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Beats the hell out of everyone spending all offseason bitching about how terrible the team is going to be and how cheap the owner isYes, if he sucks they'll be plenty of time to ***** about it later.
For now many of us are going to enjoy the short time during the football cycle where optimism reigns supreme
Pro bowlers and future stars everywhere
Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I think about this time last year people were talking about some guy named Will Anderson? Again correct me if I'm wrong but didn't he go to the pro bowl?Yes, if he sucks they'll be plenty of time to ***** about it later.
For now many of us are going to enjoy the short time during the football cycle where optimism reigns supreme
Pro bowlers and future stars everywhere
Expecting the exact opposite of a McClain prediction improves your viewing experience.
Just proves the old saying incompetence is the new normal.
Something I think that helped McClain was in his era there was nothing much to compete with as a reporter. Today, there are many ways to research and get information to the fans of teams. He was right place at right time.
Who cares about pro bowls besides agents. That being an honor is largely a thing of the past. WAJ DID, however, win DROY.
Heās in the right place now to become a Golden Corral influencer.
I understand your sentiment, however, several people still use Pro Bowl as a marker of success. If it was not, I don't think teams would be adding it as a contract incentive.
Definitely. As I said teams still include it for incentive bonus so it has value.
That and he lived for yrs off of his friendships with Buschbaum/Brocato. When they died he became more of a movie critic than a sportswriter. One things for sure, Pancakes loves him some Pancakes.
He wonāt win the DROY this season or any other future season but Iāll bet heād be the first to say he wants to go to the Pro Bowl every season every year.
Yup. Itās extra money too. They get paid $44k if they are on the losing teamā¦ $88k if they win. Thatās -still- real money. Aināt nobody turning that down every year.
I've disregarded the pro bowl since fan votes started counting. I'm much more impressed with a player being named an All-Pro.
Or it's a sign that you're a well known name.
So basically just like he was in college.
I'm pretty excited, too. But shouldn't we at least see Lassiter in a game before making assumptions?
For sure, but great in college and great in practice is usually a good sign.
Excited to see how Lassiter fits. It sounds like DeMeco is giving him every opportunity to start his career on the outside. I like that, let him āproveā he canāt be your starting outside CB2 before pigeon-holing him as nickel only.
I really like this as well and think it should always be the method. A guy should always show you he can't do something before you simply put him somewhere else especially if he succeeded there in college. College and NFL can be very different but body types and combine numbers also shouldn't dictate how you operate. I feel like Tennessee somewhat failed at that when they didn't let Peter Skoronski try and win the LT job and instead smooshed him into LG because of his shorter arms. Rashawn Slater is one of the top LTs in the game with similar length arms, so it's clearly doable and Skoronski was great at it in college. That said Tennessee being somewhat foolish only benefits us.
There's a few positions where 40 times are relevant simply because sprinting speed is
I do not think people massively overrate 40 times, but rather just don't evaluate certain players correctly. Speed is always important but some players can make up for slower speeds several ways.
I think the issue is that 40 times are now trained for heavily and what it improves is your 40 time but not your actual sprinting ability on the field. There's a reason people say "football fast" because your 40 time doesn't necessarily relate to your actual sprinting ability. People aren't running like they do when they run a forty and they're very rarely running 40 yards in a straight line. 20 yard shuttle is often a better indicator because for one thing the game is often played in 20 yard increments (or less) but it's not the thing people like to quote.
People definitely overrate 40 times.
It's a waste of time and really kind of silly to time 340 lb offensive lineman over 40 yards just
The 40 is important, but I guy like Kwami can get away with running a 4.6 because he's a smart player and his really long arms for the position helps him make up for the step slower than guys who run in the 4.4's. I'm really looking forward to seeing how he does outside, I thought for sure that he would be the nickle.
Remember that WR named Jerry Rice? He ran a slow 40 at his combine. He turned out to be a pretty OK WR.
You should not make decisions based on an outlier like Jerry Rice or Tom
Actually I wonder if whatever 40 times they had at the time on Rice were reliable, accurate ?
So Steel your theory is that in some cases, like perhaps with CBs, long arm length can offset the
Maybe they aren't as much outliers as they are bad at taking tests...
Oh, they're outliers, no doubt about that.Maybe they aren't as much outliers as they are bad at taking tests...
Arm length is a valid detail in evaluating players as is verticals.
What did he play in college? It appeared to me to be a lot of man. I'm far from an expert on coverages though. I suspect Lassiter has far better game speed/instincts than his combine 40 time shows. Preseason games should give us an idea.
The biggest athletic factor is that he led all CBs in shuttle and 3-cone. So while he doesn't have the top-gear (40-time), his ability to switch directions is elite. If you look at the route-tree the only route that takes advantage of pure speed is the go route...assuming the receiver is able to get off the line cleanly. All the other ins/outs/flag/etc. require a CB to change direction with the receiver.
If he's good at the line, where he can mess up timing or redirect receivers he doesn't need top end speed.
I know right?!?! I canāt wait until Thursday! Letās go, Texans!
Sherman was also 6'4
Nah, those over routes require speed too because you're running away from the defender. If your foot speed isn't good, that over routes/dig is going to be a problem.
From what Iāve heard about Bullocks size, range and speed wonāt he be a tonic? Iām no football guru but Kamari wonāt be on an island. There are also two sharks at DE that could hurry an under throw.
