Football Draft Tidbits

Never Been A Gator Fan

But this is what i understand about leadership. Sometimes it can take one person to galvanize a team. One man can get a team to follow him through the ups and downs and lead them to victory. Tim Tebow did that for four years at Florida and led his school o two national titles and 3 BCS bowl appearances. So why is it that people are bashing him because of his faith and some may think it can be be divisive in a locker room? The one thing I know is college kids for the most can tell a fraud when they see one. Tebow's teammates never said one derogatory thing about the verses he put on his eye black or the prayers at the end. all they did was follow him to the promise land of championships. For writers and scouts to think this will be a problem is completely insane. One thing you are going to see repeated in this post is, "If he can play then the other players will follow." and that is the case with Tebow. He is as tough as nails, and has that "it" factor that brings a team together. I think a lot of scouts are fearful that if you are religious then that means you aren't tough. Just look at all the tapes of Tebow running over countless defenders and you can tell how tough he is.

Reverse Racial Profiling

Toby Gerhart is being overlooked as a 1st round running back because he is white. an unnamed scout (which is a lame way to be identified) informed Yahoo, that teams won;t draft Gerhart because he is white, not because he can't play but because the color of his skin. What type of people are scouting football players? Gerhart is a dynamic runner, who runs hard between the tackle. I think the issue is that white running backs have been at a premium over the last 30 years. When you think of white men running the ball they are mostly fullbacks. Gerhart can play both positions but if he was the feature back in a system, I believe you would see a white version of Stephen Jackson. If he can play then the other players will follow. Simple as that.

What The Rams Won't Do But Should



The Rams will take Sam Bradford with the first pick. I have two other options for them but their brain trust won't do it but should. This team has a ton of holess to fill so dumping 45-50 million into one player is not the answer. Instead of Bradford, they should pick Suh. Suh would add to the depth of their defensive line and he would not cost the arm and leg in guaranteed money that Bradford would. Also with their second round pick they should draft Colt McCoy and he would be a perfect fit with this team. If you watch any tape on McCoy you can tell he is way more comfortable throwing the ball outside of the pocket and on the run more than Bradford, and with the Rams offensive line that would be a benefit. Drafting Mark Sanchez would have solved this problem as well but I digress. The Rams have had the worse drafting in the league over the last eight years. Drafting Carriker in the first round and then trading him for a vending machine shows just how awful the teams drafting has been. This is the same team that passed up the Eagles receiver De'Sean Jackson for Donnie Avery because they thought Jackson was too small. Avery is the same height. The other option would be to trade for a veteran qb like Big Ben and get a stud receiver in the 2nd round. Donovan McNabb would have fit great as well but the redskins jumped all over him. The Rams need to be contenders prior to 2014 because that is when they can opt out of their lease with their stadium. These next few years will be critical in keeping the team in St. Louis.

Too Smart To Play

Myron Rolle is a Rhodes Scholar who is up for being drafted this weekend. Rolle could have entered the draft last year but went to Rhodes because he has aspirations of being a surgeon after football. however, draft pundits think that Role could go between the 5Th round or undrafted because teams are afraid of him because they believe he's not a football first guy. Football is a physical game yes but a lot of it is mental as well. To think Rolle won;t go out and compete hard and that he will waste your invest is so far off base. A lot of these scouts have no clue and how to develop player and are using his intellectual prowess as a negative. I hope Rolle makes all the teams regret passing him up with a couple of All-pro type seasons.