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James Hurst update

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MHS831 Grand Master

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Gross comparison is a good one although Id say he's a little more athletic than gross.

He's in my top five guys who id like us to draft at OT.

Any two of these would be nice for the future.

James Hurst

Joel Bitonio

Jack Mewhort

Juwan James

Morgan Moses

 

You are correct in that we will probably draft an athletic tackle over a Tiny or Cyrus type.  I do not know much about Bitonio, but I hear he is good.  I can tell you that I watched UNC a lot, and Hurst is solid.  I liked Mewhort when I saw Ohio State.  James is better than Tiny at Tennessee, but he has short arms (I think under 33").  Moses--all I know is his arms are 35"--huge.

 

I would consider taking Hurst in the second round.  Heck, we took Silatolu in the second round, and Hurst stands to be better, in my opinion.

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well that's less funny. huddlers invariably compare white MLBs to brian urlacher whether or not it's a valid comparison... maybe we've grown up

 

He is white.  But to brag a bit, I recently compared Cotchery to Proehl.  Heading to Switzerland to pick up a prize they say I am getting soon.  Nobble, Noel, Noble, something like that.

 

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It's a good thing there are so many quality linemen in this draft. It's just where we are drafting that seems to have us in a pickle.

It seems that there are "runs" on certain positions depending on who I drafting and once a couple guys come off the board, teams start panicking and a whole slew of positional players get drafted higher than they would have if teams were just going on BPA. That's why I don't really buy the while BPA notion unless it is an obvious player that fell for whatever reason (like a run on a certain position,)

Hurst was #2 overall tackle coming out of high school. Going through all the turmoil with the UNC program with 3 different coaches couldn't have helped him out much. I've seen him anywhere from 3rd to 6th round projections and if he fell into those rounds, who knows?

He's played against really good competition and I would expect his stock to rise considerably if he is able to go on pro day. Would love to have this guy on the team.

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I'm all for drafting any of the kids out of UNC. They have been able to focus entirely on football while at UNC and not been bothered with silly things like real classes. They have also gained experience working with agents so the contract signing process should go more smoothly. The UNC athletes should not have a significant learning curve in the NFL and should be ready to play day one.

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I'm all for drafting any of the kids out of UNC. They have been able to focus entirely on football while at UNC and not been bothered with silly things like real classes. They have also gained experience working with agents so the contract signing process should go more smoothly. The UNC athletes should not have a significant learning curve in the NFL and should be ready to play day one.

 

This year I  would agree with you

 

 

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