GTripp0012
02-26-2013, 09:53 AM
Te'o is an excellent football player, but the market for run-first middle linebackers is similar to the market for quarterbacks: every team only needs one, and the success of your MLB is very much a function of the talent around him. The MLB is hardly ever isolated in the scheme, much like the quarterback.
The fact is there were only about 8 or 9 teams that were ever going to be in the market for Te'o, and a fall to the second round was always a possibility. The Patriots got Brandon Spikes with the last pick in the second round, and Spikes essentially was a poor man's Te'o.
I'm still not sure he'll get past the Giants though.
donofriose
02-26-2013, 10:14 AM
Video: Tyrann Mathieu runs under 4.5 in his first combine 40, starts the NFL redemption process | Shutdown Corner - Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/tyrann-mathieu-runs-under-4-5-first-combine-144747502--nfl.html)
- I was wrong about him running a 4.5+, Also he gained muscle and weighed in at 186. He is making all the right moves.
Monkeydad
02-26-2013, 12:30 PM
Landry Jones ran a 5.11 in the 40 with a "unique" running style.
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"Landry Jones. Jones ran an expectedly slow 40-time, clocking in at 5.11 seconds, last among the 13 quarterbacks who competed."
Compared to RGIII (torching Cam Newton and Andrew Luck).
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Monkeydad
02-26-2013, 12:44 PM
More 40-yard fun:
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^ Still ran 4.38
CultBrennan59
02-26-2013, 01:13 PM
I look at all these DBs and see maybe a handful that I wouldn't want. Translation; I love this class of DBs. None of these guys are ''slow'' and need to be moved to safety based on poor speed.
Matt Elam ran a 4.54. Pretty good for an NFL safety. I'm pretty sure he just guaranteed himself to go before we pick.
CultBrennan59
02-26-2013, 01:16 PM
Te'o has had a horrible day doing his drills. 4.81 & 4.80 FORTY. Looked horrible in the agility drills.
I hope the Giants waste their 1st rnd pick on him. Morris will roll him all day.
Well, Te'o does actually have safety speed.
Only problem is that that safety plays on the same team as Te'o (Zeke Motta 4.81)
donofriose
02-26-2013, 01:29 PM
I look at all these DBs and see maybe a handful that I wouldn't want. Translation; I love this class of DBs. None of these guys are ''slow'' and need to be moved to safety based on poor speed.
Matt Elam ran a 4.54. Pretty good for an NFL safety. I'm pretty sure he just guaranteed himself to go before we pick.
As did Desmond Trufant. Especially with Banks running a bad 40. Trufant will get selected before the Skins pick.
Chico23231
02-26-2013, 01:41 PM
Rhodes ran faster than I thought he would. Actually thought Honey Badger would be faster than 4.5
Alvin Walton
02-26-2013, 02:29 PM
Bacarri Rambo
We need to draft this guy so I can buy his jersey.
skinsfan69
02-26-2013, 03:19 PM
Te'o has had a horrible day doing his drills. 4.81 & 4.80 FORTY. Looked horrible in the agility drills.
I hope the Giants waste their 1st rnd pick on him. Morris will roll him all day.
I wouldn't pay too much attention to his combine results. Te'o is a football player with great football instincs. He can play football. If he's sitting there in the 2nd round when we pick, I think he's worth a serious look.