Nall listed as a FB http://walterfootball.com/draft2018FB.php don't like where this is heading
I like the quarterback situation this year. Some good potential storylines. Josh Rosen, a likely #1 as far as talent and NFL readiness, but comes with personal baggage. Sam Darnold, the "safe" pick. Baker Mayfield, the high-risk, high-reward choice, and Josh Allen, the dark horse. And Lamar Jackson, the other dark horse.
(Sorry).
Nall listed as a FB http://walterfootball.com/draft2018FB.php don't like where this is heading
Why doesn't Nall just call them and tell them he is NOT a fullback? If he doesn't this is part of the problem. "lunch pail Nall, just happy to be considered" BS mindset is where the caste system is able to further sink its teeth.I saw that. .. ridiculous.. I wonder how many Fullbacks let alone Tailbacks have had as many 50+ YD td runs as Nall. Pretty impressive for a so called FB.. complete BS... Unbelievable. Someone should light up the Walterfootball forum about that..
Nall listed as a FB http://walterfootball.com/draft2018FB.php don't like where this is heading
Pundits are now talking up Baker Mayfield to the Browns at No. 1. Heaven forbid that poor Baker ends up with Clueless Hue.
Chatter commences of Baker Mayfield to the Browns, at No. 1
Mike Florio,ProFootball Talk on NBC Sports 17 hours ago
Four years after the Browns swung (and missed badly) on quarterback Johnny Manziel, they may be preparing to take another shot at the fences, again.
Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports makes the case for Baker Mayfield to the Browns. Not with the dreaded (by the Browns) 22nd pick in the draft, but with the first overall selection.
Robinson establishes a connection between the Browns and Baker Mayfield by drawing lines between Mayfield and G.M. John Dorsey.
“A lot of what he is as a player fits with the mentality of John Dorsey,” an unnamed source told Robinson. “Just his mental makeup as a player, John believes in building around those kinds of guys. . . . I think he’s a strong candidate [for the top pick] after this week.”
That’s fine, but Dorsey ultimately isn’t the one to watch. It’s owner Jimmy Haslam, who became hopelessly smitten with Manziel — and who could end up becoming equally infatuated with Mayfield. If/when Haslam starts making it clear (without ever issuing any mandates or directives, but then again not issuing mandates or directives is one of the benefits of being a billionaire) that he wants to flip the coin again on a guy with the same moxie as Manziel, it will be hard for Dorsey or anyone else to push back against it.
Haslam defintely moved the Manziel needle in 2014, as sources made clear to PFT at the time and more recently. And Mayfield has plenty of the same positive traits that Manziel possessed. If the Browns can sufficiently ensure Mayfield doesn’t possess any (or too many) of the negative ones, Mayfield could be the pick, possibly as high at No. 1.
The Browns also have the No. 4 overall pick, thanks to the trade that allowed the Texans to move up and get the guy that Browns should have fallen in love with a year ago, Deshaun Watson. So, if they want, they can aim for the moon with a guy like Mayfield and then take the best player available three spots later.
Whatever the Browns do, the stakes are higher than ever. It’s one thing to take a quarterback who busts; it’s another to pass on one who becomes a franchise player. In each of the last two drafts, the Browns did just that by passing on Watson and Carson Wentz. This year, the risk for the Browns is that they could end up doing both.
Story of two players - neither played in a major conference. One has the size of an LB, the other has tweener size, one had three years of production, the other had two. Player A improved year after year, player B's production declined from 2016 to 2017.
Player A: 6'0" 245 lbs
2017 stats: 94 solo tackles, 79 assisted tackles, 173 total tackles, 13 tfls, 2 sacks, 3 pbus, 3 FFs
2016 stats: 50 solo tackles, 49 assisted tackles, 99 total tackles, 11.5 tfls, 6.5 sacks, 1 int, 2 ffs
2015 stats: 42 solo tackles, 38 assisted tackles, 80 total tackles, 4.5 tfls, 1 sack, 1 ff
Player B: 6'2" 229lbs
2017 stats: 44 solo tackles, 30 assisted tackles, 74 total tackles, 13.5 tfls, 7 sacks, 1 int, 1 fr, 2 ffs
2016 stats: 57 solo tackles, 35 assisted tackles, 92 total tackles, 20 tfl, 11.5 sacks, 1 int, 2 ffs
2015 stats: 5 solo tackles, 4 assisted tackles
Player B has one hand, is undersized to play LB at the next level but is a "human interest" story. He is Shaquiem Griffin - ever since the Senior Bowl their has been pressure for him to be invited to the combine. I am not trying to denigrate his accomplishments due to his handicap but in a game where measurables are supposedly everything I would think having two hands would be a basic necessity. The screwed over player - player A is San Jose State LB Frank Ginda who was screwed out of a combine invite although he has the prototypical size of an NFL LB, the production and ability to tackle which is the main job of a linebacker and all of his limbs. I suppose the NFL has no need for able bodied white "tackling machine" LBs.
According to the blurb below it is because several offensive linemen were invited to the combine - should be interesting to see how many sumos the NFL pulls out of the woodwork for this years combine now. Of course the OL invites come at the expense of LB invites, a position where a decent number of whites are allowed to play. Year in and year out the caste system pulls out every stop in the book.
Draft Analyst's Tony Pauline hears that San Jose State LB Frank Ginda did not receive an invitation to the NFL Scouting Combine.
Per Pauline, several surprise offensive linemen received invitations, which has pushed "a number of draftable linebackers" off the NFL's list for Indianapolis. Ginda is apparently among that number. It's unfortunate for the 6-foot, 245-pound San Jose State standout, who likely would have tested extremely well. Pro day now becomes that much more important for Ginda. He's looking to lock down a Day 3 selection.
Not inviting Ginda, with his huge tackle numbers, smacks of pure racism. This is the kind of thing that often happens to white players.
Disappointed there weren't more than 9 of our guys invited amongst defensive front 7..
But it's not surprising, as it's been mentioned NFL does a damn good job of keeping the League 20% white.