I bet he does too. He may fall like the stock market.
Hopefully, he is NOT anywhere on our draft board.
He made it to Mayock's mock.
http://www.nfl.com/draft/2014/mock-drafts/mike-mayock/205660?campaign=Facebook_writers_mayock
I bet he does too. He may fall like the stock market.
Hopefully, he is NOT anywhere on our draft board.
Was just about to say that. Failed physical and a fairly poor combine. FTB, Slimm, and hoops have mentioned that they view him as more of a guard in the pros and I think that's the case for sure. The fact that he's not athletic either takes him off my board.
Joel Bitonio on the other hand has skyrocketed up the board to the point that I think he has a shot to play OT in the NFL
Jim, unlike others, I'm not completely against drafting CK. But a public statement by Andrews doesn't automatically mean you can give the kid an all-clear on the knee. Any team that's thinking about picking him needs to do their own thorough investigation/evaluation. And if the knee does check out, then what's the reason for the season-to-season drop-off in performance, and poor combine showing? The plus with him is he has played at a high enough level early in his career that coming into this year many thought he'd be off the board very, very early. But he has red flags, and those red flags need to be cleared before you'd risk taking him at 19. I'm not gong to freak out if the Fins take him at 19 because it's possible those red flags are anomalous, and if they are you could be getting a real talent in the pick. But if they take him and they are wrong, I'll be right there with everybody else in this thread calling for Hickey's head. Bottom line is if they pick him they damn well better be right.
Sure, everything is a gamble. Based on the research I've done I think that his knee is fine and the paying tape/combine show me that he'll be one heck of a RT. We'll see what happens.
Agree with the part in bold 100%. That's why I prefer to be more measured than most in my opinions on this stuff. It's a gamble for people with far more information than I have. Anything I say is hinging on very limited relative info. And yet most fans speak with certainty on prospects. Like last year when Justin Pugh's arms were too short for him to play tackle. I don't remember one person saying they thought he was a 1st round tackle. But the Giants took him, and he performed better than any rookie tackle last year. Go figure. Maybe Kouandjio's knee is this years misnomer. Like I said though. With the red flags, you better be right if you take him in the first.
I'm venting this morning because I'm tired of these opinion swings based on the latest rumors, but the short version is that I believe in Kouandjio as the solution to our RT dilemma, based on his game film, knee health and his athletic ability. Again, in what could be a difficult draft for Miami I'm very interested in getting Matt Patchan later in the draft for RT, especially if we run into difficulites in the first two rounds. I saw big value in Patchan, just my opinion of course.
Agree with the part in bold 100%. That's why I prefer to be more measured than most in my opinions on this stuff. It's a gamble for people with far more information than I have. Anything I say is hinging on very limited relative info. And yet most fans speak with certainty on prospects. Like last year when Justin Pugh's arms were too short for him to play tackle. I don't remember one person saying they thought he was a 1st round tackle. But the Giants took him, and he performed better than any rookie tackle last year. Go figure. Maybe Kouandjio's knee is this years misnomer. Like I said though. With the red flags, you better be right if you take him in the first.
About Justin Pugh - I live in Giant country and most Giant fans I speak with say Pugh was a disaster in the beginning of the year. He did play better as the year wnet along, but they had a line that was almost as bad as ours. They also have a 2x super bowl winning QB with a decent arsenal of wr weapons.
I'm thinking they'll take Zack Martin if available.