Houston. I can see any of those guys being the next Cedrick Wilson. Roberson reminds me a lot of Wilson.

Fehoko may have been inactive last year, but he was also a rookie, so that's pretty common.

Some have suggested we should look at Brown as a TE. And I'm starting to come around to that idea. He'd be smaller, of course, but I think he would be better utilized in that role. Then again, he's likely not a better TE than Schultz, Ferguson, maybe even Hendershot, who would have been drafted if not for off-the-field issues.

Or maybe you keep a guy who can play both spots to make another spot on the roster for another player.

My main point of posting this was the "lock" part. I don't see him as a lock, at all. I won't be surprised if he makes the team. But calling him a "lock" before training camp is going a bit overboard.

I did not take it as you were hating on Brown at all. I understand the question about him being a lock or not. This will get varied opinions.
I was just pointing out, for some reason he is not accepted from fans, so therefore true evaluations will be skewed (IMO).

My opinion his roster spot is safe at 90% lock. As I said a few players will need a heck of a TC.

 

[Carson]

He’s cheap. So he’s a lock

 

[Pass2Run]

He’s cheap. So he’s a lock

His alternatives would also be cheap, though.

 

[erod]

This guy has inside info on the Jones family. Has to.

I keep hearing how useful and versatile he is, and yet he never does anything.

 

[gimmesix]

The only locks to make this roster at receiver are Lamb, Washington and Tolbert. Gallup would be included but he'll likely start out on PUP.

Not sure why anyone would think Brown is a lock. He was resigned for cheap and can be cut at a cap savings of nearly $1 million. Now, do we have at least two receivers better than him to knock him off the roster? I don't know. He's a valuable blocker and the fourth receiver until someone proves to be worth more on offense and/or on special teams.

Fehoko, Vasher, Brandon Smith, Drummond, Fryfogle, Houston and Robinson will all take a shot, and I don't think we can say that the bar has been set so high by Brown that they don't stand a realistic chance. I mean, he has an average of basically 10 catches for 106 yards and 0 TDs per season.

 

[speedkilz88]

He is a lock. The coaches value his blocking and STs work a whole lot more than the fans do.

 

[Dak_Attack_09]

Brown should make the 53 easily. Who will push him? Fehoko and Vasher will need a heck of a TC to do so. Fehoko was pretty much inactive all of last year, and we yet to see Vasher.
But yet many fans, as usual, will over rate all the UDFA WR's. Especially if one shines in PS games against 3rd and 4th team players.
Who knows, maybe Brown passes Washington, or Fehoko and / or Vasher look great and replace Brown. This will be an interesting TC to see.

Garrett and Linehan, and even Moore has not utilized Brown as a WR as they should. But with talent ahead of him, that is understandable.
I don't get the hate or dislike that many have against Brown. Then again our pro bowl players get hated on as well.

Lamb, Gallup, Washington, Tolbert ar ether top 4, and Brown being #5. Which he will be #4 until Gallup returns. Fehoko and Vasher probably 5th and 6th until Gallup returns.
There are no other WR's on the roster that can push any of them, until we actually see them on the field.
Brandon Smith showed a few good signs last year in PS games though.

Vasher is a bought product by Texas Tech Alumni Jerry has to please. He makes football decision based on money.

 

[DFWJC]

Really weird article in the the author spent a lot of it talking about Ohio State and Brown’s time there many years ago.

But he's right in that Brown has value

 

[Pass2Run]

The only locks to make this roster at receiver are Lamb, Washington and Tolbert. Gallup would be included but he'll likely start out on PUP.

Not sure why anyone would think Brown is a lock. He was resigned for cheap and can be cut at a cap savings of nearly $1 million. Now, do we have at least two receivers better than him to knock him off the roster? I don't know. He's a valuable blocker and the fourth receiver until someone proves to be worth more on offense and/or on special teams.

Fehoko, Vasher, Brandon Smith, Drummond, Fryfogle, Houston and Robinson will all take a shot, and I don't think we can say that the bar has been set so high by Brown that they don't stand a realistic chance. I mean, he has an average of basically 10 catches for 106 yards and 0 TDs per season.

Exactly.

 

[TequilaCowboy]

Not sure if I agree that Noah Brown is the lock, as this article argues.

It's more likely the author of the article isn't familiar with the bottom half of the WR depth chart, where I see several guys who could challenge Noah Brown.

I can see him making the 2022 roster as a tweener, TE. But that's about as far as I'll take the "lock" speculation.

I certainly don't think he'll be guaranteed a position.

Correction: title should be BTB, not BTS. Typo..

===

Noah Brown came from Ohio State University, a school known as one of the hot beds for NFL teams to pluck talent. One would think that a draftable player like Noah Brown would come with a bit of fanfare. That certainly was not the case for Brown. In fact, when he was drafted 239th overall in the seventh round of the 2017 NFL Draft, he was considered an afterthought. Being drafted that late, who could blame anyone for drawing that conclusion.

There were obvious reasons as to why Brown was drafted where he was like a serious leg injury which required two surgeries, and the lack of game action during his time in Columbus. Although his time with the Buckeyes did not go as planned, he made the most out of the opportunities he was given.

Check out this spectacular catch.

Link to full story: Noah Brown is a Swiss Army knife and a lock to make the 2022 Cowboys - Blogging The Boys

===

Noah Brown career stats:

LOL, Swiss Army knife? Me thinks I would rather have a very sharp machete instead. Jack of all trades, master of none.

 

[Pass2Run]

Really weird article in the the author spent a lot of it talking about Ohio State and Brown’s time there many years ago.

But he's right in that Brown has value

So much that it makes him a lock?

Lamb is a lock, Gallup is a lock, Tolbert even.. But Brown? With all the talented prospects competing for the bottom two roster spots?

He might make it, but he's hardly a lock. Unless the Cowboys value his blocking that much.

I look at players like Drummond, and he reminds me of Kordell Stewart as a WR. I don't see it, but a lot are high on Vasher, etc. There's a lot of competition coming into camp.

What if Lamb gets injured? I dread thinking about that. But if that happens, we'll need to bring in more guys who can produce at WR, not just block.

Speaking of injuries, we're totally screwed if Dak gets hurt.

 

[DFWJC]

So much that it makes him a lock?

Lamb is a lock, Gallup is a lock, Tolbert even.. But Brown? With all the talented prospects competing for the bottom two roster spots?

He might make it, but he's hardly a lock. Unless the Cowboys value his blocking that much.

I look at players like Drummond, and he reminds me of Kordell Stewart as a WR. I don't see it, but a lot are high on Vasher, etc. There's a lot of competition coming into camp.

What if Lamb gets injured? I dread thinking about that. But if that happens, we'll need to bring in more guys who can produce at WR, not just block.

Speaking of injuries, we're totally screwed if Dak gets hurt.

I wouldn't (and didn’t) say he is a lock, but being a great blocker and core ST player brings its value to the bottom of the WR list

I do not think Brown is a lock

 

[jazzcat22]

LOL, Swiss Army knife? Me thinks I would rather have a very sharp machete instead. Jack of all trades, master of none.

Teams needs those type of jack of all trades players.
For ST's especially.

 

[Pass2Run]

I wouldn't (and didn’t) say he is a lock, but being a great blocker and core ST player brings its value to the bottom of the WR list

I do not think Brown is a lock

I agree that he has value.

The question is how much.

I'm not trying to undervalue special teams. They play important roles; I just thought the lock part was kind of comical.

 

[Oz-of-Cowboy-Country]

You guys can talk bad about Noah all you want. But every one of us has saw him make a catch and thought it was CeeDee Lamb. So if this guy is reminding us of Lamb then how bad can he be? They never gave him a chance. He might be one of those guys that don't practice well, but shows up when the lights come on.

Or worst yet. They could realize he's pretty good, but they want to keep burying their mistake of not playing him all along.

 

[john van brocklin]

Not sure if I agree that Noah Brown is the lock, as this article argues.

It's more likely the author of the article isn't familiar with the bottom half of the WR depth chart, where I see several guys who could challenge Noah Brown.

I can see him making the 2022 roster as a tweener, TE. But that's about as far as I'll take the "lock" speculation.

I certainly don't think he'll be guaranteed a position.

Correction: title should be BTB, not BTS. Typo..

===

Noah Brown came from Ohio State University, a school known as one of the hot beds for NFL teams to pluck talent. One would think that a draftable player like Noah Brown would come with a bit of fanfare. That certainly was not the case for Brown. In fact, when he was drafted 239th overall in the seventh round of the 2017 NFL Draft, he was considered an afterthought. Being drafted that late, who could blame anyone for drawing that conclusion.

There were obvious reasons as to why Brown was drafted where he was like a serious leg injury which required two surgeries, and the lack of game action during his time in Columbus. Although his time with the Buckeyes did not go as planned, he made the most out of the opportunities he was given.

Check out this spectacular catch.

Link to full story: Noah Brown is a Swiss Army knife and a lock to make the 2022 Cowboys - Blogging The Boys

===

Noah Brown career stats:

We need depth at WR.
He should get some opportunities