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NFL 2016 Offseason Thread |OT| A Fraud Needs A Place To Crash, FreemanCorp: LiveMas

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chuckddd

Fear of a GAF Planet
Watching these drills, USC qb Cody Kessler reminds me of Landry Jones. Everything looks good mechanically but the ball goes who knows where.
 

Kastrioti

Persecution Complex
Mike Mayock calling this the slowest wide receiver class that he's ever seen.

Will Fuller from Notre Dame had a 4.32. It's ridiculous the amount of good professional talent that has been coming out of Notre Dame.

Lions hit the jackpot with signing Golden Tate and drafting Theo Riddick in the 6th round. We also have a potential solid WR in TJ Jones from Notre Dame who we drafted in 2014 and has shown potential.

LaQuan Treadwell and Corey Coleman haven't run their 40s yet.

40 yard dash is just something to take into account with WRs with a wide variety of other things e.g. route running, cutting, catching the ball.
 

Kastrioti

Persecution Complex
Eric Ebron is a perfect fit for today’s NFL tight ends


Even though Ebron was drafted with an eye toward a different offensive system, he’s a great fit for what new offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter, and the rest of the NFL, wants to do. Part of the Lions' success toward the end of last year had to do with getting the ball out of Matthew Stafford's hands quicker. This is where Ebron proved to be a vital chess piece down the stretch. Under Cooter the Lions expect their pass catchers to catch the ball short and create yards after catch. In 2015 Ebron got 289 of his 537 yards after the catch.

Ebron is at his best when he is flexed in the slot. His size is tough for smaller nickel cornerbacks to handle, and he's faster than most linebackers and safeties that try to cover him one-on-one.

In this example, the Lions run Ebron on an in-breaking route over the middle of the field. The Philadelphia Eagles drop Malcolm Jenkins in slot to cover him.

The Eagles blitz and Ebron is able to beat Jenkins out of his break. He makes the catch five yards down field and outruns the defender before being vaulted in the air. In the end he turns a five yard catch into a 20 yard gain. The Lions need more these plays in 2016.

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http://www.prideofdetroit.com/2016/...n-is-a-perfect-fit-for-today-s-nfl-tight-ends

More at the link.


So if Ebron is mostly lining up out of the slot wouldn't that make him a Wide Out?
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Seriously though, either way, Ebron has steadily improved since his rookie year and I expect a great year out of him. 800 yards, 7 TDs or so.
 
Will Fuller from Notre Dame had a 4.32. It's ridiculous the amount of good professional talent that has been coming out of Notre Dame.

Lions hit the jackpot with signing Golden Tate and drafting Theo Riddick in the 6th round. We also have a potential solid WR in TJ Jones from Notre Dame who we drafted in 2014 and has shown potential.

LaQuan Treadwell and Corey Coleman haven't run their 40s yet.

40 yard dash is just something to take into account with WRs with a wide variety of other things e.g. route running, cutting, catching the ball.

Treadwell is going to run slow
 
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