You don’t think Mayer is going before 26? Whole lot of teams ahead of us need a tight end. That it is why I think the Cowboys might still draft one at 26 because the top 5 will probably be gone at 58.
Mayer didn’t run at his pro day.
After his pro day Mayer's RAS score was updated to an 8.85/10 which is obviously well above "average". Not elite like Washington who was a 9.5+ (don't remember exact # off the top of my head), but this idea that Mayer is some terrible athlete really needs to die on here.
I think it’s just one of those scenarios where a player is productive at a well known school for more then 1 year so they’re high on mock drafts without knowing what kind of athlete they are.
I'm a moron. Just fact checked and you are correct sir. My buddy told me the 4.7 was his pro day 40, not his 2nd combine 40. I apologize. The point about his updated RAS score stands though
This is his RAS from 4/16 which was after his pro day.
I'm just speaking generally. My point is more than 4.7 and 4.8 are the same thing as far as game speed, and how it would translate to the NFL, so you're better off having the extra 15 lbs and being slower.
Do you feel the same about Will Anderson or Jaxon Smith-Njigba? Neither graded out much better than Mayer relative to their position
Think he has a fair chance to be there. Kincaid will be taken ahead of him.
I just respectfully think you're way off on those #s. For example, many have Kinkaid as the best TE in this class. His listed weight was 240 and he's not sniffing a 4.5 40. In fact, only 9 TEs in combine history have ran a 4.5 or better.
Anderson doesn’t have a RAS score as he didn’t do enough to qualify but his size / length / athleticism compared to Kayvon from last year and he has 2 years of elite tape in the SEC.
The ESPN Sports reporters mock had The Chargers taking Mayer at 21. The reporter didn’t even hesitate. The Green Bay reporter took Kincaid at 13. Reporters usually know something.
Kincaid and Mayer off the board before 26 would make me very happy.
Kincaid also shouldn't be a first-round pick.
Our director of player personnel actually said that?
Wait so having multiple years of elite tape against P5 competition despite having a size score that graded out as "Poor" is okay for one guy but for the other guy whose size graded out as "Good" it's not? Obviously I'm not saying I would rather have Mayer than Anderson, just pointing out there are plenty of guys who don't check every athletic box that are still expected to be good-to-elite players. Look no further than the likely 1st overall pick in this draft who would be the smallest QB taken in the first round in NFL history.
