Avoid "Red Flags" in the First Round of the Draft.

To be fair, that is very hard to find. Look at the top guys in this years draft. They all have concerns.

 

Yeah and by the logic of avoiding red flags we should not have drafted Vontae Davis

 

I think those red flags of Vontae Davis were fabricated more than actually true. Thinking back on it, there was really no character concerns of Davis. He had that one thing with Zook when he got thrown out of practice but that was it. I fell for the BS pretty bad, gotta admit.

The things that Razzano lists seem to be directly off scouting reports. Legitimate information.

 

I know what you're saying but its not always that easy. What if you were in their shoes on draft day.

 

Can we get a link to the rest of the article?

 

This just seems like poor taste. You can't call someone a draft bust because they passed away.

 

I don't think he is wrong. Gaines, when he was alive, did not live up to the billing.

 

That is true. But no one on that Tampa defense during those years was very good. I was interested to see what he could have done in Chicago with guys like Tommie Harris and Mark Anderson on the line with him.

 

I am with you but there are a lot of times where teams will override their draft board. I think they just wrote an article on NFP about that. It happens because you can't control what happens in front of you. Like I said, I agree with you, I share your thoughts but its not that easy sometimes.

 

Let's be honest...that guy hasnt even recorded a tackle in 2 years!


..Im leaving now.

 

They had some talent but he, alone, did not do his job. I know he got a lot of crap from Raheem Morris for his lack of work ethic and never expanding his pass rush repertoire. As for Anderson and Harris, I don't think they would have helped much. One reason is because this was Gaines Adams problem. Another reason is because Harris is not what he once was and wasn't what he once was at that time while Mark Anderson was let-go and was basically non-existent in Adams' brief time there.

 

I could be wrong, but I swear Alen's profile has said he's 19 for like 4 years

 

This is why the smartest pick in the first for Miami is Gabe Carimi or Mike Pouncey.

I think Carimi is the better prospect because he offers versatility as a tackle.

Many of the other popular picks in the forum have these so-called red flags:

Mark Ingram (knee), Ryan Mallett (character), Ponder (injury prone), Dalton (unaccustomed to a pro style offense)

I think you start to overlook these things late in the first and I wouldn't pay much attention to them at all in later rounds. You are looking for starters with lottery type odds by then, you go for the highest upside.

 

I wouldnt take Mallett because of our fanbase. Its way too harsh on players and coaches. If you draft him and he didnt pan out the fanbase would call for Ireland and Sparano's head. It's better to go with a safe pick like Pouncey. Our fanbase isnt conducive to drafting players like Mallett who will be probably need some time to develop. If Mallett were to play poorly in preseason, our fanbase would call him a bust and if he played well they would be calling for Henne to be benched after one bad game and you would screw up your other QB.

I dont mind Malllett as a pick. I think its 50/50 whether he ends up as the next Flacco or the next Leaf. If you have a fanbase that could deal with a bust I think he would be a worthwhile pick. We dont have that type of fanbase

 

I posted this on the Kirwin thread about Mallett, its an interview from pary way through the year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFZpICtCE_w&NR=1
After hearing this (he seems to NATURALLY be hunble yet confident with all the answers) and hearing CK on his interview I have come full circle on the QB situation. No doubt he has all the physical tools, but it seems he has the attitude correct to. Not to mention a red flag on a #13. Anyone know how Mallett scored on the Wonderlic Test?

 

Same as the amount of gingers I'd surmise.

 

You're wrong because that doesn't even make sense.

 

Can't say I take the article's author too seriously when his mock draft has the Dolphins picking a DE.

 

My son is very mature for his age.

 

my main gripes with him are his feet and his consistency. I have seen him get into zones where he is damn accurate but then he loses it for a period of time for no reason. I'm not as worried about his personality. Flacco isnt the best comparison but out of the recent prospects he seems the closest to me. If I was going further back maybe Bledsoe

 

This ain't England. This is America. We say mom, not mum. I imagine you hillbillies prefer the word 'ma' though.

 

Alen is an impressive young man.
I've told him before I'd be proud if he was my son, had a son like him, words to that effect.

The mulatto comment went over my head. I look about as black as my avatar Col Kurtz One young woman in Thailand saw that pic when she was looking over my shoulder once as I was on the forum. She thought it was me in the pic. I thought, what a nice compliment for Marlon Brando, if he were alive to hear it.

 

I've never really associated to any great extent with fan bases from other teams, but I really doubt if Dolphins fans are worse than most others. No fanbase likes a bust, and some fans are going to voice their complaints, no matter what team.

 

I read somewhere that at the combine when they timed the QB's releases, his was 2nd fastest to I think TJ Yates. CKap had one of the slowest, if not the slowest. So that argument doesn't hold water.

 

He is actually 6'6 and 3/4s. Less than one inch difference between he and Flacco. That argument is moot too.

 

I don't have an issue with Mallett's height. I don't have an issue with his delivery either. What I do have an issue with him is his lack of mobility, his issues with pressures and his long stride. Some won't agree with me but that's the issues that I see with him. He reminds me of Flacco to an extent, except I feel that Flacco is a bit clumsier; he lacks coordination it seems like. Mallett's also got some Drew Bledsoe in him, who I was not a fan of. The main reasons I didn't like Bledsoe was that he was a statue and he went for the deep ball too much, which he paid for.