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With an asterisk for Bruce Matthews, JJ Jansen appears to already be the all time games played leader for a long snapper. Would like a to see a little more juice on punt team though. He’s valuable because he knows special teams the rule book inside and out but he was a little late to the corner a couple times last season. Glad to have him and his experience back though. edit: also Eddie basically said this in his post season wrap up interview, not really a surprise.

scouting department should be completely swept clean if they can’t identify a defensive star in this draft class Talent isn’t determined by who’s projected to go ahead of us in YouTube mock drafts. They don’t mean anything, especially at this stage where the coaches and pro scouts haven’t even gotten involved in the process.

Wouldn’t be surprised. Guys that give you explosive interior pass rush are hard to come by.

I don’t think Graham is this insane pie in the sky tier so many make him out to be. He’s a primarily run defense oriented inside guy and those guys don’t tend to go top 5, even after we spend all offseason hearing how can’t miss they are. Star, DB, Jalen Carter. They’ve all been talked about the same way and they’ve all slipped-right about to our range-as teams opt for pass rushers and pass defenders. this seems like it’s grading Walter Nolen too low as well, he’s crept above Graham in a number of high profile mocks because he’s an interior pass disruptor.

that senior bowl practice rep is getting way too much hype for starters, as I mentioned in the shrine thread, it was that pointed out after the first practice that he had been working at trying to show that move off all day and couldn’t quite pull it off. The reprimand was that he needed to focus on what he did well. Then he went out the following day, pulled it off, and immediately shut himself down for the game. It’s kind of odd. secondly, those one on ones are an OL drill. The defense is there, but they have a fraction of the responsibilities they have in a game. They aren’t playing gap control, they aren’t making sure the QB doesn’t bounce, they aren’t playing the screen. It’s every bit of juice and energy they have just to do the comparatively simple thing of getting around one guy with a pretty generous book on how they can go about it. It’s up to the OL to acclimate and the ones that do really stand out because they are entirely disadvantaged.

There was some talk after the first practice that Green had attempted that speed to power move all day and the discourse was that he just needed to focus on what he did well. Then came out, had that great rep that got everyone talking, then quit out on the game.

Willis wasn’t first ballot.

Willis didn’t win DPOY and had one less All-pro selection.

this was true for a stretch in the middle of but wasn’t really a storyline as the season went on. honestly if there is any portion of Bryce’s game that you should have total confidence in, it’s probably that. The anticipation, the tight release, the elastic arm angles, the mobility. That’s the whole package in goal to go time.

I like where his thinking is tbh. People loosing their heads because this doesn’t look like other mocks aren’t paying attention. This is probably one of the most unpredictable drafts we’ve seen.

I’m torn between thinking Jaxson dart goes a whole lot higher than people expect and the belief that there isn’t going to be a run on QBs early, perhaps none, but probably just one.

Does anyone have Jalon walker’s full pff grades?

looks a little stiff imo. Carter, Pearce, even Walker across from him have got a lot more burst.

Imagine Carter goes before Graham. Lot of fans think top edge rushers should fit the old 6’6” 285 mold, but that’s not what teams are looking for. listening to the insiders talk and it sounds like Carter is really well liked. edit: also the “I don’t want Carter thing because he’s still developing, give me Graham” is kind of an odd take given that DT is like the single longest development window in the sport.

Keep Pounding.