2014 Draft Game Day 3: Binkie Watch

dbn

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The "All New Spicy Chicken Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos" is about 7 words longer than I'd ever order anything at Taco Bell. Maybe 9.
 
Edit: do like the McCutchen ESPN pirating ad.
 

Eric Ampersand

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ElcaballitoMVP said:
At this point in the draft, I really wouldn't pay attention to where NFL.com or Mel Kiper has a guy rated, esp. for guys on the offensive and defensive lines where there is so much more to evaluating a player than just his film and measurements (can he convert to another position, does he fit our scheme, is he a better player in our scheme than he was in college, etc). If the Pats like Stork, they shouldn't wait another 100 picks to take him just because NFL.com says so. I'm willing to trust that the team knows how to evaluate these guys a little better than the draft "experts" and have a better idea of where they should be ranked.  
 
The Pats, especially, are really good at knowing what the other teams are thinking and where they have guys rated (Easley and JG both good examples of this).
 
I agree. Guys ranked as 7-FA are getting picked throughout this 4th round. It isn't just the Pats taking Stork. The whole league is reaching compared to the media rankings.
 
Edit: In other words the media rankings are bullshit.
 

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The media's issue is that it projects a level of certainty in its rankings past the first 50 picks or so that is not warranted.  Admitting this would be fairly counterproductive, though, because it would undermine the conceit that we should be looking to them for the duration of this thing.  
 

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Eric Ampersand said:
 
I agree. Guys ranked as 7-FA are getting picked throughout this 4th round. It isn't just the Pats taking Stork. The whole league is reaching compared to the media rankings.
 
Edit: In other words the media rankings are bullshit.
People also vastly overrate the difference between these guys from an athletic standpoint. From the 3rd round to UDFA there's basically no difference in athletic ability based on Combine numbers.
 

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Schiano hasn't been at Rutgers for a couple of years.
 

radsoxfan

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Saw Logan Thomas play 3 games this year on TV, and he was the worst player on the field each time.  You can develop quarterbacks, but they can't be absolutely atrocious to begin with. 
 

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radsoxfan said:
Saw Logan Thomas play 3 games this year on TV, and he was the worst player on the field each time.  You can develop quarterbacks, but they can't be absolutely atrocious to begin with. 
 
Came into CFB as the number one ranked TE. I wanted him for that.
 
 
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Was just told by an inside source that if Thomas fails at QB he will be moved to TE. Thomas is good with the plan
 
 
 
So he's a future TE
 

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radsoxfan

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phragle said:
 
Came into CFB as the number one ranked TE. I wanted him for that.
 
 
Greg Gabriel ‏@greggabe  48s
Was just told by an inside source that if Thomas fails at QB he will be moved to TE. Thomas is good with the plan
 
 
 
So he's a future TE
 
That could work.  I have a feeling that will be the plan sooner rather than later.  He is an awful QB.
 

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bowiac said:
Rutgers jokes aside, would people be happy with Coleman?
 
He plays a lot smaller than he is.
 
radsoxfan said:
 
That could work.  I have a feeling that will be the plan sooner rather than later.  He is an awful QB.
 
Yeah but a cheap backup QB that never plays is extremely valuable. Ask SoSH, they'll tell you.
 

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I think next year I'm planning a cruise or something the week of the draft. I want to be somewhere away from civilization, and just read the list of draftees when I get an internet signal again. Much better for my sanity.