Zimm on Mazi: "He's doing a really good job"

[SuspectCorner]

Three words: Talk is cheap.

See you in September.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Bluntly speaking no one will ever be able to accumulate that much talent on a team again except by such a batch of luck you would basically have to win two lotteries in a row.
BUT having a team as dominant for THESE times is not out of the question.
The Chiefs have managed to do it; the Pats had the greatest NFL dynasty of all time in the age of the CAP and FA
The problem with us starts at the TOP and permeates down

My bad the comparison is to the two best teams of the past 25 years. Seems even more entitled.

And yes I get the idea that a new big man in charge will fix everything but I do not buy it.

we have made the playoffs the last 3 years. let's see if they can do it again.

 

[Creeper]

For the most part that is true but that does not mean that you cannot glean anything. You just have to adjust to their bias.

If a player is doing poorly they are not going to sing sunshine either or at least I have never seen MM or Zimmer do that type of hype.

IOW, a good report can be taken at face value. OTOH, a non-report can mean nothing or there is an issue with the player because as you say they will never bash players to the media.

This is true to some extent, and I only caught a handful of plays on TV so I cannot really judge where Mazi is. But as I said, the time will come when he is on the field fighting an opponent and whatever he is will show up pretty quickly.

 

[Buzzbait]

Links to all who are reporting this?

What is wrong with being positive about some things? Better than being constantly negative. I do criticize things also, I guess you selectively miss those posts.
I just can't take Broaddus at his word as he seems to be wrong way more than right IMO.

I am pretty sure these reporters are not within 15 feet of the on field practices. More like 150 feet if not more

Well to some if you're not negative about everything, you've become the board "positive thought police". LOL

 

[speedkilz88]

 

[Buzzbait]

Broaddus was the guy who said Mazi has mental issues. And he did not mean about learning the plays. That is irresponsible for a reporter.
He meant it like he needed professional help.
He has been wrong about many players.
No I do not expect any coach to say a player sucks. But I will take what they say over some biased reporter.
I will wait and see before I come to my own conclusion.

Now there's one of the wiser statements I've seen in the thread.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Any player taken in the top 32 picks are expected to look like they belong & show you glimpses of being something "more" than average though.

The way he was mismanaged by the coaching staff, it's clear now any expectation of Mazi never stood any chance of being met.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Thank you!

 

[BleedSilverandBlue]

Beat writers/scouts at camp know what they're looking at since they've been doing it for years....We're a week into camp, don't read too much into what Zimmers said, what did you expect Zimmer to say, Mazi sucks, why is he even on the team? Ofcourse he's trying to stay positive about the player..

Yeah honestly Zimm is going to say good things about a 1st rounder like Mazi that is still untouchable and a roster shoe in.

What he said was very muted praise, which makes me think that in reality Mazi really has been mediocre at best (which is still an improvement over last year).

All the other word I’ve heard out of camp is that Mazi hasn’t looked great and at times has seemed pretty disinterested/frustrated.

Who knows what’s real yet, but I’ll be interested to see what comes of Mazi this year.

 

[speedkilz88]

Owning was also on locked on cowboys:

* Note - Owning mentions Dennis Daxon in his article & locked on but Broaddus was talking about Justin Rogers not Denzel Daxon.

 

[jazzcat22]

This needs to be a thread of it's own.
About Mazi.
And most likely many did not read all of the article. And seen the great throw by Trey Lance to Tolbert.

 

[gtb1943]

My bad the comparison is to the two best teams of the past 25 years. Seems even more entitled.

And yes I get the idea that a new big man in charge will fix everything but I do not buy it.

we have made the playoffs the last 3 years. let's see if they can do it again.

I notice those throwing around the word entitled are the ones satisfied with relevancy

 

[big dog cowboy]

Any player taken in the top 32 picks are expected to look like they belong & show you glimpses of being something "more" than average though.

Apparently you aren't grasping the extent the coaching staff messed up with him last year.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I notice those throwing around the word entitled are the ones satisfied with relevancy

Who said anything about satisfaction? All you have indicated is that you are dissatisfied.

If you mean that I am not like you then you are correct at least.

 

[shabazz]

Like Zin said, he isn't a speed rusher and everyone needs to remember that.

These next 4-5 weeks are going to be important to him. Hopefully the light will come all the way on.

I feel way more confident about the coaching he is getting this year than last year. WAY more.

It is IMPERATIVE that this player performs at a high level.

We've been waiting so damn long for a 1st round DT here

 

[HungryLion]

Mazi has reportedly been looking better as camp is going on.

I do think he can still be a good player.

 

[Chasing6]

This is why we can't trust the words of beat writers/posters (the thread that Mazi was not looking good ). As many have said, it's hard for fans to truly evaluate DT impact via practice.

Exactly what he was doing in college. Eat up space, hold your ground and keep the LB's clean to run free and make plays.

 

[ghst187]

“He’s not gonna be a speed rusher by any stretch. “He’s gonna have to be a power rusher and push the pocket.”

Quite the first round pick we have there…..
So even by Zimmer’s forced optimistic outlook, AT BEST we can hope Mazi becomes a fat guy who doesn’t get pushed out of the camera view every running play like he did last year.

Taco-level bust

 

[ghst187]

Exactly what he was doing in college. Eat up space, hold your ground and keep the LB's clean to run free and make plays.

That’s not what he did in college, at least not on the tape I saw…..all I saw was…
Last person off the snap
Teams running right past him
Zero need to teams to double team him
Zero push other than occasional play where the OL forgot about him or guy just whiffed.

 

[Chasing6]

That’s not what he did in college, at least not on the tape I saw…..all I saw was…
Last person off the snap
Teams running right past him
Zero need to teams to double team him
Zero push other than occasional play where the OL forgot about him or guy just whiffed.

You need to rewatch tape.