He came in as a WR, switched to RB. He's pretty raw as a RB, not necessarily an instinctive runner. But with his background, he's obviously a threat to catch balls out of the backfield and the dude can run.
Also yeah, fumble concerns.
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NFL Draft 2016 |OT| Where One Gasmask Can Change a Career
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He came in as a WR, switched to RB. He's pretty raw as a RB, not necessarily an instinctive runner. But with his background, he's obviously a threat to catch balls out of the backfield and the dude can run.
Also yeah, fumble concerns.
chicko1983
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Driskel is not a bad choice. I'd have him over Kessler, maybe cook, hogan, hackenberg.
People have no worries Wentz went second pick after only playing fcs football, yet when Driskill went to la-tech his numbers were very good. He was bad at Florida but not sure how much of that was because of the team at that time and muschamp. After seeing him play last year, I was surprised how different he looked.
People have no worries Wentz went second pick after only playing fcs football, yet when Driskill went to la-tech his numbers were very good. He was bad at Florida but not sure how much of that was because of the team at that time and muschamp. After seeing him play last year, I was surprised how different he looked.
FrenchMovieTheme
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I'm 99.9% sure he's coming to sf
chicko1983
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He's worth it, he'll score more nfl points than anyone else in this draft.
RellyRell28
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So in the end did that German WR get drafted?
Vikings took him in the 6th.
FelixOrion
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The Broncos traded the pick late. Mr. Irrelevant is usually a non-tradeable compensatory pick, so they probably didn't have enough time to get a new Jersey.
chicko1983
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Had Brad Craddock, the kicker from Maryland, been drafted?
chicko1983
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Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!
RellyRell28
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Yeah just saw that. Hope he can breakthrough and start a trend.
FelixOrion
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Nope, the only kicker drafted was that second round pick from Florida State.
FloydtheFathead
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No.. No you can't.
Remember when those same guys won the national championship the year before and won 50 games in 4 years..
Oh and you remember that UW haven't won the PAC in almost two decades and haven't won a national championship since the sixties..
Remember that?
chicko1983
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Yeah I just checked. Damn, I was hoping he got picked up (he's from my city in Australia).
I saw gotsis went to Broncos and Edwards to jets. With Hayne at 49ers, wing at Vikings I think, and the big fella at Seahawks Jesse williams, that is five Aussies now on nfl lists that I count. Hopefully craddock gets picked up as a free agent.
FloydtheFathead
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To have a future.. You must have a past.. Too bad UW doesn't have much of oneLiving in the past
To have a future.. You must have a past.. Too bad UW doesn't have much of one
Multiple national titles, breh. And we play in an actual conference, we don't get to beat up on Indiana and Purdue 8 times a year.
Also, guess that means the Browns have no future
We only have two backs on our roster. Gotta get some depth and competition.
Interesting, I could see him get some reps in the Slot or catching passes out of the backfield.
Don't know how he fits in our roster with Theo Riddick (6th round, 2013 draft) or Ameer Abdullah (2nd round, 2015 draft).
FloydtheFathead
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Yes the PAC 12 North... Consisting of Cal, Oregon State, and Wazzu.. That Murder's row of a division.. How do you do it? Finishing barely above .500? Damn.. Setting the world a blaze.Multiple national titles, breh. And we play in an actual conference, we don't get to beat up on Indiana and Purdue 8 times a year.
Also, guess that means the Browns have no future
And let me look.. I don't see Purdue in the BIG East.. I see Michigan, Sparty, Penn State. I see Indiana. I see that they made it 6-7 and a bowl game. Just a shade under where UW finished and a Bowl Game where unfortunately lost to Duke.
Congrats.. You barely had a better record than Indiana. Work out another decade and you might actually win your division.
Oh it's funny you use the Browns history. It matches UW's in a lot of ways.. A period of marked success and then enters a period of mediocrity and failure.
But anyway.. Let's not fight over this anymore CDY.. Let's just remember no matter our disagreements.. Let's remember we aren't Oregon and use sweatshop labor to fail at buying national championships.
Let's remember that.
NihonTiger90
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Wait a minute.
Patriot Way.
Unheralded QB from Michigan drafted in the 6th round.
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... SUPER BOWL, BITCHES
Patriot Way.
Unheralded QB from Michigan drafted in the 6th round.
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... SUPER BOWL, BITCHES
Nah, just a funny coincidence. Rudock's going to be gone in a year or two.
:jnc it doesn't really help your argument when you leave out the best team in the division the last few seasons. Come on son.
Yeah, we didn't have a great record. We were also playing a bunch of freshmen and sophomores. We didn't have a team full of junior/senior draft picks, yet both of our teams won the same number of division and conference titles last season!
Calling the Browns a "period of mediocrity and failure"
*Looks into football crystal ball*
*Starts convulsing at what I see then calmness hits me*
I'm envisioning a future where an established QB (Drew Bledsoe, Matthew Stafford) may get hurt right before the playoffs and a 6th round pick from Michigan (Tom Brady, Jake Rudock) have to take over the helm of a talented team during the playoffs.......
DeaconKnowledge
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I'm going to consider everything past the 3rd round cake. Too many years do I get excited for low round guys who end up disappointing me.
Gerod Holliman was the last one. Not even gonna bother learning these guys names unless they make the team.
Gerod Holliman was the last one. Not even gonna bother learning these guys names unless they make the team.
talisayNon
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the scene: Driving 8:45 PM 4/29 20 miles from the RI border on 95. Wife refreshing NFL.Com passnger side.
Me: "Fuck Spriggs is gone. Ah well so long as the Jets dont do something stupid like take a QB"
.. 10 mins later..
Wife: *refreshes page*
"Sorry babe you were right"
Me: "Right about what?"
"Oh fuck really? So long as it's not Hackenberg..who is it?"
Wife: "Ummm it's Hackenberg"
Me: "...."
"FUCCCCKKKKKKK"
"NO NO NO NO NO NONO"
...other expletives...
"Im driving this fucking car off the fucking road"
Posting from hell.
Me: "Fuck Spriggs is gone. Ah well so long as the Jets dont do something stupid like take a QB"
.. 10 mins later..
Wife: *refreshes page*
"Sorry babe you were right"
Me: "Right about what?"
"Oh fuck really? So long as it's not Hackenberg..who is it?"
Wife: "Ummm it's Hackenberg"
Me: "...."
"FUCCCCKKKKKKK"
"NO NO NO NO NO NONO"
...other expletives...
"Im driving this fucking car off the fucking road"
Posting from hell.
At least you're trading for Nick Foles.
Yeah, I didn't even bother watching the draft today. You're drafting camp bodies, if they make the team at all.
I had the same reaction man, however I felt a bit better about the pick after I watched this video analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUh7Tia8pWM
Still think Jets should've drafted someone in the second round to address their needs instead of another QB project. Was a good draft otherwise, though.
FelixOrion
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The Cowboys drafted a player who hasn't played football since middle school lmao
There's hope for the rest of us.
GoldenEye 007
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I love instant draft analysis: http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/p...umbs-down-for-each-teams-2016-nfl-draft-class
Two "thumbs down" (Niners, Raiders) out of 32 teams. Congrats everyone!
Two "thumbs down" (Niners, Raiders) out of 32 teams. Congrats everyone!
FrenchMovieTheme
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paul gutierrez is such a fucking idiot. not necessarily that i think we had a great draft but look at this analysis:
1. Does he realize there is a right AND left guard? we have 1 decent guard you dumb motherfucker
2. Anthony Davis is returning from retirement? since when? he still hasn't turned in his papers to be reinstated. Why WOULDN'T we draft some tackles?
3. We drafted a 6th round QB.... ok? what is wrong with that? we have gabbert, kap and beyond that basically camp fodder
i'll agree drafting 3 CB's and no LB's doesn't make much sense on paper but i guarantee you can poke through a bunch of draft classes and say "hey this doesn't make sense!"
FrenchMovieTheme
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one thing i do know, if trading up to draft a guard pushes Devey off the roster then it is the greatest trade in niners history. i want devey and pears gone and i don't care what has to happen for these two fucking losers to be off the roster. and marcus martin can fuck off too. the games where those 3 started... i never want to see something like that again in my life for any team
p.s.
anthony davis IS being a bitch and has been a bitch. said on tuesday or so that the niners should draft a RT early in the draft, then said he's not willing to "rent his body out" to a team that doesn't want to win as much as he does. more than likely he's mad that we won't give him back his signing bonus money from last year and/or rework his contract to pay him more (he would only be earning $4 mil this year per his contract.... which isn't much for a starting T in the league)
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