NFL DRAFT & RUMORS MEGATHREAD
- Thread starter MrChadRico
- Start date
I hope that’s right
The same analysts that will criticize picks also refuse to recognize that their rankings make zero sense and only exist for casual viewers. You can’t just throw every player who plays every scheme into the same bucket. If you draft a great zone DB because you play zone…these people will say you reached because they had two corners ahead that aren’t a fit for zone. That’s stupid. Same with 3-4/4-3 lineman. Hell…how do you judge WRs at all after the first couple “can do anything” unicorns? If a team has an elite, young slot WR but desperately lacks a field stretcher…and they take a fast outside WR…someone will say they reached because this slot only WR was rated higher. That’s stupid. Public rankings are stupid.
I thought Sieler and Wilkins were overused in 2023/22. Wilkins led the league in IDL snaps, and Sieler was 4th. They were second and 5th in snaps in 2022. No other team leaned on their top two guys to that degree. Sieler's snaps went down from 924 to 749 last season, and I think that level of snap load only prolongs his career and makes him more effective when he is on the field. Fangio was averse to using Hand in 2023, and he's not that bad a player. I wish we'd re-signed him. The snap counts of Wilkins and Sieler in 2022 indicate Boyer did the same thing. Davis played 611, and Jenkins played 270, as the 3rd and 4th guys in 2022.
I preferred Weaver's rotation of the IDL better. IMO, ideally, draft a guy to take about the same number of snaps as CC. 616. Then, another to play Hand's level, about 580. Keep Sieler at the mid 700s level. This way, if one of the top two gets hurt and has to miss a lot of time, your backups are better prepared to step in and play more snaps.
When Sieler missed two games, we lost them both, because Hand and Jones, while functional, were not as effective at being disruptive as Sieler. Hand essentially got Sieler's snap load in those two games and played 20 or so above his average in each. Not only was there a drop in quality of play, Hand is no Sieler, it's not unreasonable to surmise he was gassed by the 4th quarter. They couldn't get off the field vs AZ and Buffalo.
In the old days, we seldom ever knew who our backup DTs were. They didn't play defense unless a starter was out injured. I'd have to look it up to determine who backed up Fernandez and Heinz in the early 70s. These days, generally speaking, it seems to me most teams prefer to rotate 3-4 guys on a consistent basis.
Since we usually play a 3 man line, I consider their snaps equally. Chubb, Phillips, and Chop, along with the other Edges are considered separately.
That works, or shorten his last name to Sava. Like, it is an intended nickname
I'm sorry, but anyone who has known me very long knows I'm obsessive about spelling the names of the players, especially Dolphins, correctly. IMO, it looks sloppy to do otherwise. Some names are complicated. Especially the Samoan and Hawaiian names it seems. Shoot, Tua's full name is above my pay-grade and to spell it all correctly would take some practice which is why we all simply call him Tua.
It's respectful IMO to spell their names right. We prefer others spell our names the right way, in real life, right?
If Graham is gone by 13, Grant has to be in play even at 13. If we trade down and he is still available definitely he must be.
And taking Starks. I'd take Grant there over Starks.
When I see the childish passive-aggressive cacographies of McDaniel's name it pisses me off. Aren't we grown men? For the most part? Show some maturity for gawd's sake when it comes to Coach's name. I do not always agree with him, but he is currently the head coach of the team I love, so I'll at least show him respect for that alone.
I admit to combining his name with Grier's since they are the two heads that determine how the team is run. McGrier. I don't see that as disrespectful, and in a way, it's making light of the insulting cacographies we often see here.
His purview at Texas has been his pass blocking. He's not a bad run blocker by any means, but in pass pro, he has been elite. His feet and lateral movement skills, his core strength to absorb a bull rush, all are more than just good. As someone else here said the other day, if we pick Banks or Membou and played them at OG as rookies, we could be playing our best OT at OG.
He's ready to hit the ground running if Miami takes him because Texas runs a similar offense. The LG, Hayden Conner, said they watch Miami's plays and copy them. He'd make a good 3rd day pick for us, too.
DL is the deepest position in the draft, which plays in our favor. If somehow any of the top 4 OLs who could plug in as day 1 starters are available at 13, I think we should take him. Graham is the only possibility to not. At 13, in order, I'd want Graham, Campbell, Membou, Banks, or Zabel. If it's Graham, we still need to draft two more IDLs. Which, in this draft, is totally doable. If we go OL at 13, we should still be able to land 3 IDLs throughout the rest of the process. IMO, you need to draft 3 to better ensure netting two.
Blake the great
Active Roster
- Joined
- Jan 26, 2011
- Messages
- 5,958
- Reaction score
- 7,913
Has Ramsey and Tyreek been traded yet?!?
He has back issues. As for bad bodies, they say that about Caldwell, but he plays like an Adonis.
VAFinsfan72
Club Member
Well Caldwell is built more like a NT. Walker is too tall and has a small base for somebody of his size.
VAFinsfan72
Club Member
I think it could happen.I refuse to get excited about the talk of Mason Graham sliding to #13.
I won't, I won't, I won't.