Potential NFL Talent in XFL

[CISGS]

Gotta be honest. The PJ Walker kid can ball. I’ll be surprised if he isn’t on a roster this offseason.

 

[Gator Mike]

Donald Parham is an interesting kid for Dallas.

He came out of a small school as a 6-foot-8, 237-pound TE who went undrafted. Signed and released by Detroit and Washington. He's now up to 257 pounds and no one's been able to cover him yet. Still looks like he could add some bulk - maybe end up around 270.

Looks like he moves pretty well, I haven't seen him drop anything, and he's made a couple of tacklers miss.

 

[Tony2046]

Donald Parham is an interesting kid for Dallas.

He came out of a small school as a 6-foot-8, 237-pound TE who went undrafted. Signed and released by Detroit and Washington. He's now up to 257 pounds and no one's been able to cover him yet. Still looks like he could add some bulk - maybe end up around 270.

Looks like he moves pretty well, I haven't seen him drop anything, and he's made a couple of tacklers miss.

How is his blocking during the run? Just curious.

 

[Deus Irae]

Donald Parham is an interesting kid for Dallas.

He came out of a small school as a 6-foot-8, 237-pound TE who went undrafted. Signed and released by Detroit and Washington. He's now up to 257 pounds and no one's been able to cover him yet. Still looks like he could add some bulk - maybe end up around 270.

Looks like he moves pretty well, I haven't seen him drop anything, and he's made a couple of tacklers miss.

So, are you saying

?

 

[Gator Mike]

How is his blocking during the run? Just curious.

Haven't really paid attention. Dallas has used him mostly in the slot, so my guess is it's probably not great.

So, are you saying

?

Not yet. He's just someone who's caught my eye.

 

[Gator Mike]

Just scored a TD...

 

[Gator Mike]

He's really more of a super-sized H-Back than an in-line TE, to be honest.

 

[primetime]

Parham's a weird player and I'm not sure he'd be able to do what he can do in the XFL against NFL defenses, but his traits will get him a look.

Think the most likely guys to come out of the league are offensive linemen. Walker looks like the league's Garrett Gilbert, in that some NFL team might find a backup role for him.

Keep in mind the number of guys who were even on 53-man rosters from the AAF last year could be counted on one hand, and of those only a couple made meaningful contributions.

 

[Love The Drake]

I’d like to bring PJ in to compete with Stidham and and Maybe Mariota

 

[primetime]

A Rutgers wide receiver named Carlton Agudosi just blocked a punt for the Battlehawks, so write that guy's name in Sharpie onto the Patriots roster.

 

[203Pat]

I saw a kicker hit a 53 yarder yesterday. Bring him in.

 

[Sicilian]

I saw a kicker hit a 53 yarder yesterday. Bring him in.

Legitimate question because I haven't been following the league: Are there any major differences in kicking rules in the XFL? Bigger/smaller goal posts? Differences in the ball? Differences in how defenses are allowed to defend it? Etc. Giving a cheap kicker a look would be a potential way to save some cap, but I worry if things are even a little bit different there it can throw a kicker off.

 

[primetime]

Legitimate question because I haven't been following the league: Are there any major differences in kicking rules in the XFL? Bigger/smaller goal posts? Differences in the ball? Differences in how defenses are allowed to defend it? Etc. Giving a cheap kicker a look would be a potential way to save some cap, but I worry if things are even a little bit different there it can throw a kicker off.

No. They just don't have extra points so they kick it less (instead it's 1 point for a conversion from the 2 yard line, 2 points from the 5, and 3 from the 10). Crowd noise is probably the biggest issue. That 53 yarder was in a climate-controlled dome with 30,000 people in attendance. Biggest crowd in XFL history but still half the attendance of an NFL game. To be fair, though, that kick would have been good from 60.

That said, kicking's largely mental. Most college kickers could hit 50+ yarders in practice all day long. It's how you handle the snap to hold mechanics and timing while worrying about guys rushing at you and crowd noise and the fact that you let your team down if you miss it (particularly later in games) that really separates the wheat and chaff for kickers.

 

[Gator Mike]

It was actually a 58-yard FG...