Interesting. 2 good young tackles, Garrett Wilson, Breece Hall, even a fun young TE in Mason Taylor. Geno Smith could rebound pretty quickly if the offensive plan is decent.
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Interesting. 2 good young tackles, Garrett Wilson, Breece Hall, even a fun young TE in Mason Taylor. Geno Smith could rebound pretty quickly if the offensive plan is decent.
A “Why not?” shot: SEA should toss a Day 3 pick at PIT for Kaleb Johnson. Last year’s 3rd-rounder doesn’t fit what PIT’s new staff wants in the run game (Dowdle does), AND Johnson could be a star in the wide-zone, Shanahan run game new SEA OC Brian Fleury brings from SF. 🔄
We legally tampered a little bit harder than the NFL teams, and snuck the new Bluechip Committee in under the wire before free agency *officially* kicks off. In this episode: drafting for need or BPA - plus our faves from the Combine: youtu.be/EgUQAN4HMH8?...
New Bluechip Committee podcast dropping tomorrow (on the Bootleg Football channel). This time we're diving into the age-old debate: how to attack BPA vs. Need. Plus: favorite performances from the Combine and answering fan questions. 2 hours of top-shelf draft content incoming!
Well-deserved for a player who flew under a lot of fans’s radars, but was deeply important to what the Hawks did on defense. Really happy for Drake: gets to keep playing in a system that’s great for him.
Does an increase in heavy TE packages mean an increase in TE draft value?
@kylecrabbs.bsky.social has some names to watch on the
▶️SumerSports Show w/ @lindsayrhodes.bsky.social @bruchhaus.bsky.social
🔗: youtu.be/081AJvJBmpM?...
Before a player is an NFL draft pick, he is the subject of a scouting report.
These, and the scouts that build and evolve them, are the DNA of a roster.
I spent the combine talking to scouts about how they write the reports that shape their teams - and the draft: www.nytimes.com/athletic/706...
Rams were looking for a proven performer in the secondary and the Chiefs needed cap flexibility AND more picks to try and climb the mountain again. Good work for both squads. Note: McDuffie behind the Rams DL should be a nasty gauntlet for opposing offenses to try and squeeze through.
NEW: The upcoming free agent/franchise tag player drop has begun on #ReceptionPerception 🔥
Subscribers can now find RP charts, data and my evaluations of the following 5 players with expiring contracts on the site:
Alec Pierce
George Pickens
Romeo Doubs
Rashid Shaheed
Mike Evans
NFL Combine: done and done. Thanks again for the amazing hospitality, Indy. See you next year.
Mike Washington Jr. (RB, Arkansas) ripping off a 4.33 40-yd. at 223 pounds. Just flying. 🪽
Genesis Smith:
Genesis Smith (S, Arizona)… going up (42.5” to be exact):
here is an essay about Moneyball
this is the most important thing i’ve ever written
goodmovie.substack.com/p/moneyball
Back for another go ‘round.
At least 1-2 “Have a nice flight.” -> “You too!” 🥴 moments everyday in Indy.
New on @SBnation: Based on tape, metrics, and number of high-speed plays, here are six offensive prospects I think could blow up the combine. Cole Payton, Brenen Thompson, and Kadyn Proctor (!) are among the dudes. www.sbnation.com/nfl/1104054/...
I know Keionte Scott (CB, Miami) ended his college career as a Hurricane, and that's cool and all...
...but he started off his college football journey as a Snow Badger (Snow Community College in UT), and I'll tell you what: this is some elite mascot work right here.
Another notable line from my early report on Joly (say: Joh-lee): "Feels like a very high percentage of his receptions end up with him looking like a wildebeest getting dragged down by like 5 lions."
Mess with the beast, get the horns.
Justin Joly (TE, NC State) isn't the tallest guy, but... OK, sure man - whatever. Wow. 🖐️
Tanner Koziol (TE, Houston) has a 74.1% contetsted catch percentage. I know it's common to joke about players who "turn 50/50 balls into 80/20 balls"... but that's not reality. A very good contested catch rate is 50-60%. 74% is outstanding. Koziol has a big frame, strong hands, & walls off defenders
Update: Pass rushing beast Nadame Tucker (EDGE, Western Michigan) was *checks notes* ...also playing for Independence CC in 2020. So their DL featured Tucker & Jeffrey M'ba (DT, SMU). 👀
Sonny Styles (LB, Ohio State) missed tackle percentage was... 2.2%. That's ridiculously low. Other top linebacker prospects in this draft class are around 5x higher than that (10-12%) - which is still solid!
The latest ALL NFL Draft Podcast went out this am!
Was joined by Sam Bruchhaus from @sumersports.bsky.social to talk through the #NFLCombine Drills that matter most at each position
Between the athletic testing & field work we covered a ton of ground! #NFLDraft
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Imagine you're a community college offensive lineman in 2021 and you roll up to take on Independence CC (Kansas)... only to realize you're going to be lined up against all 6'6"/300+ pounds of Jeffery M'ba (DT, SMU). 👀
Gonna be LIVE on CBS Sports Network talking through some of my favorite prospects in this year’s draft class ahead of the combine!
With the NFL combine set to begin next weekend, I ranked the position groups from strongest to weakest and mentioned prospects that would make sense for the #Eagles from the groups they needed to look at closely: OL, DB, EDGE, Safety, WR, and more:
www.inquirer.com/eagles/ranki...
There were 15(!) players on SEA's SB 53-man roster who entered the league as UDFAs. * Not all entered with the Seahawks *, but most of them did. Incredibly impressive work by Schneider & his personnel group:
Clarification: I blew it. After a long day, I got my wires crossed. I mixed the SB 53 & offseason roster (which includes reserve futures contracts).
So (facts):
- There weren't 7 UDFAs from a single class on the SB 53
- However, the real total might be MORE impressive (cont'd.):
My love for finding value in the UDFA process is well-chronicled, but if there is anyone who cares MORE about it than I do, it's John Schneider.
Wild fact: SEVEN players on the 53-man Super Bowl roster were UDFAs... from a SINGLE draft cycle (2025)!! Unreal value.
