2018 NFL Draft

Patriots pick LSU quarterback Danny Etling in the seventh round. No concerns about arm strength there, I'm convinced he doesn't have any.

 

Saint or Street?

 

J.T. Barrett goes as UDFA to the Colts. And then there's the curious case of the Eagles' 7th-round pick, whose next football game will be his first football game.

233. Eagles (from Cardinals via Chiefs and Patriots) — Jordan Mailata, OT, South Sydnet Rabbitohs (rugby).

Came to America in January to try football. OL, and he's 6-8, 345.

 

The highlights of that guy are like watching a grown man play in a pee wee football game. They’re nuts.

 

The first one I went to, things broke up for individual talks with assistants. The WR coach was talking mnemonics to get a receiver to take the appropriate number of steps to go into his break on the correct foot, so his feet weren't shuffling and he got an extra step or two. Later a coach talked about the way linebackers hopped to make sure their cleats weren't too deep in the ground and they could get off faster. Even later, they talked about getting feet most securely on the ground so each step had the most force moving someone. Another time, a coach explained how he described press coverage, which was not what I thought of it has (he said it was one good shove, as compared to what Michigan State CBs do, forcefully taking away inside routes).

Football it much more about technique than tactic. A tactical victory is really esoteric. You need a good eye for it. And it's about winning 1-on-1 battles or creating numbers advantages and not screwing them up.

(One super instructional thing on the basketball side was watching a pre-foreign trip practice when a coach was just installing defense. He taught player how to properly get around a screen, dipping a shoulder towards a screener's hip, and why a defender yells "BALL BALL BALL" when his man has it. I've seen these things countless times and never really asked why)

 

Thanks again. That's exactly what I wanted, and it's dead-on.

 

Yeah that was an odd one watching the pick happen live, but their OL coach worked him out and raved about him and it’s the seventh round. And while most will list all the great players who were seventh-round picks, the Eagles obviously liked this kid enough to take him and give up a pick next year to do so. And they didn’t want to compete with 31 others on the UDFA market.

 

That’s a luxury pick for a defending champion.

 

Yeah, as gambles go, I think it's a good one that didn't cost too much.

 

Chargers superfan gives about out to San Diego..
Chargers Fan Refuses To Say Los Angeles, Gives Shout-Out To San Diego Before Announcing Draft Pick

 

Aside from taking Rudolph, the Steelers fucked this draft up six ways to Sunday.

FYI: In the last 40 years, Steelers are 5-for-5 on QBs drafted in the 1st threes rounds becoming starters. Malone, Brister, O'Donnell, Stewart, Roethlisberger