A casual fan looks at the draft

[BigRob]

Here some early notes/tid-bits from the Senior Bowl.

[URL]http://gbnreport.com/seniorbowlreport.htm[/URL]

This one should be a concern...

HEAVIEST Player goes to Georgia DT JOHN JENKINS @ 359 and Alabama OTD.J. FLUKER who was a close second at 355.

Not sure you want your tackle to be at 355.

And this is a major WOW!!...

TALLEST Player is SMU DE MARGUS HUNT @ 6’8.2”

I agree the weight is an issue at 360lbs, but can he maintain it? He is extremely athletic for a big guy, but his weight holds him back. He lacks the stamina to put out full effort every down he plays.

Gotta say the safety depth in the draft this year is huge.

[Chadman]

I think Chadman may have been one of the guys who was high on Bradham, if memory serves.

Just imagine of Bradham & Timmons were in the middle for the Steelers..... sigh...

[Chadman]

Here's a question along the lines of the OP...

How is it that a player can look reasonably good, good enough to start for his team in a pretty vital position, for a number of seasons... but then stinks it up in these showcase games & looks vastly inferior to guys that he looked better than their whole career?

Point in case- when Chadman was watching film on Mike Gillislee out of Florida (He's pretty decent, by the way), he noticed that one guy that was blocking downfield for him, opening holes, consistantly, was his LT Xavier Nixon. Nixon looked mobile, he looked strong. Yet at Senior Bowl practice he's reported to be slow, not very good laterally & couldn't hold up strength-wise.

Pretty much the opposite of everything we see on (admittedly, limited) tape.

Just how many players are good/bad depending on the scheme they play in college?

Now if you take that question, and add it to the 'how do teams miss on talent after evaluating players for x amount of years'.... you realise that there are so many variables to account for..

[BigRob]

No Nigel Bradham would have been one that I missed. Can't take credit for that one. I was all over his teammate Cordy Glenn though wasnt I?

??? Glenn was Georgia and Bradham was FSU. Unless you mean at the Senior Bowl.



Sorry I see you meant the Bills.

[Dee Dub]

??? Glenn was Georgia and Bradham was FSU. Unless you mean at the Senior Bowl.



Sorry I see you meant the Bills.

Right..they are now teammates on the Bills.

[Dee Dub]

Important Question for Dee Dub: You have Okafor listed as an OLB. They have him as a DE. Is he a possible tweener. Reason I ask. This was a player that was extremely impressive. Trying to decipher that scout talk that was the impression I got.

I think you mean Eziekel Ansah from my signature? Either way both Ansah and Okafor could play OLB in a 3-4. I wouldnt call Ansah a tweener as he is over 270 and this past year he played just about every position on the D-front. Okafor weighed in a 261. At 6 ft 5 he's a little light for the traditional 4-3 DE but could play either or.