22 minutes ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

@LeanMeanGM

Bonus prediction. I get pissed off, say something dumb in the blog, and get suspended for two weeks 

And you will only have yourself to blame if your prediction does not come true

Big 10 lol

29 minutes ago, vsptroops said:

College halftime is like 20 minutes plus they stop the clock on every first down. That's probably a big chunk of that extra hour right there. Glad to see OSU lose though. Ryan Day looks like a db, just like his predecessor.  

20 minutes for halftime vs. 12 minutes in the NFL is meaningless.  It's about stopping the clock after every first down...  That needs to end.  Stop the clock after a first down only after 5 minutes in the half is left or even just in the even quarters.  4 hours is just a ridiculous amount of time for one game.   It wouldn't matter if it wasn't for these TV timeouts, but its a crazy amount of time for football.  Too many plays, frankly.  It means more possessions, which means more TV timeouts... and so it continues.  

Dillard was #22, that's not that big of a reach.

In most drafts, there's a big falloff in the quality of players around #20, some years #18, some years #22.

So if they saw Dillard as belonging in the top tier, then a 4th and 6th is a small price.

Same with gambling on Dickerson, if he's a top 15 talent, it might take you two or more late 1st/2nd rd picks to land a player as good, so either way it's a gamble.

As far as anchoring at guard, JR again is a better source, but it's different than anchoring at OT, because the OT has to be light on his feet to seal the edge, he can be caught off balance by a bull rush, at OG, the DT is in a phone booth so it's more mano mano. Mathis was 305 and had no problem anchoring, Seumalo holds his own.

3 hours ago, austinfan said:

He has a lot to work on, but even last year, he was a much better player the second half after he returned to the lineup. He didn't waste his time when benched, but used that to review what he was doing wrong and correct those mistakes.

They're not just gambling on his off the charts size/athleticism combo, but also on his intangibles, intelligence, work ethic, competitiveness.

He's the **** child of Tra and Peters.

On a line that has Brandon Brooks and Lane Johnson, it is hyperbole to say Mailata has off the charts athleticism.  He is very big and packs a good punch. He has the advantage of watching Peters and Johnson at his position. And he did not have to unlearn bad habits.  But he ran a 5.12 forty, and a 4.67 short shuttle.  He looked fated 22 reps which is pretty good for a 6’8” 346 pound dude. Dillard is 6’5” and 315.  He put up 24 reps but his arms are two inches shorter than Mailata but still pretty good for an OT.  He ran a 4.96 forty and a 4.40 short shuttle.  He is a pretty solid athlete.  I am not writing off Dillard at this point.  He looked good his rookie year subbing for Peters.  I am not going to write off his ability to learn RT based on a half a game with four practices at the position.  If anyone can teach him it is Stout.  Having to learn a new approach may actually help him in areas he is struggling with at this point.  Lane is 31 and coming off two injury plagued years.  I like Driscoll, I just don’t like him as a full time starter and he has his own availability issues.  It is possible in Dillard and Mailata, Stout can build our next set of bookends. (Please don’t bore me with the assessments of a poor comedic writer, a failed cartoonist and a deli worker about Dillard.  I don’t think much of the depth of their writing, much less about their ability to assess line play.)

Jalen Hurts escaped from the local prison 

3 hours ago, austinfan said:

One reason Cleveland was bad for so long was while they drafted solid in the first 3 rounds, they had 4 or 5 years where they missed on every third day pick.

Please tell me the 4-5 year range you are talking about with Cleveland.

1 minute ago, downundermike said:

Please tell me the 4-5 year range you are talking about with Cleveland.

I'm more curious how missing on every third day pick leads to a bad team. I thought the Davion Taylor defense was he was pick 103 and there's nothing good after that draft # that can help your team. 

40 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

What’s the issue? He’s right. 

Yup

2 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I'm more curious how missing on every third day pick leads to a bad team. I thought the Davion Taylor defense was he was pick 103 and there's nothing good after that draft # that can help your team. 

I am sure the discussion will not go anywhere as he does not like being proven wrong.

6 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Jalen Hurts escaped from the local prison 

I'm sorry... but that is "stylin' "?  Looks like a kid who almost missed the plane and had to rush out of bed and just run out the door.   Weirdest part is that it looks like he's wearing his little brother's pajamas.

Who the f cares how he dresses?

9 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

On a line that has Brandon Brooks and Lane Johnson, it is hyperbole to say Mailata has off the charts athleticism.  He is very big and packs a good punch. He has the advantage of watching Peters and Johnson at his position. And he did not have to unlearn bad habits.  But he ran a 5.12 forty, and a 4.67 short shuttle.  He looked fated 22 reps which is pretty good for a 6’8” 346 pound dude. Dillard is 6’5” and 315.  He put up 24 reps but his arms are two inches shorter than Mailata but still pretty good for an OT.  He ran a 4.96 forty and a 4.40 short shuttle.  He is a pretty solid athlete.  I am not writing off Dillard at this point.  He looked good his rookie year subbing for Peters.  I am not going to write off his ability to learn RT based on a half a game with four practices at the position.  If anyone can teach him it is Stout.  Having to learn a new approach may actually help him in areas he is struggling with at this point.  Lane is 31 and coming off two injury plagued years.  I like Driscoll, I just don’t like him as a full time starter and he has his own availability issues.  It is possible in Dillard and Mailata, Stout can build our next set of bookends. (Please don’t bore me with the assessments of a poor comedic writer, a failed cartoonist and a deli worker about Dillard.  I don’t think much of the depth of their writing, much less about their ability to assess line play.)

He can barely play left tackle. I hope you are right but at this point I don't think you are

4 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I'm more curious how missing on every third day pick leads to a bad team. I thought the Davion Taylor defense was he was pick 103 and there's nothing good after that draft # that can help your team. 

lol.  You are trying to following the bouncing ball.  It is impossible.   Equally, I don't know which years he is referring to.  I posted the first round picks from 2012-2016.  They weren't good... or even close.  

3 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I'm more curious how missing on every third day pick leads to a bad team. I thought the Davion Taylor defense was he was pick 103 and there's nothing good after that draft # that can help your team. 

He makes up his own theories to try and make his argument sound better. Then when it counters one he previously said he won’t respond. 

Its time to accept Dillard as a bust. He can move on next yr. he has shown exactly nothing to indicate he play RT either. Dont throw good resources after bad.

2 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said:

Who the f cares how he dresses?

No one obviously. Looks like Ray Charles helped him pick his clothes 

2 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said:

Who the f cares how he dresses?

I don't care.  I also don't need an update on him arriving in Atlanta.   But, this is the state of Twitter now.  "everything is news" .

 

My comment was on John Clark's breaking news, and characterization of that outfit.  He looked like a fool to me.  But, frankly, I don't care what he wears.  He could come in a tuxedo.  Or he could travel like Koy Detmer, with only a clean T-shirt and a toothbrush.  Just learn how to pass from the pocket.  That's all I really care about.

1 minute ago, ToastJenkins said:

Its time to accept Dillard as a bust. He can move on next yr. he has shown exactly nothing to indicate he play RT either. Dont throw good resources after bad.

Up to this point in time he has been a bust. Now mailata gets hurt and he steps in and plays well i can’t say that. However if we are sitting here after his rookie contract runs out and he was nothing but a backup most of his time here and gone then it definitely was a bust.  

8 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said:

Who the f cares how he dresses?

I’m gonna fight u , so watch it

9 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

I'm sorry... but that is "stylin' "?  Looks like a kid who almost missed the plane and had to rush out of bed and just run out the door.   Weirdest part is that it looks like he's wearing his little brother's pajamas.

Beats me. He looks like complete ish 

3 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Beats me. He looks like complete ish 

If the stripes were going the other way (Horizontal) it would remind me more of those old prison outfits with the black and white stripes. 

28 minutes ago, austinfan said:

Dillard was #22, that's not that big of a reach.

In most drafts, there's a big falloff in the quality of players around #20, some years #18, some years #22.

So if they saw Dillard as belonging in the top tier, then a 4th and 6th is a small price.

Same with gambling on Dickerson, if he's a top 15 talent, it might take you two or more late 1st/2nd rd picks to land a player as good, so either way it's a gamble.

As far as anchoring at guard, JR again is a better source, but it's different than anchoring at OT, because the OT has to be light on his feet to seal the edge, he can be caught off balance by a bull rush, at OG, the DT is in a phone booth so it's more mano mano. Mathis was 305 and had no problem anchoring, Seumalo holds his own.

Just stop with this endless BS.

The problem with the drafting of Dillard is that they did not do their due diligence.

10 minutes ago, Desertbirds said:

Just stop with this endless BS.

The problem with the drafting of Dillard is that they did not do their due diligence.

If memory serves they didn't meet with him because they didn't think he would be there. So he fell and we trade up to draft him. I guess the other teams knew something we didn't. Probably because they met with him. 

So I looked it up just to make sure I wasn't misremembering. They did interview him at the Senior Bowl but did not bring him in as one of their 30 pre-draft visits. 

37 minutes ago, austinfan said:

Dillard was #22, that's not that big of a reach.

In most drafts, there's a big falloff in the quality of players around #20, some years #18, some years #22.

So if they saw Dillard as belonging in the top tier, then a 4th and 6th is a small price.

Same with gambling on Dickerson, if he's a top 15 talent, it might take you two or more late 1st/2nd rd picks to land a player as good, so either way it's a gamble.

As far as anchoring at guard, JR again is a better source, but it's different than anchoring at OT, because the OT has to be light on his feet to seal the edge, he can be caught off balance by a bull rush, at OG, the DT is in a phone booth so it's more mano mano. Mathis was 305 and had no problem anchoring, Seumalo holds his own.

It's a reach when you spend 3 draft picks on a guy you did no homework on.

I HATE drafting guys who are going to be 24 during their rookie year.

3 draft picks on a guy who was beat out easily by a 7th round pick who never played the sport.

He's a bust.  Hated the pick when they made it, hate it more even now.