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cowboysooner;4509840 said:Gurode owned a bunch of NFL dt's from Nebraska too. He was a great run blocking guard.
Exactly what I was going to say. That was back when Nebraska was good, too. IIRC there was one play where he pushed some guy like 20 yards down the field.
As I think JT is suggesting, a big reservation I have about Decastro is I don't see him as physically dominant. You need more than that in the NFL, but you also need more than just quick feet and pulling ability. You can find good technicians way, way later than #14 overall.
I have a feeling some people are putting a lot of weight in that Stanford degree (and maybe even how it fits in with our genius head coach). If Decastro were from, say, Michigan State, would people see him exactly the same way? I doubt it.
BTW, I would feel a lot better about Decastro if we made him a center, which maybe we would. He seems to fit the profile of a C.