2011 Binkies

[TriplecHamp]

Since I almost always pick a sooner for this (being a huge OU fan) here is mine

DeMarco Murray

Season stats

Yards: 1,214
YPA: 4.3
Rush TD's: 15
Receptions: 71
Rec yards: 595
Rec TD's: 5

Total Yards (not including KO's)
1,809

Total TD's:
20

I like Beal as well as Broyles.

 

[SirApropos]

Since I almost always pick a sooner for this (being a huge OU fan) here is mine

DeMarco Murray

Season stats

Yards: 1,214
YPA: 4.3
Rush TD's: 15
Receptions: 71
Rec yards: 595
Rec TD's: 5

Total Yards (not including KO's)
1,809

Total TD's:
20

I also like Beal and like FS Quinton Carter in the 4th round from OU.

For other Binkie's I like
Muhammad Wilkerson DT Temple in the 3rd
Marecic

 

[D-Money]

Beal wont fall to the 4th round.I hope he's available with the late second round pick.

 

[LuthierJr]

I like Beal as well as Broyles.

Both are excellent. Broyles reminds me of a young Deon Branch.

Beal is one that is never a show stopper, but is always around the ball, putting pressure and making plays.

Q. Carter would be a decent pick later. They have a young guy, Jefferson, who is going to be a damn good DB I think, but he is a Freshman.

 

[WaterfallJumper]

A lot of players I like this year, but very few binkies. Maybe Bilal Powell and Davon House; they've been in every one of my personal mocks since the beginning of the year. Otherwise, I can't think of many other players/positions.

 

[SirApropos]

Beal wont fall to the 4th round.I hope he's available with the late second round pick.

I was talking Carter in the 4th. I think Beal will be the 2A pick.

 

[PatsCanDoIt]

I question Beals arm length which I think is important for OLB. Cunningham's arms are almost 34 inches which helps some, I'm told, against OTs when setting the edge. I'd like to see some measurables on him but I like him.

 

[MaineMan]

Starting to like Heyward more after his Bowl performance. Closer to the right size than most of the DEs and seems more ready to go than Watt.

And DeMarcus Love seems much more like a potential guard than an LT now.

 

[Metaphors]

I am not here to bash on anyone's binky, but I just moved away from Iowa City and have seen every game of his the last 2 years.

Interested in your thoughts about Christian Ballard. I've been up and down on him for a while now. Wasn't high on him but loved how he played against Wisconsin and their top OL. Kind of lost interest again but thought he did very well in the bowl game against a good Missouri team.

Seems 10-20 pounds underweight for an every down 3-4 Pats DE and they already have Wright as a sub DE/DT. But he looks to have enough functional strength and sand in his pants to hold his own against good tackles and double-teams. Help me out here because I'm completely torn...and with the Raider pick being too late for Dareus and Fairley, I need a plan B.

 

[Thirdbasekid24]

LB Mason Foster - Washington. 6'2 242.

Had 162 tackles and 7 sacks this season. Projected as a 2nd-3rd rounder. I believe will also be playing in the senior bowl.

 

[Sciz]

Interested in your thoughts about Christian Ballard. I've been up and down on him for a while now. Wasn't high on him but loved how he played against Wisconsin and their top OL. Kind of lost interest again but thought he did very well in the bowl game against a good Missouri team.

Seems 10-20 pounds underweight for an every down 3-4 Pats DE and they already have Wright as a sub DE/DT. But he looks to have enough functional strength and sand in his pants to hold his own against good tackles and double-teams. Help me out here because I'm completely torn...and with the Raider pick being too late for Dareus and Fairley, I need a plan B.

As another Iowan, I'll step in. Ballard is soft. He can hold his own against tackles, but often doesn't. Klug is the guy I want off that defense, the one who is a better football player than his measurables show (unlike Clayborn and Ballard).

 

[Metaphors]

As another Iowan, I'll step in. Ballard is soft. He can hold his own against tackles, but often doesn't. Klug is the guy I want off that defense, the one who is a better football player than his measurables show (unlike Clayborn and Ballard).

I hear you and I can't dispute what you are saying since I have only focused on Ballard in 2 games (Wisconsin and Missouri). He didn't seem soft in either of those games. In fact I was impressed with his discipline...gap discipline when he was inside, containment when he was outside, collapsed the pocket without over-pursuing and getting taken out of the play.

We all seem to get riled up about players that dive into the backfield with their hair on fire...but that doesn't seem to fit what Belichick is looking for. Instead of 2 sacks and 18 times getting escorted neatly around the pocket...Belichick seems to want 20 rushes where you influence the play every time. If he can't eat up blocks and hold the line against the run, all that is moot. He looked capable to me in the limited time I saw him.

Cunningham and Deaderick were unheralded picks but they seemed to fit this profile. I'm thinking Ballard does as well. A 6'4", 300 lb guy that can run a sub 4.9 40 has a significant amount of physical upside. If you can get that guy with a 2nd round pick, seems like a good investment to me.

 

[drabble]

#1 re-sign MANKINS

Then grab any 5 of these guys

DE- Ryan Kerrigan
LB- Martez Wilson
WR- Jonathan Baldwin
DT- Muhammad Wilkerson
RB- Mark Ingram
DE- Greg Romeus
DE- Cameron Jordan
G- Ben Ijalana


ANTI-BINKIES

Cameron Heyward
Von Miller
Any TE

 

[Ochmed Jones]

I know we do not need any TE's but I really like Kyle Rudolph of Notre Dame and Lance Kendrick of Wisconsin. Too bad the barn is full!

 

[Ochmed Jones]

Baldwin is an enigma to me. He is so big and appears to have decent speed, but he runs sloppy routes and blocks like a girl.

I would love to see Julio Jones blocking on the outside for us next season, especially on aggresive run support DB's like Revis. He is the best blocking WR, not named Hines Ward, I have seen in a long time.

Plus Jones has the hands and speed to stretch a defense. Route running is really sloppy and needs to be fine tuned.

 

[Ochmed Jones]

I hear you and I can't dispute what you are saying since I have only focused on Ballard in 2 games (Wisconsin and Missouri). He didn't seem soft in either of those games. In fact I was impressed with his discipline...gap discipline when he was inside, containment when he was outside, collapsed the pocket without over-pursuing and getting taken out of the play.

We all seem to get riled up about players that dive into the backfield with their hair on fire...but that doesn't seem to fit what Belichick is looking for. Instead of 2 sacks and 18 times getting escorted neatly around the pocket...Belichick seems to want 20 rushes where you influence the play every time. If he can't eat up blocks and hold the line against the run, all that is moot. He looked capable to me in the limited time I saw him.

Cunningham and Deaderick were unheralded picks but they seemed to fit this profile. I'm thinking Ballard does as well. A 6'4", 300 lb guy that can run a sub 4.9 40 has a significant amount of physical upside. If you can get that guy with a 2nd round pick, seems like a good investment to me.

I agree about Ballard. In the games I have watched, when he knows the opposing team is going to run, he can stuff with the best of them.

He seems to get in trouble when he guesses pass and the other team runs. At the snap of the ball he gets way too high and is blown up by the O line as the RB shoots through his hole.

If BB were to take the shoot the gap responsibility away from him and just have him man up on his B gaps in our defense, he could be a Ty Warren type DE.

Is Ballard good value at #32? No I don;t think so, but he more than likely won;t be around come #64 either.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

I know we do not need any TE's but I really like Kyle Rudolph of Notre Dame and Lance Kendrick of Wisconsin. Too bad the barn is full!

The barn's full unless Crumpler retires, which isn't impossible, although it's certainly not a given, either (he is signed through next year).

 

[midwestpatsfan]

I agree about Ballard. In the games I have watched, when he knows the opposing team is going to run, he can stuff with the best of them.

He seems to get in trouble when he guesses pass and the other team runs. At the snap of the ball he gets way too high and is blown up by the O line as the RB shoots through his hole.

If BB were to take the shoot the gap responsibility away from him and just have him man up on his B gaps in our defense, he could be a Ty Warren type DE.

Is Ballard good value at #32? No I don;t think so, but he more than likely won;t be around come #64 either.

Sorry I am late to the party on writing up on Ballard and I think you may have hit in on the head. I looked at it as making unintelligent plays that really hurt him in his consistency. He never made the flashy plays like Claiborn did, but I thought he was solid. You are right, there are times he either gets lazy or guesses wrong, 2 things you do not want, but he does get high every once in awhile and gets taken out of plays. Every game I saw that I knew Iowa's opponent was a run first team, I knew they were in for a long day because when Ballard's assignment is only to stop the run, he is great, you get him guessing on if it is pass or run, he takes himself out of plays and becomes average.

 

[Box_O_Rocks]

As another Iowan, I'll step in. Ballard is soft. He can hold his own against tackles, but often doesn't. Klug is the guy I want off that defense, the one who is a better football player than his measurables show (unlike Clayborn and Ballard).

I watched several Iowa games this season as I was fascinated with how Karl Klug dominated the LOS in last year's Orange Bowl. I won't go so far as to call Ballard soft, but if there was one DL on the Iowa line opponents would feel comfortable in NOT blocking, it was Ballard.

Put simply, the guy needs time to find the ball - I mean GPS, road map, traffic cop, and a neon arrow pointing at the ball kind of time. I can't tell you how many times I watched plays run to his side with Ballard standing there unblocked and clueless while the ball carrier scooted by him. The kid has awesome athleticism, really impressive, but he's easily blocked one-on-one (when they are blocking him). Move him out to 4-3 DE where he has longer to look around the backfield or can just pin his ears back and charge the QB and he'll be fine. For NE's 3-4? Do not want!

 

[Coach42]

The reverse situation of Kerrigan is Jeremy Beal, who lines up all over -- hand down one play, standing up the next -- and does a little bit of everything. He rushes the passer, reads runs well, and looks surprisingly smooth dropping into coverage. It's super-easy to project him to the Patriots' defense. But...while he always seems to play smart and disciplined and sound, he never seems to dominate or demand extra attention from the offense.

Couldn't you have said the exact same thing about Cunningham last year?