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By: sirblitzalot

sirblitzalot — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 23:20:12 +0000

Actually L. Murphy is probably not a good example. He is more like Charlie Brown. The more important the catches the less likely he is to make it. There is probably too much neuronal firing in his head..”Oh, I better not drop this, I better not trip over a blade of grass…I better look down to make sure…Opps! I dropped it!). Then he falls down and fakes an injury. But you get the point?

By: sirblitzalot

sirblitzalot — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 23:16:19 +0000

Bo,

RE: post 201 (LMAO. And the fumbles were from Turf Fingers?)

That is totally probable. Have you ever “lost the handle” due to injury, while playing football? (Have you ever played football?) Your brain actually reduces neuronal firing to the bundle of nerves (brachial plexus) that innervate the feet, due to increased firing of the nerves that innervate the injured tissue, including the great toe (s). That is why when a player fumbles the ball (unforced) he usually is injured immediately prior to losing the ball (See Louis Murphy). Playing without injuries means less fumbles. Hence, DMAC held onto the ball very well this year!

By: DKnight007

DKnight007 — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:05:29 +0000

230.M Lonetree Says:
December 31st, 2010 at 10:03 am
Terrapin,

don’t think a quality DE drops to the second round? Houston comes to mind.

^^^^^^^^
Yeah, there are always depth at the DE position in the draft that can be found from Rounds 2-4.

Just depends if you draft the right one. The Raiders have hit the last couple of years with Scott, Shauny and Houston, but they missed bad on Moses a few years ago in the 3rd Round.

By: Sir Dennis Eeatin-Hog

Sir Dennis Eeatin-Hog — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:28:45 +0000

Mallett will go in the top 12-15, maybe top 10, unless something happens between now and then and his stock plummets. McShay is a tool who looks to be different than Kiper whwnever possible, and both Kiper (based on his scouting) and Mortenson (based on his scouting sources) declare Mallett to go inside the Top 10.

Of course, I’m not saying any of the so-called gurus or insiders are the end-all-be-all, because they get their fair amount of stuff wrong.

I live in Arkansas, Mallett grew up here, and I’ve followed his career from HS. He has a rocket arm and he has a reputation of being very intelligent when it comes to understanding complicated offensive playbooks and film study of defenses. However, that intelligence does not consistently translate into game-day execution. Sometimes, it’s like he woke up on Saturday dumb all of a sudden. Mallett’s completion percentage improved this season over last, but I’m not sure Mallett is as consistent as the Petrino offense was at forcing him into high-percentage checkdowns. They really stressed over the offseason for him to dump it to the backs and TEs crossing underneath and NOT force as much into double and triple coverage.

The guy has at least 5-6 plays every Saturday that I’ve heard analysts say there are only 3-4 QBs in the NFL who can make those throws on Sundays.

My biggest concern is Mallett holding up under pressure, because he is not mobile at all moving in, out, or around the pocket. The speed of NFL lineman, LBs, and DBs will be a world of difference even than the SEC athletes, because all 11 players are the best of the best making fewer mistakes and willing to take his head off.

Luck, to me, is going to be a superstar barring injury. You don’t have the big-rep guys like last year’s draft with Bradford, McCoy, and Tebow, but you’ve got a few guys who can end up being stars in the league.

By: YoungAmerican

YoungAmerican — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:22:56 +0000

Trevor Scott and Groves are good enough depth guys, Wimbley isn’t terrible but isn’t a force, and while it would be nice for Goethel to turn into a starting-caliber player, it would be silly to depend on a 7th round pick becoming that in his second season.

The Raiders use their LBs in coverage more than any other team. Greg Jones is a solid tackler who can cover as well. Well-rounded player, and would help the Raider defense improve at a lot of the things they already like to do.

By: GoodOle00

GoodOle00 — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:18:44 +0000

Got a feeling we are going to punish KC. They think they’re going into the play offs intact. We’ll see about that…

By: GoodOle00

GoodOle00 — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:17:12 +0000

We need LBs. Not sure about Goethel but wouldn’t stand pat with him next year. The Trevor Scott experiment looks to be going the way of Tyler Brayton and 1st round drat picks Kam Wimbley and Q Groves don’t look like they are ever going to be dominant or cover well enough.

By: M Lonetree

M Lonetree — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:06:21 +0000

On the other hand, the Raiders or even the Edmonton Esquimeauxs can probably get Vernon Gholston from Rex for some nail polish and a can of Tinactin.

turn that work-out warrior loose!

By: M Lonetree

M Lonetree — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:03:25 +0000

Terrapin,

don’t think a quality DE drops to the second round? Houston comes to mind.