How many 2nd round guys are there? Everyone's a 2nd round pick lately, except the guys in the top half of the first.
I'll never disapprove of drafting a very intelligent person Revis is a very quick study as well, and that one paid off... David Harris is also known as a pretty smart guy who went to a school that had both great academics and a pro-style regime... Rolle IMHO would be a solid choice
Yes, he would. I just have a lot of respect for this guy. He incredibly smart and he wants to better himself in every aspect of his game: speed, quickness, hands, strength, you name it.
Rolle looks the part but just does not make enough plays in my book. I'd take a player who struggles in the classroom with great football instincts over intelligence off the field given the choice. There are quite a few playmaking safeties in this draft. They would all have to have come off the board before I start looking at Rolle.
Just because Rolle is a great student doesn't mean he doesn't have football instincts. He's an incredibly smart football player - hardly ever out of position. Myron Rolle is better than a lot of the highly rated safeties...not guys like Thomas and Berry, but I think Rolle is dead even with Morgan Burnett and Nate Allen RIGHT NOW. After the combine, he could move ahead of them. The only safeties I'd take over him are Eric Berry, Earl Thomas, and Chad Jones.
I'd take the much looser Allen over him too. Rolle's somewhat of a stiff athlete. Very easy guy to like and respect, but not someone I'd necessarily be excited about drafting.
Yeah but I'm sure he wants to leave the game in tact, with few injuries/concussions whatever.. And I thought he wanted to go to medical school after the NFL.. Still though, I think Rolle will be a great player and I'd love to see him in green and white
That doesn't mean he is going to drop out of the NFL early. He'll just probably think twice about letting a doctor cut his fingers off so he can play in the playoffs.
FSU is one of my favorite schools to watch. You are right Rolle is never out of position but he does not make a lot of plays. All things being equal Rolle maybe be even with Allen and Burnett but those 2 make A LOT more plays on the field than Rolle. I'm not drafting a safety on day one because he is never out of position. We did that before (see Eric Smith). If I'm using a second round pick on a safety, I need more. I need that safety to make the occasional game changing play.
Sometimes a game changing play is a tackle that saves a touchdown. I see what you're getting at - Rolle hasn't made a lot of interceptions throughout his career as a Seminole. That doesn't matter to me. He's shown that he's a damn good cover safety.
Turnovers matter in the NFL. Guys that have a knack of creating turnovers either through INTs or big hits at the safety position help change the complection of games. For that they are at a premium. Reed and Palamalu are not going to be 1st ballot HOFers because they were never out of position.
You have to be in position to make the plays they make......and I don't think we are comparing Rolle to Reed and Polamalu anyway.
How do they make those plays? ...because they are in position. Ed Reed is one of the smartest football players that I've ever seen. Also, Myron Rolle is a pretty hard hitter - forcing fumbles is something that he does.
We're definitely not. We're talking about drafting a safety prospect at the back of the second round.
Not sure I understand the point of this response. Are they considered the great players they are more because they were in position to make plays or because they actually made them? My point remains, Rolle is a very good safety but in his FSU career he did not make a lot of plays unlike some of the other safeties in this draft. In any other draft I would be on board with getting a guy like Rolle but not this one and especially not if guys like Allen, Burnett, and Jones are still on the board.
wow i completley blacked out making this thread. was thinking about it last night and didnt want to forget and posted it on my ipod. so, 2nd round you think Mr. E? This is someone they could target if they take a receiver or lineman in round one. i originally thought he would slip lower because of the missed year. i saw him on jim rome the other day and he said most of the scouts have been saying he looks even better than his last year at FSU. he also went over his training regimen while at oxford and it was pretty impressive. i feel this guy could excell with rex and revis coaching him up. could be worth the reach.
I can't tell yet. If he runs in the 4.4s at the combine, then yes...Myron Rolle should definitely be a second round pick if he runs that fast at 6'2 218.
Rolle would be a nice pick but WR, CB, DE are all much more of a need than S right now But who knows maybe Rhodes is leaving town...
