I am relaxing today. And man do I need it. How does an Intergalactic Agent relax when he is not destroying lifeforms? I bowl!
I’m working on my game. Honestly I’ve never bowled a strike in my life. But who needs to knock down pins when you can destroy planets!
Let’s see just release this bowling bomb down lane 15 and….
STRIKE!!!!
Nothing is going to stop that ball…just like Kamryn Pettway the Auburn Running Back.
Positives: Built like a fullback, Pettway is one of this classes bigger backs. He’s 6-0, 235 pounds and a classic North/South runner. If the Dolphins want thunder to go along with Drake – Pettway fits that mold.
In his best season at Auburn, Pettway gained 1,224 yards on he ground on 209 carries. That’s an impressive 5.9 yard a carry. To know surprise Auburn used Pettway a lot in the redzone. He scored 13 touchdowns the last two seasons at Auburn.
Pettway has a great initial burst. But its when he picks up speed that he does the most damage, bowling defenders over. Pettway isn’t just a big man – he runs like a big man. He uses that size effectively to wear down defenses.
Negatives: He’s not a home run threat. Like I said, he’s a north and south runner, who is really better suited for picking up tough yards rather than long runs.
He fractured his should in 2017 and only played in 5 games – no doubt the injury is a result on his running style which is basically “get out of my way”
Only 6 catches at Auburn isn’t going to catch a lot of GMs eyes. Like many other backs – he needs to work on his blocking as well.
The Alien Dust: The injury and the lack of breakaway speed means Pettway will be available late in the draft. I expect him to be a day 3 pick. If the Dolphins don’t pick a running back, he might be a great fall back option.
I would love to see a big back like Pettway paired with Drake to be our version of Thunder and Lightning. I even wonder if Pettway can play fullback.
The alien weapon of destruction Pettway compares to should be obvious to you. He’s a galactic bowling bomb – BOOM!
Check out his highlights here!
Finsmob Unleashed 
My boy Obo is picking up steam after Senior Bowl practice week. Can’t wait to see him play in the game.
Some people like DJ Moore as a wr prospect for this team but I’m not so sure the kid is anything better than what we’ve already got in Ford. He sure isn’t as good as Diggs.
I think we’re going to see some major changes on offense this year and I mean at the wr positions. I think it’s all up for grabs and the best guys win. IMO, the coaching staff went with the guys we had and penciled them in to give us what they felt was the best chance to win each week and I also think they didn’t do much to develop the guys behind them or to encourage the guys behind them.
I think that is all about to change this season and I think you’re going to see everyone get a shot to play and show what they’ve got and if they can get it done they’re going to be seeing the field. I’m not buying the “Carroo couldn’t beat this guy out or that guy out” argument.
I think the coaches wanted the starters in there and that’s all there was to it. However, I don’t think they’re going to hold anyone back going forward and they’re going to start taking a look at ALL the talent they’ve got on this roster and start trying to utilize it the best they can. We have more talent on the offensive side of the ball than just Landry, Stills and Parker and that trio didn’t get us to where we needed to be this past season.
With Ford coming back healthy and Carroo, Morgan, Scott, Owusu and Lewis in camp we’re probably going to see guys getting the opportunity to battle it out for roster spots rather than just ignoring the talent we’ve got.
And that’s JMHO!!! Douchebag out!!
I hope that is the case.
I almost totally agree with this.
My favorite day 3 draftees from this week’s practices at the Senior Bowl.
Kalen Ballage-(RB), Arizona St. North**
Durham Smythe-(TE), Notre Dame. North
Marquis Haynes (OLB), Ole Miss. South
Shaquem Griffin (OLB), UCF. South**
Darius Leonard-(ILB), SC St. South
Trayvon Henderson-(S), Hawaii. North**
They are all projected day 3 guys, but 1 or 2 could sneak into round 3
** players our FO has shown interest in this week.
I’m sorry but I’m still heavily leaning towards the idea that we somehow can land Buffalo’s #21 and #22 and get a shot at either Edmunds or Okoronkwo at one of those picks and Lorenzo Carter at the other.
If it wasn’t Buffalo, I’d be more inclined to agree. I think they want this but there is a strong chance the top 3 QBs are gone by pick #6. They don’t have the value to go higher than 5 either.
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 14 (G.B.): Roquan Smith, ILB/OLB, Georgia (A-)
Round 2 Pick 10: Martez Ivey, OT/OG, Florida (A-)
Round 2 Pick 13 (G.B.): Mark Andrews, TE, Oklahoma (A-)
Round 3 Pick 9: Allen Lazard, WR, Iowa State (A-)
Round 4 Pick 11: Frank Ragnow, C/OG, Arkansas (A+)
Round 4 Pick 30: Chad Thomas, DE, Miami (FL) (A+)
Round 6 Pick 9: Dimitri Flowers, FB, Oklahoma (A+)
Round 7 Pick 5: Kurt Benkert, QB, Virginia (A+)
Round 7 Pick 11: Van Smith, SS, Clemson (A+)
Fabulous haul, but why would GB give up a 2nd just to trade up from 14 to 11?
Didn’t ask just took it! 😉
My favorite day 1 & 2 draftees from this week’s practices at the Senior Bowl.
Marcus Davenport-(DE), Texas-S.A. South
Isaiah Wynn-(OG/C), Georgia. South
Will Hernandez-(OG), UTEP. North
DaeSean Hamilton-(WR), Penn St. North
Mike Gesicki-(TE), Penn St. North
I love all these guys. Let’s put dibs on these players now so no one else can draft them.
Chad Thomas’ music career takes him off the board for me. I wouldn’t want to spend a draft pick on a guy only to find out music and not football is his passion. I know it’s his choice and that’s fine but draft picks are too valuable and you’ve only got so many of them. Can’t waste them on players who aren’t going to be around because they decide it’s not what they wanted.
Nice write Pig. We at least know that ORob would approve of Pettway. Seems taking him would be a “Thunder and Lightning” thing. And not against that in the least.
You and your helpers have been throwing out a lot of RBs……you gonna develop a ground game version of the samurai this year?
The ice jams on the river from the other night left ice slabs on the river bank over 6 ft high. The mayor of the town where the slabs are located issued a warning to “tourists” who want to see the slabs not to climb on them in case they topple over. Because, ya know, people can be idiots.
If we’re sitting there at #11 and there’s qb’s on the board and we know BUF wants one I’d be on the phone w/them saying it’s your for #21, #22 and #53.
I don’t think they want to help another AFCE team. The value of #11 isn’t close to the value of #21, #22 combined either. They can easily move up to TB to snag what they want. They realistically could move to 5 if they actually threw in a 2nd-3rd. That would be hard for Elway to pass up in he isn’t enamored with QB #3. on the board.
It it’s the Bills so we have to squeeze them
I would jump at 21, 22 and 53
The draft value trade chart Jimmy Johnson came up with no longer applies. Throw it out the window. If BUF wanted to trade into the top five from where they’re at it’s going to cost them. Especially if the other team knows it’s for a qb.
People are saying Buffalo wants to trade up for some one like Josh Allen
I would do it
But I bet only about 10% of nfl gems would trade with a division rival
That’s my boy
Just spoke to a very dedicated Rutgers fan, and I asked him about Carroo, and why he hasn’t seen any playing time. He told him the guy doesn’t have the drive and desire to be what he can be.
What makes one guy be like Landry and another guy be like Caroo?
They are almost identical in ht, wt, speed, position, football era, race, family history, etc.
Only difference I can see is region of the country.
Some people just have this burning, competitive edge, and others who have talent, take it for granted, because they’re fawned over by people who recognize their talent, and then they expect that their talent alone will be enough. In a program like Rutgers, where the level of competition isn’t as high as say LSU, you can get away with it. Then he gets to the NFL, and everyone has talent, and it’s then, that the player either strives to stand out, or continues doing what he’s always done. I think Carroo has done the latter, and if he continues to do so, he’s gonna get cut.
Didn’t Carroo even say after his rookie season he realizes he has to put more work into being a pro? So even he was aware he wasn’t doing enough. Maybe like Phillips they just can’t go to that other level. Not that they don’t want to, it’s just not in their nature.
Why does the Senior Bowl and some other sites list their heights in four digits like 6015? That is so annoying. Do they just not know how to code it in a spreadsheet so it won’t perform like a subtraction or a date or some other misinterpretation of dashes or quotes?
It’s so annoying.
What does 6015 even mean? 6 ft 1 and a half inches? or 6 feet and 15 hundredths of an inch?
Josh Allen is 6047.!!!! What the hell does that mean? 47 hundreds of an inch?
6015 is 6-1.5 and 6047 is 6-4.7 almost 3/4.
so annoying
Why can’t they just type 6′ 5&3/4″?
NFL.com’s new grades and blurbs scorched Breneman and Fumagalli to the point that I would not draft either one no matter how late. But that guy I like from Indiana sounds good. Hayden Hurst or Ian Thomas to block and catch checkdowns and zone-busters and Mike Gesicki to bust the seams would be a great 1-2 draft at TE in maybe the 2nd and 4th.
We need to totally renovate that position this spring.
Armando reported that we’re in the market for two TEs. Not sure who told him that, but he wrote it.
It makes sense
I bet he is speculating
But I would like to draft 2 TEs
Having 2 4th rounders helps
It could be one in FA who at least is proven in the NFL, not a top tier guy, then we draft one. Then we have those two, Gray, Derby and Duarte competing if we let Thomas go.
I told him.
for Mike E and me.
It’s weird, when I went to my bookmark for the site the old blog came up and not this one.
Just now? Or earlier
When I published it this morning I forgot to make it sticky
So it was not “stuck” to the home page
Now it is though
Earlier it went right here but I didn’t post. Then when I came here later, I saw the comments and said wait, I thought it was at 10 and not 1300+.
Here’s the thing. If you thought you could get your guys at 21 & 22 and knew BUF was trading up for Allen and you had a much lower opinion of him it doesn’t matter if you’re trading within your division.
He means Buff would not want to trade with the AFC East in this case, not that we would be against it … because they would think it might improve us more than their new pick would improve them, and they have to play us twice a year. If they get their guy but improve the Rams, for example, more in the process, it won’t matter to them very much because they only have to face the Rams every once in a while.
Here we go with the Carroo bashing again. The kid shows the opposite and there will be no room on the bandwagon.
I’m not bashing him. I’m stating what he said himself and then looking at why he couldn’t get on the field more. Parker was hurt and missed 3 games and Carroo still didn’t see a lot of action. Then Grant seemed to be the preferred guy. Something is going on with him. I’m hoping he will still pan out. Especially if we do not re-sign Landry.
He hasn’t shown a thing yet
It’s possible the coaches are being super patient (I think they were with a grant)
Maybe Carroo is able to be our slot guy and be like a Matthews for us if we let Landry go
I actually think the real issue is Parker’s shortcomings. If Parker showed something maybe letting Landry go would be more feasible
Parker’s issues are injuries. He’s still productive when he’s good to go. He had 57 catches this year, not 22. LOL
What difference does it make if it’s injuries or not?
He was actually good for the first few weeks of the season – and then it really tailed off, particularly after the injury
I bet a lot of things players could have equaled his production with more playing time
It’s don’t want to get rid Parker
But he certainly isn’t a reliable receiver yet
I have never given up on Caroo. I thought he looked good every time we put him in there.
Forgive me, I’m catching up from this week. Almost caught up…
Mary Ann !!!!
BTW, got stuck watching the Bachelor with my wife this past Monday. There is the one girl who reminds me of Mary Ann. LOL
There’s Davenport!!!
White looked impressive on that drive. Penny showed his ability.
Nice ball placement for White on that TD.
Nice run for Ballege.
That’s a guy I am very high on.
Ballage again.
Piggy, I agree Parker has been disappointing. But he can do things no other WR on our team can do. He has the most talent of all of them. We have to decide just like with James last year whether to pick up the 5th year option or not this year, but he’ll be one of our WRs in 2018.
I’m fine with being patient with both Parker and Carroo – I’m not arguing to lop off their heads…lol
Point is, if the argument is Carroo get slide up and be our slot WR if we let Landry go, that would be much easier to swallow of easier of them lived up to expectations
Agreed. If we let Landry walk I think it will be Carroo, Morgan and Lewis along with maybe a FA and/or draftee competing for that spot. I think Grant will always be kind of a specialist to get his speed in the game. I’m not sure he’ll ever be a high catch guy but who knows.
Nice throw for White.
Chark looking good at WR.
Was just thinking GDP hasn’t been here in a long time.
Both he and FFR. … have they even been on since the hurricane?
Not sure.
NFL.com has a 7.5 grade on Saquon, the highest this year, followed by QNelson at 7.4 and both Tremaine Edmunds and Bradley Chubb at 7.2
The idea that Tremaine is even a day 2 guy is long over.
I don’t want to draft a WR, but if i did I would go for Allen Lazard, at 6’4, 225, in the 7th, thinking we could hide him on the PS till Parker either shows up or we get rid of him.
Chiefs traded up from 27 to 10 last year for a QB. Cost them their 1st, 3rd and a future 1st. That’s no where near the value of the Bills #21, #22, and 3rd rounder. There is no way they would ever trade us that deal. There is no way someone else above us wouldn’t do that deal unless they absolutely wanted one specific player. Teams from #7-10 would all take that deal just based off the Chiefs trade. Every lat one of them could use more talent and lots of needs.
White looking good for the South today.
Actually it’s similar value. A future 1st is viewed as a higher value because it’s unknown where it will be. The Bills picks are defined as 20’s. Then there is a 3rd in both deals.
Actually it’s always valued less because what you can use today is always more valuable. No GM or coach is looking for imaginary picks come draft time. They are looking for what can help them keep their jobs this year.
Piggy, I see what’s happening. The two blogs are connected and I usually scroll to the bottom for comments. The comments for this blog is in the middle.
“Future draft picks are valued one round earlier than the current year
In other words, a team could trade a fourth round pick in 2017 and reasonably expect to receive a 2018 third round pick on the market. A current fifth is worth a future fourth. No one really wants future seventh round picks because they hold almost no value.
This valuation of future picks is a representation of time value of money, which means that a draft pick now is worth more than the same draft pick in a future year.”
https://www.patspulpit.com/2017/4/23/15398184/2017-nfl-draft-creating-a-brand-new-nfl-draft-value-trade-chart
No! It’s about we know what this year’s pick is, but next year you might be the Giants or Dolphins.
I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.
I believe New Age is correct. Future picks are valued less than a current pick in the draft. In other words, if you’re choosing in the 3rd RD, and you trade a 2019 3rd RD pick to move up to get a player you want, the 2018 3rd RD is more valuable than the 2019.
Doesn’t Tim always tell us that draft picks aren’t worth anything anyways?
He sure does! Especially the 4th RD pick we got for Ajayi – Useless!
Naples – Going by Lance Zuerlein’s ratings at NFL.com, I’d say Goeddert would be the best TE for us. What do you think?
He’s my favorite, but I’m not the GM. Lol
yes sir Mike
But that 4th is this year….so more valuable!
He did look awfully good in the 3rd quarter.
3 guys I’ve been talking about this week were on DJ’s list. …Marcus Davenport(DE), DJ Chark(WR), and Darius Leonard(LB)
Goedert, Gesicki, Ian Thomas, and Hurst
Any 2 of those TEs would be an awesome draft.
Davenport raised his stock, but who was trying to block him?
I would welcome either Lauletta or White to our QB room. Josh Allen will go too high for my needs.
“Baker Mayfield should go to Canada.” Agreed.
I would now be excited to take Leonard in the 6th.
We got Ajayi in the fifth. So getting a 4th for him is not a disaster. I still miss him though.
Get me Sony Michel early or Kalen Ballage late and I’ll be happy @RB.
My fave, however, is now Penny (tip of hat to MF13).
But he’ll be gone by end of Round 2 and we MUST get a TE and OG in Round 1&2, right?
Dang it! Decisions Decisions.
After Senior Bowl
1st DE Davenport
2nd TE Goedert
3rd OG Price
4th TE Thomas
4th RB Ballage
6th LB Leonard SC State
6th QB Lauletta
7th S Smith Clemson
But I’m already disagreeing with myself.
Josh Edwards on CBS has us taking Roquon at #11
Also RJ White (Who?) has the same pick for us,
but Chris Trepasso has us taking Derwin James.
Nice player from a great program, but we need a FS,
and we need more help elsewhere that early.
Lauletta to the patsies*
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2018-senior-bowl-one-player-scientifically-engineered-to-be-bill-belichicks-perfect-qb/
Bucky Brooks has us taking Quentin Nelson @ # 11.
Daniel Jeremiah @11 says we pick Josh Allen.
Because we “can’t keep relying on Tannehill.”
Pishtosh.
This seems like complete idiocy from Draftek. The “author” did not sign his name.
11 Miami Mike McGlinchey Notre Dame OT Reach/Value +4 Ht: 6’7″ Wt: 310
EXPLANATION:
If you’re a Draftnik (and let’s face it; if you are reading this and it’s January, you are an addict), then you’ve heard how trades and QBs are going to dominate the Top 5, probably spilling into the top-10 with as many as five (or six?) QBs leaving the board by the time the Fins pick at #11.
We think that the same dynamic may play out on a smaller scale with Offensive Linemen. A supply-demand inequity exists: too many teams are competing this year for a relatively limited pool of top-level talent. We’re showing the top three OL prospects at #10, #11, and #12, but the Browns could grab one with Joe Thomas comtemplating retirement, and the Bears are in the market in order to keep QB-investment Mitch Trubisky upright.
The Raiders and Bucs are prime trade-back targets. According to our Interactive Draft Trade Chart, it’ll cost Miami 250 points of Draft Bitcoin to move from #11 to the #7 pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and ensure they get one of the top OL prospects in the draft. That’s equivalent to their RD3 and RD6 picks. The Bucs (if you care and I don’t) aren’t feeling too good about spending a #7 on DE Harold Landry, but will feel better about it with the extra picks.
And Finally to update all the mocks i follow, Walter:
Miami Dolphins: Tremaine Edmunds, LB, Virginia Tech
Consecutive linebackers can be chosen in the opening round, as the Raiders and Dolphins both have atrocious linebacking corps that absolutely have to be fixed.
Compared to Anthony Barr by some, Tremaine Edmunds is a very athletic linebacker with great instincts.
Pick change; previously Denzel Ward, CB
oops Charley @ Walter says:
Minkah Fitzpatrick, S, Alabama to Miami @#11
The Dolphins could use a safety upgrade next to Reshad Jones, plus could use help at corner. Thus, Fitzpatrick could be a fit for them.
Fitzpatrick totaled 60 tackles, one interception, eight passes broken up and a forced fumble in 2017. He played really well, doing everything that could be asked of a safety. Fitzpatrick is a superb center fielder, covering receivers deep downfield. He is also fast in pursuit, tackles well in space at the second level, can come down into the box, and is able to play man coverage against tight ends and slot receivers, plus help out his cornerbacks. The 6-foot-1, 203-pounder has excellent size and some natural cover skills. Sources have said that Fitzpatrick is a prototypical free safety for the NFL. They say he has good size, speed, athletic ability and high football I.Q. in a play-maker.
In 2016, Fitzpatrick recorded 66 tackles with seven passes broken up and six interceptions. He was dominant at times for Alabama, splitting time between corner and safety. Fitzpatrick had a superb 2015 season for the Crimson Tide. The freshman totaled 45 tackles with two sacks, 11 passes broken up and two interceptions – both returned for touchdowns.
< Pick change: previously Quenton Nelson, G
I wanted to steal him in the early 4th.
I’d now take him in the 3rd.
Can we afford him in the 2nd?
Don’t we actually instead need a Big Bruiser like Ballage,
whom we can gt in the mid 4th?
I do thhave no we can take a RB in the 2nd
But I think it’s more plausible if OL is the 1st round pick
But who is the 11th BPA? since we have several needs:
CBS RB Derrius Guice
Draftek DE Harold Landry
NFL QB Lamar Jackson
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 16 (BALT): Roquan Smith, ILB/OLB, Georgia (A-)
Round 2 Pick 10: Martez Ivey, OT/OG, Florida (A-)
Round 2 Pick 12 (WASH): Will Clapp, C/OG, LSU (B+)
Round 2 Pick 20 (BALT): Mark Andrews, TE, Oklahoma (A)
Round 3 Pick 9: Marcell Frazier, DE, Missouri (A)
Round 4 Pick 11: Luke Falk, QB, Washington State (A+)
Round 4 Pick 30: Quin Blanding, FS, Virginia (A+)
Round 6 Pick 9: Dimitri Flowers, FB, Oklahoma (A+)
Round 7 Pick 5: Tre’Quan Smith, WR, Central Florida (A+)
Round 7 Pick 11: JK Scott, P, Alabama (A+)
A meat and potatoes kind of draft.
1- Quenton Nelson (OG), Notre Dame- starter at LG
2- Dallas Goedert (TE), S. Dakota St- receiving TE
3- DJ Chark (WR), LSU- another receiver if we lose Landry
3- Tyquan Lewis (DE), Ohio St- added depth and future anchor at DE
4- Ian Thomas (TE), Indiana- blocking TE with some receiving skills
4- Alex Cappa (OL), Humboldt St- play inside at RG, added depth at RT
5- Darius Leonard (LB), S. Carolina St- LB with good pass coverage skills, side line to side line
7- Trayvon Henderson (S), Hawaii- FS will need some time to develop
**2 trades** ( traded down in 2nd round and picked up an extra 3rd & traded up getting a 5th for a 6th and 7th)
FA- #2 RB, backup QB, 1 OL
Meat and Potatoes draft!
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 11: Mike McGlinchey, OT, Notre Dame (A)
Round 2 Pick 10: Will Hernandez, OG, Texas-El Paso (B+)
Round 3 Pick 9: Mark Andrews, TE, Oklahoma (A+)
Round 4 Pick 11: Mike McCray, OLB, Michigan (A+)
Round 4 Pick 30: Marquis Haynes, OLB/DE, Ole Miss (A)
Round 6 Pick 9: Dimitri Flowers, FB, Oklahoma (A+)
Round 7 Pick 5: Kurt Benkert, QB, Virginia (A+)
Round 7 Pick 11: Tre’Quan Smith, WR, Central Florida (A+)
There is a real bipolar condition that exists with Phins fans, not on here but elsewhere. They gone from Jackson to Mayfield to Allen and now they’re moving on to Lauletta. I guess it comes with being a fan of this team
Luis Sung is a lapper
I’ll tell you who changed my opinion in the Senior Bowl!
Mike McCray, Michigan
Position: LB
6-4, 242lb (193cm, 109kg)
I’m starting the think there are more quality LBs than I origally thought
My point on draft picks is tongue and cheek. When we wait until the 4th round to draft a position fans feel was a huge need, it’s not good enough and almost a wasted pick. When a team trades a 4th rd pick we gave away a valuable asset. So which one is it? LOL
Suuuuuuuure it is!
Read the comments after the draft. “I wish we didn’t wait until the 3rd to draft a guard or the 4th to draft a LB.” You’ll see. LOL
rgs, you’re rocking the Senior Bowl. Good stuff!
Thanks. I had the time this week to actually watch the practices. I just wish they had more stuff with the OL & DL. Too much QB stuff, so I really didn’t even focus on the position. I figured everyone would be tweeting about them.
It’s always about the damn QB. LOL
My best one so far this year. I took WR Anthony Miller (perfect for slot) with the thought that Landry signs elsewhere (not looking to stir that convo, LOL). I also went heavy on the “O” cause, IMO, out biggest problem last year was putting up points.
How the hell I got an A- when I got an A+ on all my picks. Don’t know…
Your score is: 21276 (GRADE: A-)
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 11: Bradley Chubb, DE, North Carolina State (A+)
Round 2 Pick 10: Billy Price, C/OG, Ohio State (A+)
Round 3 Pick 9: Anthony Miller, WR, Memphis (A+)
Round 4 Pick 11: Ian Thomas, TE, Indiana (A+)
Round 4 Pick 30: Royce Freeman, RB, Oregon (A+)
Round 6 Pick 9: Durham Smythe, TE, Notre Dame (A+)
Round 7 Pick 5: Kurt Benkert, QB, Virginia (A+)
Round 7 Pick 11: Deadrin Senat, DT, South Florida (A+)
Problem is Miller will never be there in the 3rd. He’s one of the top wr’s in this draft
I know, it will also come down to what he runs at the combine. He looks like he has speed on film but he is only slightly faster than Landry. That was the reason he was a walk-on at Memphis.
I’m on the fence about wr in the draft even if we let Landry walk. With the talent we’ve got on the roster at the wr position right now if I’m the GM or Executive VP of this team I’m looking at Gase and saying “you’ve got plenty to work with on the roster at this time and it’s up to you to utilize it”. “I’m not going out and bringing in more players just because you can’t make due with what you’ve got”.
It’s like the kid who keeps coming to you for new sneakers all the time complaining he needs another pair just to play basketball and he’s already got 5 pairs to choose from but wants a specific pair just to play one sport.
You’ve got what you’ve got. There’s plenty of talent. If you’re a good coach you know what needs to be done.
Tannenbaum talks out of both sides of his mouth. He says the team needs to do a better job of evaluating the roster and that they haven’t gotten to the point of evaluating the roster as of their Senior Bowl interviews and then he says he doesn’t think the team is that far off.
If they haven’t had the time to evaluate what they’ve got then how can he say he doesn’t think the team is that far off?
I thought he talked out of his ass
that’s Tannenbaum talking to Grier
That pretty much sums up the FO.
I think our last two drafts have been solid. I see a lot of potential moving forward. Some guys need more time than others but quite a few of them are starting and playing significant roles and should get better. McMillan and Ford ended up on IR so we get them back for 2018. Not sure if Ford will make the team but he gives us a taller WR to compete.
http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?teamId=2700&type=team
Did you guys see that catch downfield by Jarvis Landry in the pro bowl? such a great pair of hands.
No doubting his hands.
That said, why they play this game baffles my mind.
who watches the pro bowl? seriously.
me and other hard-core football fans like me
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 11: Roquan Smith, ILB/OLB, Georgia (B+)
Round 2 Pick 10: Martez Ivey, OT/OG, Florida (A-)
Round 3 Pick 9: Mark Andrews, TE, Oklahoma (A+)
Round 4 Pick 11: Tyquan Lewis, DE, Ohio State (A+)
Round 4 Pick 30: Michael Gallup, WR, Colorado State (A+)
Round 6 Pick 9: Dimitri Flowers, FB, Oklahoma (A+)
Round 7 Pick 5: Kurt Benkert, QB, Virginia (A+)
Round 7 Pick 11: Van Smith, SS, Clemson (A+)
Like this as well. I just got lucky on my last one cause 4 QB’s went in the top 10 and Chubb was there. Then my Man Crush for the slot (if Landry walks) is MIller. I like Gallup as well.
I’ve cussed Gallup @CSU for 4 years now!
He was like Edelman against Wyoming!
Gallup is a good name for a WR.
he trots like a horse.
Here’s one of those contradictory pros and cons. LOL
http://www.nfl.com/draft/2017/profiles/isaiah-ford?id=2558071
I like Ford and I think we’ve got enough talent at wr on this roster to help us win games. It’s up to the coaches to figure out how to do it. If they design an offense that can utilize more of the talent on the offense by spreading the ball around and getting TE’s who are threats in the passing game we won’t need to target one guy 150+ times a season.
This is a sour subject but I agree. What is we used Stills, Parker, Grant, Carroo and Ford more vertical and used our backs and TEs underneath. 1st read for RT does one of the 3 WRs have a step on a guy or is wide open. 2nd read who’s open underneath first. 3rd read improv, throw it away or run.
Then of course you can get your backs and TEs involved in the vertical game too. I’d rather see more rushing and more vertical passing than all that screen and bunched up WR grouping stuff. Vertical also doesn’t mean bombs away, just past 10 yards or more rather than at the LOS or within 5 yards stuff. I know all teams do this, but do it from time to time, not as a staple.
If you’re struggling to block a specific team, I understand getting the ball out quicker and that means shorter routes. But it doesn’t have to be just screens and hitches, why not more slants so you can catch and run closer to a 1st down and maybe break one? Or quick passes to the backs in the flats with a head of steam.
I really don’t like the ultra short passing game that can put you in 3rd and 8 real quick too often. If you can beat teams down the field off the running game you soften up the underneath stuff.
I love watching football. My man Landry is in the Pro Bowl. So I am here with a son watching Brees and Alex Smith and meantime scouting draft prospects and studying Colonial American history. It’s what we do. Watch football and read and study stuff. We’re kinda like nerdy jocks. Very nerdy.
Props, Naples! I’m watching the Pro Bowl (passively) while scouting draft prospects as well.
I realize that there are HUGE expectations for Raekwon McMillan from most, especially after winning the MIKE job at the beginning of last season. I just hope y’all realize that he’s always been projected as a two-down LB who isn’t very good in coverage.
So if anybody was thinking that he’ll suddenly solve our LB woes in coverage, you’re sadly mistaking. Kiko is MUCH better in coverage than Raekwon has ever been. If that leaves ya feeling queasy, it should.
We need a coverage LB in the worst way, preferably a three-downer like Nigel Bradham via FA. My guy Skai Moore (Pig’s high on him too!) would be a great pick on day 3 of the Draft, but until he adds more weight (218: maybe he gets bigger for the Combine), he’s only going to be a coverage specialist as a LB.
How about watch him play with us before saying he is this or that. He was used more as a downhill LB at OSU.
I also think we might see more Kiko and McDonald/Jones as nickel LBs with more DBs on the field. But to do this the offense has to score some fucking points. LOL
Had to post him again. Again, it all depends on what he runs at the combine cause reports are he could run a 4.5 40 which affect his draft position but if he runs in around a 4.45 then second round is a possibility. I still think there is a chance he is there at pick 9 in the 3rd round.
Landry blocked well for Bell to get a first down and just now threw a downfield block for TY Hilton.
Scott Baio has a real strong dating resume…and he was never even a huge star like Warren Beatty, Jack, or name the lead singer of a top band. Must have mad skills.
Kristy McNichol, Brooke Shields, Heather Locklear, Melisa Gilbert, Julie McCullough, Nicole Eggert, Nicollette Sheridan, Pamela Anderson, Erika Eleniak, Liza Minnelli, Beverly D’Angelo, Sheila Denise Richards
air-head Girls like the cutesy little Yorkshire Terrier types for some short term laughs.
air-heads or not, he got together with a whole bunch of the posters on my walls……and Liza and Beverly D’Angelo too.
So that’s what you’re doing today, reading up on Scott Baio. LOL
Nicole Eggert accused him of sexually molesting her when she was underage…..so yeah saw the list. And it is impressive.
Skai Moore had neck fusion surgery and missed all of 2016. I’m a little leery of him. Great production, but he has concrete feet.
Tim Knight says:
January 28, 2018 at 4:40 pm
…I also think we might see more Kiko and McDonald/Jones as nickel LBs with more DBs on the field. But to do this the offense has to score some fucking points. LOL
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Why do you think we do that… putting a Safety in at LB?
TJ ain’t your normal safety though. Could see it on long downs.
That doesn’t answer the question: why is that done?
Cause he could stop the run if it came about and be better in pass coverage.
I agree… I think that’s why it’s done. In short, it’s to mask our deficiencies of coverage LBs.
In nickel when you have two big safeties like we do that can hit. I’m talking about 2nd or 3rd and long. If they run we can still play the run. But we also have more coverage on the field when they pass. You just got finished talking about Skai Moore as a coverage LB who’s 218. McDonald is bigger than him and Jones is about the same size.
Logic would dictate that we should just convert McDonald to LB full-time… he’d be excellent.
Naples – I was watching when Landry made that catch, and that was a pretty awesome throw by Alex Smith. Smith a few throws previous to that threw a laser at about 10-15 to Landry that went threw his hands, which was understandable with the velocity, distance and the rain. Some people think his price tag went up this weekend, which i think is utterly preposterous. $$$ hasn’t changed, and won’t change until the sides get to serious talks, or, they break down and then other teams get involved past the deadline to sign.
I certainly wasn’t thinking this game or dodgeball or drone drop would affect his salary negotiations, but he IS representing Miami well.
“Some people think his price tag went up this weekend”
Based on the pro bowl? LOL
Yeah, I went on twitter about 20 minutes ago and responded to a guy who said that. I think that’s totally ridiculous, but he probably doesn’t really get it.
Stanger – If you’re impressed with Scott Baio, as I’ve mentioned here before, singer John Mayer has a pretty impressive portfolio of former girlfriends.
Katy Perry, Renee Zellweger, Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian, Scheana Marie (look her up), Jennifer Anniston, Minka Kelly (Not Minkah Fitzpatrick though), Jessica Simpson, Rhona Mitra, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Vanessa Carlton.
These guys just can’t keep a girl interested very long…too shallow.
They’re probably all shallow Naples, men and women both. They live in a very strange society, performers, actors, singers etc . . .
Think would be happy with either of those slates. Word is Warren Beatty is the tops as to both numbers and quality. Apparently he Wilt Chamberlained his way though Holllywood.
Not just Hollywood, the world. LOL
M13, you do know that part of the plan for all NFL offenses is to get a playmaker isolated on a LB right? You seem to think every other team can cover everyone with their LBs except us. There are only a handful that can do it really well. Nobody covers Gronk when he’s healthy and that goes for some of the other good TEs in the league. When teams double Gronk and they do it often, Brady just hits some little dude running open for a 1st down. Gotta stop the run, put pressure on the QB and make some plays in the back end. It’s not all about the LBs in coverage.
The Dolphins were 14th against the run and 16th against the pass for an overall 16th in yards allowed. That was with very little support from the offense. We scored 20 points or less 11 times.
That’s what makes TE’s and RB’s that are good receivers out of the backfield so valuable. It’s very difficult for either a LB or S to cover either a RB or a TE, which makes all good receiving TE’s such a mismatch, and good receiving RB’s like Alvin Kamara, Tevin Coleman, LeSean McCoy, Jerick McKinnon and other backs so successful.
Ding!
Drake and Williams showed that. We need to add one of those TEs. Thomas flashed but was a non-factor too often. He doesn’t look like the same guy physically anymore. Forget that it was Peyton and that offense. Thomas was much more explosive back then. Not the same player. Not sure he can be again.
The idea is to get ELITE at the LB position. 90% of all passes nowadays are dropped into LB coverage. The Jacksonville Jaguars are showing the league how it’s done… and with MY guys Myles Jack, Paul Puz, and Blair Brown.
Deon Jones and Kawan Alexander playing today!
Easier said than done and did you watch the playoffs? Their defense got beat a lot. They lost the Championship game though the offense didn’t help. The entire team took their foot off the pedal.
That said I like their defense, they should get even better. That’s what happens when you draft top 5 five times and top 10 five times within a decade. You better get good. LOL
Stang, dude, j/k on the Air-Head girls comment, ok?
Heather Locklear is a Babe and Pammy Anderson is duh shizz
I’d read them their menus at any Happy Hour 2-for-1 Margarita night in town!
Sounds like your tastes run the same way as both Chachi and Tommy Lee….and a bunch of us others. 🙂
I don’t want to forget Harold Landry at Edge. He is a natural bender and has a sprinter’s first step. He’s raw due to lack of technique coaching, but he could be Vic Beasley 2.0 (Meaning a learning year followed by an explosive career)
I think Tremaine Edwards is awesome, but he will be gone before Pick 11.
These are ACC guys I’ve been watching for a long time.
Women are attracted to good looking successful men. Wait what? LOL
Like Harvey Weinstein
Ugh… and I don’t think the attractive part comes into play here.
Landry had 5 grabs for 78 yards in the Pro Bowl. One went for 49 yards in the AFC comeback win, but then didn’t watch like am guessing a lot of folks.
He was open on both Delanie Walker TDs, but then it’s the Pro Bowl…lots of guys open.
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NO WONDER!
And here I thought reading up on colonial history would turn the trick!
If a girl doesn’t want to see my Greek Revival Lithographs, I mean. That’s what I lead with.
Mobile in 1812 is just my fallback.
“Women are attracted to good looking successful men.” should be between the .
I forget this site sees those as programming.
arrgghh…between the arrow heads!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Everyone enjoy watching the Snore Bowl?
It was a lot of fun. The AFC came back to win. Landry and Reshad played great.
But then I’m sipping a flute of Belvedere Polish vodka. Makes everything funner.
If you had fun watching it that’s all that matters.
Well, I didn’t watch one play of the Pro Bowl.
Landry upped his salary to $16M per year now. Dammit! lol
Lol, and here I thought he did that with winning dodgeball.
Winning the dodgeball competition always adds $2-3M per year when negotiating a new contract. It is known
I can’t wait for the time of year when the sun isn’t down at 4 pm
Me too! We’re getting there. Gets fully dark about 5:30-5:40PM now.
Everyday it’s a little lighter a little longer. 🙂
Didn’t watch the Pro Bowl. Not much interest for me. I wish I could have seen the Senior Bowl but I had other stuff going on that made it impossible to watch. Props to all of those on here who posted their impressions and recaps
I got it recorded if that helps?
Your recaps were good. I will YouTube the highlights I want to see.
Ken and Pig,
Do you guys know when Boba Fett made his debut in the Star Wars universe?
I always remember him in Empire Strikes but I am not sure that was the first reference to him
The first reference to Boba Fett was on the “Star Wars Holiday Special”, 1978. I watched it earlier and I’m here to tell y’all that ya aren’t missing anything… except for the cartoon with Boba that aired within the special itself.
The voices are all the original actors, except I don’t know who voiced Boba. This is the first time the world was introduced to Boba… check it out!
👍 Cool I didn’t know that
I just saw it for the first time today. It is pretty cool!
That’s awesome
I actually saw it before
I remember the Holiday special as a kid too
I think it’s the one with the Whole Wookie family
That animation cracks me up
It looks like the Wall
What’s a matter with Han’s Face – he’s like half horse 😛
Keep your eyes on Emmanuel Sanders. Just saying.
Demaryius Thomas too. Not both, one or the other.
Why don’t you trust these guys? What did they do?
What do you mean trust these guys?
Keep your eye on them….
Tim,
the point at LB or any other position is when you’ve got a shot to get someone there who is elite you take it. you don’t look at your LB core and say “oh, I think Kiko will be okay. maybe it was just an off year”.
Fuck that. Kiko is never going to be elite. If anything, you bring in an elite guy who upgrades the unit then maybe you can trade one of the other guys for help elsewhere.
To me, that’s what the team did all the time in the past during drafts like when they passed on Earl Thomas to get Odrick. Maybe they’ve gone away from that type of thinking and I hope that’s the case.
I want a team built.
Naples,
I wouldn’t mind one bit seeing us go after Landry in this draft. He could definitely be our future at one of the DE positions. Has those long arms and can put on a few extra pounds. He seems to be strong for his size and has some good quickness.
Lol at Mike’s joke going over Tim’s head.
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Tim
Both Sanders and Thomas make over 10M a season right now. I think a Thomas might be close to 14M
What’s the point of letting Landry go to sign one of them? The cap savings would probably be under 3M
If you get them at much less than they are kid now it’s only bc there value has dropped and their value is dropping for a reason
I don’t get why we’d be more interested in signing either of those WR’s instead of re-signing Landry. As far as I know, both are still under contract with the Broncos, and both are 30, Sanders is almost 31. Honestly, it makes no sense to me.
Agreed plus they can’t be trusted
I guess if they were cut and we didn’t have to offer any compensation and then we signed them for somewhere in the vicinity of 8-9M instead of paying Landry 13-14M you save a little cap room
but I don’t think that is building a contender
LOL Ken, there’s that aspect as well
Personally im not sure i trust them not being trusted. There is so much untrustworthy information out there about trusting the trusted media source that trust becomes a really hard to trust source of judgement.
Jets LB Bart Scott and his teammates apparently knew more than the Pats did.
“Let me tell you what the running joke was with Hernandez — as players, we used to always mess with Hernandez when we were on the field and say, ‘Hey man, I heard they found the body,’ because we knew something had happened in Florida. So the whole running joke was ‘I heard they found the body.’ We all knew he was a bad guy. There had been stories floating with this guy for years.”
I think the Pats knew too, or at least knew before the last incident. They brought Tebow in i think almost certainly to try to get him straightened back out. Tebow had kept Henandex in check after an incident that happened at UF when he was a freshman. The Pouncey Brothers were supposedly there the night of the incident but were not involved. All in all most of his demons left him while Tebow remained involved with him, and i think after he entered the NFL he was ok until his people came calling with the their hands out.
A lot of guys who comes from bad areas or grew up involved in a gang culture find it hard to avoid it once they start making money because everyone from their past shows up and there is almost a sense of obligation to them. Hell maybe they do owe them in some ways, maybe shit went down when they were younger and the other guy took the rap, but once that hook gets set in again, they revert back to their old ways.
Just seeing how things went with the Pats and Tebow, i am almost 100% certain the whole reason he was there was to get him to get Hernandez straightened out before it was too late. Little did they know….. I think the secondary reason was they might could get Tebow to convert to TE in the case that Hernandez didnt straighten up and they had to trade him, but ultimately Tebow wanted to continue to pursue being a QB.
Unless am not remembering right, believe the Florida shooting where the victim would not cooperate came out after the new contract, but for the Pats should have known about it then and already the other stuff before. Hernandez just loved his gang life for whatever reason and he consciously sought it out long after he could have separated like others do. Big difference btwn saying hi to the old crew and hitting the town armed.
Lots of other players come from the same, but that also might explain why he has the NFL career record for murders.
Stanger, a lot of them dont say good bye to it. there are tons of tragic players stories where the person didn’t distance themselves from i and it took them down. Hernandez definitely embraced it, but i dont think he looked for it. Just like with the others, those that are successful realize they are past that now and there is no need to continue to live that life, others hit that crossroad and think to themselves that they still have to rep the hood, and are easily coaxed back into that life.
Its a conscious decision to go back, but i dont know that its one they are completely in control of either, because they have inferiority complexes that run so deep part of them think they got to be that way and rep that lifestyle to be a man. I actually pity them to be honest, because those guys will never find peace until they are dead or they break what is a almost impenetrable cycle to break.
Geez guys, think about it a little bit. Gase has a history with both WRs. The team wouldn’t be locked into either of them long-term, they would both be cheaper than what Landry is seeking, and both are more explosive than Landry. Also, if they are released and clear waivers it’s a whole new ball game. I’m not making the decisions and neither are you guys. I’m looking at real possibilities. Okay back to super hero’s. LOL
Yeah, but can you trust either of them?
It’s marginially cheaper Tim.
Why is not being locked into a long term contract a good thing? Would it be bad to be locked into a long term contract with landry and not have to worry about ome WR for years?
That kind of move would be really disappointing. If we don’t keep Landry I hope they don’t overpay another vet to try to take his place to save a small amount of cap room
If the team thinks it can go in without Landry, I hope it’s based on the current roster or we are really fucked
Let’s not play musical WRs and actually build this team based on what we have already
And you can’t trust them either…
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Are they real possibilities? I havent heard they were cut yet, i havent heard they are on the tradingblock. They’re have been rumors that they are in a position to be cut or traded but nothing has ever said Vance or Elway, is trying to move them. In fact Sanders would be a guy you wouldnt want to move if you might be bringing in a new QB.
It’s been reported DEN might move on from both and that’s why I said keep your eye on it. Nothing more. It’s not my decision or move, just sharing info.
I think a lot of the argument of to Landry or not boils down to how replaceable you feel Landry is, because those who are on the “he isnt worth 13mil” seem to to also be on the “we can draft a guy who can replace him” or we can get a cheaper FA to replace him” club and those that say pay him, are in the “you cant replace your best player overnight” club. I think the burden of proof therefore is on the group that says that he isnt worth 13mil to give examples of whom could replace him at a cheaper rate.
A few ground rules, though. I think any idea that a newly drafted rookie, outside of a first round pick should be moot, because we hit a home-run drafting a guy like him in the second, so to expect similar results from anything 2nd or later seems kind of silly. Id almost go as far as to say even a first this year it likely not going to match, but i can see a couple potential first that could possibly give us that. So if you submit a 1st round WR as your example, then show us how you would have to re-adjust the rest of our draft so you and we can see the cost of replacing Landry through the draft.
If its a FA, dont throw something stupid out there, like a guy who has never been in spitting distance of 1k yards or 100 receptions and saying ok he is going to immediately jump his game because you believe he will, someone that has shown consistent proof he could give us the production Landry does. If you are showing us a FA that could do it, show us how much you think we will be playing for this FA and what other moves we might be able to make because of what we are saving from not re-signing Landry to sign them.
I think the odds of replacing him with 1 player are probably less than 10%
But “will we be a better offense without him?” Or “what’s the point of spending like that when we aren’t winning?”
Those aren’t so crazy. I mean I think they are wrong but they aren’t crazy.
Replacing Landry is probably just dealing with where do we go from here?
I personlly don’t want to have to accept a move like that is okay
I don’t like homework. Pass. 😉