NFL Draft

NFL & Jon Gruden vs. Me

You want a reality show?  I’ll give you a reality show, pitting an experienced former NFL coach (Jon Gruden) against me evaluating players for the draft.  Let’s do it.  Let’s see if experience in coaching has anything to do with evaluating talent for the NFL.  I believe coaching a team and analyzing the talent...
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After The Draft Syndrome (ATDS)

Writing profiles and having different opinions from others about a player’s potential for the draft is nerve wracking.  It’s not easy having opinions about players in the draft that are different from the norm.  Realizing confirmation of those different opinions has given me a disorder that I call “After The Draft Syndrome” or ATDS. ...
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NFL Draft Expert Interview Series: Drew Boylhart likes Brandon Ghee as underrated corner

By Philip Zaroo | MLive.com April 13, 2010, 7:35AM But from the looks of it, there aren’t any cornerbacks worthy of the team’s No. 2 overall pick in the NFL draft. NFL draft analyst Drew Boylhart, of The Huddle Report, thinks Wake Forest’s Brandon Ghee is flying under the radar, yet could give the Lions with a...
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Drew’s Final Top 10 (plus 5) for the 2010 NFL Draft

Before you read this, please do not let your children in the room.  Your anger and shock may make you use language not suitable for children’s ears!  This top ten is based on film work; it is not based on what other sites or people may think.  It is not based on where a...
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Talent vs Intangibles

I have never seen any draft slot in any round guarantee that your team will draft a player who will be successful in the NFL.  To prove my point, below is a list of players from 1999 to 2009 who were the very first pick of their drafts and considered the best players of...
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Post Combine Thoughts

The following is how I would set my first round if I were an NFL GM.  I know my board is different than what you usually see.  We all know that not many teams will have Tim Tebow or Sam Bradford rated very high on their 1st round boards.  Some because they do not...
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HOW THE FIRST ROUND SHAKES OUT

With current information and data, the first round of the upcoming draft has some signs and signals that foretell interesting actions.  Having evaluated these hints, I make these early forecasts. The Rams will stay with selection #1 and take QB Sam Bradford.  Why?  Because the price of the first pick is too rich for teams...
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Pre Combine Thoughts

• There are two franchise players in this draft.  They are Ndamukong Suh DT Nebraska and the cat quick Russell Okung LT Oklahoma State.  Both players have the athletic talent to dominate at their positions.  There are a number of blue chip players who will be outstanding but only two who have it all.  Sam...
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The Pistol Offense

Those of you who follow The Huddle Report .com know by now my obsession with the possibilities of the Pistol Offense being used in the NFL to get younger QB’s on the field as fast as possible.  The spread offense is the new offense for the NFL.  We saw that in the Super Bowl...
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Senior Bowl Surprises ?

Tim Tebow QB Florida – Big surprise!  I never thought for one minute that he would struggle with his mechanics, did I?  Oh, right…I did!  Good grief, is anyone surprised at all?   The truth is that Tim’s real problem is all in his feet.  His release is not the real problem.  He shows a...
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