Senior Bowl Updates: Thursday practice reports

He is going to need it chasing after those NFL DE's that go right by him.

I am a huge ND fan, and this guy is not going to be a good pro. I hope he proves me wrong, but he is tremendously over rated.

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Fantastic. Most explosive guy in the draft. Great character guy too. But he is tiny at 165. But he's a better route runner than people realized and no one can stick him. I talked to one of the DBs down there last night who raved about him.

Wilson:

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Every time you see him, he impresses. A great find for Boise out of NJ of all places. Could work his way into the first round by the time April comes around.

Best/Spiller/McCluster:

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If they were running a 100 meter dash without pads it's probably Spiller or Best. If it the burst to blow thru a crease or dart past a DB, it's McCluster.

He also thinks Weatherspoon is going round one.
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Everyone keeps raving about Taylor Price. McShay even mentioned it in one of his blogs that if he had a good QB in college, he would have put up a lot better numbers. Getting to work with the talent he is at the Senior Bowl is going to do wonders for his draft stock.

in the North practice.

I would not mind Weatherspoon. Everyone of these reports that I see on a daily basis says how he is very vocal and backing it up with his play. Something the Giants desperately need.

Agreed. There's really only a few guys I want at 15, and if they're gone, a trade down to the late first to grab someone like Weatherspoon would make me quite happy.

I can see him being one of the big risers in the draft.

to be the #3 DT off the board. I haven't seen a ton of him but based on what I have seen he is always in the backfield disrupting things and everyone seems to be raving about him so far this week. Should be interesting to see if he can overtake Dan Williams and Brian Price for that #3 DT spot.

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Rather than hot dogging it, Oklahoma State CB Perrish Cox should try doing things like the coaches want

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Tim Tebow moved the offense well during a 2-minute drill, completing 3 of 4 attempts to three different receivers, including a really nice toss to fellow Gator Riley Cooper up the left sideline for roughly 25 yards.

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Wide receiver Andre Roberts from The Citadel and Florida QB Tim Tebow executed an end around run very smoothly. Watch for the South Team to use that play this weekend as they have a few receivers who could run that play successfully.

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West Virginia QB Jarrett Brown threw a long pass up the right side intended for Florida WR Riley Cooper, but Alabama CB Javier Arenas wasn't about to allow any such thing. He spotted the ball in stride and was so tight on Cooper that you would have sworn that his back was velcroed to Cooper's chest.

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USC running back Stafon Johnson strung together a pair of nice runs. He showed excellent vision while working his way through a small gap to his right. He followed that up with a very patient run during a right sweep, expertly pacing his cuts in tandem with the blocks being thrown in front of him.

is back on the field this quickly. Hopefully he will succeed at the next level. One of those stories where you would like to see it work out for him.

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From the footage I've seen, it's still as it's always been, and I'm not sure that's going to fly at the next level.

Baby steps...needs to learn how to take snaps under center first.

I've seen that footwork is their main emphasis with him right now, that things like reads and release will come after he gets used to moving in the pocket like a pro-style QB.

But it's still an issue. I know how people feel about McShay here, but he is very, very down on Tebow's throwing motion right now.

McShay quotes via Stu Mandel:

"I've never seen a quarterback at a game like this with such an obvious delivery issue as this."

"He needs to either strip down and start over completely as a quarterback ... or he may need to play a different position."

Granted he has a lot of work to do but I've also heard people say that he's been making progress this week. As for his delivery, that is not something you can expect a QB to change in a matter of a week. Also I've gotta say, I don't know if I've ever disliked a draft "guru" more than McShay. He is consistently wrong and often times waaaaaay off in his evaluation of prospects. It's gotten to tge point with him where I put zero stock into anything he says, including mock drafts.

a big issue. But McShay is not in an NFL front office. All it takes is one GM to see Tebow as something more than a novelty, or to see him as a valuable novelty, and you've got a 2nd rounder. You start him out running some modified wildcat, maybe 5-10 plays a game, with a run, pitch or throw option, while you develop him as a pro-style QB. It's gimmicky and may be minimally useful, but for a team like the Jags it may still be worth 500 season tix, and when you're risking a blackout four or five games a season that's no small potatoes.

Where Tebow should go and where he will go. Someone will take him in the first round, but that doesn't mean that at this point, that's where he should be.

at their respective positions in the draft I think the answer is no. But value isn't just measured in wins and losses. I think in football this gets overlooked, to the extent that it doesn't in basketball or even hockey. You're a marginal hockey franchise. You have a chance to take a sure-thing goalie who is going to make your team competitive for a decade. You also have the chance to take a home-grown offensive wizard who'll sport a -30 for a given season but make SportsCenter Top 10 twice a week. One gets you wins, the other gets you jersey and ticket sales. Who do you draft?

Which is why the Jaguars take him to boost ticket sales.

The alternative is someone like Belichick, who takes him to, essentially, play around with. He'd be like a new toy.

I'm anxious to see what happens with Tebow. I'd almost be disappointed if he becomes just another QB. He could seriously change the game, if put with the right offensive mind.

Imagine if Brady and Tebow were in the backfield together on the 4th and 2 against the Colts this season.

ended up the next Todd Christiansen, or someone like that. He could probably be a motion TE/H-back and catch 70 balls a year if he wanted to go that way.

As a QB, I think he is seriously flawed. His inability to consistently throw a good spiral reminds me of Cade McNown, though he has a bigger arm than McNown ever did.

Are out big time on Taylor Mays. The Giants need to stay away from this kid, we can not afford a bust this season.

DraftBreakdown.com writeup for the South practice is now up, it's on the same page as the North writeup (linked in the original post of this thread).

With BBI's favorite prospect (I'm obviously not being serious).
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Was definitely an odd/fluff question, as were the other 2 at the end but the beginning & middle sections had substance.

1) what do down and distance have to do with holding dangerous animals?

2) do gay people hold tarantulas?

LOL, I'm certain that when Mays said...

"I'm straight"

He meant I'm straight = I'm good/no that's OK/I'll pass, etc.

It's an expression

McShay used to be the coffee and donuts boy for TSN's War Room. That's where BSPN found him, ignore everything he says and you'll be better off for it.

Tebow is showing an important trait that most of his teammates need: he listens and works hard to improve.

That's enough for someone to take a late round flyer on him.

Intangibles, impressive as Tebow's are, need to be coupled with something else. He needs to show serious improvement in a lot of phases before April.

is a good spot to drop down a few and pick up a pick.Unless there's someone that jumps off their charts.Wasn't Revis picked around 15-19?

I usually do like the idea of trading down, or at least acquiring more picks. But man, this is a deep draft and there should really be an awesome player for us at pick 15 IF the Giants are willing to not use the pick solely to fill a need. And who knows, the best player might coincide with a need anyway.