Take a look at people's NFLDraftCountdown.com profiles. Gholston: "A hard worker with top intangibles" "Versatile and can play more than one position." "Very productive" "A terrific athlete" Keller: "Hard worker with terrific intangibles" "Is versatile and can line up all over the field." "Great production." "Great competitor." "Very athletic" Lowery: "Hard worker with good intangibles." "Real productive" "Great instincts and awareness" "Smooth athlete" Ainge: "A competitor with solid intangibles" "Productive" "Is naturally athletic" Henry: "Hard worker." "Good instincts and awareness" "A smooth athlete" I couldn't find a scouting report on Garner on there, but look at the similarities.
Next year's draft? I know alot of Jet TGG posters by name who already think next year's draft sucks....:breakdance:
I tried doing this to a certain extent, picking guys who are either leaders or good intangible guys in some way. Only got Gholston right, but it just goes to show you the philosophy. Get athletic players. Get players who have a passion for the game. Get players who are versatile. Get players who make plays and actually produce in college. It seems to me like this is a pretty good philosophy.
Quick define "Mangini player" for me. Yes its an over simplified term, but its dead on. Hard worker with terrific intangibles and is Versatile. God its gonna suck to have a team full of guys like that. :wink:
And it's not like we're drafting unathletic guys either. This is your Mangini guy, and this is who we can be proud to root for.
Haha, Yah I've looked at a lot of scouting reports from that site and you see the same a lot. Its almost so much information that the adjectives themself become very broad.
"intangible, adjective, noun. adj. 1. not capable of being touched or felt. Ex. Sound and light are intangible. (SYN) insubstantial, impalpable. 2. (Figurative.) not easily grasped by the mind; vague. " In other words, they don't have a clue....
Thats the adjective. Intangibles shouldn't "describe" a player. Its something you possess, which makes it a noun: An asset that cannot be perceived by the senses. Often used in the plural: intangibles such as goodwill and dedication. That is what good to great players are made of.
That doesn't explain Anthony Schlegel and Jacob Bender both of whom were stiffs and particularly unathletic. The way I'd predict next years draft is to get out a dart board and paste people's names to it and every time I hit a double or triple score I'd trade up randomly for whoever is on top of the Jets board at the moment.
