I was very troubled by the gaping holes that I thought were being ignored by this draft so I began to look at some of the depth players brought in last year that I thought were nothing but temporary fillins until the draft.
For example; I had no idea that Brandon Frye was a freak of an athlete.
This kid isn't just one of the better athlete's in the NFL, he is one of the better athletes in the world.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/players/draft/410965
If they can't find a place for him and coach him up it will be an awful shame.
I was like many wondering why???? with Groves being so injury prone,and Berger not impressive,and Donald Thomas a functional rookie, weren't they drafting a guy like TJ Lang. We already have one, and one with more potential and upside than any of them.
I was very upset that a strong safety wasn't drafted early because of Bell being so injury prone.
Then I started researching this kid, Ethan Kilmer. Wow, another athlete, and with some experience playing special teams. That is, playing very good ST's.
Kilmer ran a 4.35 40 dash and had a 10'10" broad jump and 41 inch vertical. He is listed as 6'0" 205 lbs. and played S,CB,and WR at Penn State. Played DB and ST's for the Bengals until injuries led to his release.
I could definitely see this kid, now that he is healthy, beating out Culver for a roster spot and becoming a starter when Bell moves on.
The thing is he never played football. He was a basketball and baseball player until he walked on at Penn State. He is still raw and he is 25.
The only guy in the draft with those kind of measureables was David Bruton.
We already had good competion at backup S and I hadn't noticed.
I'm still concerned about who will put on the comm helmet and call the plays if Crowders weak knees go out again. Moving Ayodele over was a disaster, we almost lost to KC last year. I can see Torbor backing up Ayodele but not putting on the helmet and calling the plays.
I am wondering if they might move Walden in to play behind Crowder.
What a story Erik is. Apparently he didn't care for school as a young man and he went through hell during his recruitment because of his rep as an academic risk.
He was a HS QB and wanted to play QB in college. He was ready to go to Georgia but found out they weren't going to let him compete at QB so he went looking elsewhere. Anyway he ended up missing the 2003 season because of academic ineligibility.
Apparently he is indeed a very smart kid because he turned it around and and actually won an award for academic achievment his senior year at middle Tennessee State.
So with some smarts upstairs and the mind set of a former QB maybe he could be the man in the middle. He would make a heck of a blitzing ILB if could develope the skills to make the reads.
With Waldens special teams prowess, I don't think they want to cut him, but with the arrival of Wake and the probable return of JT, he may have his best shot learning a new position.
I don't feel nearly as bad about the reaches and questionable picks anymore.
I hope this info can help another tormented soul.
For example; I had no idea that Brandon Frye was a freak of an athlete.
This kid isn't just one of the better athlete's in the NFL, he is one of the better athletes in the world.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/players/draft/410965
If they can't find a place for him and coach him up it will be an awful shame.
I was like many wondering why???? with Groves being so injury prone,and Berger not impressive,and Donald Thomas a functional rookie, weren't they drafting a guy like TJ Lang. We already have one, and one with more potential and upside than any of them.
I was very upset that a strong safety wasn't drafted early because of Bell being so injury prone.
Then I started researching this kid, Ethan Kilmer. Wow, another athlete, and with some experience playing special teams. That is, playing very good ST's.
Kilmer ran a 4.35 40 dash and had a 10'10" broad jump and 41 inch vertical. He is listed as 6'0" 205 lbs. and played S,CB,and WR at Penn State. Played DB and ST's for the Bengals until injuries led to his release.
I could definitely see this kid, now that he is healthy, beating out Culver for a roster spot and becoming a starter when Bell moves on.
The thing is he never played football. He was a basketball and baseball player until he walked on at Penn State. He is still raw and he is 25.
The only guy in the draft with those kind of measureables was David Bruton.
We already had good competion at backup S and I hadn't noticed.
I'm still concerned about who will put on the comm helmet and call the plays if Crowders weak knees go out again. Moving Ayodele over was a disaster, we almost lost to KC last year. I can see Torbor backing up Ayodele but not putting on the helmet and calling the plays.
I am wondering if they might move Walden in to play behind Crowder.
What a story Erik is. Apparently he didn't care for school as a young man and he went through hell during his recruitment because of his rep as an academic risk.
He was a HS QB and wanted to play QB in college. He was ready to go to Georgia but found out they weren't going to let him compete at QB so he went looking elsewhere. Anyway he ended up missing the 2003 season because of academic ineligibility.
Apparently he is indeed a very smart kid because he turned it around and and actually won an award for academic achievment his senior year at middle Tennessee State.
So with some smarts upstairs and the mind set of a former QB maybe he could be the man in the middle. He would make a heck of a blitzing ILB if could develope the skills to make the reads.
With Waldens special teams prowess, I don't think they want to cut him, but with the arrival of Wake and the probable return of JT, he may have his best shot learning a new position.
I don't feel nearly as bad about the reaches and questionable picks anymore.
I hope this info can help another tormented soul.
