Mr. Scot

Well, looks like #4 just came open...

As an aside, why do we still have a subforum dedicated to the 2022 NFL Draft?

Highlight reel scouting leads to bad takes. Ted Nguyen lamented how, even at the pro level, some quarterback scouting has started to emphasize athleticism over technique, intelligence and decision making. People get the idea that they can take a physical specimen who doesn't have a lot of real "quarterback" skills and just coach him up. Reality is that strategy fails as often as it succeeds (arguably more). The smarter move is to take the guy who has shown he can actually play quarterback. If he's also a superior athlete, great. But if not, it isn't that big a deal.

We built it like a college defense using a college coach and DC... The results probably shouldn't be surprising

My understanding is it's Fitterer at Noon and then Mayfield at approximately 12:30...or whenever Fitterer gets done.

Mayfield was actually taken off the roster so about 24 hours or so, probably because they were working on his profile. He's back on there now, with his jersey number officially listed as "#--"

Did Snow really mix fronts all that much last year though? I know we heard repeatedly that he could adapt the defense to do whatever he needed, but what I remember seeing was primarily a bunch of 4-3 (and not especially effective 4-3 at that). Rhule's description of him as some kind of defensive guru was definitely overstated.

"Scout the player, not the school."I hear that all the time. It's really only partially valid though... The problem is that more often than not, when players from a certain school have a history of failing at the pro level, there's generally a systemic reason. Take the longtime knock on Florida State edge rushers. The school has had a tendency to use "tweener" types in that spot, and at the college level it works for them. But the ones who get drafted to pro teams who slot them as 4-3 defensive ends frequently have issues against the run. Are there exceptions? Sure there are, but when you pick a player hoping he's that exception, you're taking a risk.

Depends on the system. Delhomme did better in a Coryell type attack, but if you were running a WCO like Seifert did, Beuerlein was ideal. Unfortunate that Seifert didn't see that and dumped him for Jeff Lewis (who I'm not sure ever played a down)

Pretty much. I think we might have fixed the personnel side with Fitterer/ Morgan. But the coaching? Weeellll...

Justin Fields' second year might have a lot of influence on his draft stock.

Yep. What's funny to me is we already tried that. Did it under Ron Meeks. They drafted Everett Brown specifically to be our version of Dwight Freeney. (didn't go so well)

I weighed about 145-150 in high school. True to form, when he went our roster to the local paper, coach listed me at 165

Like what I've seen of Phil Jurkovec. DJ Uiagalelei? Not so much. Also saw loads of people raving about Cameron Rising after the Manning passing academy.

Basically. But that defense had the advantage that Manning was always putting teams down by a touchdown or two (or three) early so it was more difficult to commit to the run. Bob Sanders was a big factor there too. The difference in that defense with him and without him was night and day.

Link for those interested...

Official signing hasn't happened yet...

Yeah, it was...

In a WCO attack throwing to Moose and Patrick Jeffers, he was amazing.

A premise backed up by a former NFL scout...

And no, I haven't seen pics of his friend's mom

I haven't seen anything that lends credibility to the story. It could be true, but everything I've seen so far has been he said / she said (mostly "she said" because if he's said anything at all, I missed it). But just like the Panther cheerleaders incident, this story is everywhere, largely due to the joke / snarky comment potential.

Heh My "irrational" dislikes are the numbers 1-6. I feel like those should be on specialists like kickers and punters. Quarterbacks should be 7-19. I'm okay with single digits on defensive backs but not a fan of them on linebackers.