holyredeemer
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Watson? I wasn’t aware.
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Watson? I wasn’t aware.
They stayed away from Dean as well. I wonder if for the same reason.
I liked Dean at the bottom of round 1, but didn’t know about that laundry list of injuries. Hard to see how he will be expected to contribute in his rookie season.
Yeah multiple knee surgeries years ago / hamstring recently (which is the bane of the speed guy - see fastest guy in the league based on 100m Anthony Schwartz).
Not to mention how his body will hold up long term at the next level.
It’s honestly crazy that he has that many injuries. For one, Davis ate up double teams in front of him allowing him to roam sideline-to-sideline. For another, he played through it the entire season in 2021. But yeah, if he’s this beat up coming out of college, it’s hard to see how he lasts in the pros.
Tyquan Thornton is the fastest player the Pats have ever drafted. He’s also 6’2” and change. He’s basically a faster Robby Anderson. Excellent hands (3 drops), good jumping ability (36.5 vertical). Stop being a **** for one second, you don’t have to be negative all the time. There is A LOT to like about this pick. Adds ELITE speed, it’s exactly what this offense needed.
Tony Simmons was a fair amount faster, but your point still stands.
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What injury history?My biggest concern on Thorton is his glacially SLOW 3 cone time. 7.2 is slower than our QB. its slower than a 350lb NT. So add the micromini hands, the rail thin physic, the injuries, and the fact he was a day 3 pick on many board AND we felt we had the need to trade UP to get him and I'm not worried a bit about this pick.
I hear you, but consider DK Metcalf's slow times in shuttle or whatever the hell he had that was worse than Tom Brady's times and how he was far from a layup pick that is presented now. In no way is this kid DK Metcalf, but he's got world class speed, and that always comes off the board earlier than the talking heads talk about. He is skinny, to be sure. That's a concern. I don't care about the small hands. Someone else posted that his hands at bigger than Tyreek Hill's. Would we rather have a 6'4" Moss clone with baseball glove hands? Sure. I think he will be fine. He won't a HoF'er, but he will be a serviceable wideout for the Pats.My biggest concern on Thorton is his glacially SLOW 3 cone time. 7.2 is slower than our QB. its slower than a 350lb NT. So add the micromini hands, the rail thin physic, the injuries, and the fact he was a day 3 pick on many board AND we felt we had the need to trade UP to get him and I'm not worried a bit about this pick.
Yes -- which should tell you that these results are statistical noise because of the tiny numbers involved.
This. Some people still want to stick with the simple narrative because it is easier. If JC Jackson was taken where Dawson was drafted would people talk bad about the pick now? If Jonathan Jones was taken with the Cyrus Jones pick, would people complain? Cleary in both of those years they were able to properly able to scout, evaluate and then develop corners.
As I suggested in another post, the idea of a consensus draft board is a useful construct for draftniks and the media, but is pretty meaningless for teams because of their unique knowledge of their systems, circumstance, and real time signal intelligence. But sadly, many GM's are so at risk that they are afraid to make the picks they know are best if they deviate from the media/draftnik consensus. BB is not running scared so he is free to be contemptuous of the so called consensus board.
