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Casserly on 610am this morning

If Peek were a bit smarter he probably plays sooner. NFL schemes are pretty sophisticated.
 
I am too lazy to quote the comment but dont put down Frank Gore too much. He has learning disabilities and the fact that he could hold his own at Miami is an incredible feat. Watch an interview with him and you understand how great of a young man he really is. The only reason he decided to come out of school early is to take care of his sick mother......a little off topic......

I dont think this test shows anything really, football is football. I guess you can take something into it for the fact that football playbooks are complex but they have been doing it in high school and college for awhile and if it is their entire job just to remember plays I think they can do it.
 
I just read that David Carr had a lower Wonderlic (24) than Travis Johnson (25). So much for bashing TJ over this if true. I'll try to find it later for kicks.
 
Alex Smith is only 20, didnt he already graduate? Fitzpatrick went to Harvard....nothing else needs to be said.
 
I've taken this test once and made a 35 on it, I was very surprised. The main thing is, don't spend too much time on one question, the test is only 12 minutes long. I was taking it for a sales position with Cintas.
 
That is a very good score for a Dlineman. The only problems I have with this pick is that he may not be the best lineman in the draft and we missed on draft an elite LB.
It's funny how before the draft mostly everyone would have said that DJ was a better pick than TJ, but after it it's vice-versa. :hmmm:
 
Capers...Team will be on the practice field Friday and Saturday (twice) and will bring in about 28 new players for the rookie/FA camp.

Capers on Glenn...Met with AG the next morning because they didn't want him to hear from the media first. He said they discussed the trade and the reasoning behind bringing in a young player of Buchanan’s caliber. He said he would accommodate Glenn if he was uncomfortable with the situation. Glenn has talked to other teams already.

Capers talked about Mathis but I missed most of it....The new Center was the State Champion as a wrestler and they feel he has great feet and understands leverage. Lots of coach-speak otherwise. Hes gone now.
 
SESupergenius said:
That is a very good score for a Dlineman. The only problems I have with this pick is that he may not be the best lineman in the draft and we missed on draft an elite LB.
It's funny how before the draft mostly everyone would have said that DJ was a better pick than TJ, but after it it's vice-versa. :hmmm:
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I won't deny that I was among those that thought picking up DJ was a "no brainer". The TJ pick definately surprised me as well as almost everyone else on this board. I thought DJ would be terrific for the Texans, but obviously CC and DC didn't think so. As closely as I follow the Texans, and as much as I'd like to think I'd know who fits and who doesn't with our team it's a given that CC and DC have a much better feel for who fits the team than we do. CC and DC both say that TJ is a better fit for our team, and I really can't argue with that.

BTW there were lots of mocksters who had Browner listed among the top 4 or 5 CBs in the draft early on. I know I felt that Wilkerson might go early in the 2nd Day, and he went undrafted. Things change very quickly, and when it comes to the draft just about everyone ends up being wrong about something.
 
yeah looks like we are gonna lose glenn :( but i think as good and mature as D. Rob got last season maybe he can help improve PB on some of his skills.
 
I am most upset with the 1st two picks we had. All the other I am ok with, especially Mathis (I had us picking him up in our mock draft). The Texans have not been without error the last year and I feel they have missed a couple of picks this year. This by far will be the most interesting year. In no year yet have we had any kind of stabilization on the defense.
 
SESupergenius said:
I am most upset with the 1st two picks we had. All the other I am ok with, especially Mathis (I had us picking him up in our mock draft). The Texans have not been without error the last year and I feel they have missed a couple of picks this year. This by far will be the most interesting year. I no year yet have we had any kind of stabilization on the defense.
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I agree with you about the Mathis pick. He could be one of the bigger steals of the draft when we look back in a few years. I like what I've heard about Hogdgon, but I haven't seen many ASU games. Have to take CC and DC's word for it till we see him on the field.
 
SESupergenius said:
I am most upset with the 1st two picks we had. All the other I am ok with, especially Mathis (I had us picking him up in our mock draft). The Texans have not been without error the last year and I feel they have missed a couple of picks this year. This by far will be the most interesting year. I no year yet have we had any kind of stabilization on the defense.
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well we are making the D younger, which is good for our future, maybe not the present, but it will pay off
 
What is the big deal about having everybody being young? You've got to have solid veterans in there as well. This is going to take us a long while to recover from.
 
F-minus67 said:
Since when does a IQ test determine how good of a player you are?
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It is not so much an IQ test and a test of your ability to think quickly. You only have 12 minutes to answer the fifty questions

The NFL game moves pretty quickly, ya know.
 
SESupergenius said:
What is the big deal about having everybody being young? You've got to have solid veterans in there as well. This is going to take us a long while to recover from.
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im not so sure it will take us a long time to recover from but i do believe there is a right mix of veterans that need to be on the team. glenn and others were great helping dunta. i remember after duntas 2nd INT and the long return in the raiders game glenn was the first to go over to dunta. i think glenn might help PB also. oh well. i just hope glenn will stay. :(
 
i am more upset that Glenn could be traded.. whether it is the Texan or his decision.
I REALLY liked how we match up to,say Buffalo and INDY, with Buchanon,DROB and Glenn... and if Glenn goes, I am not saying we won't match up,but it will hurt. I also liked Glenns leadership, being we are trying to get younger, we need someone to show them the way.
 
you do you guys think some of the undrafted FA will be in camp on friday?
i hope one of them is browner, and with glenn about to leave we need another corner
 
Elite said:
did he mention anything about drafting someone that has been accused of rape. :woot
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Well im glad you find that humourous (Sarcasm, if you're not smart enough to figure that out). TJ was acquitted by and all female jury in less than 30 minutes, that should say enough right there.
 
Elite said:
did he mention anything about drafting someone that has been accused of rape. :woot
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He was acquitted in 30 minutes by the jury. It usually takes longer than that for them to figure out who the foreman(person for the PC crowd). Some of y'all really need to apply the same standards to yourself you apply to players. Ever been ACCUSED of something you didn't do?--doesn't matter, evidently you are still guilty.
 
As far as the wonderlic goes, I know that I wouldn't do very well on it even though I have a pretty high IQ. I am not a fast reader, and tend to re-read each question on a test before I answer it. With only 12 minutes in which to answer 50 questions, I might answer every question correctly, but still only score a 12-15 because I only had time to answer that many. What I'm getting at is that for people like Gore, with learning disabilities, or someone with ADD, or even someone like me that doesn't read very fast, this timed test could give you a false read on the persons intelligence, or thought processes.
 
vtech9 said:
What I'm getting at is that for people like Gore, with learning disabilities, or someone with ADD, or even someone like me that doesn't read very fast, this timed test could give you a false read on the persons intelligence, or thought processes.
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Wouldn't that translate into taking a longer time to learn the playbook and instruction?
 
You have Line Backer 2 prospects. On the field both are statsically equal. Both are the same size, speed, and are character guys.

One scores a 22 on the Wonderlic
The other scores a 13

Given that each can *play* football - As a general manager which one do you pick?

I would gather that something like that would not be that big of a difference from round to round but it does create another degree of seperation. It is just another *way* to judge the guys you are going to draft. Some call it biased and I understand thier reasons for saying those types of things - but this is the NFL and you only have room for the best.
 
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