All the first day draft picks have warts as profiled by Pro Football Weekly. Is this inexperienced coaching staff ready to get these players to overcome the obvious deficiencies? Picking all academic, cerebral, good guys is as bad as picking workout warriors. Neither Ferguson or Mangold appear to have the nastiness which is required by NFL linemen. D'Brickashaw Ferguson Negatives: Is high-hipped and lacks mass in his lower body. Will overset and leave the inside open to quick, counter moves at times, getting beaten by Virginia Tech?s Darryl Tapp during the season and Alabama?s Mark Anderson during the Senior Bowl game against inside moves. Not a dominating drive blocker and could continue improving his lower-body strength. Nick Mangold Negatives: Can improve his strength, pop and power and play with more nastiness to finish. Needs some help with big bull-rushers. Scouts say he might be too nice and cerebral and has had a tendency to play down to the level of competition. Not a dominant butt-kicker. and does not bury defenders the way LeCharles Bentley did. Kellen Clemens Negatives: Deep accuracy has never been consistent, and his arm strength is not great. Will press and try to do too much. Decision-making was marginal early in career, and he struggled making progression reads, showing a tendency to telegraph throws and force the ball into coverage. Only had one great year and did not finish it. Is coming off an injury and may not be at full health when minicamps open. Anthony Schlegel Negatives: Has very short arms and will get stuck on blocks and struggle to disengage. Not a great athlete. Too stiff. Does not have great speed or range to consistently get to the perimeter. Not a great open-field tackler. Average cover skills. Shows some tightness in his movement. Eric Smith Negatives: Not a great athlete. Not quicktwitched or explosive and can get beat to the outside. Overruns the ball and misses some tackles in the open field. Struggles matching up with speed and does not have the range or cover skills ideal for the next level. Drag-down tackler.
rajensen doesn't go by what he thinks, he goes by what other people say -- but only when it's something negative. This has to be one of the most useless threads ever. Every single player scouted by these sites has negatives listed on them. You make it sound like we were supposed to pick perfect players.
I don't know whether he does or he doesn't? The reports are all over the place but great arm strength is one I never heard.
Every player that was scouted this year has negatives. From Mario Williams to Reggie Bush to AJ Hawk. There is no perfect player coming out of College.
I really don't like this guy. I understand he is just posting an article, but these are the only kind of articles/posts he ever has.
Every single prospect that comes from college has weaknesses. It's just a fact...why anyone would find a complaint in this, is beyond me.
:lol: Every scouting report for every player has a "Negatives" section. Who would you have drafted that didn't have any negatives? This thread is retarded.
You forgot one, but seriously, why all the hate, can you ever not be negative, you don't have to be happy but unbiased would be nice rayjensen088 Negatives: Only posts to cause arguments and get attention, does not have a team first attitude, comes from a productive draft class but has to many areas of concern to be a productive TGG poster. May see limited action at times but most likely will fall off the face of the earth and start trolling various other sites.
rajensen, who would you have drafted? with the first 3 picks (#4, #29, #35), who do you think we should have selected? and don't give me positions; give specific names. (i really doubt this troll will respond, but it's a worth shot) cheers
Okay man, I know I told you before, but I'll tell you again. We already have someone that can do your dance, but he does it better than you... thus making you just very lightly irrelevant. Why? Because while he adds close to nothing to support his own flimsy arguments, he turtles away and doesn't get ripped to shreds like you do. You could always just write for the New York Post, you know.
