Thor's Easter Day Mock!!!

[Callidus]

14 hours ago, thor said:

A.J. Terrell Scouting Report:

 

Man Technique: Silky smooth cover man with a high ceiling here. Ability to stay in phase and mirror breaks or turn and locate the football is natural and rapid. Strong with his back to the ball and chest to the ball alike, though at times he’s too aggressive closing on the first break and can lose to multi break routes. Catch point receivers give him the most trouble.

 

Zone Technique: Really impressive marriage of vision and timing when exploding through short zones. Body type wise, is a fit for outside play, but may end up a top-tier slot with his ability to quickly drive and get connected to short-breaking routes. Love how he beats receivers to the spot on slants and arrives with physicality to the catch point. Occasionally suckered in by underneath routes and loses vertical spacing. 

 

Press Technique: A bit jumpy and overaggressive at the line but generally has a really solid profile. Love how hard he comes into contact at key inflection points; ability to collision receivers as they look to stack forces inaccurate balls and mistimed routes. Again has issues overcrowding and leaning too far on receivers, which lets his base get broken and forces himself into recovery.

 

Best Trait: Mental Processing

Worst Trait: Tackling

Player Comparison: A.J. Bouye

 

Red Flags - None

This makes me want him even more.

[thor]

Bryce Hall Scouting Report:

 

Man Technique: He’s a weighted blanket, man. You just can’t get out from under this dude. Suffocates space early in the route and has the stride length, length, and balance to remain connected through route breaks. Regularly breaks route timing downfield by initiating multiple collisions that rarely get flagged given how subtle he is. Smart against quicker receivers and stays over the top to cap the big play. Denies passing attempts at a starter-caliber rate.

 

Zone Technique: This is where he’s most exciting in the pros. Ability to read and react from the side-shuffle is sublime, and he has great length to quickly get connected and affect the catch point at a wide range of influence. Wicked smart and will bait throws with success. Not a candidate to pedal and drive in a squatting technique but as a press-3 corner in a Seattle mold, he’s a prototype player.

 

Press Technique: Patient and measured in the press. Doesn’t look to collision and disrupt, more so steer and guide int he contact window, which is likely a choice to prevent himself from getting overextended against release moves, as his transitional quickness isn’t great. Can deny upfield releases when he has the right read and take receivers into the boundary. Foot placement in step-kick responsibilities is elite.

 

Best Trait: Zone Technique

Worst Trait: Fluidity

Player Comparison: Byron Maxwell

 

Red Flags - Ankle injury limited his senior season to just six games.

 

 

 

[thor]

15 minutes ago, Callidus said:

This makes me want him even more.

 

I know most TR patrons are interested in corners this year so I'm trying to get parts of the scouting reports out there for easy access...

[thor]

Antoine Winfield Jr. Scouting Report:

 

Coverage Spacing - He doesn't have the most potent burst or range to flow in space but you definitely can work with him in split safety role and his quick processor allows him to shade and jump throws with consistency. He's got a knack for attacking and undercutting the ball with good angles to crash the party and pluck away the football.

 

Acceleration - His long speed isn't an area where he's going to hang his hat — he's more quick than he is fast. But his short area agility allows him to buzz down into gaps or into the path of routes and disrupt the play effectively to disrupt or get into desirable run fits from the fringes of the hash marks.

 

Tackling - A few instances of gearing down late or dropping his head but he's a fairly sure tackler who is confident locking horns with bigger dudes and runs the feet through contact for confident finishes. His run fills from the second level are quite nice and he's eager to stick his face into the fire and challenge the ball carrier.

 

Zone Coverage Skills - Played a lot of deep half and he'll do well there. His eyes are instinctive inside of 10 yards and he'll have the chance to jump some routes in the quick game. His peripheral vision to shade and bait the quarterback is strong and he's rarely caught out of position.

 

Ball Skills - He's a hunter here. Frequently takes the ambitious angle to make a play on the ball — it's yielded great results for him thus far. Innate sense of turnover opportunities and cashes in on the regular. He doesn't have ideal length so if he's boxed out at the catch point he's not going to be able to extend and play the ball.

 

Competitive Toughness - Dude is a firecracker. A lot of fun to watch him fly into the frame and get in on the action. He's fearless in the box and as a run support defender and his stout tackling provides effective finishes and doesn't often yield extra yards. He's got a good presence in the trail position against TEs as well, not easily bullied.

 

Flexibility - Doesn't illustrate elite mobility through his frame when tasked with flipping his hips into pursuit in lateral situations. He's got good coil through his frame to explode and deliver body blows to ball carriers. Body control and contortion tracking the ball is strong.

 

Feet/COD - Smooth and fluid — doesn't take a lot of wasted steps and is consistently ready to pounce. His effective cadence in footwork leaves him balanced and ready to redirect as needed. He's got good spring on his bucket step to click and close to attack action in front of his face.

 

Man Coverage Skills - Locked up some talented players in shadow coverage, especially against Penn State. Capable of handling big bodies and shows good resistance to not get uprooted off of his landmarks and stay on the body to prevent separation in the MOF or up the seam.

 

Versatility - He brings a lot to the table. His lack of elite range cuts down on his upside as a deep FS but working him into nickel reps and subsequently using him in base packages as a strong safety is the expectation. No reason why he can't play nearly full snap count given effective run fills, blitzing and coverage. 

 

Best Trait - Football IQ

Worst Trait - Deep Range

 

Red Flags - Injuries

 

[thor]

Any of you that have been on this board a long time know my opinion of trading up --- I freaking hate it --- I grew up a Redskins fan and at the time every year they traded away everything and the draft always sucked... "The Over The Hill Gang Days"... fun veteran teams but the drafts bit... So I developed a hatred of trading picks away...

 

But this year is probably the first year in some time I am going against my better judgement... 

Let me state again I hate moving up... But, in this draft there is one player I would consider moving up for the WR Henry Ruggs III from Alabama 5' 11"  188 ran a 4.27, This kid also catches everything... If you go by mocks the Eagles seem to be drafting him at #21 --- I would offer our first, a 7th, a 4th next year, and Corey Davis... or more...

Yes, I do know I'm nutty as a fruit cake!!!

 

Scout 1: Henry Ruggs III is a Day 1 candidate for every NFL team. His skillset -- electric speed, ball-tracking, and strong hands -- are a fit for any system and valuable beyond the measurement of his statistical output. Ruggs will dictate safety rotation at the NFL level given his ability to release against press coverage and challenge even the top NFL corners with his success working the nine ball/back-shoulder fade combination. Ruggs is also a winner in short areas with efficient routes and angle-breaking acceleration, with better toughness and tackle breaking ability than he's given credit for. Ruggs has the potential to house every ball and is the highest floor of all the rookie receivers given his physical toolset.

 

Scout 2: Henry Ruggs brings rare speed to the table. The cliche phrases about being a threat to score on every touch are absolutely applicable. One wrong angle or missed step by the defense can result in six points because his ability to accelerate is from another planet. And Ruggs isn’t just a burner, he’s a fairly polished wide receiver that competes as a blocker. Labeling him as just a fast guy is disrespectful to his overall game. It shouldn’t take long for Ruggs to become a starting Y or Z receiver in the NFL and be considered one of the most dangerous offensive weapons in the league. He’s a matchup nightmare given the attention he will command and a lack of defensive backs that can keep pace with him, even at the NFL level. 

 

Player Comparisons: Deshaun Jackson, Tyreek Hill

 

Red Flags: None