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Also, I'll say it again, it doesn't take much experience to run around and chase a guy in man coverage, so the experience isn't THAT much of a concern for me. I love the traits and the fact that he's a former WR that moved to safety and showed physicality in the run game. I have to say though, this shit about Alexander is being completely overblown. Even the guys that reported it aren't as down on him as you guys are after it. He said he was the best corner in the draft and some teams obviously had a problem with it. BIG ****ing DEAL. Guy has absolutely no red flags character wise previous to that. Again, he doesn't need a great football IQ to play corner for us. You know who did the exact same thing? Dee Ford. And Dorsey had no problem with it. |
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That's why I like Vernon Butler and WJIII so much. They are ready now and have very few cons. I'm not a big fan of Vonn Bell, and I think he's a 2nd rd talent. I could see him being taken as a "dark horse" but I agree he has some holes in his game. Same as Artie Burns. He's got good characteristics, but he's weak as hell (7 bench reps) and he's hot and cold. But Dorsey could take him bc he fits the measurables matrix. Dorsey dominated the draft last year bc he took players with few cons from their play on the field, their measurables and attitude. He didn't draft that way before and look at the difference? I want to draft a Marcus Peters/Mitch Morse this season, not an Eric Fisher or Dee Ford development prospect. |
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Dorsey didn't change his philosophy. He took the BPA and it just so happened to be two guys that could contribute right away. I don't think Dorsey is going to pass a guy up because he isn't 100% ready day 1. He's not short sighted. Not every draft pick can come in and contribute right away. Sometimes you have to take the guy that might take a little time because he's simply the better option. As for Dee Ford, I think he's right where Dorsey expected him to be going into year 3, just like Fisher. |
Riddick has Hargreaves falling to Carolina in is new mock, with us taking Ragland. So hopefully Hargreaves
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As per my sleeper, it'd probably be that we draft an Eric Berry replacement. Someone like Sean Davis might fill that bill. Davis IS a tackling machine and from his tape he does kinda remind me of Berry what with his "in the box" play. Another dark horse might be Noah Spence.....just in case Mr Ford doesn't progress, plus it'd be additional insurance if Houston misses a chunk of the season. |
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There's no sense in running smokescreens on medicals because teams can check for themselves and find out. But if you leak 'bad interview' often enough, maybe you can get a team or two to think he was just having a better day putting you on when you interviewed him. Medical's don't change - they are what they are. When Jaylon Smith's medicals are getting leaked as terrible, it's because his medicals are terrible and its empirically provable. When you are leaking that guys are coming off standoffish, you can just represent that you asked the right questions and some other team interviewing him didn't. |
I'm not sold on WJIII, what I'm reading says he isnt overly physical and is more comfortable facing the action... we need guys who can smoothly transition from their backpedal, who can turn and run
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Who knows where it's coming from. Could be from teams, another corners agent, a team wanting him to drop to them etc.
**** me, let's just have the dam draft. This is crazy |
If Ragland falls as some suggest, I still don't think the Chiefs pick him. We have Ramik Wilson, DJ Alexander, Justin March and Josh Mauga vying for a spot beside DJ. Ragland would just be a luxury at that point albeit the talent level would be raised.
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Pros Alexander - best cover skills and "shutdown" ability Apple - best tackler of the three, very technically sound and saavy Jackson III - phenomenal athlete, great ball skills and outstanding recovery speed/ positioning, game changing ability Cons Alexander - Attitude and classroom concerns, confident or cocky?, questionable ball skills, size concerns, benefitted from suppoting cast? Apple - draws flags for physicality in press, takes poor angles in run defend, benefitted from supporting cast? Jackson III - experience and lesser competition faced. Risk taker who can get beat. Not overly physical. If corner is indeed the pick and all three were available, I go with WJ III for his game breaking ability, ball skills and athleticism. |
Add this for Alexander under cons: benefited from raping receivers 15 yards down field frequently which will draw a plethora flags in the NFL.
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Then again, you also said Hargreaves was overratted, so maybe you have a bias against guys on the smaller side. Or maybe you just suck at evaluating CB's. At least RunKC's issues with Alexander are the normal complaints. |
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Unless you're just blatant (and frankly, stupid) about it, you'll be fine. Don't be Brandon Browner. Any press-man system is going to have its fair share of PI flags; they're a cost of doing business. I don't see Alexander being significantly more prone to them than any CB we'd want in this system. The system needs physical DBs, if you aren't willing to get into a WRs body, you're probably going to fail in this system anyway. |
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