Pick by Pick analyais from Pro Football Weekly

[PATSNUTme]

Maybe it's just me but I am not overwhelmed with confidence when the second line in the evaluation talks about "had to overcome adversity" or "is a rugby player."

Having read the PFW write ups for years, I know that "had to overcome adversity" is a very positive comment. It means that a player had certain things it his personal life, such as being homeless, having a parent or panets murdered, or other types of misfortue that would make many just quit or go a different, negative direction in their lives. But these player have overcome that to get where they are.

Example: Bruce Irvin had to overcome living on the streets for 2 years, being in prison for robbery to get money to eat, and having no parents or anyone else caring for him as a child. Now I think Seattle drafted him way too high, but I'm happy that the kid will get the payday and help him to live a much better life.

 

[Fencer]

plays the ball well in front of him and could prove to be best as a press cornerback

How does that make sense?

 

[PatsFanInVa]

Evidently, PFW loves everyone.

It's not so much the guys that compiled it, it's the editor. This guy.

 

[PatsFanInVa]

How does that make sense?

It's a chuck norris thing... Tavon Wilson can play press coverage from ten yards behind you...

 

[PatsFanInVa]

You are correct in all respects.

The amazing thing is that none of the so called experts and commentators have picked on the Patriots UFA signings. My understanding is that each one is a First Round talent who for some inexplicable reason was not even drafted.

BB seems to like team captains in the early rounds

That is not true. The Patsfans.com Draftnik wrote irrelevant paragraphs on each of the UDFAs, and also Ross Perot and two twin babies in a hospital in Ohio.

http://www.patsfans.com/new-england...48-draftniks-annual-rolling-draft-re-cap.html

I love me some me.

 

[patsfaninpittsburgh]

You and Zo must have watched different tape. He played corner until he volunteered to be a safety because that was what the team needed and he often played inside the box and even as a linebacker, and we don't play Free and Strong, we play left and right. I think the new scheme here is not going to be 3-4 or 4-3 base, it's going to be multiple and every DB on the roster is going to be a DB... and the LB will be LB (not ILB or OLB) unless some of them put their hand on the ground and DE's will be DE's unless they don't...or they move inside. He's not looking for prototypes or even tweener conversions anymore. He's looking for big, fast, driven, instinctive and coachable chameleons who can do or be a lot of things well enough to give opposing OC's and QB's fits. He's going to coach all of them to play in a lot of different fronts so that his personnel groupings don't even indicate what the heck is coming...

Bedard basically asked him if that level of scheme diversity was what he was ultimately looking for and he acknowledged it is provided they can replicate the kind of things they did at the college level at the next level.

As a whole, the parts seem to fit the Patriots - The Boston Globe

Mo is 100% correct here. This is brilliant and deserves an award.:rocker:

The other thing that's important is this is the what will needed to counter ELITE offenses.

Another thing is it now looks like we can field personnel that can bring pressure with four and pressure up the middle.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

(For the record, I wouldn't be surprised if at least two of these hype comparisons prove true. No idea which ones, but I have the same good feeling after this draft that I had after the '10 draft. )

Well, GRONK was compared to Jason Witten, and Hernandez to Dallas Clark.

If those predictions aren't true, it's because GRONK > Witten, and Hernandez > Clark. :rocker:

 

[PATSNUTme]

How does that make sense?

You realize that I didn't write the friggin summary.

if you are in "press" the ball should be in front of you or your pants will be on fire.

 

[patsfaninpittsburgh]

Maybe it's just me but I am not overwhelmed with confidence when the second line in the evaluation talks about "had to overcome adversity" or "is a rugby player."

There is a very interesting article about Rasham Salaam over at profootballtalk.com on this matter.

It might provide an interesting perspective on this matter.

 

[MoLewisrocks]

There is a very interesting article about Rasham Salaam over at profootballtalk.com on this matter.

It might provide an interesting perspective on this matter.

I read that. They should have him run the rookie symposium. Guys who haven't had to battle through adversity to arrive here often are oblivious to it's existence. Not to say there are not guys who having done so don't still fall victim to the entitlement mentality on arrival at this level, as if arriving is the validation they sought.

A wise man once said the only thing harder than getting to the top is staying (or in the case of NFL draftees sticking) at the top. It's one reason Bill and this staff and the veterans who have succeeded here over the long haul don't heap a lot of praise on draftees here and feed the hype. Instead they downplay them and preach work ethic and the constant need to work harder and get better, because if you aren't getting better you're getting worse in comparison to guys who are whom you may percieve as no threat based on pre draft hype and media spun roster projections...

Some organizations take the opposite approach. The JETS under Tubby Rex being one. They tend to try to motivate guys by instilling the belief they are slam dunks to exceed projections out of the gate and the fact that an organization that got to the AFCC twice recently drafted them is all the validation anyone needs...until they cut ties with them for cap or production reasons...

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