For me I would only take JW on my nfl team. Prototypical size (pause) speed and you surround him with monsters he will do fine. I wouldn’t touch LT not physical enough for me and KK small and takes too many chances.
The question we should ask ourselves did Taylor play at an NFL 1st round draft choice level this past year a dominate at Russel Maryland or Cortez Kennedy type level .to warrant this projection.
He doesn't practice, that's for sure.
I want to take what you said, put it in a jar, and hand it out for Christmas next year to all the CiS folks who are/were so quick to jump to the defense of the types of players you're talking about.My biggest pet peeve as a coach is players with questionable motor. I literally f*ckin' despise it. I benched a P5 recruit multiple times this season for poor effort.
There's only one way to play the game, full speed every time. If you're actively CHOOSING to let the man in front of you whoop your a$s because YOU don't feel like going hard, you're a selfish man-boy with no pride AND you're a bad teammate. People can't count on you if your effort is inconsistent from play to play. We don't know what we're gonna get from you!
3rd & 2 and we need a stop? We gotta cross our collective fingers and hope that you choose to play?
Funny thing is, it's always the guys who have all the physical gifts.
Guys like LT get a pass because the handful of times when they do go hard, they flash something special. And people want to get more of that. (and they think they can)
There’s a difference between defending the player and laughing at posters who thought he needed to come back to improve his draft grade because he wasn’t going to receive good projections / draft grade. There’s a difference between his on field / off field performance or lack there of and what scouts / nfl personnel project he can be.
What are we talking about here? Did he play like a third overall or first overall type pick…no. Did he have exciting moments mixed in with questionable at best effort and technique…yes. Is a GM, scout, position coach going to think they can turn him into a pro bowler that warrants a mid to late first round pick…absolutely and especially when you consider how hard it is to find athletic DTs and how it’s a weak DT class.
That was not aimed at you. Back in September/October, I asked if LT was a bust thus far (at that point) in his college career. People got hung up on the word bust and in typical internet fashion, decided to make it about me being a horrible person, a football idiot, asexual, ugly, fat, and just a generally awful person. I was amazed how they figured that all out from my take on LT, but they did. Maybe "bust" was a bit too much, but underachiever certainly is not. 5 star recruits, which LT was, are considered future first rounders and at that time I did not see first rounder in his game for the reasons that you and I have pointed out.
"weak DT class" is the only justification I can come up with for why a team would spend a first rounder on him.
I hope they do too. Being a dolphins fan I hope they go elsewhere.
Nope that's just your opinion n you layed it out well. Late first or second round is my take. Him n Kam. JW second to third depending on his combine
