Alo Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Not much of a surprise, but it's good to know they'll have someone at the game watching Suh's big matchup. Scout.com has confirmed that representatives from the Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans, New England Patriots, New York Giants and Seattle Seahawks will travel to Waco, Texas to witness a head-to-head battle between two top prospects at their respective positions – defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh and center J.D. Walton. via here. Follow the link to read more about the matchup. I found Chris Steuber's interview of Walton particularly interesting: CS: I’m sure you’ve done a lot of film study this week on Suh. What did you see, and how tough is he to match up against? Walton: He’s a strong, physical cat. He’s always on the move, always around the ball, just hustling. It will be good to try to get into him and slow him down a little bit. He’s a big effort guy, but sometimes he sits back and reads. And when he reads a play, I’ll try to get after him. I’m just going to stay after him and not let him make the plays he’s been making. CS: Playing in the Big 12, you’ve gone up against two of the premier defensive tackles in the country, Suh and Oklahoma junior DT Gerald McCoy. How would you compare the two? Walton: I think McCoy is more of the athletic type, where Suh is more of a motor guy, a stronger, more physical guy. Suh is always looking for someone to hit and is always around the pile, while McCoy is a finesse player. McCoy is strong, but Suh shows his strength more on the field. They’re both great players, great defensive tackles. This will be my second time going up against Suh; it’s going to be a lot of fun butting heads with him again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DestinFunk Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Love this dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballpeen Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 No complaints from me if we drafted him, I don't know if he fits the system or not, and don't really care. A good coach alters his system for really good players. If Shula could change from a run guy to a pass guy to fit the players he had, these new coaches can alter what they do to fit some of their players. DON'T PASS ON GREAT PLAYERS BECAUSE THEY MIGHT NOT FIT WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO WIN A FEW GAMES. CHANGE WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND WIN A BUNCH OF GAMES. It really isn't about the coach and what he wants top do. It's all about the coach smart enough to go with what his players can give him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solon16 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 A good coach alters his system for really good players.... on this we agree 100%...do you think Em would change his system to accomidate our talent? If so we'd be playing a 4-3 until we found two OLB's that can actually rush the passer... Veikune(DE)natural position, williams(DT) natural position, rogers (DT)natural position. wimbley (DE)natural position...Maiava OLB natural position, Barton MLB natural position, and Whoever you want to throw out there on the other side Bowens ,hall etc....but no EM tries to fit square pegs in round hole...he is not a good coach and is a bad evaluator...plenty of evidence... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DestinFunk Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Then why dont we adjust our system to fit Rogers and Williams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alo Posted October 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Rogers and Williams played the same position in the 4-3, the penetrating three-technique spot. Rogers did move to one-technique (4-3 nose tackle) for what turned out to be his final year in Detroit - I don't know if he played well. Also, a DE pairing of Wimbley and Veikune would get killed against the run. And with D'Qwell out, we don't even have anyone to play strongside linebacker: Bowens and Veikune aren't athletic enough to play there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATENEARS Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 What do you think Suh's chances are of winning the Heisman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATENEARS Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 What do you think Suh's chances are of winning the Heisman? Ok, let me ask this a different way ... between defensive standouts Suh & Eric Berry, which has the best chance to be invited to NY for the Heisman presentation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alo Posted November 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 I doubt Eric Berry's a serious Heisman contender. Besides being a defensive player, Berry's having a good-but-not-great season (1 INT, 5.0 TFL's). A strong argument could be made that he hasn't even been the best safety in CFB this year; Texas redshirt sophomore Earl Thomas has become a serious playmaker (6 picks, 2 returned for TD's). Suh's more likely to get an invite, but it'll be hard for him to win the award. Clemson RB C.J. Spiller probably has more juice as a dark horse contender - I'm not a fan of smallish RB's, but Spiller's play in the Miami game last week turned me into a believer (310 total yards, 2 TD's). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATENEARS Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 I'm not a fan of smallish RB's, but Spiller's play in the Miami game last week turned me into a believer (310 total yards, 2 TD's). Talk about outstanding smallish RB's, LaMichael James (Oregon) is killing USC as I type ... wow EDIT: Taylor Mays has not impressed me by making tackles ten yards down field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBrownsFan Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 Talk about outstanding smallish RB's, LaMichael James (Oregon) is killing USC as I type ... wow EDIT: Taylor Mays has not impressed me by making tackles ten yards down field. Taylor Mays sucks, plain and simple. All he is another cheap shot artist who couldn't cover me let alone an NFL wide receiver. I will pass, thank you. But James caught my eye.. kid can stop and turn it on on a dime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sez.EJ Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 ummm like there is a team that's NOT scouting him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CardDawg Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 Oregon has a lot of nice skill players on their team, and also a DB that had some giddy-up in coverage and coming in on the blitz. Their receivers caught the ball well. That team looks as good as anyone right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flugel Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 Then why dont we adjust our system to fit Rogers and Williams? I don't know if you caught this Destin but we've put Rogers out at the DE spot lining up over the OT BEFORE he got the flu and i thought it was a GREAT way to utilize his talent. We've also had 4 dlinemen putting a hand down on occasion; BUT we're not really deep with dlinemen based on the 3-4 ideology this team was planned/contructed around. You what else Mangini has done? Haven't you witnessed the return of the sack to Wimbley's game? Let's be careful of prematurely determining the coach sucks because the hand Mankok was dealt was only 3-4 draft picks in the 2009 draft. I think they brought more experience and starters to our D from a Jets team that finished with double digit victories in 08. Williams has been a bum and that was Savage that brought this 4-3 guy (Williams) here to play in the 3-4. He's another overpaid stiff that sort of held our cap/plans hostage. Sometimes, a new coach has to see who can and can't play for himself so I think Mangini wanted to see for himslef if Williams can or can't play. I'm not sure Savage EVER knew if Williams could play the run or not - he saw 7 sacks from 2007 and overpaid him for 08 and 09. Yuck! Mike Adams is a guy that seems to show us he's coached well. Same with Elam. The other guys Savage loved aren't as impressive. I'm still waiting on the All Planet Superstar named Brodney Pool and Eric Wright. I think McDonald would be fine as the 3rd corner off the bench in an Anthony Henry role. Neither guy has proved to be anythign better than covering the slot. We gotta give ONE Head Coach a decent chance to show what he can do the season AFTER he was dealt a bad deck. We have a small core of talented players that are quietly playing their best football IMO. Joe Thomas is shutting every big name out he faces from notching a sack, Cribbs is better than ever, those that like D'Qwell inform me he was playing his best ball, Shaun Rogers took over 2 games he was healthy in, and Alex Mack was showign improvement every week but last. - Tom F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alo Posted November 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 ummm like there is a team that's NOT scouting him? Because scouting is a subjective science, a team's grade of a player will be influenced more by the games in which one of their scouts was in attendance. I'm guessing that if you compared teams that had scouts at the USC-Oregon State game to ones that didn't, you'd find a significantly lower grade given by teams who had someone in Corvallis. If you see a guy dominate or get dominated in person, it'll strongly influence how you view said prospect. And how did Suh play yesterday? I didn't catch the game, but former Browns scout Daniel Jeremiah has the details: Nebraska DT Suh had 5 tkls, 3 tackles for loss and 1 sack today... another day at the office for that Big Monster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alo Posted November 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 EDIT: Taylor Mays has not impressed me by making tackles ten yards down field. I thought he played relatively well, considering how the rest of the D was getting beat. Unfortunately, there's a false perception out there that Mays is a dynamic playmaker: in the last two seasons, he's only made two tackles for loss and picked off one pass. Some timely hits in '08 earned him a lot of hype, but he hasn't done much this year to build upon it. And his questionable instincts have become an issue; even when he delivers a big hit, it's usually too late to make a difference. He could be a good safety at the next level, but he looks to me more like a 4-3 linebacker: maybe there he'll manage to turn into more of an impact player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambdo Posted November 2, 2009 Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 I thought he played relatively well, considering how the rest of the D was getting beat. Unfortunately, there's a false perception out there that Mays is a dynamic playmaker: in the last two seasons, he's only made two tackles for loss and picked off one pass. Some timely hits in '08 earned him a lot of hype, but he hasn't done much this year to build upon it. And his questionable instincts have become an issue; even when he delivers a big hit, it's usually too late to make a difference. He could be a good safety at the next level, but he looks to me more like a 4-3 linebacker: maybe there he'll manage to turn into more of an impact player. I agree about Mays, big time growing pains with surely come with, no way he sniffs the top 10 unless Oakland loves his 40 time and vertical jump. As for Suh, He is surely a player and I'm glad we are taking a look even though we running the 3-4 . It pissed me off when we passed on Ngata cause of Rogers when we had a chance to get him...Get the studs on the field already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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