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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Can Demps be worse than Woodhead at blocking?
If a LB blitzes,Brady dumps the ball to the hot read.
This is a nonissue.
Woodhead's a pretty decent blocker, from what I've seen.
Can Demps be worse than Woodhead at blocking?
He definitely can be effective in the slot and screen game in time given what I saw at Florida.
Woodhead's a pretty decent blocker, from what I've seen.
Agree to disagree. I think he's a willing blocker but at his size he's just not a good blocker. Kevin Faulk at the same height has so much more mass and that low center of balance that he can stick a bigger guy like MJD on Merriman as a famous example. Woodhead will stick his helmet in there and buy you a half second but he is by no means a good blocker.
There ya go: Gentlemen can agree to disagree...and even reach a compromise!!
"Uncanny" Danny WoodHead is "a pretty decent blocker" AND "by no means a good blocker."
I can live with that: He's scrappy, he's tough, and he makes the most of what he's got.
He is by no means a Vortex, and he's almost always "buy you an half second", which is usually just enough...And I'm sure we can also agree that he will occasionally get blow UP...as do we all!!
Demps is our second chance at Dexter Mccluster, a binky of mine back in the 2010 draft, except I think Demps can be better and is way faster/quicker. KR/RB/slot WR.
Does anyone know what round he would have been projected to go in?
It's pure Speculation, of course, as any Projections would've steeply discounted his Value, because he'd made it clear that he was focused on the Olympics, with no particular plans to play any more FootBall.
But if he wasn't an Olympian??
Solid 2nd Rounder, if you ask me: Raw or not, that Speed is intoxicating.
Again...
A solid...2nd...Rounder!!
And that, Ladies and Laddies, when all 32 teams showed interest ~ and rightfully so!! ~ is why I am utterly astonished that Bill The Mad (Genius) was able ~ with pure Straight Talk ~ to pull this off!! :rocker:
Does anyone know what round he would have been projected to go in?
Back in January I had us taking him in the fourth round and that was right before he announced he was focusing on the Olympics. Though, an impressive combine, and he would have had one, would have had a great effect on his draft stock.
Thank for that. Research i had was he was a 3rd/4th rounder who had the potential to do a Poe/Gholston/Hill when he hit the combine. I personally agree that a 4.2 something in the 40 and the guy is going mid 2nd-early 3rd just because someone is going to take a bet on a guy and hope they can turn him into another CJ2K, open the hole and let the guy run to daylight.
Great pick up by the pats i like some others have mentioned am treating it like we had another high 3rd that we used to take a chance on a guy with rediculous athletic ability.
Here's hopeing he makes the team and contributes some explosive plays.
Reading this thread made me think of an old rock and roll lyric from the 70's or 80's that sums up the Demps transaction. (which is something given I often find myself standing in front of the fridge trying to remember what it was I got up for )
"something for nothing....and the chips for free".
I'm now frustrated. I can picture the damned video, but can't remember the damned song or who sang it.
"Money For Nothing" by Dire Straits.
And I thought it was the "chicks" who were free.