It's great to be back here. It was a rough and isolated approximate 2 months. As some other fellow board members pointed out there is no place like this that exists on the internet. I did make posts here and there on NFL/Draft sites just to drop in some truth on the vast majority of DWFs that read and make up those sites.
I have been reading draft articles and following the process although not as into it as I once was. I am finding the whole thing to just be essentially a repetitive drawn out process where the same myths, lies, stereotypes and cliches are recycled each year. No one in the NFL seems to be thinking outside the box at all, questioning all of these cliches and myths. Everyone would rather digest them and be copycats putting out an increasingly shoddy product on the field every year.
When watching the combine last week I wish I kept track of how many times quick-twitch, upside, raw, athletic, potential were used to describe black players who will ultimately amount to nothing in the NFL.
Upside is the biggest cop-out used by these talent evaluators - the bizarre logic behind upside as I understand it is that when a player doesn't perform as expected due to skin color and the athletic measurables that make them supposedly superior it is just based on the fact they did not live up to their "upside". Upside is not a tangible measurement of anything, it's a word they throw out there when one of these black players does or does not produce. Productivity should be the way to look at a player - not upside. By the time many of these players get to this point in their career they should supposedly be uber productive because they have been given every chance to succeed. When they aren't productive in college - the scheme is blamed, the supporting cast is blamed, coaching staff is blamed for not allowing a player to maximize potential. What upside really is work ethic (or lack thereof when a player does not achieve "upside"). That cannot be measured by anything by the character and content of an individual which this whole process ignores.
I was really taken aback by how these moronic commentators continually contradict themselves. If a black player did not run well at the combine they would say well he plays fast - make excuses. Mayock would say nonsensical things like the combine is a just another check off in the draft process then fawn over some no name unproductive black player that ran a decent 40 time saying that it helps his draft stock. And then these same idiots in a few months will say the 40 does not mean anything but then the next year they get all giddy over blacks running 40 yards.
I also noticed that Mayock rarely mentioned any white defensive prospect - anytime they were running the 40 or working out he would talk about the afflete that had just run and either talk him up if he ran well or make excuses if he did not (I recall one black ran a bad 40 and Mayock made an excuse along the lines of "it looks like he pulled up early and injured himself").
QBs
As far as combine players - If a white QB that was so celebrated in college was coming out and being touted as the first overall pick put up those kind of measurables he would be widely criticized and mocked - the media would be out to get him and destroy his stock. Jameez did not perform or test well athletically, this did not come as a surprise to me at all. I also believe that athletic measurables are not a huge element to being a successful QB. However this guy was touted as a "dual threat" QB in college and part of the new breed of QBs and now we see that those statements are made solely based on his skin color. The way this idiots supposed intelligence was being touted was beyond laughable. I do not buy that bull**** for any minute that he was the most intelligent player team x, team y and team z have interviewed as so many anonymous leaks have indicated. And for the same media who went ahead and talked about how the NFL has a character issues with Adrian Peterson/Ray Rice and countless other affletes - they all seem to forget the serious transgressions this dope made in college - sexual assault, stealing and yelling obscenities in a student union building - yet some idiot team is going to give this entitled ******* millions of dollars to submarine their franchise.
The QB invitees this year were pitiful - Brandon Bridge is still being touted as a draftable prospect, Jerry Lovelocke came out of no where to be invited over guys like Jake Waters, Bo Wallace and Huston Mason, Anthony Boone was terrible, Nick Marshall who is not even going to be a QB was given an invite as a QB. None of these players were impressive at all, nor was Hundley who stunk in college. Petty threw the ball better than every other QB there. I thought Mannion also performed pretty well and both showed themselves to be much more adept to the pro style offense than the aforementioned black quarterbacks. I was disappointed Grayson was injured and could not throw. I did hear complaints about how college spread offenses are hampering the quality of QBs coming into the NFL and that a schism within the position at the college and pro levels seems to be developing. Bruce Arians is one of the more outspoken headcoaches I heard speaking about this. Arians also heaped praise on Jameez which left me shaking my head.
RBs
Zach Zenner did nothing to embarrass himself and actually had quite a strong combine when compared to the other big name RBs performing. Seeing those numbers against his black counterparts should make anyone who doubts the caste system become a believer. I was disappointed Schuerman did not run as well, he was labeled as a potential slot guy in the NFL not suprisingly. He did perform pretty well overall and certainly outperformed many affletes. Varga did not work out - I believe he was injured.
WRs
NONE
TEs
The best tight ends once again were white. Maxx Williams ran in the 4.7 range which is somehow disappointing according to experts so he won't "create mismatches". He will be a good one at the next level. Tyler Kroft was injured during medical testing but he has some good buzz around him, Nick O'Leary has hands like glue and should carve out a Frank Wychek like career, Jesse James tested really well and should get drafted in the mid rounds as should Ben Koyack. AJ Derby and Blake Bell are both intriguing developmental players.
O-Line
As it is every year white o-line men put on a show and they also get knocked due to "arm length". Year in and year out I hear the whole arm length garbage and throughout the NFL the best tackles are white and dont have 35" arms. It is another misnomer. Guys with 32 - 33 inch arms have carved out great careers at OT. Brandon Scherff is yet another example of a white player trying to be move to the interior line because of supposed arm length concerns. Ali Marpet was the star of the combine and probably the whole draft proccess - he proved himself at the senior bowl and then tested out very well at the combine. Jake Fischer was another combine standout and is the prototypical left tackle. I believe a good number of white o-linemen will be drafted this year. The depth is pretty decent.
D-Line
Henry Anderson put on an absolute show at the combine and no one talked about him. He was just characterized as a high motor, over achiever with limited athletic ability. I hope he is a 2nd/3rd round prospect - truly a protoypical 3-4 DE. Anthony Chickillo should be picked in the first 3 rounds as well, he has done nothing but prove himself in both the east-west shrine game as well. Trinca-Pasat and Zach Wangemann all tested out well and are more than deserving of being NFL starters.
LBs
Hull, Heeney, Ryan, Hager, Kyle Emmanuel and Davis Tull all performed well with Hull, Heeney, Ryan and Hager running in the 4.6 range which is more than enough speed for linebackers. Hull could be another Sean Lee (hopefully without the injury issues), Hager would be an ideal coverage linebacker and Ryan would be a monster ILB. Tull and Emmanual both project as pass rushers - I hope there arms are long enough! Heeney was a really productive workout warrior - he was also productive on some very bad Kansas teams so scouts have been saying he has to many missed tackles but I am sure he is good enough to be a sideline to sideline tackling machine in the NFL.
One final note - Mike Mayock is an absolute race traitor caste whore. His devolution over the past 10 years has been quite something. He was at one time a pretty fair talent evaluator but has now just gone totally anti-white. I can't stand him - he is a master of throwing out racially veiled cliches as scouting assesments.
