Originally Posted by PatsChamp88

Edelman -> Kerry Meier? (don't think hes nearly as quick)
Vollmer -> Any similar this year? (I know its still early, hell what was his status before the draft?)

Originally Posted by Patriot Missile

4 picks on day 1. We rock!!!

Originally Posted by mayoclinic

Some notes from TFYdraft on Wednesday North practice:

- DE Alex Carrington: "Just continues to look solid all around. His has attacked offensive linemen aggressively. He has tremendous power. Today, Shawn Lauvao became his victim as Carrington blew through and over the blocker with the authority one should expect of a penetrator running a proper stunt. Carrington looks more like a potential 5 technique for 34 based teams with his spectacular play.

Originally Posted by nashvillepatsfan

Could someone explain this '5-technique' to me?

Originally Posted by Hercules Rockefeller

There are at least 8 different techniques known to be used in the dark arts of the trenches. This is one of the more advanced. The '5-technique' is a multi-pronged attack, wherein five different moves--any combination of jabs, ducks, weaves, darts, slides, shimmies, etc--are used at once. If successful, the 5-technique may do great harm to opponents' backfields. It is a very difficult technique to master.

Needless to say, 1-techniques abound even in high school and few in the game's history have ever been able to master the 8 technique--this is often attributed to the lack of 9 and 11 step drops that would give a defender time to pull off eight moves. As most lineman coming into the league will have, at best, a shimmy, a weave, a jab, and a dart, coming up with four other moves in the three seconds it takes before the quarterman rids himself of the pill is near impossible. So a legitimate 5-technique is a good find. I only hope he can jab and dart--unlike the inept "slide, shimmy, slide" debacles that we fans old enough to remember them were forced to watch. Jazz it up, we'd say! Jab!

Anyway, that's my understanding of it. My friend Elmer says it has something to do with lining one's nose on the outside shoulder of the tackle for leverage purposes, but I can never understand his made up jargon. He is not as avid a follower of the Sunday ritual as I.

Originally Posted by captain stone

Why not instead have him gain ten pounds and play him at DE as Jarvis' (and dare I say Seymour's?) replacement? He could also prob. play 4-3 DT in passing situations.

Originally Posted by Hercules Rockefeller

There are at least 8 different techniques known to be used in the dark arts of the trenches. This is one of the more advanced. The '5-technique' is a multi-pronged attack, wherein five different moves--any combination of jabs, ducks, weaves, darts, slides, shimmies, etc--are used at once. If successful, the 5-technique may do great harm to opponents' backfields. It is a very difficult technique to master.

Needless to say, 1-techniques abound even in high school and few in the game's history have ever been able to master the 8 technique--this is often attributed to the lack of 9 and 11 step drops that would give a defender time to pull off eight moves. As most lineman coming into the league will have, at best, a shimmy, a weave, a jab, and a dart, coming up with four other moves in the three seconds it takes before the quarterman rids himself of the pill is near impossible. So a legitimate 5-technique is a good find. I only hope he can jab and dart--unlike the inept "slide, shimmy, slide" debacles that we fans old enough to remember them were forced to watch. Jazz it up, we'd say! Jab!

Anyway, that's my understanding of it. My friend Elmer says it has something to do with lining one's nose on the outside shoulder of the tackle for leverage purposes, but I can never understand his made up jargon. He is not as avid a follower of the Sunday ritual as I.

Originally Posted by mayoclinic

Some notes from TFYdraft on Wednesday South practice:

- RB/WR Dexter McCluster: "In a term- wow! Showed amazing quickness and burst. Got a rise from scouts after the hole was seemingly closing up then out of nowhere McCluster popped out of the pile."

- OG Mike Johnson: "Played with wide base and was caught leaning on defenders too often. As a result he fell off numerous assignments. He does have very strong hands once he latches on to an opponent."

- DT Terrance Cody: "It is easy to know what to expect of Cody at this point. He is tough to handle one on one by his size. He can reestablish the line of scrimmage when blocked by a single lineman. He demands a double. He is not much of a pass rusher, though he did attempt to throw a move or two in there during individual drills."

- DT Dan Williams: "Very tough to handle in the middle. He fires off the ball low and hard consistently. He guts under offensive linemen’s pads and often overpowers. He can eat up double teams successfully."

- LB Eric Norwood: "Put forth a very solid effort in pass rush drills, consistently beating his man in 1 on 1 drills. He didn’t fare as well in coverage however, where he was caught a step behind on more than one occasion."

- S Taylor Mays: "Once again struggled. Looked terrible in coverage drills. Really struggled pedaling in reverse and cannot drive out of his plant. He rarely made any plays on the action if the pass catcher was just a few feet in front of him."

Senior Bowl: South Practice Page

Originally Posted by Hercules Rockefeller

There are at least 8 different techniques known to be used in the dark arts of the trenches. This is one of the more advanced. The '5-technique' is a multi-pronged attack, wherein five different moves--any combination of jabs, ducks, weaves, darts, slides, shimmies, etc--are used at once. If successful, the 5-technique may do great harm to opponents' backfields. It is a very difficult technique to master.

Needless to say, 1-techniques abound even in high school and few in the game's history have ever been able to master the 8 technique--this is often attributed to the lack of 9 and 11 step drops that would give a defender time to pull off eight moves. As most lineman coming into the league will have, at best, a shimmy, a weave, a jab, and a dart, coming up with four other moves in the three seconds it takes before the quarterman rids himself of the pill is near impossible. So a legitimate 5-technique is a good find. I only hope he can jab and dart--unlike the inept "slide, shimmy, slide" debacles that we fans old enough to remember them were forced to watch. Jazz it up, we'd say! Jab!

Anyway, that's my understanding of it. My friend Elmer says it has something to do with lining one's nose on the outside shoulder of the tackle for leverage purposes, but I can never understand his made up jargon. He is not as avid a follower of the Sunday ritual as I.