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Gross Matos aiming for starting spot


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3 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

Gross-Matos, Chinn, Brown, and Pride is starting to look like a damn good run through the first four rounds.  Pride has been flirting with the 1s in practice--the others could start.

That would be huge for us. Do we then say it’s Matt knowing these guys from colleges because Hurneys sucks at round 2-3.

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45 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Yep. Weatherly might be a decent rotational piece a la Wes Horton but if he's starting you're lacking. Throw the rookie out there and let him learn on the fly. 

I think that needs to be the philosophy across the board. Get the youngsters as much experience as possible, knowing they will get burned a lot in the beginning. 

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31 minutes ago, trucpfan said:

That would be huge for us. Do we then say it’s Matt knowing these guys from colleges because Hurneys sucks at round 2-3.

I have a feeling Rhule was in some ears.

This paragraph tells me all that I need to know about Gross-Matos: 

"They give you a whole new perspective," Gross-Matos said. "Even just listening to the way they ask questions. Some things that they know and that they think about, I've never heard before. So I'm just trying to pick their brains as much as possible and just try to take all the good traits and put them in myself." 

Goosebumps.

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3 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

As he should be. Don't let Hurney's second round track record fool you. Teams are expecting those guys to develop into starters.

Yep. Don’t think Rhule’s intimate knowledge of him didn’t play a part. Just like Brady knew about Brown and the only D that held LSU under 36 points. They had 23 and Brown had a sack and 2 TFLs against the top college OL. So much of my optimism for the D selections rests in the fact that I don’t think Hurney had a ton of say. It’s funny that the XFL guy got cut and in 2018 Hurney went all gung ho on AAF players instead of UDFAs so maybe he’s got a thing for these random leagues and it hasn’t worked.

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