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http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2011...boys-2011-draft-scouting-the-scouts#storyjump
Note, this is a very good read, kinda like I do, or you can view each draft site go to the post that Hostile made on draft links, then look the past 5 years to see how they did on their grades of players at each postion, then see what position each draft site is good at, some are good say at DL, OL and RB, while others might be good at OLB, CB and S, so kinda not much going on right now, so posting what I can find for you all.
Now that Draft Season is officially upon us, we can look forward a 90-day saturation bomb of player profiles, game splits, height-weight-speed ratios, 3-cone drill times, and the like. For draftniks like myself, that's the good news. The bad news is that, as the draft has increased in popularity to the point that its just short of a national holiday, there are more and more pundits who are claiming to have access to important draft knowledge. As we crawl closer to April, they begin to speak more loudly, and all at once--until their voices join in a cacophonous uproar.
How is a knowledgeable Cowboy fan to glean good information from amidst this babel-like din? The best tactic is to winnow away as many of the extraneous voices as possible, leaving only the guys who have a real eye for talent, and whose player reports accord with those of NFL scouts, thus eliminating the "experts" who merely regurgitate what the majority of media outlets provide. But how can we do this? I thought it might be useful to subject these relentless evaluators to a little of their own medicine--to grade the graders, so to speak.
So, here it is: rabblerousr's 2011 edition of Scouting the Scouts:
Note, this is a very good read, kinda like I do, or you can view each draft site go to the post that Hostile made on draft links, then look the past 5 years to see how they did on their grades of players at each postion, then see what position each draft site is good at, some are good say at DL, OL and RB, while others might be good at OLB, CB and S, so kinda not much going on right now, so posting what I can find for you all.
Now that Draft Season is officially upon us, we can look forward a 90-day saturation bomb of player profiles, game splits, height-weight-speed ratios, 3-cone drill times, and the like. For draftniks like myself, that's the good news. The bad news is that, as the draft has increased in popularity to the point that its just short of a national holiday, there are more and more pundits who are claiming to have access to important draft knowledge. As we crawl closer to April, they begin to speak more loudly, and all at once--until their voices join in a cacophonous uproar.
How is a knowledgeable Cowboy fan to glean good information from amidst this babel-like din? The best tactic is to winnow away as many of the extraneous voices as possible, leaving only the guys who have a real eye for talent, and whose player reports accord with those of NFL scouts, thus eliminating the "experts" who merely regurgitate what the majority of media outlets provide. But how can we do this? I thought it might be useful to subject these relentless evaluators to a little of their own medicine--to grade the graders, so to speak.
So, here it is: rabblerousr's 2011 edition of Scouting the Scouts:
