I haven't watched much of what's likely available on him, but did watch him totally dominate Mario Edwards in one game on youtube, and have read that he dominated Shane Ray in another game. Gotta say I'm VERY impressed. Very strong; Edwards has one move, a bull rush, and is really strong, but Humphries didn't go backwards at all against it. Moves beautifully, a really great athlete. Both pass blocking and run blocking were very impressive This guy is gonna be an excellent starting LT in the league, imo.
If this guy is available at 40 I think he'd be a steal.
Help may be on the way, yat, I've heard there's much love for Peat.
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D.J. Humphries
That is pretty high praise.
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I think Humphries barring further injury is the #2 OT in this class but behind Jake Fisher, another lineman that gets nowhere near the discussion he deserves.
You can watch tape of Fisher, but things happened so quickly in that Oregon offense, that I frankly have a hard time knowing if Fisher is the type of left tackle that would be needed to protect Eli. He does seem athletic and with good feet but like Pugh, I don't know if he has the ability to get bigger.
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The pro conditioning program will shape him up.
There is no excuse for the shape he is currently in and it could be indicative of poor work habits and/or lack of discipline. People don't have 'baby fat' at age 20.
That said if we pick him I'm not gonna gripe about it. I'd prefer a 'cleaner' prospect #9 but that guy may not exist in this red chip heavy draft. Seems like everyone not named Williams or Cooper has their warts. Pick your poison Mr. Reese and we'll all have our fingers crossed.
Fisher compares favorably imo to Kyle Long. He went from playing in Oregon's offense to the pro style offense with the Bears. He moved from tackle in college to left guard in the NFL and has been to the Pro Bowl both years in the league, including All-Pro last season. They have a similar build and both had to put on weight. I believe Fisher was in the 290s during the season but was up to 306 at the combine and nearly 6'7" same as Long who plays at 313.
He also reminds me of Lane Johnson of the Eagles. Johnson started his college career at QB before settling in at OT, flew up draft boards after the Senior Bowl in 2013 and became a top 5 pick, now playing in Kelly's offense at RT. Johnson plays at about 315.
I like Fisher for his athleticism, toughness, intelligence and versatility. He played RT, RG and LT in college. There's about a month to go and it wouldn't surprise me to hear his name more in the 1st rd discussion between now and 4/30.
As for Peat, taking him at 9 makes me nervous. He looks a little fluffy, makes me question his discipline.
We'll agree to disagree on his conditioning...what you term 'baby fat' is being out of shape plain and simple. He doesn't go to some backwater college program. He's had access to modern training facilities, coaching and nutrition. So where is the rub?
His UCLA game was great but why wasn't that the norm for him? Why didn't he dominate consistently. With his tools he should have but didn't.
To reiterate if we pick him #9 I can see the upside but he has more question marks than I would feel comfortable with if it was my decision.
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I see the word "lazy" in there a couple times. Doesn't make me feel much better.
He's not out of shape, he's just built differently. He has enormous legs, calves and butt and a relatively small upper body. He has big arms but his neck/chest/shoulders look smallish for a 6-7 OT. Out of shape is not really correct, he's a bigger bodied guy with the room to actually add a lot of upper body weight. Ceiling wise, he's got the highest of any of the OTs. If you want to gamble on greatness he's the pick of these OL.
Humprhies is WAY too up and down for my taste, he looks like a world beater against FSU and disinterested and slow vs. LSU. That's not really D'Brickashaw Ferguson, despite area's good buddy who is a scout. Ferguson is a long, lean angular pass protector who plays consistently well. Humphries isn't as long or polished, actually not even close.
Neither is a stiff, not even close. Soft, sure, but stiff...not even close.
Let's keep this civil if possible, we had a decent discussion on a few other threads. Watch the clip below, Peat is naturally thick, think Kevin Boothe but not as extreme. Someone who starts a full season on a Pac-12 title contender isn't just a fat out of shape guy, so I don't buy that argument that he needs to do some cardio. It takes 2 seconds to see he does NOT have an NFL body type, it's more sumo wrestler or old WWF superstar who stopped using roids. He has huge arms and legs, and a weird unmuscular middle. He's simply not going to turn into Tyron Smith with some conditioning, he's totally different body wise than almost any OL you can think of. He's naturally bulky and he carries it fairly well, and yes he needs to get in better shape but that for his body type that is not a small feat.
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