TXRavensFan

Don't forget that the Steelers will be without Bell for that game too. If their offense s as bad without him as it was last year when we smoked them in the playoffs, this might be a win-win.

Wow. That's the only thing I think I've agreed with you concerning this draft.

Funny. You and I saw the exact same things from that breakdown...I probably didn't even need to make my post lol. One thing that I forgot to mention that I found hilarious was on one throw that was over Perriman's head - they criticized him for having his hands to close to his body instead of extending his hands. They never explained how you catch a ball over your head by extending your hands in front of your body

1) A comprehensive film study does not break down a player based on only one game. 2) Nothing in the analysis or commentary suggests anything about Perriman is "atrocious," In fact, their critique seems to be that he has a bunch of little things that need to be corrected. 3) Nothing in the film or commentary remotely suggests he will be a bust. I don't know who these guys are (the video had only 1,000 hits), but one issue I had is that they only begrudgingly acknowledged the terrible QB Perriman had his senior year. Watching the clip, I saw numerous routes where he had to adjust to terrible throws, and was criticized for his routes (they evaluators also had a hard time distinguishing between a slant and a crossing route, and even criticized him for "fading away from the ball" on a slant). It wasn't until a couple of terrible throws on routes they admit were run perfectly that they began to talk about the QB. This also makes their "why isn't the QB finding Perriman more when he's open?" question (they implied the QB didn't trust Perriman) ridiculous...why? because the QB was awful. One final note, in the comments several people noted that the analyses from this guy seemed to be nothing more than overly critical nitpicking "hit pieces," Don;t know about all that, but it certainly seemed that they were trying to go back and justify why they did not give Perriman a first round grade. I might take it a bit more seriously if they broke down several games instead of just one...it's just too small a sample size to make any educated conclusions.

Apparently Jeff Heuerman the Bronco's rookie TE also sufered a season ending torn ACL at their rookie mini-camp today: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/05/09/broncos-third-round-pick-jeff-heuerman-suffers-torn-acl/

You don't have to read the whole report, they have a separate section near the beginning with all of the text messages - most enlightening. Speaking of the texts, McNally refers to himself as "the deflator" in a text dated May, 2014, before the beginning of last season. It's reasonable to assume this practice was going on at least that long.

In this instance, Brady was "mandated" to cooperate with the investigation. When he did not comply by turning over his phone records, it was deemed conduct detrimental to the league, which is a punishable offense by the NFL. Keep in mind hat he wasn't required to simply turn over the phone; the investigators gave Brady the option to pick and choose the pertinent records to release (without giving them access to the phone itself). Brady and his camp refused on the grounds that any records they released "would be met with skepticism."

It's straight up delusional. They don't even try to hide their bias - Ravens: 3 "illegal" hits = 3.0 "cheat points", Patriots: 4 "illegal" hits = 2.0 "cheat points".

I'm actually glad the Steelers got Dupree also (groans from our front office noted). The more I saw of him, the less I liked him. Dupree is one heck of an athlete, but he's really raw and may never pan out at the pro level (Jarvis Jones, anyone?). Not trying to be a homer, but I think his former team mate Za'Darius Smith could have as good as, if not better, career. There was a reason that many scouts kept mentioning that when they put on the tape of Dupree, Smith kept leaping off the screen. Not to mention how fun it would be to thank Steelers fans (who think they stole one from us) for taking him so we could get the better player 3 rounds later

I remember going to a game with my brother and some friends against the Titans his rookie year ...we were a little late getting to the stadium, and went the wrong way to get our seats, so ended up walking completely around. We knew that the Titans had the ball first from the PA...got up to the section, and the crowd erupted as we were walking through the gate - Reed had blocked the punt after the Titans were held to a 3 and out, then picked it up and ran it back for a TD. He scored before we found our seats One of many fond memories I have of Ed Reed. Happy Retirement #20!

Another example of this groupthink (I'm sure you could find it on any player), is with Perriman's hands. Some media "scout" who may or may not have watched all of his film writes that he had a bunch of drops, and before you know it, everybody is saying and believing his hands are suspect - just look at the reaction to the pick on our own draft day thread. Pretty infuriating.

I remembered them taking all of the allotted time to make the pick when I was watching the draft...then that article in the link says they turned it in immediately, not buying it.

I posted another part of this analysis earlier, but this is what one of the guys at Rotoviz had to say about Perriman vis a vis White: Maybe you are like many of the mainstream NFL Draft analysts who can only evaluate players by comparing them to other players. Well then, the PlayerProfiler.com Best Comparable algorithm is for you. It identifies comparable players based on Height, Weight, College Dominator Rating (share of receiving yards and touchdowns), College Yards Per Reception (YPR), Breakout Age, 40-time, Burst Score (equally weighted aggregate of vertical jump and broad jump), and Agility Score (3-cone drill plus 20-yard shuttle). Here is a breakdown of their respective prospect profiles: Breshad Perriman Height: 6-2Weight: 212College Dominator: 36.6College Yards Per Reception (YPR): 20.9Breakout Age: 20.040-time: 4.30 (accounts for +0.05 pro day 40-yard dash time adjustment)HaSS: 125.7 (99th percentile)Burst Score 121.9 (52nd percentile)Agility Score: N/AKevin White Height: 6-3Weight: 215College Dominator: 36.8College Yards Per Reception (YPR): 13.3Breakout Age: 21.240-time: 4.35HaSS: 123.4 (97th percentile)Burst Score: 123.6 (62nd percentile)Agility Score: 11.06 (61st percentile)The data indicates that Breshad Perriman’s closest comparable is Kevin White, and Kevin White’s best comparable is Breshad Perriman. Furthermore, the variance between White and Perriman is the smallest variance between two comparable WRs in the 2015 draft class. According to abilities that we can actually measure, White and Perriman are doppelgängers. Why then do 100 out of 100 NFL draft analysts rate Kevin White ahead of Breshad Perriman? Industry groupthink – why draft Teddy Bridgewater when you can have Johnny Manziel?!?! Quarterback play. Justin Holman – while Clint Trickett was a top-40 college quarterback by every measure (67.1 completion percentage, 7.8 YPA, 67.8 Total QBR), Justin Holman fell outside the top-50 in all categories, and his 56.9 percent completion percentage, in particular, made it more challenging for Breshad Perriman to impress NFL talent evaluators and sport media draft analysts.How did Holman’s struggles specifically affect Breshad Perriman’s draft stock? An ineffective UCF offense meant fewer total plays, fewer red zone opportunities, and fewer total catches, leading to fewer opportunities for highlight reel-worthy plays, forcing Perriman to do more with less (see 20.9 YPR vs. 13.3 YPR). Just one less ball thrown to a location where Perriman could go up and make a spectacular acrobatic catch is one less opportunity for a film watching aficionado to “fall in love” with Perriman’s ability to “highpoint the football” and to “look the part” of a “true game changer.” Less accurate throws not only make big plays more challenging, every inaccurate pass, that is not converted into a catch, is an opportunity for a subjective film watcher to credit Breshad Perriman with a drop. Not surprisingly, he posted a 14-percent drop rate based on Pro Football Focus’ perception of each catch’s degree of difficulty. If Breshad Perriman and Kevin White traded jerseys and quarterbacks last season, Perriman would be a top-10 lock, and Kevin White would be the “late riser.” http://rotoviz.com/2015/04/rotoviz-round-table-breshad-perriman-edition/

Currently I have a home Boulware and a home Flacco, and a black 52. That said, I could see myself getting a white 18.

It worked for Kelly Gregg...

The more I read and see about Za'Darius Smith, the more I'm liking this kid...could be one of the real steals of this draft for us. Has the potential to have as good of, if not better, career than his team mate Dupree.

FWIW, Bobby Engram has stated that they're going to line him up as the X receiver, which is primarily where teams line up their #1,

That would be fitting, but he's already got a nickname..."Snacks" lol

It almost seems that they were so confounded when the Ravens traded up to pick Williams that they couldn't figure out what to do at first, then just adjusted their whole board up a round. ...or that

Sad to be sure, but probably true. If anything, I suspect he'll be on the IR next year.

Good call. I focused in on the drop thing when I read it, and totally glossed over that.

The thing that gets me, and why I'm convinced these media "scouts" don't really watch tape, but just restate what has previously been written is this tidbit from the same report: "Too much double catching and his focus drops over second half of the season were maddening to watch." Now hasn't it been well established from those who actually watched his tape that his drops were from his sophomore year and the first half of last season, and he didn't have any drops at all over the second half? It's clear that whoever wrote this didn't watch any tape, let alone was "maddened" by it. Media hacks

I can't help but wonder if he's "January Joe" because that's when the coaches put the offense in his hands. If he were to have control like that in the regular season, we might just see Joe rise to a whole other level.

Could you imagine if we'd drafted Jesse James instead of Nick Boyle...the names of our tight ends alone would have been out of this world lol.

No problem - just got to the point where he seemed to be unfairly critized/criticized for the wrong reasons. Not saying that he shouldn't work on reducing them (and all indications are that he's committed to do that), but drops certainly didn't hurt the productivity and careers of the guys on that list...