MHS831

You forgot some important adjectives- (knee-high, tube)

Not to derail your thread in any way--well deserved--but Brady Christensen has been very strong at LG.

I used to take a few days every year to go watch OTAs before they had the bubble and blocked the fencing. Smitty really did not seem to have any relationship with any player--except John Kasay--which is an odd pairing but they used to warm up together, talking the whole time. I never saw Smith "chatting" with any other player. It is an odd pairing, until you think about it in depth--then it sorta makes sense.

Quite possible. Without his "chip on his shoulder" he would not have been the player he is. It is not like the odds were ever in his favor.

I watched Smith at a few OTAs just verbally abuse Dwayne Jarrett on the field and it was allowed by the coaches. Not just once--all day long for several days. I even told Jarrett to not let it get to him, and he--with a grimace and tight lip, slapped my hand very hard. Smitty was in his head. You could argue that Jarrett deserved it, but you could also argue that Smitty may have contributed to his failure as a player. Think about it--how may WRs drafted or brought in after Smitty prospered here? So I am not sure Smitty would be coaching material. He's an asshole.

He is 24. Coach him up. It is not like you cannot teach run defense.

Elway's first year he had something like a 48% completion rate. People need to consider that a player like Burns impacts the game planning of the offense. He might get doubled, and Brown makes the sack. Does that make Brown a better pass rusher? Burns, in an ideal world, would be a specialist. Here, he is a three-down player, fwiw. He is 24.

Somebody has been wearing his thinking cap. Good job--love to hear theories like this. Makes sense.

Keith Taylor has been looking good of late.

Here is the bottom line--nobody really knows until they suit up in the NFL--(spoiler alert) but the OL, WRs, Defenses, RBs, etc. have a lot to do with any QBs success.

Bad OL, bad WRs---y'all missed one--6'6" Stanford QB (not crazy about his release...but)

Steelers, Lions

Good point. he had to overcome a lot of adversity.

So we are undefeated in a sense. Hang that Banner, Tep.

Thanks for the insights. I like hearing what others think when the intent is not simply to bitch.

Except he is about 4" taller, I think

I think the Cats from the Queen City will win. Mark my words.

We should call the other 2 "Ways and" and "Aircraft" then.

Full Disclosure: My son went to UNC and am a UNC fan in the ACC. Not a homer, not a lunatic. I was a huge fan of Ickey (NC State) and my favorite ACC basketball player of all time is Grant Hill (Dook). If Drake Maye were eligible, he'd be the #1 QB in this draft. Discuss.

Kiper has made a good living researching college players. He sucks, however, at predicting their success at the next level. I think the Huddle can do better.

Funny, but I am good friends with his high school English teacher and got to know Brandon because they stayed friends over the years. I used to get some info from him (usually indirectly from a mutual friend) on occasion, nothing earth shattering, but I would share it on the Huddle and there were times when I was attacked and kinda insulted by Huddlers. I used to laugh about it--but since I would never reveal the source, it became a running joke--I would read the comments to my friend and he would belly laugh at some of you (I will not share names at this time). BB is a great guy, and in my opinion, he made Marty seem smarter than he was.

And a lot of Burns' success this year is due to the outstanding hustle and effectiveness of Brown at DT. You gotta pay him too (soon).

Burns is 24. If you think about it, most of our DEs (Hardy, Johnson, Rucker) were STs until the third year. Peppers was the exception. Burns is about to explode as a pass rusher, and he will be good until he is 34. DEs like him are hard to find. You have to pay the man.

RBs peak around 26-27. CMC is 26. He has been injured. While I see him lasting a bit longer because he can catch, as a pure RB, his days are numbered. To me, I do not see why any RB gets a second contract. The teams rarely get value in doing so. Think of RBs like college players--four years and graduate them.