reddevil Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Jeremy408 said:  yeah but linebacker still needs to be filled. Like I feel like I'd say every year that the two positions are the easiest to fill and then they don't get filled. I 100% agree. Pretty much every FO we’ve had over the past ages have not valued the position Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy408 Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 6 minutes ago, reddevil said: I 100% agree. Pretty much every FO we’ve had over the past ages have not valued the position  yeah but they find ways to fix the problem and address those need somehow while we don't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaidersAreOne Posted April 30, 2023 Author Share Posted April 30, 2023 This is looking like one hell of a find. Of course we all wish he ran a 4.44 but if he did he would have gone a couple rounds higher. I know the staff loves Pola-Mao, we have Moerig (Who has been a big disappointment) and signed Epps to a solid contract, but I think it's going to be hard keeping Smith off the field. He plays an aggressive yet controlled game which I respect the hell out of. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy408 Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 9 hours ago, RaidersAreOne said: This is looking like one hell of a find. Of course we all wish he ran a 4.44 but if he did he would have gone a couple rounds higher. I know the staff loves Pola-Mao, we have Moerig (Who has been a big disappointment) and signed Epps to a solid contract, but I think it's going to be hard keeping Smith off the field. He plays an aggressive yet controlled game which I respect the hell out of. Yea now I actually like where the safety group is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jeremy408 Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 1 hour ago, RaidersAreOne said:  I won hundred percent agree with this. As a matter of fact, if he had around 4.5 he would've probably been in the same conversation as the Alabama safety. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbsk Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 2 hours ago, Jeremy408 said: I won hundred percent agree with this. As a matter of fact, if he had around 4.5 he would've probably been in the same conversation as the Alabama safety. Just looking through my notes and I had him as a 3rd rounder prior to his 40 at the Combine so I'm really happy with this, you're absolutely right that his numbers definitely hurt him but he does play faster on tape and his recognition skills and IQ help that. I had him and Brandon Joseph right together and they both fell I think for the same reason. Liking this pick more and more............ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy408 Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Darbsk said: Just looking through my notes and I had him as a 3rd rounder prior to his 40 at the Combine so I'm really happy with this, you're absolutely right that his numbers definitely hurt him but he does play faster on tape and his recognition skills and IQ help that. I had him and Brandon Joseph right together and they both fell I think for the same reason. Liking this pick more and more............ Yup. Great 5th rd pick for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_palooka Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 Chris Smith was a glue guy at UGA. Those types NE teams always have. Smart, instinctive show up game to game making plays. Great value in round 5. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolni Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 Great get IMO. He could fill in nicely to that hybrid S-NCB role for us IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 On 4/30/2023 at 11:32 AM, Darbsk said: Just looking through my notes and I had him as a 3rd rounder prior to his 40 at the Combine so I'm really happy with this, you're absolutely right that his numbers definitely hurt him but he does play faster on tape and his recognition skills and IQ help that. I had him and Brandon Joseph right together and they both fell I think for the same reason. Liking this pick more and more............ This cracks me up. Not trying to talk smack or anything just imagined a guy at a desk reviewing game film at 2am jotting down notes.  I'm all over here watching 3 minute YouTube highlights trying to hype myself up for each pick.  Random question, am I the only person that judges a player by the length of their highlight videos? Like if you're so good, why do you only have 2 minutes of highlights instead of 15? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimkelly02 Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Jerry said: This cracks me up. Not trying to talk smack or anything just imagined a guy at a desk reviewing game film at 2am jotting down notes.  I'm all over here watching 3 minute YouTube highlights trying to hype myself up for each pick.  Random question, am I the only person that judges a player by the length of their highlight videos? Like if you're so good, why do you only have 2 minutes of highlights instead of 15? I wouldn’t say I judge someone by the length of their highlights… but you ain’t wrong…. Lol.  When I see a highlight tape that’s 2-3 mins I immediately question why it’s not longer and think maybe he isn’t good… but i don’t leave that as my only evaluation obviously. On another note…. You ever notice some highlights videos heavily stack the INTs, sacks, etc at very beginning of the video… and then the quality of the play dies off by the end?  A CB could have 3 career Ints in his freshman season and only 1 more INT in his senior year for the rest of his career and they’ll be the first 4 plays?  Edited May 3, 2023 by jimkelly02 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaribouLou Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 49 minutes ago, Jerry said: Random question, am I the only person that judges a player by the length of their highlight videos? Like if you're so good, why do you only have 2 minutes of highlights instead of 15? Not really. I mean AOC has a 25 minute highlight video I just looked up. I hope your theory is right with him cause that would make him a tier above Brady since his was only 13 minutes lol. But really I've seen some edits that are really bad, replaying the same play from all different angles, taking up 2 minutes of a highlight video. While others I've seen that are cut and edited to where each play is about 8 seconds and then cut to a new one. Highlight tapes make everyone look like a superstar anyways.    2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Darbsk Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 13 hours ago, Jerry said: This cracks me up. Not trying to talk smack or anything just imagined a guy at a desk reviewing game film at 2am jotting down notes.  I'm all over here watching 3 minute YouTube highlights trying to hype myself up for each pick.  Random question, am I the only person that judges a player by the length of their highlight videos? Like if you're so good, why do you only have 2 minutes of highlights instead of 15? Haha, yeh it is a little sad 😄 As I’m not a regular fan of college football and don’t support a specific team I find it difficult to track all the different players so I keep a notebook after watching each prospect. Just so I can recall what type of player, strengths and weaknesses and things. I usually start by watching a few highlights but if it’s a guy I really like I’ll watch as much as time and family 🙂 allow. I don’t think anybody here is an expert and I’m certainly not, but I like to for my own sake watch a few games too. I get a lot from other peoples opinions on here too, really everyone has something I can learn from in here! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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