igtmfo
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Hello everyone been drinking already but I have certain problems so ..
1. Commanders and Eagles are 3-4 defense so you want a center that can handle NTs. I guess that's Frederick. Justin Pugh, G, drafted by Giants where the Cowboys might have wanted him, is real athletic but is said to not be such a strong base player. ... Costa is stout but injured a lot. Frederick missed nearly a year from a broken ankle as a soph I think but came back the last few games of that same year to start. So besides being a good interview and interesting guy, he must be pretty stout.
The worrisome thing, not Frederick, are guys, like Matt Johnson, that have had 2-3 different injuries (not just one bad injury) that have kept them out of a lot of games in college. Those are the guys that you can say are injury-prone. That said, good luck Matt hope you prove me wrong.
2. Both lines in this year of weak upfront help in the draft (day 2 and 3) are kind of developmental and I guess it's always so unless a guy is considered kind of a complete stud in Round 1. Hey even T. Crawford last year who was a well thought of pick in the early third round, a strong year for DLs, is a project at this point ... Was there even a Ron Leary in the late rounds? Anything approaching Crawford on day 3?
And Marinelli apparently brought Brian Price in, he may be our ace in the hole on the DL. Second round pick just a few years ago, terrible family problems plus injury problems. Bad breaks for this guy and you want him to succeed. Good luck Brian.
So, in a weak year for OL/DL contributors, you want some special teams help. I hope some of these guys can make the 53-man, run down and tackle somebody. You hope you can find a diamond or two in the rough among the smaller bodies and late rounders. Magee, Hamilton, Hollomon, Lawrence. Maybe then next year, draft the big guys again.
3) Kiffin walked into the LB meeting a week ago and told Jerry "there was about nobody there. We need some LBs."
4) It's interesting to me how our draft people want guys with more than one dimension. Ciskowski raved about how Terrance Williams can block. How Randle can catch. The dissection of Escobar and how he can't block with power at the line, but can block great in the open field - has the instinct to know what to do and how to block if the play calls on it.
5) I like the tryout next weekend for BJ Stewart, a real stout blocking tight end from Cumberland, because I want him to prove everyone wrong and not everyone from Cumberland loses 222-0. BJ I hope you make the team.
6) I hope the DB Heath makes it from Saginaw Valley State. Sounds like a Gil Brandt pick. Watching the limited tape on this guy, he looks like a small college stud, a stud at any level. But I remember the WR from Elon a few years ago, best numbers at WR in college history, and well, it's very hard to make it from Div. 3/NAIA into the NFL.
8) Danny Coale WR never missed a play at Va Tech but broke his foot in OTA drills last year (or was it at the very beginning of rookie camp, or non-contact training camp drills?) .. Who knows if this guy isn't good. We don't know about him. McSurdy was mostly drafted as a FB and I've heard we may not have a dedicated FB this year so I kind of doubt he will make the team.
Thanks for listening at the tail end of my 12-pack everyone. Time to weave my way back to the liquor store on Central Expy aboard my riding mower ala the Possum. I need to put an 8-track player in. I would love to take the "High Five" intersection here in Dallas on my Craftsman 42" blade mower and see what would happen.
1. Commanders and Eagles are 3-4 defense so you want a center that can handle NTs. I guess that's Frederick. Justin Pugh, G, drafted by Giants where the Cowboys might have wanted him, is real athletic but is said to not be such a strong base player. ... Costa is stout but injured a lot. Frederick missed nearly a year from a broken ankle as a soph I think but came back the last few games of that same year to start. So besides being a good interview and interesting guy, he must be pretty stout.
The worrisome thing, not Frederick, are guys, like Matt Johnson, that have had 2-3 different injuries (not just one bad injury) that have kept them out of a lot of games in college. Those are the guys that you can say are injury-prone. That said, good luck Matt hope you prove me wrong.
2. Both lines in this year of weak upfront help in the draft (day 2 and 3) are kind of developmental and I guess it's always so unless a guy is considered kind of a complete stud in Round 1. Hey even T. Crawford last year who was a well thought of pick in the early third round, a strong year for DLs, is a project at this point ... Was there even a Ron Leary in the late rounds? Anything approaching Crawford on day 3?
And Marinelli apparently brought Brian Price in, he may be our ace in the hole on the DL. Second round pick just a few years ago, terrible family problems plus injury problems. Bad breaks for this guy and you want him to succeed. Good luck Brian.
So, in a weak year for OL/DL contributors, you want some special teams help. I hope some of these guys can make the 53-man, run down and tackle somebody. You hope you can find a diamond or two in the rough among the smaller bodies and late rounders. Magee, Hamilton, Hollomon, Lawrence. Maybe then next year, draft the big guys again.
3) Kiffin walked into the LB meeting a week ago and told Jerry "there was about nobody there. We need some LBs."
4) It's interesting to me how our draft people want guys with more than one dimension. Ciskowski raved about how Terrance Williams can block. How Randle can catch. The dissection of Escobar and how he can't block with power at the line, but can block great in the open field - has the instinct to know what to do and how to block if the play calls on it.
5) I like the tryout next weekend for BJ Stewart, a real stout blocking tight end from Cumberland, because I want him to prove everyone wrong and not everyone from Cumberland loses 222-0. BJ I hope you make the team.
6) I hope the DB Heath makes it from Saginaw Valley State. Sounds like a Gil Brandt pick. Watching the limited tape on this guy, he looks like a small college stud, a stud at any level. But I remember the WR from Elon a few years ago, best numbers at WR in college history, and well, it's very hard to make it from Div. 3/NAIA into the NFL.
8) Danny Coale WR never missed a play at Va Tech but broke his foot in OTA drills last year (or was it at the very beginning of rookie camp, or non-contact training camp drills?) .. Who knows if this guy isn't good. We don't know about him. McSurdy was mostly drafted as a FB and I've heard we may not have a dedicated FB this year so I kind of doubt he will make the team.
Thanks for listening at the tail end of my 12-pack everyone. Time to weave my way back to the liquor store on Central Expy aboard my riding mower ala the Possum. I need to put an 8-track player in. I would love to take the "High Five" intersection here in Dallas on my Craftsman 42" blade mower and see what would happen.
