04-09-2017, 10:10 PM
(04-09-2017, 06:11 PM)coachmcneil71 Wrote: Let's not get carried away. I was gonna rebuttal Fred earlier, but chose no to do it. That said, now I will.
Here's the deal Fred, while the stats speak for themselves, they are skewed and here's why.
First and foremost, this is a terrible year for Tackles. More than one of the supposed 2016 collegiate top T's are projected to be Guards at the NFL level. Barnett's D gave up 31,45,49,&24 points in games played in October. Tennessee lost three of those four games.
Florida's T is expected to go anywhere from the 3rd-7th Rd. He's the second best T that he faced in the SEC last season.
Georgia's admitted weakness in 2016 was their o-line. It's on their football page in bold letters.
Texas A&M is known for producing overhyped OT's, in fact we currently have one on the Bengals roster. They win awards in college and blow at the big boy level. Also see Luke Joeckel.
Bama, see Cam Robinson, stock falling as I type this.
Then there was SCarolina a mediocre team at best, Tenn lost.
To sum up there are only three OTs from the SEC that are even projected in the top 15 listed draft prospects. Only one is projected as a 1st rder and his stock is falling. The other two are predicted to go anywhere from the 3rd-7th rds.
Your Tennessee bias is shining brightly! And these numbers are misleading. Kudos to the kid for putting up such good numbers, but it may as well been you or I trying to block him in many of his games.
I love gettin some perspective, thanks Coach. It is true that it is a lousy draft for OT's but i must say it is a great
draft for DE's. This might have something to do with it. Those numbers that Fred brought up are pretty telling though
about Garrett and Barnett.
