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Official Draft Thread

MikeSr619 said:
Barkley to the iggles...thats hysterical. They are scrambling to make it sound like hes good.
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I did not see that coming. I have to admit I was looking forward to Vick/Foles this year.

So why has Barkley fallen so far since last year? I don't follow college. Did he suck this year or something?
 
Vick, Barkley, Foles, Dixon, Kinne. That's basically what we had a couple of years ago - eh, Rex is still around though, but he holds a clipboard and gets the gatorade for others.
 
Henry said:
I did not see that coming. I have to admit I was looking forward to Vick/Foles this year.

So why has Barkley fallen so far since last year? I don't follow college. Did he suck this year or something?
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Quite frankly, he's just not that good. Think about how everyone was high on another USC QB just a few years ago. The Jets are thinking about releasing him.
 
Burgundy Burner said:
Quite frankly, he's just not that good. Think about how everyone was high on another USC QB just a few years ago. The Jets are thinking about releasing him.
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Just think, just 14-15 months ago SOME people wanted us to trade down last year and then take Matt Barkley??? WTF?

My how a year can change things.

:D
 
Yusuf06 said:
I'll consider the 4th round a huge success if we can manage to get Phillip Thomas or Reid Fragel. I'd also be OK with David Bakhtiari in the 5th. If we somehow manage to get Thomas and one of the other two I'll be, well, all like... :cheers: :love: :dance:
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Don't we really need a free safety type? We are dead at FS and Have Merriweather and doughty at SS (not that either are dependable full time) Who do we have at FS? Gomes (meh) He played both but seemed to play SS better.... Berstine? I don't know anything about him because he was hurt so fast. Moving Amerson to FS just seems more and more likely with our current personnel.
 
Side note: Watching BSPN and Suzy Kolber is still such a cutie.
 
Thomas it is.

Yay! :)

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This is so weird. I have ESPN on TV, and nfl.com draft tracker online, and ESPN is EIGHT picks behind. They're announcing the 15th pick in the 4th round, while the 23rd pick is actually being made. How are they so far off ? Because they insist on doing so much commentary on each pick ? So unprofessional.
 
This is almost superfluous. :)

NFL scouting report.

OVERVIEW
Based on his play as a junior, it looked as though Thomas was going to assert himself as one of the top safeties in the 2012 draft class. But a gruesome leg injury (broken left leg, dislocated ankle) suffered in a non-contact drill just three days before the 2011 season opener dashes those hopes. He appears to be in full strength for his second senior season, however, as the hard-hitting team captain with fair ball skills leads his defense in its first year in the Mountain West Conference.

A second-team all-state pick out of California, Thomas was a threat as both a defensive back and running back. His tenacious attitude made coaches place him on defense during his redshirt season, and earned him playing time in every game as a reserve in 2009 (30 tackles, 1.5 for loss, two interceptions). Thomas started 11 of 12 games played the following year, making 64 tackles, 3.5 for loss, forcing two fumbles, intercepting three throws and breaking up nine others.

Thomas returned from injury as good as new, leading the nation in interceptions with eight on the season, returning three for touchdowns. The senior also notched 84 total tackles, with 12 of them occurring behind the line of scrimmage, including four sacks. Add on another five pass breakups and four forced fumbles, and Thomas was a box score stuffer.
ANALYSIS
STRENGTHS Athletic, physical defender. Strong tackler with good length and the attitude to throw down ballcarrier. Breaks down well when approaching ballcarriers in space, has quick feet and agility to make the stop. Quick enough to stay with tight ends and some receivers in coverage, can undercut to knock away or pick off late throws. Nice ball skills to extend away from his frame to make the moderate-to-difficult interception. Sticks his nose in against the run when making that read, fills a hole, flows through traffic to find the ball, or adds himself into piles with reckless abandon. Comes downhill from two-deep look with speed. Adept blitzer off the edge, makes ballcarrier pay in thebackfield if not accounted for.
WEAKNESSES Missed 2011 season due to a leg injury. Not corner-like in his change of direction ability in man coverage against quicker receivers, though more than adequate for an NFL safety. Can get nosy on play action, getting sucked up or failing to drop deep enough when starting around the line. Loses battles against better receiver blocks in the run game. Needs to prove he has the strength to stop pro ballcarriers in their tracks and be an intimidator in the back half when receivers come over the middle.
NFL COMPARISON Reggie Nelson
BOTTOM LINE A gruesome left leg injury forced Thomas to question his potential NFL future, but the senior was everywhere in 2012 and looked as good as new. He gets a bit tentative when closing on ball carriers, choosing not to meet them at the line of scrimmage unless lined up in the box, but Thomas thrives at going up and getting it in coverage. Reggie Nelson was mainly a center fielding safety while at Florida and during the early parts of his career, but transformed his game with solid coaching. Thomas may be able to do the same.
 
I hate all of these compensatory picks. Teams get rewarded for not being able to manage their cap and letting guys sign elsewhere. If you're going to give these picks, put them ALL at the end of the 7th round. :furious:
 
Friends,

The pain train is loading up. Amerson, Reed, Thomas. Who's the next fortunate son?
 
Jimbo said:
I hate all of these compensatory picks. Teams get rewarded for not being able to manage their cap a letting guys sign elsewhere. If you're going to give these picks, put them ALL at the end of the 7th round. :furious:
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True that. As a side note, anybody else watching NFLN's coverage? Les Miles is as vacuous and superficial of a "leader" I have ever seen. He's just dumb.
 
Aboushi gone too, but I had eliminated him from the mocks later on - surprised he went this high.
 
Dead Money said:
Don't we really need a free safety type? We are dead at FS and Have Merriweather and doughty at SS (not that either are dependable full time) Who do we have at FS? Gomes (meh) He played both but seemed to play SS better.... Berstine? I don't know anything about him because he was hurt so fast. Moving Amerson to FS just seems more and more likely with our current personnel.
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From what I've read he can do a bit of both. Even if he's more of a SS he can provide depth behind Merriweather at a lower cap hit than Doughty.

Halfway there!
 
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