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Bob Sturm’s 2015 NFL Draft profile: What I see in Melvin Gordon, RB, Wisconsin
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Published: February 20, 2015 8:45 am
Melvin Gordon, RB , Wisconsin – 6’1, 215 – R.S. Junior
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If you are the type of person to follow me on twitter – @sportssturm – then, you know that I have already said plenty about Melvin Gordon last fall. In fact, there were several times this year that I have tweeted something like this:
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So, in the interest of full disclosure, I did enter this study having already watched him play pretty much every snap of 2014 and already being sold on the idea that he is the perfect system fit for the Dallas Cowboys at approximately the #27 pick in the 1st round. He played in an offense that wanted to run the ball first and foremost (like Dallas), employed a ton of zone blocking (like Dallas), ran so much 12 personnel (like Dallas), and needed a runner who understood what Bill Callahan teaches about planting that foot and being decisive and hitting the hole without hesitation. Honestly, the ties between the Wisconsin running game and what the Cowboys have evolved into recently are uncanny, and Callahan is the tie that binds them. The difference is that Wisconsin had horrendous QB play during his time in Madison and therefore he never was able to run against a light box or demonstrate his skills in pass protection or catching passes. And that is what he is going to have to answer for this spring in the run-up to the draft. For his study, I reviewed his games against LSU, Nebraska, Ohio State, and Auburn.
***snip***
You can view plenty of his tape here at Draftbreakdown.com.
http://cowboysblog.***BANNED-URL***/2015/02/2015-draft-profile-melvin-gordon-rb-wisconsin.html/
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Bob Sturm Follow @sportssturm Email sturm1310@me.com
Published: February 20, 2015 8:45 am
Melvin Gordon, RB , Wisconsin – 6’1, 215 – R.S. Junior
http://cowboysblog.***BANNED-URL***/files/2015/02/red.jpg
If you are the type of person to follow me on twitter – @sportssturm – then, you know that I have already said plenty about Melvin Gordon last fall. In fact, there were several times this year that I have tweeted something like this:
http://cowboysblog.***BANNED-URL***/files/2015/02/Screen_Shot_2015-02-20_at_8_18_31_AM.jpg
So, in the interest of full disclosure, I did enter this study having already watched him play pretty much every snap of 2014 and already being sold on the idea that he is the perfect system fit for the Dallas Cowboys at approximately the #27 pick in the 1st round. He played in an offense that wanted to run the ball first and foremost (like Dallas), employed a ton of zone blocking (like Dallas), ran so much 12 personnel (like Dallas), and needed a runner who understood what Bill Callahan teaches about planting that foot and being decisive and hitting the hole without hesitation. Honestly, the ties between the Wisconsin running game and what the Cowboys have evolved into recently are uncanny, and Callahan is the tie that binds them. The difference is that Wisconsin had horrendous QB play during his time in Madison and therefore he never was able to run against a light box or demonstrate his skills in pass protection or catching passes. And that is what he is going to have to answer for this spring in the run-up to the draft. For his study, I reviewed his games against LSU, Nebraska, Ohio State, and Auburn.
***snip***
You can view plenty of his tape here at Draftbreakdown.com.
http://cowboysblog.***BANNED-URL***/2015/02/2015-draft-profile-melvin-gordon-rb-wisconsin.html/
