BmoreBird22

Jags TE Jared Cook 2.0 stars

So, just putting this out there, but Matt Miller recently had Jonathan Allen going 17 in his latest mock. The reasoning being was that Allen has had multiple shoulder surgeries and has arthritis in his shoulders and teams are very wary of that. Several teams are moving him down their board already.

Just to put this out there, but don't put as much stock into the combine as some of you are. The combine isn't mean to rocket prospects up the board (unless you have a Chris Johnson/John Ross/Byron Jones combine). This is meant to separate very closely ranked prospects. These guys are coached on their stance in each drill, get off in each, their posture, etc. None of this is truly natural. It is all coached. Remember that.

The Ravens being very interested in a top tier FA? Wow, they're really getting serious about getting Joe weapons.

It's a great thing he just about never misses his punch due to incredible patience and the ability to read his man. And in the event that he doesn't feel comfortable trying to land a punch, he never tries to force it.

He pretty much waits for the receiver to commit, moves laterally with his feet when he has a clear direction, gets his punch, and doesn't open up his hips until he absolutely needs to. He's about as near textbook as you can get.

Confirmed.

Wilson is definitely one of the most refined in press coverage. He's so extremely patient and waits for the receiver to commit so he can dictate their motions instead of reaching and missing. He just doesn't carry deep speed well. Not sure why you'd even think he's reckless.

I'd be shocked if a team does. These players are literally coached on how to stand in their stance, how to get off, how to run, how to finish with their body. Literally everything is being coached and none of it is anything close to what they'll replicate in football. No defensive end is running 40 yards up the field in a straight line out of a track stance. Doesn't happen. Plus, as far as the clock is concerned, it starts on first motion, not when they cross the line to start running, so a 4.9x can be due to his start if he leaned a little or twitched his hand early. For example, Braxton Miller was like a 4.55, but scouts had him timed on hand clocks closer to a 4.35 and were more inclined to trust their hand clocks than the combine time. Combine 40 is so stupid to measure speed.

Probably start the draft like Wednesday.

But what defensive end is running 40 yards...?

Jags Datone Jones 7.0 stars

Jaguars DE Datone Jones 6.0 stars

He corrected it, but I got what he meant and outbid it, anyway.

Jags DE/DT Datone Jones 5.0 stars

Colts DE/DT Datone Jones 3.0 stars

The Patriots offered their first round pick for Cooks and it was rebuffed. NO wants a mid first rounder. Won't be a Raven.

Trading Julius Thomas. Looking for a mid round pick.

He is the exact type of player the NFL has a love-hate relationship with. He's got excellent versatility and a creative coordinator will drool over him for sub packages where he can play almost all spots on the back end and at LB, but then again, he won't ever really be excellent at any of them. Perfect example of jack of all trades, master of none.

I still hate Jabrill Peppers as a prospect. I know Flex mentioned great instincts, but you don't have one total interception (in your last year, no less) and only 10 PD's by being instinctive in coverage. He's also not fluid enough to flex outside. And in sub packages, you're going to sacrifice run defense with him. I just can't get behind him.

Eric Winston basically said they try to get you worked up and he thinks if it were private and not in front of other players, Foster wouldn't have played the tough guy card.

But you have to think, who wants to sit in a hospital waiting room for several hours just to be poked and prodded after waking up at like 3 AM so you can do all the daily activities, including, but not limited to- being poked and prodded, interviewed with insane questions, drug tested, etc.

Well, to be fair, the teams had both...

John Ross could have won a million dollars or his own island by simply wearing Adidas cleats....

I think contracts for RT's are going to start getting really high. Miller rushed from the right side of the offense over 60% of the time. As more and more teams look for that great second pass rusher, you'd best believe right tackles will get compensated well.