Kipers 1st mock draft 1st round

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(01-20-2017, 11:54 PM)Burma Wrote: I forgot all about Drafttek.  Haven't looked at them in a long time.  Not sure how to weigh their opinion though.  The guy who wrote that scouting report for Foster is a bartender taking some management classes.  Have to start somewhere though.

We can contrast the bartenders "Coverage will never be a strength" statement with Nationalfootballposts.com breakdown done by former nfl scouts and the people they have trained..

I will tend to err on the side of qualified and trained NFL scouts, than a new guy taking some classes to become a sports writer.


CBS, though,  I missed that line.  I read under his Strengths "Foster keeps his eyes locked onto the quarterback when in coverage, breaking quickly as the pass is released, often initiating contact with the intended receiver just as the ball arrives.".  I missed that they qualified it as a weakness "Savvy" QBs could exploit.  I think you can say that about most players though, I would imagine.


At this point we are splitting hairs.  Nate claimed Foster was bad in coverage and stared down QBs far too often. Nothing we have seen by non random guys on the internet says he is bad in coverage and in fact say the opposite.  As to him staring down QBs, 1 pro site says it's a strength that "can" be taken advantage of by certain QBs and one random guy says it "sometimes" happens.  Not exactly "Far too often"

Beware of NFP.  Their "experts" pay them for textbook/DVD courses featuring a former NFL scout, and as they complete courses they get discounts on future courses, access to other users, and their scouting reports featured on the NFP website.  So, basically, they get people paying for their courses, then publish those people's work without paying them for it.

http://nfpscout.com/nfp-introduction-to-scouting/

Even fishier is the writer of the article you're referring to.  Danny Shimon's bio states he's a Bears writer for http://www.windy-citysport.com, but that's a dead link.  There's a http://www.windycitysport.com, but Shimon isn't listed as one of their contributors.  I wouldn't doubt if Shimon is just one of guys getting paid by the site writing articles under another name to try and make it appear legit.

I can't speak to the accuracy of the take on Foster, but that site seems very shady.