Prospect Watch: S Earl Thomas Posted on March 7th, 2010 by E. Weeks via thejetsblog.com As the Jets journey towards the draft in April, we will be taking a look into prospects that could be on the Jets draft board. Today we will be taking a look at: Texas product, Earl Thomas. Projected Round: First Measurables: Stands at 5′10. Weighs in at 197 lbs. Positives: Thomas is very agile and his hips are very fluid. Thomas has one of the best set of ball skills you will find in this class. He can catch the ball like a wide receiver and can carry it properly as well. Thomas has great control over his body and has great recognition skills and can the read the QB’s eyes well in coverage. He has a good backpedal and has the ability to locate the ball all the time. Thomas doesn’t mind taking on large blockers and has good lateral pursuit. He puts in effort to help in run support. Thomas has great speed and is a good tackler. Thomas can play CB if need be. Negatives: The only true problem with Thomas is his size. He needs to gain more upper body strength in order to become a more effective tackler. The Bottom Line: Eric Berry is hailed as the best safety of 2010 but if anything Earl Thomas just might be #1B. Thomas has a great set of skills that would be a great addition to the Jets secondary. The good part is the Jets may not have to give up much if they need trade up to get him (I’m hoping he’ll still be around at 29 though). I’d like to see Thomas in Green and White. Thomas Highlights/Some Lowlights: [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK_tq6nqCPU[/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRrjr5HG_ck[/YOUTUBE]
Lmao i knew this would come up hahaha. Just wanted to give everyone a outlook on Thomas to form a well enough opinion :grin:
Not exactly re-read through the thread there isnt really any videos on him, statstics, scout evaluations or anything. This is why i decide to make this thread, also realizing that some may say there is already a thread.
The average amount between those picks are 775 ( 20- 850 , 21-800, 22-780, 23-760, 24-740, 25-720) Are pick is valued at 640 and if we traded our 61st pick (292) as well which together is valued at about 932 it would well enough complete the trade but in return we would most likely get a 3rd back to balance out the trade.
I wouldn't want to give up our 2nd, but anything else is cool with me to get him, I'm guessing we'd have to trade our second or players to get high enough to get him though. I actually think there's a good chance we'll be trading up for someone in this draft since we've traded up in the first round in every single draft Tannabaum has had, except for his first in 2006 and that was probably because we had two first round picks and didn't need to.
I like the amount of freedom we have since the team doesn't have any tremendous holes. DE/DB/WR/HB but none of those are necessarily paramount. Because of that I don't mind trading up for a playmaker or trading away our first rounder and stockpiling on the quality players to be found from the 2nd-5th rounds.
We've ignored the trenches for too long now by trading up instead of focusing on depth. For every phenomenal player that is in this draft, there are about 5 guys in the next tier who would make great starters.
Agreed. Unless there is a value player in reach like Thomas, Iupati, Pierre-Paul, or Morgan available I dont see us trading up but rather trading into the 2nd more multiple picks. 29th is going to become a value spot for us. Blessing in disguise if you ask me.
People say that every year though and Tannabaum always trades up anyway. Maybe this year will be different though with the FA final 8 rule, no picking up missing pieces through FA for us.
...and every year our OLine and DLine depth gets worse. We're one OLine injury away from a Pete Kendall situation again.
Not even. There's enough talent for us to get three quality players in rounds 1, 2, and 4. Then depth in 5-7. If there was ever a time to stop trading up, it's this draft. We have a lot of talent in our starters. It's time to draft some talent to fill our ranks.
