When someone is arguing against using a high draft pick on a qb: "Tom Brady was drafted in the 6th rd...." Ugh, i hate this! How many Tom Bradys have been found since Tom Brady? Exactly. Also, the Cheatriots werent in the market for a QB and they didnt draft him thinking he was the heir apparent. Whats yours?
Criticisms on the reads a QB has to make in his college offense. Here's a tip, a GREAT majority of college offenses don't have their QBs do all that much. Sanchez read half the field at SC. Other QBs stop and look over to their coaches before every play after the D sets. As long as a QB is intelligent, he can be taught to read NFL Ds. Before people rip a DE's ability to play 34 OLB, consider what he'll be used for in that particular defense. You don't need Darrelle Revis at that spot, you need a guy who can simply not be a spastic in space. If he's a monster at getting to the QB, all I care about is him not falling down trying to backpedal.
I hate it when draftniks...break things down....like this...and use short sentences....with stock comments...listing all the...pros and cons...as if doing it in this way...is necessary
I hate when people think that 3-4 ends are NOT supposed to get to the QB. They are not supposed to just "eat up space". Opposing OL's won't double a guy who is not trying to sack their QB. 3-4 ends are not necessarily going to rack up 10 sacks every season, but that doesn't mean that pressuring, disrupting, or sacking the QB isn't their goal on passing plays. They don't just stand there and "Occupy Blockers". If that was the case, opposing OL's would just block them one on one.
I hate the draft hivemind that exists around the media and internet. Seems like everyone who follows the draft gets molded into the same mindset of which players are worth their draft stock and what positions a team needs. For example: about a month ago, everyone and their mothers had Fairley and Bowers going 1 and 2 with QBs Gabbert and Newton rounding out the top 10 somewhere. Then, out of thin air people decided Fairley and Bowers suck and they both have fallen out of the top 5 in a lot of mocks. Since a few of the major talking heads have reshuffled their mocks, the hivemind has agreed. Also, I hate how QBs always sneak up mocks/draft boards the closer we get to draft day, regardless of talent level. Also this:
The thing that bothers me the most, not an argument, about the NFL draft: people grading them the next day. I don't mind generally statements like, " That player doesn't fit that team". What is annoying is giving a A, B, C, D, F grade the minute the draft is over. The Jet's had only a handful of picks the year Revis & Harris were drafted and most felt that draft was a disaster the next day. I can hardly remember any of these draft experts ever giving the Jets an excellent grade. It's going to take at least 2 to 3 years to make a proper evaulation. Brick is a perfect example, it took till his thrid year to emerge as an outstanding player.
Don't confuse get to the QB with push the pocket. People may say it's the 34 end's job to occupy blockers, but they're not disagreeing with you, it just goes without saying that they need to pushing back blockers and disrupting things to require blockers to be put on them. The difference is that 2 gap players (understood that not all 34s are 2 gap) don't have the luxury that 1 gap players do of being able to sell out and try and cut between OL. He gets pressure by pushing back OL, collapsing the pocket and destroying the run lanes. Once those are gone then he can make his move, though most of the time if they do all that a LB will have shut the play down already.
What's even more annoying about that is how the teams who did the best are always the teams in the top 10. Of course they are going to do better, they had higher picks.
When people completely dismiss a player because of what school they went too. ("He's from OSU? I don't want another Gholston")
No, that's true. Minus Larry Johnson, no one has come close to great production in 20 years. Richie Anderson and Sam Gash are the two honorable mentions. But, granted, there are players that are so good their school history needs to be ignored at times.
The media talks to the NFL scouts, and the elite analysts are asked for their opinion from the NFL. Then it all trickles down from there. That's why things change. Not to mention the more info that's gathered on a prospect after the combine, pro days, private workouts, etc
Have to go bacK a long time all left Penn State over 40 years ago: Lenny Moore, Lydell Mitchell and Franco Harris were tremendous players in the NFL. Since then no Penn state RB has come close.
