Senior Bowl Game Thread

[Super Nomario]

We can talk about a game like three people are watching!

 

[mascho]

Four. I'm guessing you, me, SMU and phragle.

 

[Super Nomario]

Four. I'm guessing you, me, SMU and phragle.

It's like a Bash, but from our moms' basements!

 

[Dogman]

I'm in Phragle's mom's basement. 

 

[mascho]

There's part of the concern with Boyd, his height.  First pass knocked down at the line.  

 

[Super Nomario]

That was not a good throw.

 

[mascho]

Yeah, can't float that route into a Cover Two.  

 

[mascho]

Two binkies in the game, Bitonio (SN) and Taliaferro (me).  

 

[Super Nomario]

Two binkies in the game, Bitonio (SN) and Taliaferro (me).  

Is Bitonio playing LT? My TV sucks.

 

[mascho]

Is Bitonio playing LT? My TV sucks.

 
Yep.  Looked good too.

 

[Super Nomario]

So who are players of interest for the Pats?
 
North on O:
33 Charles Sims, RB, WVU
87 C.J. Fiedorowicz, TE, Iowa
72 Zach Martin, LT, Notre Dame
South on D:
90 Will Sutton, DT, ASU
30 Dee Ford, DE, Auburn
3 Kyle Van Noy, OLB, BYU
18 Lavelle Westbrooks, CB, GA Southern
 
South on O:
21 Lorenzo Taliaferro, RB, Coastal Carolina
71 Joel Bitonio, OL, Nevada
64 Travis Swanson, C, Arkansas
North on D:
97 Aaron Donald, DT, Pitt
99 Ra'Shede Hageman, DT, Minnesota
91 DaQuan Jones, DT, PSU
93 Trent Murphy, DE, Stanford
55 Michael Sam, DE, Mizzou
16 Stanley Jean-Baptiste, CB, Nebraska
 
I'm definitely missing people.

 

[Shelterdog]

So who are players of interest for the Pats?
 
North on O:
Charles Sims, RB, WVU
C.J. Fiedorowicz, TE, Iowa
Zach Martin, LT, Notre Dame
South on D:
Will Sutton, DT, ASU
Dee Ford, DE, Auburn
Kyle Van Noy, OLB, BYU
 
South on O:
Lorenzo Taliaferro, RB, Coastal Carolina
Joel Bitonio, OL, Nevada
Travis Swanson, C, Arkansas
North on D:
Aaron Donald, DT, Pitt
Ra'Shede Hageman, DT, Minnesota
DaQuan Jones, DT, PSU
Michael Sam, DE, Mizzou
Stanley Jean-Baptiste, CB, Nebraska
 
I'm definitely missing people.


My binkie Trent Murphy!

 

[SMU_Sox]

Fuck you time warner cable for having a two day outage. I'm heading to a bar now. Fuck.

 

[Super Nomario]

My binkie Trent Murphy!

Thanks, added him.

 

[Super Nomario]

Fuck you time warner cable for having a two day outage. I'm heading to a bar now. Fuck.

How far are you from Phragle's mom's basement?

 

[Dogman]

How far are you from Phragle's mom's basement?

 
Nobody is ever far from that little slice of heaven.

 

[EvilEmpire]

I would be very happy if the Jets drafted Carr.

 

[mascho]

Westbrooks might be another corner to keep an eye on. #18 for the South. Made the tackle on that quick screen.

 

[Dogman]

Ford with a nice play.

 

[mascho]

Ford is having himself a week.

 

[SMU_Sox]

Dee Ford is going to be Ansah 2.0

 

[Dogman]

Ford is having himself a week.

 
Looks like it, yeah.  One arm sack while holding off the tackle. 

 

[mascho]

Stanley Jean-Baptiste. 16 on North. Great break and tackle there.

 

[SMU_Sox]

Wow... Sutton.

 

[mascho]

Dee Ford's world.

 

[SMU_Sox]

Would Dee Ford fit into our system? He'd make such a great edge rusher. Not that he'd fall to us...

 

[SMU_Sox]

I'd draft her. Holy shit.

 

[mascho]

Stephen Morris is playing himself into the first round of the CFL Draft.

 

[SMU_Sox]

Dee Ford just batted the remote out of my hands. He's fucking everywhere.

 

[mascho]

I went to the fridge to grab a soda.  Ford strip-sacked it out of my hands.  
 
Seriously, he's gonna be a top 10 pick at this rate.  

 

[SMU_Sox]

This is a painful interview... and a terrible analogy. Jesus Christ - just admit you want brand exposure.

 

[Super Nomario]

Bitonio got beat on that one.

 

[SMU_Sox]

This may come back to haunt me but I don't think Boyd succeeds as a QB in the NFL.

 

[Super Nomario]

Chris Boswell representing!
 
He's an option if the Pats want to bring in a kicker to compete with Gostkowski in the 7th or something. Big leg, 13 50+-yard FGs in his career. Not much cold-weather kicking experience though.

 

[Super Nomario]

The QB play in this game has not been impressive.

 

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

I'd draft her. Holy shit.

who?

 

[SeoulSoxFan]

How's my binky Fiedorowicz doing? Can't catch a stream over here in Korea.

 

[SMU_Sox]

How's my binky Fiedorowicz doing? Can't catch a stream over here in Korea.


I only saw the first half of the game but he had great success in blocking at least from what I recall. I didn't recall him catching anything. He rarely got free in time after his chip or block. That might not be bad though if his main assignment was to block.

 

[Super Nomario]

I only saw the first half of the game but he had great success in blocking at least from what I recall. I didn't recall him catching anything. He rarely got free in time after his chip or block. That might not be bad though if his main assignment was to block.

Yeah, I don't think they used him in the passing game at all, which is too bad.
 
Dee Ford had a great performance, but he did a lot of his damage against the RTs (particularly Seantrel Henderson, who struggled a lot). Would have been interesting to see how he did against Zach Martin.

 

[Super Nomario]

PFF with senior bowl grades:
https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2014/01/27/refo-north-vs-south-2014-senior-bowl/2/
 
Some notes:
LT Zach Martin with a +2.8 (his +2.0 run blocking grade was tops for the game)
+6.8 for DT Aaron Donald led everybody.
Dee Ford had the top pass-rushing grade for the south with +3.6 but run D (-1.6) and penalties (-1.8) dragged him down. Chalk this up as "PFF being PFF."
QB Tajh Boyd (-3.4) the worst-graded player on either squad.
Unimpressive grades for many of our binkies: -2.1 for Fiedorowicz, -0.9 for Bitonio, +0.3 for Taliaferro. Trent Murphy had a +1.9 (but just -0.1 in pass rushing).

 

[SMU_Sox]

The more I see and read about Trent Murphy the less impressed I am. If it is true that most of his sacks and pressure were on slow developing plays then I wouldn't want to pay a premium to draft that.

 

[Shelterdog]

The more I see and read about Trent Murphy the less impressed I am. If it is true that most of his sacks and pressure were on slow developing plays then I wouldn't want to pay a premium to draft that.

 
I've watched him for two years and he got pressure fast a lot.  That said he's not a JPP-type ultra elite athlete.  I suspect he slides a bit and ends up being a pretty solid contributor--maybe like an older Calvin Pace.