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I am finally getting a chance to watch the Sr. Bowl, and as I do so, I will post my thoughts on it's players.
Overall, however, I am even more convinced that this Draft is a very poor one by NFL standards....as I watch the tape, I am seeing alot of poor tackling, bad QB play, poor interior O-Line play, and a very clear example of how stats lie with eventual MVP Matt Forte, who I would not even Draft, and yet he was the leading rusher. The QB play, which is supposed to be full of 'NFL calibur' prospects was borderline horrendous.
QB's
Overall, the play here has been very bad. When you consider that teams have to play a vanilla 4-3, with no blitzing, little to no motion, and the free safety has to play straight up, this should be the easiest Defenses these QB's have seen since Pop Warner days.
Colt Brennan...Is horrible. I would not even draft him. His INT to Connor was about as telegraphed as a pass gets...the other throws have largely been off target, or in the dirt. He looks like an Arena League QB to me.
Chad Henne...Got lucky on that flare pass he threw for a TD to Hawkins. In the NFL, that gets picked.
Nothing else he has done has been remotely impressive.
John David Booty...Does not look nearly athletic enough to play in the NFL. Inaccurate. Nothing specail in terms of arm strength or mobility. To me, not a Day One player by any stretch of the imagination. Capped off poor first Qtr with a horrible INT in the End Zone.
RB's
Matt Forte...This kid may have been the rushing leader, but he is not impressive to me at all. He runs tall, will take a ton of punishment in the NFL, and IMO, will have trouble staying healthy. He is not fast, and has limited quickness. After the first Qtr, he had over 20 yards rushing, yet virtually all of the yardage was onl mis-direction pitchout plays where he caught the Defense in the wrong pursuit. His longest run of over 10 yards went untouched until the end when USC OLB Keith Rivers drilled him and he fumbled. Not a Day One pick, IMO.
Tashard Choice is still the best RB in the Sr Bowl and it's not close. He did not get alot of carries, but his blocking and toughness are apparent as he ran over a LB on his first carry. On his second carry, he hit the hole up the middle and moved the pile forward a couple of yards before going down. Good all around player who will move up dramatically if he can run decently at the Combine.
The Guards and Center in this years Sr Bowl point to it's overall lack of talent.
Mike Flynn, Kory Lichtensteiger, Drew Radovich, etc are all late round guys that will have trouble sticking in the NFL.
Overall, however, I am even more convinced that this Draft is a very poor one by NFL standards....as I watch the tape, I am seeing alot of poor tackling, bad QB play, poor interior O-Line play, and a very clear example of how stats lie with eventual MVP Matt Forte, who I would not even Draft, and yet he was the leading rusher. The QB play, which is supposed to be full of 'NFL calibur' prospects was borderline horrendous.
QB's
Overall, the play here has been very bad. When you consider that teams have to play a vanilla 4-3, with no blitzing, little to no motion, and the free safety has to play straight up, this should be the easiest Defenses these QB's have seen since Pop Warner days.
Colt Brennan...Is horrible. I would not even draft him. His INT to Connor was about as telegraphed as a pass gets...the other throws have largely been off target, or in the dirt. He looks like an Arena League QB to me.
Chad Henne...Got lucky on that flare pass he threw for a TD to Hawkins. In the NFL, that gets picked.
Nothing else he has done has been remotely impressive.
John David Booty...Does not look nearly athletic enough to play in the NFL. Inaccurate. Nothing specail in terms of arm strength or mobility. To me, not a Day One player by any stretch of the imagination. Capped off poor first Qtr with a horrible INT in the End Zone.
RB's
Matt Forte...This kid may have been the rushing leader, but he is not impressive to me at all. He runs tall, will take a ton of punishment in the NFL, and IMO, will have trouble staying healthy. He is not fast, and has limited quickness. After the first Qtr, he had over 20 yards rushing, yet virtually all of the yardage was onl mis-direction pitchout plays where he caught the Defense in the wrong pursuit. His longest run of over 10 yards went untouched until the end when USC OLB Keith Rivers drilled him and he fumbled. Not a Day One pick, IMO.
Tashard Choice is still the best RB in the Sr Bowl and it's not close. He did not get alot of carries, but his blocking and toughness are apparent as he ran over a LB on his first carry. On his second carry, he hit the hole up the middle and moved the pile forward a couple of yards before going down. Good all around player who will move up dramatically if he can run decently at the Combine.
The Guards and Center in this years Sr Bowl point to it's overall lack of talent.
Mike Flynn, Kory Lichtensteiger, Drew Radovich, etc are all late round guys that will have trouble sticking in the NFL.
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