One of the more intriguing draft picks.

[sick beats]

[url]http://www.nfl.com/draft/2014/profiles/daniel-mccullers?id=2543754[/url]

This McCullers fellow.

He is massive, massive, massive.

And he has oak trees for arms.

If there was ever a guy built to clog up the middle, it is this guy. He reminds me of Sam Adams.

The only knock on him is technique. It looks like physically, he should dominate at NT. If it's as simple as just teaching him to keep his pads lower, he might be the steal of our draft this year. It's more than time for us to get lucky with some later picks. We really haven't landed much on day 3 for a long time. A few, but very few. We need this guy, the CB and WR to come through, which I doubt all three will. Maybe the OT too.

[Eddie Spaghetti]

i guess you missed the thread titled "McCullers"

[sick beats]

i guess you missed the thread titled "McCullers"

Yes, I did. Are you going to throw a tantrum over it? Sh-t your pants? Let me know the outcome. The next time you post valuable content will be your first.

[Shoe]

I won't hold my breath for McCullers.

This is not some guy from a: questionable level of competition or, an injury question mark, or anything else. He played in a competitive conference, he was durable, and--he's 6-6, 340+, and can move pretty well for his size. I'm not saying he can't emerge into a force, but for a guy with that background and have 32 teams with professional talent evaluators pass on him for five rounds, it says something.

For all his physical ability, he must lack testicular fortitude.

[sick beats]

I won't hold my breath for McCullers.

This is not some guy from a: questionable level of competition or, an injury question mark, or anything else. He played in a competitive conference, he was durable, and--he's 6-6, 340+, and can move pretty well for his size. I'm not saying he can't emerge into a force, but for a guy with that background and have 32 teams with professional talent evaluators pass on him for five rounds, it says something.

For all his physical ability, he must lack testicular fortitude.

You may be right, but you never know when a player might have a light turn on in their head. Leon Lett wasn't drafted until the 7th round, and he ended up being a fantastic DT. Gilbert Brown last until the 3rd round. Maybe after this guy is directly playing for his money, he will grind it out more. In college, he wasn't directly playing for $, just possible future $. But I know you are right about one thing: If you lack the testicular fortitude and fire in the belly, you can't succeed at football on the NFL level.

[thetruthteller]

Steelers have already said that they want McCullers to drop at least 25 more pounds by Camp. They want him at 325 to 330 Max. So they can play and move him all around the Line.

[DukieBoy]

Yes, I did. Are you going to throw a tantrum over it? Sh-t your pants? Let me know the outcome. The next time you post valuable content will be your first.

Over-react much ?

[NorthCoast]

I won't hold my breath for McCullers.

This is not some guy from a: questionable level of competition or, an injury question mark, or anything else. He played in a competitive conference, he was durable, and--he's 6-6, 340+, and can move pretty well for his size. I'm not saying he can't emerge into a force, but for a guy with that background and have 32 teams with professional talent evaluators pass on him for five rounds, it says something.

For all his physical ability, he must lack testicular fortitude.

"professional evaluators" miss all the time, and in the lower rounds it gets worse.

walterfootball suggests the 'hit rate' for 2nd rd talent is right at 50% over the last 10 yrs. In otherwords, it's no better than a coinflip. This suggests that later rounds would be even more spotty....

[NorthCoast]

"professional evaluators" miss all the time, and in the lower rounds it gets worse.

walterfootball suggests the 'hit rate' for 2nd rd talent is right at 50% over the last 10 yrs. In otherwords, it's no better than a coinflip. This suggests that later rounds would be even more spotty....

follow-up: walterfootball suggests the 'hit rate' in rd. 1 is only slightly better than a coinflip, with 54% making a difference in the NFL.

[steelsnis]

I won't hold my breath for McCullers.

This is not some guy from a: questionable level of competition or, an injury question mark, or anything else. He played in a competitive conference, he was durable, and--he's 6-6, 340+, and can move pretty well for his size. I'm not saying he can't emerge into a force, but for a guy with that background and have 32 teams with professional talent evaluators pass on him for five rounds, it says something.

For all his physical ability, he must lack testicular fortitude.

One of the things I heard about McCullers and his draft position is that in today's NFL he is truly only a 2 down guy. Kiper said that if this was 1994 he'd be a 2nd or 3rd round pick.

If you're going to pick a potential true NT for a 3/4 defense, a 6th rounder is virtually no risk for a guy this big.

[SS Laser]

I love this pick but figure this big dude will have a heck of a time staying close to 330 or less. Would be nice to see him at 330 to play NT and DE. Fangupo may be on the hot seat if this guy shows anything in camp. Not sure if this was posted in the other thread. [URL]http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-combine/0ap2000000333634/2014-Combine-workout-Daniel-McCullers[/URL] Looks stiff and not very athletic? So maybe only a good NT?

[Ernie]

Thanks for posting the combine link. McCullers is about as solid for 350+ as anyone I've seen. He's got some work to do, but I'm thinking he makes this team.