Frank Andbeans

I think he's very much an average athlete for a modern QB. He doesn't have huge runs where he jokes a lot of people. He has decent quickness and very good footwork but he does a lot with less. He's certainly not big and I haven't seen much tackle shedding. When he has to throw off platform - falling back or drifting sideways - the throws lack velocity badly. He can make most all of the throws but he has to gather himself to the deeper throws.

Cam Ward - I'm in. He's produced at multiple places and all the stats are there. He excels at managing a dirty pocket with his movement but people tend to look past how much he plays within the rhythm of the offense. He makes a lot of accurate short passes with great timing and he can excel in a timing based offense. He is very good at throwing over the middle with timing to hit his man in stride. He moves through reads quickly and can read the whole field. There's some decision making problems when he tries to play hero ball and his ball security could improve but these aren't fatal flaws a la Levis. His pressure to sack ratio was excellent last I checked earlier in the season whereas that is one of Levis' major failings. Doesn't have an elite arm in terms of power but has varied arm angles to deliver through traffic and throws with good anticipation. Has enough arm to make all the throws but they aren't lasers. There's top end QB upside there and it could happen quick like Jayden Daniels in WAS. --- Shedeur Sanders- I'm out. He's a poor athlete with limited arm talent. He eats way too many plays for sacks and cannot create when the play is broken. He does not accept his own athletic limitations and will try to hold the ball too long too much. He's rather small for the NFL. He's a Tua level athlete with a worse arm and slower processing. He has good touch and ball placement. He reads things okay but not to a degree that he has foresight to correct problems presnap and then he improvises to his own detriment post snap instead of having a throw away or dump off in mind. He will throw late or with a poor base on improvisational plays which to me is a much greater concern than Ward's overconfident crossfield ventures. I dont see a path for him becoming a top level QB. If he succeeds I see a game manager that learns his checkdowns and goes downfield on shot plays rather than executing a downfield passing attack. He is an NFL prospect but not one I would put my franchise behind. --- Jaxson Dart - I'm intrigued. I would not take him top 5 but he could be developed into something good. He doesn't have quite the it factor of Ward where you expect him to convert on 3rd down but he has clear NFL talent. The arm is better than these other two. He can run with the ball pretty well but doesn't have the pocket management and escapability of Ward. This is more of a play-action deep passing game QB that would pair well with a strong running game and heavy sets. He needs development and help establishing his own playstyle but he can execute drawn up plays at an elite level due to arm talent. He needs to develop the gamer aspect of his play that the top QBs have - how can he solve problems at the NFL level and does he have the smarts/mindset to do it. He has some of the same upsides as Levis without the same degree of issues. I see some Bo Nix here.

If only other RBs could learn to run through the big holes.

The Ravens should sign Tannehill. If Henry is this good there, just imagine what they could get out of the better player in Tannehill. Then they could move Lamar for picks like a smart franchise.

Titans HC Brian Callahan: “If we’d just punted on 1st & 10 every time, we might’ve won the game” Not sure how that quote doesn't get its own thread but I think that exemplifies the confidence of the coaching staff in Levis.

We used a double 3 tech at times last year as well. We also played Casey as the 1-tech sometimes on early downs. The question, IMO is where Donald would fit against 1-2 WR sets and is that a large enough percentage of defensive snaps to diminish his value to us. Klug was effectively our third DT and Donald could easily take that role, its about what else he could do on top of that. If we got a real thumper ILB I'd be more comfortable with Casey at the 1 and Donald at 3.

Difference makers don't usually make it to FA. And when they do, there is a whole lot of risk involved in transferring to a new scheme. I think the years have shown its best to look for quantity in FA rather than pay for quality. FA is a good place to plug roster holes so your not pigeonholed in the draft. This year, if we lose Verner, we should try to sign a guy for competition (Greer is a good fit in terms of ability and where he is in his career). We should look to add guys at ILB and OT as well (maybe a S too). So far it is. He was bad last year. It's likely he rebounds this year but that remains to be seen.

He probably could 5 tech, but he doesn't have the length you usually want there. Usually power players are the ones that succeed as a 5 and that limits Donald's dynamic rushing ability. His 3 cone time was on par with a lot of DE/OLB prospects and on film he seems to have good change of direction. There are definitely successful LBs in the NFL with worse agility (Hali, Woodley, Orakpo...). Coverage-wise most OLBs don't do more than drop into shallow zones or occasionally bump/bracket TEs. I'm sure he could do that... The question is if he could translate his inside rush talents to the edge (pretty sure he could and he'd still be able to move inside against 3/4 wide formations. I'm on board with figuring it out at camp.

^ O, I know. Just saying that if we are looking at other positions for him, I don't think he's limited to the 5-tech... has the athleticism to translate to OLB.

I don't think it is possible Donald drops past 14 at this point. The only guys who IMO can hold a candle to him talentwise, and will likely be there when we pick are Jernigan and Ebron (and Donald is clearly a better player than both). And forget playing him as a 5-tech (though apparently he played end in a 3-4 as a freshman... dunno if that was as a 5 or 3 tech), I wonder if he could play OLB. Those movement skills are off the charts. His 40 and 3 cone time most closely resemble Mack's. He beat Van Noy in every category except had a half inch less vertical. With that kind of athletic ability and pass rush talent, just draft him and find a way to get him on the field. Him and Casey inside vs. 3 and 4 wide sets would be amazing. At the worst dangle him to the Cowboys at 16 who desperately need help on the Dline after their switch to the 4-3. Marinelli/Kiffin would probably kill to have a 3-tech like him.

Look at Jernigan. His play in the championship game with the flu was great. He dominated the LOS and controlled the running game (played nose nearly the whole night). That game was more impressive than anything I've seen from Nix and when you watch Jernigan's other games, he's the same player. Jernigan can eat space and stand up to doubles the same as Nix, but he sheds so much better.

The more I look at the schemes and think about it, the more I think we wouldn't be able to consistently fit Donald into the defense against 2WR sets. If we needed a 3 tech, I'd be pissed if we didn't take him, but that isn't our situation.

I'd try to move down regardless of who's available (well Bridgewater/Clowney I'd pick) but Donald is at the top of my list, purely going by who will be an impact player.

Why not? Watch this: I haven't seen a more impressive college DT. I haven't seen more impressive tape of a defensive player this year. Draft him, play him at end in the 3-4. Use him with Casey as the two linemen in nickle sub-packages. Horton has said that we aren't going to be two-gapping... everyone will be responsible for one gap. He is known for building his scheme around his talent. In a hybrid, I think you can find room to feature both him and Casey.

After watching the coaches tape for KC vs DAL, PHI, and NYG: Andy Reid is running a highly designed offense. What I mean by that is that each play is designed to target a specific thing in the defense. Deep passes are determined pre-snap. Smith has the freedom to identify blitzes and alter routes but there is typically no need since most plays are designed to end within a few seconds, targeting a specific area. There are a ton of designed plays to stress the edge of the defense. End-arounds are faked frequently. There are very few basic run of the mill plays... everything has a little wrinkle. Smith reads the middle of the field first on virtually every play. He rarely gets past his first read. Most passes are thrown under ten yards. They use a ton of slants at different depths. There are very little vertical stems. Smith is frequently late on crossing routes. His accuracy is really good on these but he leaves himself with a small window and his WR tackled immediately because he waits. While almost everything goes to the first read, they fake the first read at times with Smith setting up for a quick throw before immediately going to a different spot. In these instances, they usually threaten different levels of the defense rather than different sides of the field. They often line Charles up at WR with an empty backfield to get the defense to declare its look. Out of these formations they tend to send 2-3 receivers deep, clearing room for the real options underneath. Smith running is one of the main threats of these formations. Smith is looking to scramble/checkdown after his first read on nearly every play. Charles gets a lot of use running routes - swing passes mostly but he does some variations. His scrambles are very effective and I'm convinced he's being told by the coaching staff to use his running as more of a primary option rather than a last resort. He is moving before he is pressured - looking to escape the pocket without being forced from it - and they are having success gaining chunks of yardage by doing this. Dwayne Bowe is virtually wasted by this offense but he is still a dangerous physical threat that can break a tackle and create a big play. The Titans defense can win this game on its own. The chiefs do not have a good offense at all, even with Reid scheming the hell out it. Spying Smith could be a legitimate strategy as I don't think they can move the ball consistently without his successful scrambles. A spy also helps man coverage against all those in breaking routes. Blurring the read presnap will be the easiest way to success. Smith looks very limited post-snap. The best defense they have faced is ranked 19th and they have yet to be forced to play catch up. If the Titans can control the LOS, beating this passing should be easy. If I were to make a gameplan against them it would involve a lot of blitzing out of cover 1 man. I'd frequently keep a LB - Brown as much as possible for the speed, but Fokou works as well - to spy or delay blitz. Their passing game plays right into Verner's strengths. They flood zones with a lot of short routes so I think man is the better choice. The only time I saw them attack downfield was when NYG sold out with 8 in the box to stop the run and played press man on the outside - leading to a presnap read that said to challenge the corner off play-action (Bowe's TD play). The chiefs like to send their OLBs off the edges and delay blitz up the middle. The pocket is rarely broken from the inside but rather, the edge rush makes the QB make his first move. They like to stay in press man coverage as much as possible. If we had Locker still, I'd say this is the perfect game to let Hunter loose early on a few go routes. Because of this I think the shotgun draw could have a lot of success - it worked well for the Giants as they let the outside rush by while using a double to ensure a hole up the middle. Their outside CBs are very good. That, combined with the dropoff from Fitz's arm compared to Locker should mean that the Titans use less throws outside the numbers. I don't think we can rely on outs, curls and comebacks like we have with Locker. The CBs will have more time with the ball in the air.