Posts Tagged ‘ 2010 NFL Draft ’

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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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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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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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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Some of you may have the misconception that I think I’m a scout because I write profiles, or player evaluations. Just to set the record straight, I do not consider myself a scout. A scout does far more work on an NFL draft-eligible player for the draft than I do. I don’t interview players...
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Now that the juniors have declared, I’ve been bombarded by readers about naming my top ten players in the draft.  Because I still have more players to profile, I have decided that I am not yet set on a top ten; however, I think I’m set on a top five.  I set my board...
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  TALENT BOARD  Round 1 STRENGTHS Sam is a very accurate passer with a strong arm.  He has good size and strength and looks to have solid leadership skills on a team that has not had to deal with very much adversity.  Sam works from a spread offense and has had the luxury of playing with a...
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Every year we go through this with the draft.  A new wannabe draftnik starts a site and starts spewing all this “inside” information that he receives from the scouts.   This, of course, is what is used to attract readers to that site to get “inside” information and, as usual, this site and person is...
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The uproar over the Jimmy Clausen Profile…  I love those message boards.  Most of the time, members send me ones that they think I will be interested in reading.  The truth is, I’m flattered that anyone talks about me at all on those boards.  It’s an honor; it’s like when someone asks me for my...
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