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Morgan at the Shrine Bowl, talks about looking for players who are passionate (dawgs)

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Culture is like any other team characteristic--sometimes it's a need, sometimes it's not. The run defense last year makes me think it's a need. If the line on a guy is "talented, but not tough enough," then he's probably not going to fix our problems. So right now, I'm fine with this being a focus. Once the culture's been built, we can start to use that as an asset and chase talent.

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1 hour ago, Icege said:

Very cool to see Bates get to work as the ST coordinator for the East.

Looks like some solid rosters. Got my eyes on...

  • Raheim Sanders, RB, South Carolina (East)  Was a stud during games I watched
  • Tahj Brooks, RB, Texas Tech (West)
  • Phil Mafah, RB, Clemson (West)
  • Antwane Wells, WR, Ole Miss (West)
  • Theo Wease, WR, Missouri (East)  This guy is interesting.  He had more yards than Burden III this year at Misouri, and in his last 5 games, he caught  23 passes for 402 yards.  Finished strong. (Total nearly 900 yards) Underrated if he is a 4th round projection, as I have seen.
  • Ricky White, WR, UNLV (West)  Definitely interested mid day 3.  Decent size, fairly good production in college.
  • Will Sheppard, WR, Colorado (West)
  • Jimmy Horn Jr, WR, Colorado (West)
  • Ben Yuroseck, TE, Georgia (East)
  • Luke Lachey, TE, Iowa (West)
  • Jack Conley, iOL, Boston College (West)
  • Antwaun Powell-Ryland, EDGE, Virginia Tech (East)  Short (6-2, 250) with short arms (31") however, he has some moves and high motor.  A situational pass rusher type for me--day 3 steal?
  • Fadil Diggs, EDGE, Syracuse (East)
  • Ahmed Hassanein, EDGE, Boise St (West)
  • Tyler Baron, EDGE, Miami (East)  I love his size and he has some really good tape.  I worry that he relies on the swim (outside arm) to get to the passer, and that will hurt him vs. screens, bootleg rollouts, sweeps, etc. so I would approach him as to how coachable he is.   If he puts it all together, he could be a steal.  High ceiling, low floor, imo
  • Nazir Stackhouse, DL, Georgia (East)  Good NT frame and size, I would be interested in his motor.  Late day 3 maybe--but we need depth at NT as well as NT.  Maybe a first down run stopper who will give no help in the pass rushing dept.
  • Tonka Hemingway, DL, South Carolina (East)  He played opposite a stud at SC (TJ Sanders) who would be a solid second round pick.  Hemingway would be a great late round pick or UDFA.
  • Shavon Revel, CB, East Carolina (East)He is highly rated, but I have not looked into him yet.  I think he is the second or third rated CB overall---that good.
  • Zy Alexander, CB, LSU (West)
  • Jabbar Muhammed, CB, Oregon (West)
  • Cobee Bryant, CB, Kentucky (East)

Gonna comment (above) on some mutual interests--most of these I have not researched--but I will use this to watch the game and take notes.  TY

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54 minutes ago, theinstrumental said:

Culture is like any other team characteristic--sometimes it's a need, sometimes it's not. The run defense last year makes me think it's a need. If the line on a guy is "talented, but not tough enough," then he's probably not going to fix our problems. So right now, I'm fine with this being a focus. Once the culture's been built, we can start to use that as an asset and chase talent.

That doesn't work logically because the exact opposite could be true, and more in line with the truth since he's wanted "dawgs" the whole time.  The guys he's drafting could be tough enough, but not talented enough.   I think that is more likely.

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12 minutes ago, Tr3ach said:

That doesn't work logically because the exact opposite could be true, and more in line with the truth since he's wanted "dawgs" the whole time.  The guys he's drafting could be tough enough, but not talented enough.   I think that is more likely.

We don't have to talk in hypotheticals. Morgan's been here since 2021. The traditional linebackers that we've drafted since then have been Brandon Smith and Trevin Wallace, both great size/speed athletes. DJ Johnson is another great athlete. We haven't drafted many guys who have a chance at impacting the run game--that could be the entire problem--but I can't think of anyone who failed because they're not physically talented enough. Michael Barrett, maybe? But we're talking about picks that matter.

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1 hour ago, theinstrumental said:

We don't have to talk in hypotheticals. Morgan's been here since 2021. The traditional linebackers that we've drafted since then have been Brandon Smith and Trevin Wallace, both great size/speed athletes. DJ Johnson is another great athlete. We haven't drafted many guys who have a chance at impacting the run game--that could be the entire problem--but I can't think of anyone who failed because they're not physically talented enough. Michael Barrett, maybe? But we're talking about picks that matter.

What I'm saying is toughness doesn't have any better odds to make a great player than height/weight/speed.   An elite talented player with no toughness still may make it to the NFL, an elitely tough player without much talent definitely won't.   What I'm trying to say is all of this is a sliding scale and I don't care about this hyper focus on being a "dawg" when we've been one of the worst drafting teams in the NFL both pre and post Morgan hiring.  Until he hits on a draft I don't care what he says and will continue to feel like he doesn't know what he's talking about regardless. 

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2 minutes ago, Tr3ach said:

What I'm saying is toughness doesn't have any better odds to make a great player than height/weight/speed.   An elite talented player with no toughness still may make it to the NFL, an elitely tough player without much talent definitely won't.   What I'm trying to say is all of this is a sliding scale and I don't care about this hyper focus on being a "dawg" when we've been one of the worst drafting teams in the NFL both pre and post Morgan hiring.  Until he hits on a draft I don't care what he says and will continue to feel like he doesn't know what he's talking about regardless. 

That's fine--I think it helps to think about it on the team level and not the player level. In the same way that a slow team needs fast players, a soft team needs tough ones. Last year's defense lacked an edge. With this roster, it seems fine to look for guys who are going to create a competitive, physical culture.

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3 minutes ago, theinstrumental said:

He weighed in at 156 pounds.

late 3rd or 4rth would be my guess as to where he is going to go.  He has really good football speed but the size is a bit of a concern especially trying to get off the line when pressed.  He may be a poor mans Devonte smith and would be good value in a later round

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1 hour ago, theinstrumental said:

That's fine--I think it helps to think about it on the team level and not the player level. In the same way that a slow team needs fast players, a soft team needs tough ones. Last year's defense lacked an edge. With this roster, it seems fine to look for guys who are going to create a competitive, physical culture.

Last years team definitely lacked speed and athleticism overall too.  They looked like they were running in mud most of the time.

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42 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Not a fan of this Twitter account, but this is intriguing nonetheless...

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It seems like every year there is a wr or two lighting up the senior bowl that rise a lot.  I could be wrong but it seems like most of them end up being overdrafted and don't perform well in the NFL, but maybe some of them have and I'm misremembering.   

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9 hours ago, mrcompletely11 said:

This trope is already played out.  Just draft good football players that aren't hurt.  And quit drafting project players

hog mollies.  dawgs.  one of us.   

yeah, I agree.  How about let's not draft projects, injured guys, etc.  Draft dudes that can help ASAP

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