Randy Gregory is worth #27

[BlindFaith]

I'll ask this again.

For all that think we should grab him, where is he playing? OLB or DE? At 240 lbs, he certainly cannot be an every down DE. And frankly, the idea of using a first round pick on a guy that will only be a situational player and won't be getting a lot of snaps seems like a waste of a pick to me.

He'd be a situational pass rusher his first year here. Maybe a little more while Hardy is sitting. A full year in an NFL weight and nutrition program will help him out. He still did 24 reps at 235. With his long arms that's pretty impressive. In a couple of years he could be in the 255 range no problem.

 

[texbumthelife]

Gregory was pretty much a non factor in the USC game.
You can put lipstick on a pig but its still a pig.

And you can ignore the facts, but it doesn't change them. If you call him a non-factor in that tape, you have absolutely no idea what you're looking at. I say that with the utmost sincerity and respect.

 

[Sydla]

Any DE or CB we take will be a situational player

That's actually a good point. But a CB, for example, is a potential full time starter for us down the road. Gregory isn't necessarily that given the fact that he's small and it's been rumored that he struggles to keep weight on.

 

[DC Cowboy]

If he's there you either take him or hope someone will pay you for him.

I think I would take him

 

[darthseinfeld]

That's actually a good point. But a CB, for example, is a potential full time starter for us down the road. Gregory isn't necessarily that given the fact that he's small and it's been rumored that he struggles to keep weight on.

Its not uncommon for college player's though. Tyron had the same issue and I remember reading a story where he used to eat McDonald's every day at USC. In the pro's he will have better strength and conditioning trainers and more money for proper nutrition.

He will also have more money for pot too. Thats what scares me

 

[Sydla]

Its not uncommon for college player's though. Tyron had the same issue and I remember reading a story where he used to eat McDonald's every day at USC. In the pro's he will have better strength and conditioning trainers and more money for proper nutrition.

He will also have more money for pot too. Thats what scares me

Nebraska has an NFL style S&C program and nutriotion program. For example, the nutrition program is staffed by over 15 people and has their own executive chef who works with the nutrionists daily to build the menus.

So it's not like he's coming from eating burgers and pizza and Taco Bell all day and now will be given proper nutrition. His size is a concern of mine. Big time. But the talent is definitely there.

 

[BlindFaith]

Some might have been taken a bit by surprise with Nebraska edge rusher Randy Gregory’s Combine weight came in at 236 pounds.

And the 6-foot-6 outside linebacker/defensive end admitted Saturday that NFL teams have brought it up in interviews — even though that doesn’t necessarily make it a problem for the potential top-five pick.

“I think a lot of people were stuck on the 236 (weight), but I’ve heard some good things,” said Gregory, who had seven sacks in 11 games in 2014. “Going into the Pro Day, I am probably going to weigh a little bit more and I’ll be able to move obviously on the bag drills and things like that. Teams are not concerned about it.”

Most edge rushers in a 3-4 scheme, which Gregory probably projects best in, certainly weigh more than 236, but Gregory is not concerned about his ability to set the edge against the run at that weight.

“It’s just technique,” Gregory said. “At Nebraska, I was taught a lot about technique and that is one of the things I credit them with, preparing me for the next level. I think that is something a lot of guys at the next level take for granted, and don’t really focus on that.

“So me, even at 235 pounds, I still think I set the edge pretty well because of my technique and I think I use my strength well for what I weigh. I just did 24 on the bench so I’ll only get stronger.”

Regardless, Gregory reiterated that he shouldn’t have a problem adding weight for Nebraska’s Pro Day on March 5.

“I plan to be heavier on Pro Day,” Gregory said. “I can’t put an exact number on it. I’ve weighed anywhere from 230 to 258 before. I can carry the weight, and can play at the weight.”


Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/red-zone/article10905533.html#storylink=cpy

 

[BlindFaith]

Randy Gregory Believes Best Years Are Ahead
http://www.Commanders.com/news-and-events/article-1/Randy-Gregory-Believes-Best-Years-Are-Ahead/25fa37cd-d236-49f4-883a-47c6b884c8fb

Since entering the NFL Draft in December, Gregory said he’s been working on strengthening his fundamentals, knowing that he can add mass to his frame at any time.

“It starts with technique, leverage, hand placement, eye placement, just reading your tackle,” Gregory told reporters at the NFL Combine of pass rushing. “A lot of that I learned at Nebraska and I’ll carry that to the next level. One of the things I’ve been telling teams is I really want to get better at my technique. I think I have decent technique, but as far as setting the edge, I want to get better with my hand placement, my foot placement and my leverage.”

Over the last few months, Gregory has been working with Chuck Smith – a former NFL player with the Atlanta Falcons who has also provided pointers for linebacker Trent Murphyhttp://www.Commanders.com/assets/nflimg/icon-article-link.gif – to improve certain assets of his game.

“Every day I am learning something new,” Gregory said of working under Smith. “Some of the stuff he taught me, if I would have known that in college, my game would have been that much better. So I am happy I am working with him. He is worth the money, and worth the time and effort.”

“My best years are ahead of me,” he said. “I think I have done a lot with the time I have had, and I played two years of JUCO, my second year I got hurt. But really I played one year of junior college and three years of college in general. For me, I am still new to the position, so I am still learning things and I am real coachable. I am real smart so I pick up things real quickly. The sky is the limit for me.”

 

[NorthwestDallas40]

Until then? Until then could be a few years. Why would you use your valuable 1st round pick on a undersized DE, who can't put the pipe down, knowing full well that smoking pot jeopardizes his pro career?

At pick 27, yes. Many people said the same about Warren Sapp.

 

[waving monkey]

I'm conflicted and therefore change my mind
how can you pass on that talent his low in the draft?

 

[Kaiser]

I agree with the comments here that the NFL should treat weed like alcohol and if you "read the tea leaves" (bad pun) that is the direction society is headed. Not only is it legal in a lot of states, its basically legal where I live in California. If you live on the Westside of LA the police quit arresting people for it years ago and will only give tickets for it, and then only if they have a reason to come up with something on a person they want off the street.

It is legal in California for "medical purposes" but you can walk into a "clinic" and get a prescription for it if you have the dreaded condition of "stress". (the stress caused by a lack of weed).

It wouldn't be my first choice to have our draft picks smoking, but for the average 22 year old in many parts of the country its basically the same thing as beer drinking.

 

[Hardline]

And you can ignore the facts, but it doesn't change them. If you call him a non-factor in that tape, you have absolutely no idea what you're looking at. I say that with the utmost sincerity and respect.

And I respectfully disagree. And I seen the game tape.

 

[texbumthelife]

And I respectfully disagree. And I seen the game tape.

So the plays I pointed out? Nothing? I mean he is regarded by pretty much everyone as one of if not the premier pass rusher in the draft. How do you argue that?

I get not wanting him due to other things, but the talent and ability is clearly there.

 

[ABQcowboyJR]

What is this “off-the-field stuff” that could torpedo Gregory’s NFL career? Why do scouts and the NFL.com reporters repeatedly go out of their way to emphasize that these problems are “no fault of his own?” Mike Florio’s baffled, and damned if this report—and others referring to Gregory’s “other issues”—isn’t specifically obfuscating the actual issue at hand.

The caution may stem from potential medical privacy issues, as well as workplace discrimination laws. There are rumors, confined to social media and message boards, that Gregory may suffer from depression and/or anxiety. (He himself has said he first started smoking marijuana to deal with anxiety, though it’s not clear if he was using the term in its clinical sense.)

It’s not clear whether the teams are reacting to the rumors, or whether they’re acting on information that’s behind the rumors, but it would absolutely explain this weird pre-draft farrago. As much as the players have collectively bargained away medical privacy, no team or reporter would want to speak publicly about a kid’s mental health status—or admit that they’d deny him employment because of it. At the same time, it would be a very real concern for teams gambling a first-round pick. Just ask the Houston Rockets, who took Royce White 16th overall, knowing his struggles with obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety disorder, and never got a single game from him.

If there’s truth to this, it’s telling that the NFL doesn’t have the vocabulary to differentiate mental health from “mental toughness.” It’s a cold business, and anything that gets in the way of an athlete’s ability to stay on the field will necessarily take precedence.
http://********.com/something-weird-is-going-on-with-randy-gregory-1701010088

Man this rings of Ricky Williams.

 

[IAmLegend]

Clarence Hill ‏@clarencehilljr 34m34 minutes ago
Randy Gregory says Cowboys can make “championship run” with him as a pass-rusher http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/cowboys-corner-blog/article19897233.html…