Originally Posted by
ShutDown24
Awesome man, very good information and much of it accurate within my own views. I'm very appreciative of your opinions on players that I haven't been able to watch myself. I will try and keep my thoughts as brief as possible.
1. I'm glad you pointed out Andrew Luck's good not great arm strength. I feel like this is missed by nearly everyone.
2. I'm very surprised you are so high on Lindley. From what I saw, there are throws he can make that no other quarterback in this draft can. But they are too few and far between with inconsistent to poor throws making up most of the 'between'. I like him, but he's a risky project to me. I believe Foles, Weeden and Cousins all have better starting potential - both immediately and long term.
3. I'm shocked you are that low on Weeden. How many spots would you say his age caused him to drop in your rankings, if any? While I see some truth to most of your negative points on him, I disagree with your assessment of his becoming "skiddish" in the pocket. I did not notice any of that. I actually thought behind Luck he may have been the most poised of the quarterbacks in this class.
4. I was not as impressed with Brock Osweiler's accuracy as you seem to have been. Would have been a weakness from my evaluation.
5. Your report on Dwayne Allen is the most accurate I've seen - perfect.
6. I think Orson Charles can develop that "killer instinct" to run block pretty easily. When I watched him, it looks like he wants to hit someone - and when he does make contact I was pretty impressed. But the weakness in his blocking game, from what I saw, is that he can't make up his mind on who he wants to block. He runs around like a chicken with its head cut off looking for someone to blow up but too frequently never finds anyone.
7. I maintain that I don't understand your relative dislike of Reiff. I don't see the same technique failures you do, although I do consent that he desperately needs to hit the weight room.
8. I was really looking forward to hearing your thoughts on Bobby Massie. Not that I'm disparaging you for not seeing him, god knows you've watched more prospects than I have - but I wanted to mention that.
9. I don't agree that Quinton Coples' motor is a major strength. I thought he played lazy on more than a number of occasions.
10. Pretty surprised to see Melvin Ingram so low amongst the ends. If being evaluated strictly as a defensive end, I can understand it to a point - but I really think he's one of the more complete pass rushers. If you knew for certain he was to play 34OLB, would your stance on him be more forgiving of the largely defensive line oriented weaknesses you have listed? I think standing him up takes away about half of your concerns. It seems that you sort of eluded to that.
11. Glad to see you got a look at Rishaw Johnson.
12. How would Cordy Glenn stack up at guard for you? I'd find that interesting to hear considering your favorable stance on him at tackle (rightly-so).
13. Very pleased with your defensive tackle assessments. Couldn't agree more on most of your points (didn't get a chance to watch Kitchen, Cosgrove). I'm borderline ecstatic that you like Chapman so much.
14. You already know how I feel about Poe; while we largely agree, I feel like you gave him a little too much credit for handling double teams well. He seemed to be stifled by them, to me.
13. I couldn't disagree more that Dont'a Hightower is an average pass rusher. I thought that was an area where he excelled.
14. What is the earliest you would use a selection on Carder? I've heard everything from the second round to the seventh. I think anything past the beginning of the third is acceptable value.
Thanks again Chidi. I'd been looking forward to this. Read every word. I'm glad I was online now, it was enjoyable to read through it while you were in the process of posting it. I plan on watching several players again with your thoughts open for reference.
Feel free to respond to my comments/questions whenever, it's no hurry. I love talking football but I'd be pretty burnt out after three nights straight of player specific evaluation.