So the Texans realize Foster needs a real fullback and signed Greg Jones. They never should have let Leach go. Probably the only FA move they made this season that I agree with.
Greg Jones > Vonta Leach.
Not happy to see him leave Jacksonville, but it's a clear indication that the Jaguars aren't going to be a 2-back team under the new regime.
Cheer up man we just sent you guys Sen'derrick Marks.....
Even being an Aggie, I would not trade JJ Watt for Von Miller. When I realized that last year mid-season, I knew JJ was the defensive MVP.
While I'm more than willing to pile on the Cam Newton Hate Train, Ryan Mallett over Cam Newton is abjectly silly. Newton's second year was clearly spotty, but he has shown the capacity to be a significant threat, and Mallett has shown so far that he's able to not drop the clipboard at a pretty good clip. Also, Newton effectively had one phenomenal year and Kapernick one phenomenal half-year, and, if there's one thing I have painfully learned (oh, Josh Freeman 2010 season, I'll never forget you), it's "two good years before I really believe".
Also, I'd still take Adrian Clayborn.
Fedaykin98 wrote:Even being an Aggie, I would not trade JJ Watt for Von Miller. When I realized that last year mid-season, I knew JJ was the defensive MVP.
My concern would be that JJ Watt would not be JJ Watt if he's playing in a two-gap system, where he'd be occupying linemen rather than attacking a gap. I worry he'd be wasted playing that role.
When you have a JJ Watt, you scheme around him.
Of course taking Mallett first is silly, but at the same time, the idea is to draft talent. If I have the ability to go back to 2011 and draft, I'd be very keen to take Mallett and have him play those years instead of sitting. Newton has proven he's no bust, but he's still short of proving he's a franchise QB and not just a Rivers tier guy.
I won't apologize in the slightest for taking Kaepernick first though. I'd make that call all day, every day. ...
Because I'm curious ... how would you have sold Colin Kaepernick over Cam Newton to Jerry Richardson back in 2011?
I'm not disagreeing with your talent evaluation. Newton is very much in that Phillip Rivers tier (good enough to win you some games and put up big numbers, not good enough (yet, but maybe never) to take you to the playoffs every year), and Kaepernick might well end up being the best QB of his generation.
That said, I'm not sure how you pass up the guy who dominated college football for a season over a WAC guy who tore up the Humanitarian Bowl in 2008. For better or worse, that's not how the NFL or the draft works.
Heck everything I heard about Kaep (and some of it probably from you, Legion) had me convinced he should start the year before over Alex. Of course I had seen enough from Alex that I never thought he would lead this team back to glory. Have to give some credit to Harbaugh, (and Greg Roman) for improving Alex's game so much to give us a chance. And maybe you give them some credit for making Kaep so good so quickly too?
Either way, Kaep has been pretty amazing and can still get better. Future is bright.
It is definitely valid to ask if Kaepernick would have adjusted as well as he has if he were under any other coaching staff. ...
Which is why he came off the bench for the Niners after a season and a half and didn't start for Carolina on Week 1 in 2011. He soaked up a lot from the sidelines and took full advantage of the opportunity he had.
Kaepernick might end up being better than Cam Newton in the long run. He's already more accomplished. But no one was going to throw No. 1 overall pick money at a guy from the WAC that not too many people had actually seen play. That's just the reality of the NFL draft.
Weird, I know.
As a sort of what-if footnote ... what if Newton and the read-option not come along when it did? When Cam showed up in 2011, the only other running QBs are noodle-armed Tim Tebow and parolee and shell-of-himself Michael Vick. I just wonder if Harbaugh would have pulled the trigger on a QB switch if there weren't other realistic run/pass options in the league already.
I think Carolina deserves credit for how they adjusted their offense for Newton as a rookie ...
The Panthers were pretty cautious in Year 1. Then Chud opened up the playbook last season and Cam's brain froze up. It's no accident the Panthers rolled through the second half of the season -- they went back to basics and had Cam think less. He's still learning how to play QB. I'm not sure what a new OC will mean for him. Mike Shula's just as eager as Cam to prove that he's not a dolt.
Ravens sign Rolando McClain for ... $700,000. Wow. Sure, he's under performed but that's one hell of a deal for someone who has potential and experience.
That's cold, Legion. Cold.
I'm still winning by chronicling your horrific honeymoon gaffe for so many years, though.
My primary concern is who is going to get the best name in the draft, Barkevious Mingo.
Also, this is my favorite mock draft so far.
... this is my favorite mock draft so far.
Emphasis on mock.
In the small world category, the guy going No. 2 to Jax in this draft has been one of the guys the Panthers might actually take at No. 14.
Carolina also apparently are kicking the tires on some WRs. The Panthers were in town earlier this week to check out Cal's Keenan Allen, who still hasn't gotten his step back from his injury this season.
I've decided my dream scenario is thus:
Tampa tells the Jets to piss off. Revis forces his release, as he's clearly never playing for them again, and Tampa just plain signs him and keeps their picks (or simply waits an tosses them something like a third, and we all cackle maniacally). In the draft, Tampa trades with Minnesota, gaining both their first-rounders; they take Tavon Austin and Tampa's two picks in the 20s are a one is a corner like Rhodes or Trufant, the other being maybe Eifert for the TE need or somebody for d-line depth. Finally, whoever the Saints drafts actually catches on fire spontaneously, injuring Brees' throwing arm.
I've decided my dream scenario is thus:
Tampa tells the Jets to piss off. Revis forces his release, as he's clearly never playing for them again, and Tampa just plain signs him and keeps their picks (or simply waits an tosses them something like a third, and we all cackle maniacally). In the draft, Tampa trades with Minnesota, gaining both their first-rounders; they take Tavon Austin and Tampa's two picks in the 20s are a one is a corner like Rhodes or Trufant, the other being maybe Eifert for the TE need or somebody for d-line depth. Finally, whoever the Saints drafts actually catches on fire spontaneously, injuring Brees' throwing arm.
As someone who roots for another NFC South team, I'm with you on the Brees thing.
But the Panthers don't need a Revis-to-the-Bucs scenario. And I think the Bucs are good on WRs for the moment.
@ Legion, because you follow this stuff a lot more closely than I do:
What's up with all the DT/DEs atop the mock drafts this year?
Last year the first five players taken were on offense. The first D-line guy didn't go till No. 11, though teams ended up taking 8 of them in the first round.
This year, depending on which mock draft you believe (and, boy, they're all over the place after the No. 1 pick), I'm seeing 4-6 DE/DLs in the first 10 picks.
Is that because there's a glut of good D-linemen this year? Or is D-line this year's hot flavor?
No, no, the Vikings take Tavon Austin, we get their picks. All these mock drafts keep forecasting Austin to the Bucs, and it's safe to say there are plenty of other needs.
I think this year it's generally considered to be a good D-line draft, or at least better for that than most other slots (it's not like last year, where there were a bunch of clear guys at the top). I think in off years, it's probably more likely that linemen go early because it's a lot easier to draft based on potential if people are big and fast, as opposed to things like route running or QB play.
There just isn't a Cam, RGIII, Megatron, or "fiil in the blank" prospect in this draft, so I'm presuming people are just going to grab some big guys.
F*!%ing Tony Boselli. Damn you, Legion, that wound still hasn't healed!
F*!%ing Tony Boselli. Damn you, Legion, that wound still hasn't healed!
Look, you're just giving him what he wants, hoppa. You've got to pretend it doesn't hurt, while you go off to suck your thumb and cry in the corner.
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