waldoputty
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hello from macau as internet restrictions in china blocked cz for a couple weeks.
i did read about the picks as btb and other sites were not blocked. after seeing hill, did do some reading and liked what i read.
the 1st thing i looked for was the sparq/production ratio chart. that was huge. hill had the same sparq (physical talent) as the high 1st rounders in q williams. also similar physical score to tillery and much higher score than wilkins. we got a 1st rounder in physical talent.
the 2nd thing was his size (sorry @Ranching - it does matter). he is listed between 310 - 330lb). we FINALLY have a dt who is not undersized. in fact, at 3t, he is larger than typical. size matters. in comparison, q williams and e oliver weigh between 285-290lb. at the end of the 2nd round, i think the upside is worth the risk.
many of us who have been arguing for a large dt. well we finally got one. he is much larger than the typical 3t. he could even play at 1t. with his burst, marinelli finally agreed to take a big boy.
fit for the position. so he does not play gaps well. in the cowboys d, his job is much more about blasting into the backfield. a 320lb bull rush consistently into the backfield would do wonders for the passrush. it is just that much more difficult to stop someone 40lbs heavier with a great 1st twitchy step into the backfield. is he sapp II, we can dream.
regarding risks, he is not a gregory (pot) or irving (pot, desire, head) or dv apparently. he argued with the coaches (after coaching change), but he was supposedly very aggressive on the field and always got up after knocked down etc. so in the overall scheme of things, those risks are more manageable.
some may argue we could have drafted him in the 2nd. here i would defer to the front office since they would be much more familiar with the other teams. also some reported that other teams also viewed hill highly.
i also liked the ol, but i think the let the draft come to us approach did not work after the 3rd round.
wished we traded up in the 4th for a safety or some other positions. i do wish we took a chance on cominsky even if he played against lesser competition. there was another high sparq de taken in the early 4th as well as the high ranked safety. i would have wanted ferguson also. yes, pressure > coverage for me.
from btb: https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/201...mpact-defensive-tackles-in-the-2019-nfl-draft
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i did read about the picks as btb and other sites were not blocked. after seeing hill, did do some reading and liked what i read.
the 1st thing i looked for was the sparq/production ratio chart. that was huge. hill had the same sparq (physical talent) as the high 1st rounders in q williams. also similar physical score to tillery and much higher score than wilkins. we got a 1st rounder in physical talent.
the 2nd thing was his size (sorry @Ranching - it does matter). he is listed between 310 - 330lb). we FINALLY have a dt who is not undersized. in fact, at 3t, he is larger than typical. size matters. in comparison, q williams and e oliver weigh between 285-290lb. at the end of the 2nd round, i think the upside is worth the risk.
many of us who have been arguing for a large dt. well we finally got one. he is much larger than the typical 3t. he could even play at 1t. with his burst, marinelli finally agreed to take a big boy.
fit for the position. so he does not play gaps well. in the cowboys d, his job is much more about blasting into the backfield. a 320lb bull rush consistently into the backfield would do wonders for the passrush. it is just that much more difficult to stop someone 40lbs heavier with a great 1st twitchy step into the backfield. is he sapp II, we can dream.
regarding risks, he is not a gregory (pot) or irving (pot, desire, head) or dv apparently. he argued with the coaches (after coaching change), but he was supposedly very aggressive on the field and always got up after knocked down etc. so in the overall scheme of things, those risks are more manageable.
some may argue we could have drafted him in the 2nd. here i would defer to the front office since they would be much more familiar with the other teams. also some reported that other teams also viewed hill highly.
i also liked the ol, but i think the let the draft come to us approach did not work after the 3rd round.
wished we traded up in the 4th for a safety or some other positions. i do wish we took a chance on cominsky even if he played against lesser competition. there was another high sparq de taken in the early 4th as well as the high ranked safety. i would have wanted ferguson also. yes, pressure > coverage for me.
from btb: https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/201...mpact-defensive-tackles-in-the-2019-nfl-draft
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