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SamBamsFan · 04-18-2008, 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by mcsully

http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW...wwhi041608.htm

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The following quotes are from NFL evaluators, coaches and front-office personnel, spoken on the condition of anonymity.

"Atlanta should have taken the defensive tackle last year. Bobby Petrino should have known more about (Texans DT Amobi) Okoye than anyone. Now they have to make up for the mistake."

They should have just referred to our interactive draft last year & I would have shown them the light-
PatsFans.com 2007 Interactive Mock Draft

***fgssand*** · 04-18-2008, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Relentless649

Gholston or Rivers is going to fall right into our laps at #7

Is Rivers a better pick than Gholston??

SamBamsFan · 04-18-2008, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by fgssand

Is Rivers a better pick than Gholston??

A higher floor. Definitely not as high a ceiling because Ghouston is a freak athletically..

PatsDparty · 04-18-2008, 08:22 AM

Considering all this talk about Vernon possibly going #1, not sure how I see him falling to us anymore. But stranger things have happened.

signbabybrady · 04-18-2008, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by fgssand

Is Rivers a better pick than Gholston??

Different Guys. One is ILB and the other is OLB.

So the better questions are what is more important to the team and what is more of a need?

PatsandTrojans55 · 04-18-2008, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by mcsully

http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW...wwhi041608.htm

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The following quotes are from NFL evaluators, coaches and front-office personnel, spoken on the condition of anonymitY

(Tennessee State CB) Dominic Rodgers-Cromartie is too tall, does not tackle and only has one kidney, and I’m supposed to be excited? He’s got 'bust' written all over him. Take away his last name and do you think everyone would be as excited?

This sounds like a certain journalists and not an NFL Scout or Talent Evaluator. A Professional Scout would not speak in these terms because it makes you sound like a journalists or an agent who trying to push your client by knocking someone who scourned you for a rival. A Professional Scout speaking on a condition of anonymity would be more detailed. For instance, If he questioned his height he would add how it's a problem when it comes to his hip turn (because of long legs) or something along more technical lines. This just sounds like a scourned agent or journalists. Nobody who's job is on the line will just call a kid a flat out bust because it's not an exact science and only journalists and/or fans concentrate on a players name and mention it in context of an evaluation as a negative or excuse.

"If I were trying to read Bill Parcells, I would think he likes (Vernon) Gholston better than Chris Long because he can coach the kid to pursue and play hard. He cannot make Chris Long come off the edge much faster."

This is information they got by overhearing what some scouts are saying about Chris Long's ceiling as opposed to Gholston's. The rumblings of projecting Chris's ability to get from a very good player to great player are in question. Some feel he is maxed out and others see Hall of Fame potential. Where as Gholston has many more salivating with what his upside could possibly be.

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I picked these three players because they're the three players many fans here are concerned about. I don't believe these are "Direct Quotes" from NFL Personnel. Its easy to take bits and pieces and add your opinion and say its a source of anonymity because when you mis-quote or add your opinion you don't have to answer for it and it makes you look like you have "Better" sources than your competitors with a closer and better relationship to "insiders" that will give you more brash and harsh opinions. I call B.S. from what I hear, nobody is saying things is these manners.

PT55

mcsully · 04-18-2008, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by PatsandTrojans55

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I picked these three players because they're the three players many fans here are concerned about. I don't believe these are "Direct Quotes" from NFL Personnel. Its easy to take bits and pieces and add your opinion and say its a source of anonymity because when you mis-quote or add your opinion you don't have to answer for it and it makes you look like you have "Better" sources than your competitors with a closer and better relationship to "insiders" that will give you more brash and harsh opinions. I call B.S. from what I hear, nobody is saying things is these manners.

PT55

Reading from different sources and the fact the url is directly from a well established weekly paper, I say its more than just bits and pieces.. And I for one think Crom is going to be a bust.. He is a work out warrior who had a very uneventful college career..