BoroSaint
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The draft is over 3 months away, but there are already hundreds of mock drafts on the internet. Free agency will change how these mock drafts look by the time the last weekend in April rolls around, but that is not the main thing that will alter the draft.
Every year I would venture to say there are at least 5 players who are selected in the 1st round who were not graded as 1st rounders before the combine. And probably 3 to 5 players fall out of the 1st round who were thought of as first-rounders in January. Although the combine and personal workouts help to show whether or not a player has enough speed, quickness, strength, etc. to make it in the NFL, I think (as do many others) that these workout numbers are VASTLY overrated. Just look at someone like Vernon Davis (not a bust, just put him here based on the fact that his stock went through the roof after his workout), Ryan Leaf, Jonathan Sullivan, and the list goes on and on.
Basically, I think that the grades these potential picks have as of now should be the grade they enter the draft with because as of right now their draft grade is based on one thing -- on-field production and how that production translates to certain schemes, whether offensive or defensive, in the NFL. I hope our scouting department and coaching staff make their decisions based on how well these players produced in college, not at the combine. We have seen far too often great athletes selected, only to be frustrated when their combine numbers don't translate to success on the field. Sometimes you get the best of both worlds, but those players are usually top-5 selections.
My question is, and this is for those who know something about those players coming up in the draft (because I don't) -- who will be available at the #10 pick who has produced on the field in college? I don't want us to pick a DT who had 40 tackles and 5 sacks in his college career, but ran a 4.75 forty while there is another available who had 100 tackles and 20 sacks but ran a 4.9. My point of this entire thread in one sentence -- Please draft based on production!
Every year I would venture to say there are at least 5 players who are selected in the 1st round who were not graded as 1st rounders before the combine. And probably 3 to 5 players fall out of the 1st round who were thought of as first-rounders in January. Although the combine and personal workouts help to show whether or not a player has enough speed, quickness, strength, etc. to make it in the NFL, I think (as do many others) that these workout numbers are VASTLY overrated. Just look at someone like Vernon Davis (not a bust, just put him here based on the fact that his stock went through the roof after his workout), Ryan Leaf, Jonathan Sullivan, and the list goes on and on.
Basically, I think that the grades these potential picks have as of now should be the grade they enter the draft with because as of right now their draft grade is based on one thing -- on-field production and how that production translates to certain schemes, whether offensive or defensive, in the NFL. I hope our scouting department and coaching staff make their decisions based on how well these players produced in college, not at the combine. We have seen far too often great athletes selected, only to be frustrated when their combine numbers don't translate to success on the field. Sometimes you get the best of both worlds, but those players are usually top-5 selections.
My question is, and this is for those who know something about those players coming up in the draft (because I don't) -- who will be available at the #10 pick who has produced on the field in college? I don't want us to pick a DT who had 40 tackles and 5 sacks in his college career, but ran a 4.75 forty while there is another available who had 100 tackles and 20 sacks but ran a 4.9. My point of this entire thread in one sentence -- Please draft based on production!
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