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Alexander;3292980 said:
Five interceptions and one forced fumble in four seasons in a wide-open passing conference.

Where do I sign up to get this playmaking machine!?
Bingo. Everyone said he would dominate the underwear olympics. Dude made 0 plays in 4 years. No thanks.
 

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Let's all get excited over this combine workout warrior who can't cover or make plays in the GAME.
 

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Mays actually had a much better Junior season then Senior season. In his Jr. year, they played Mays back and asked him to keep everything in front of him. Much more of a deep Center Field responsibility. When Mays is able to run down hill and hit you, he is much more effective. In his Sr. year, Mays came to Carroll and asked him to play him in a much more active role. He asked him to move him up closer to the LOS and allow him to blitz more and be used to disrupt. Obviously, Mays was not nearly as good at that but you have to ask yourself if that is because he had only one year of experience in that role or if it's just a matter of instincts? Mays is not a great tackler. He is a hitter and he likes to go for the knock out shot which is part of the reason he misses on plays but the question is, can he be coached up? I don't honestly know the answer to that question.
 

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I guess I'm in the minority, but I'd take him. He seems like he's got potential if a coaching staff can get through to him. He has physical abilities that you can't teach. Don't know if I'd take him if he's at 27 (I'd have to see who else is there), but I wouldn't hate it like everyone else.
 

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Now everyone can hopefully calm down. :laugh2: Too many here were running with the unofficial times as if they were golden..which they are obvioulsy not. Giant diff between 4.24 and 4.43...huge.

I'm no Mays homer, but 4.43 @230 lbs is still sick. He still ran faster than Earl Thomas who is almost 20 lbs lighter. I would rather have Earl at FS than Mays, but Mays is still a freak. 41 inch vert. If this was the olympics, I would take him in round 1. Since its football, and I must admit, I have not seen him play, but I've read the reports - Give me Eric Berry or Thomas. If I can't get either, give me Chris Cook and convert him to FS. FYI, I would take Taylor at ILB next to James all day.
 

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I have been neutral on the kid but I'm getting sick of his name and his face on NFL Network...
 

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He is not going to make it as a coverage Safety in the NFL. I watched the guy for 4 years and wondered what the fuss was about.
 

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ABQCOWBOY;3293053 said:
but the question is, can he be coached up? I don't honestly know the answer to that question.

That's the multi-million dollar money gurantee question. Can he be coached up?
 

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dmoore;3293055 said:
I guess I'm in the minority, but I'd take him. He seems like he's got potential if a coaching staff can get through to him. He has physical abilities that you can't teach. Don't know if I'd take him if he's at 27 (I'd have to see who else is there), but I wouldn't hate it like everyone else.

If by some chance he was selected by Dallas I would wait and see how he does and give the kid a chance but I do think he is a high risk pick and would feel more comfortable going with players who have shown more on the field than Mays
 

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anybody who knew about this kid knew he was gonna do well at the combine. that was where his hype came from. his size and 40 time and "potential". yet he played on a very good U$C defense for 4 years and made about as many plays as Ken Hamlin has made here his last 2 years. problem is Mays also gave up a bunch of plays too.
 

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if you cannot cover you can be faster then anyone else and you still end up making no plays- which is what Mays has shown.

How about putting 15 lbs on him and trying him at LB?
 

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Taylor Mays puts on a show in Indianapolis
Posted by Michael David Smith on March 2, 2010 12:19 PM ET

USC defensive back Taylor Mays ran a blazing 40-yard dash Tuesday morning at the NFL scouting combine, with an unofficial time of 4.24 seconds.

The official times have generally been a little slower than the announced unofficial times, but if the 4.24 holds up, it would tie the lightning-fast record set by Chris Johnson two years ago.

Whatever his official time, Mays' straight-line speed is extremely impressive. But NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock said he's not convinced that Mays is as good in a football uniform as he is in his underwear.

"I know he's a specimen," Mayock said of Mays. "I know he's an unbelievable athlete. I know he's a freak. I get all that. What you've got to see on tape is him making a play."

Mayock said that Mays had just two interceptions, total, in the last three seasons, and he wonders why Mays isn't getting his hands on the ball more.

"You've got two picks in three years," Mayock said. "You've got to get around the football more often."

NFL Network's Deion Sanders, however, pointed out that the assembled coaches were sure to be impressed with Mays' time and his size, and they'll figure that even if he's not a great defensive back right now, they can turn him into one.

Said Sanders, "If a man runs a 4.24 here at 231 pounds, all these egos in these bleachers are thinking, 'I can work with that.'"

Mays' official time jumps to 4.43

Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on March 2, 2010 1:07 PM ET
Taylor Mays' blazing forty time wasn't quite as fast as it appeared.

Perhaps because of an itchy trigger finger by a NFL Network employee, Mays' unofficial time of 4.24 went all the way up to a 4.43.

Chris Johnson was not amused on Twitter: "Man yall killsme me w/ ths 40's stevie wonder must B doing the unofficial times how u go from 4.24 2 4.43 I made em kissdababy," Johnson wrote. (The Network plans to replace Wonder next season.)

NFLN showed Mays only about a step behind Jacoby Ford's 4.28 when played side by side, which makes us question these times even more.

Ultimately, Mays helped himself, but not that much. Tennessee safety Eric Berry ran an official 4.47 and had one of the best vertical jumps in the history of the combine.

Texas safety Earl Thomas, Mike Mayock's favorite, ran unofficial times of 4.44 and a 4.53, which should allay any concerns about his speed. But his official time was something slower than a 4.47. He may be the most instinctive player of the three safeties.

With Thomas and Berry excelling and Florida cornerback Joe Haden struggling Tuesday, it's possible we'll see two safeties drafted in April before a cornerback.
 

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Said Sanders, "If a man runs a 4.24 here at 231 pounds, all these egos in these bleachers are thinking, 'I can work with that.'"


every now and then Deion can be halfway smart
 

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CJ is funny sometimes....that dude is a goof off, but a hard worker. And his time is safe for another year.

Anyway I started a thread to end the hysteria
 

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The nfl screwed up on his official time also. NFLn put Trendon Holliday's run in the video and Mays clearly ran faster than he did. His time is more in the 4.3 area.
 

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speedkilz88;3293103 said:
The nfl screwed up on his official time also. NFLn put Trendon Holliday's run in the video and Mays clearly ran faster than he did. His time is more in the 4.3 area.
That animation thing is far less accurate than an official time clock....it's a made for TV thing to help illustrate various players and assumes they all had the exact same start, etc.

It's pretty comical that some NFL Network employee using a hand timed watch was able to create such a stir in this modern age of timing....and how so many people fail to take notice on the the big difference between some bozo hand-timing a race as he sees fit vs the official clock.
 

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burmafrd;3293081 said:
Said Sanders, "If a man runs a 4.24 here at 231 pounds, all these egos in these bleachers are thinking, 'I can work with that.'"

And then they'll all be scratching their heads 4yrs later when the guy is riding the pine or released altogether. "gee we cant believe he cant play, maybe we should have looked at that film afterall"
 

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I wish the 4.24 held up. Al Davis would've drafted him before the first pick card was turned in by St. Louis, lol.
 

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And then they'll all be scratching their heads 4yrs later when the guy is riding the pine or released altogether. "gee we cant believe he cant play, maybe we should have looked at that film afterall"
:laugh2: Seems to happen every year.
 
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