chet380":2e3g8036 said:
Kudos MH for the time and effort expended on your post and a big "thumbs-up" for your ultra-positivity.
In that (almost all) the board agrees that contrary opinions are, if not welcomed, permissible, here goes --
McDowell -- terrific potential for an interior DL pass rush, BUT less than 100% effort has been noted in the past;
Pocic -- a versatile O lineman for a prestigious football program, BUT he got smoked by very good college D lineman who would be considered average D linemen in the pros;
Thompson -- potential CB2, Seahawky, BUT a history of four concussions.
End of my positivity -- in my view, the rest of the picks are "just guys" whose limited positive features are far outweighed by the negatives.
However, ultimately it comes down to -- GO HAWKS!!
McDowell -- terrific potential for an interior DL pass rush, BUT less than 100% effort has been noted in the past;
Effort being a question when your double and triple teamed and basically carrying the defense ? Also played a lot and I imagine you get tired sometimes. Being surrounded by top tier players this won't happen in the NFL, he will get rotated he will not face triple teams, and if he dead that QB is getting sacked.
Pocic -- a versatile O lineman for a prestigious football program, BUT he got smoked by very good college D lineman who would be considered average D linemen in the pros;
If it was one guy that owned him then I think he did pretty damn good, sometimes a guy just matches up with a player and has his number, kind of like the Rams with us under Fisher, they sucked record wise but when we played them our team looked a lot different. I guess after we played the Rams we should have just cut everyone since they would be considered average by your logic.
Thompson -- potential CB2, Seahawky, BUT a history of four concussions.
This is inaccurate, he had one Concussion that cost him 4 games.
Chris Carson is going to make people pay attention, he was in a mostly passing offense that when he got the ball hurt people trying to tackle him by his highlights, Pete says he is a lot like Rawls but with a bigger body.
Jones is a immovable object drafted to clog the middle and stop the run, a guy that stats won't show how well he does because they will run away from him.
Shaquill Griffin is like reading Sherman's pre draft reviews, he may challenge for the RCB but I really think he is Sherman's heir apparent, almost a clone with more speed.
Hill projects to be Chancellors back up and eventual replacement, again the write up virtually mirrors Kam, he isn't as big but could add some size in off season and be more in the 220 to 225 range.
Amara Darboh, David Moore, and the rest of our big receivers, special teams and to push or replace one of the oldest players on the roster in Kearse who has just 6 years experience.
Tedric Thompson is insurance for Earl, we have not had a guy that can play the deep areas of the field and support like Earl, this guy is savvy and is good at sniffing out plays, we have been looking for a guy for a while to do this. I also think he can play nickel and remember someone saying that as well, Lane I think has a form of PSTD after his traumatic injuries during the Super Bowl, he was not wrapping and hitting the same and it showed last year.
Michael Tyson is going to be given the chance to play the Brandon Browner roll on the RCB, he is going to maul guys and play press coverage.
Justin Senior is going to have to work to get his weight down and then a NFL body, Pete said he played heavy his senior year but the real player showed his Junior year, excels in pass blocking. We will see but most the write ups were based on his senior year play.
All in all, some may not make the team, but we drafted guys to back up and eventually replace starters and or fill needs that were hurting our ability to dictate the game flow.
Sure some are going to drop out, we have a lot of guys that we have brought in as FA's and redshirts and IR's coming back. But it's a good problem to have if we can get everyone healthy, also I expect some of these guys to have mysterious injuries and get redshirted as well while they work on getting a year of conditioning and experience watching
Algernon Brown, FB, Brigham Young is a UDFA that may open some eyes as well, we need that FB to make things work, Robinson and then Reece showed what a difference a good FB can make, Reece may be back, I think it's a numbers game and they may wait till they can sign him for a more baseline contract versus his service year type contract.