Is Garret really the best DE in this draft
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Garrets ability to get in the backfield from what I saw of him in college is uncanny, even against good teams like Bama. They played him not only in DE but in the middle as well and he shined. His quickness and strength are unequaled by even Thomas imo and he should be a lock.
Garrets ability to get in the backfield from what I saw of him in college is uncanny, even against good teams like Bama. They played him not only in DE but in the middle as well and he shined. His quickness and strength are unequaled by even Thomas imo and he should be a lock.
I was wondering if anyone else caught that with the few times they would move him to the inside tackle spot, sometime R and sometimes L, but always unexpected and very difficult to defend for those suddenly seeing him there. Here's a good example when he got after Dobbs. Moved inside to R Tackle to first split C - G and then running around/over the guard.
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Warren Sapp doesn't seem to think so http://es.pn/2pT2qCL
As the NFL draft approaches this week, Hall of Fame defensive lineman Warren Sapp is struggling to understand why Texas A&M defensive end Myles Garrett is poised to be the No. 1 pick.
"I don't see it from this kid," Sapp said Sunday about Garrett. "I see the splash plays -- everybody gets those. Where's the game he took over? Where? Any defensive lineman who's the No. 1 pick, you turn up and you say, 'There it is!' This kid, no, I don't. I'm a pretty plain and frank guy, and I watch the tape and he disappears. I watch the tape and he absolutely disappears."
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Adam Schefter
ESPN Senior Writer
As the NFL draft approaches this week, Hall of Fame defensive lineman Warren Sapp is struggling to understand why Texas A&M defensive end Myles Garrett is poised to be the No. 1 pick.
"I don't see it from this kid," Sapp said Sunday about Garrett. "I see the splash plays -- everybody gets those. Where's the game he took over? Where? Any defensive lineman who's the No. 1 pick, you turn up and you say, 'There it is!' This kid, no, I don't. I'm a pretty plain and frank guy, and I watch the tape and he disappears. I watch the tape and he absolutely disappears."
Still, Garrett is considered the favorite to go No. 1 to Cleveland Browns, who also used the No. 1 overall pick in the 2000 draft on Penn State defensive end Courtney Brown.
Myles Garrett is the top-ranked prospect on many draft boards, but pass-rushers often struggle to put up big numbers as rookies. AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith
"I don't think this kid is as good as Courtney Brown, either," Sapp said.
Sapp believes teams have fallen for Garrett for one reason only.
"It's all about measurable," he said. "Once you hit the measurable, it's tough to get them old scout people off the numbers, and that's what [Garrett] has. He's big and he's fast. Now some defensive line coach is thinking, 'I can turn him into something.' How? I'm trying to figure this out. Really? Are we lowering the bar?"
Sapp said he has studied a handful of games that Garrett has played on tape, but he said it didn't take him long to realize the type of player that Garrett is. Now, as Garrett is closing in on becoming the first defensive lineman drafted No. 1 overall since Jadeveon Clowney in 2014, Sapp wonders how important the game is to him.
"I see a lazy kid that makes four plays a game," Sapp said. "This is the No. 1 guy? No, no, no. This ain't even close."
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probably adams
probably adams
Now, that I would understand...
And...Im not surprised this is an Adam Schefter article....sensationalist that he is.....
As usual, he didnt even get the complete story...IE, who Sapp would have picked...
And the last line says it all....(purely for effect)....
"I see a lazy kid that makes four plays a game," Sapp said. "This is the No. 1 guy? No, no, no. This ain't even close."
Schefter is a schmuck......and when did people start listening to yap trap sapp?
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Lazy player? Is sapp serious? Is this the nfl attemting to keep garett out of cleveland? Garett has things he needs to work on but lazy? I need clarification from sapp on how he's judging that.
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Garrett is still developing. He was double teamed alot. So im sure it pissed him off. The Nfl players will hold him more accountable. I just like the thought of him making his opposite side even better from last year. I think Ogba flashed alot last year and with Garrett added, will be even better. Also, i wish we traded up to 3 or 4 to get Jamal Adams.
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if the Browns stay at 1 and don't draft Garrett, they'd better be right... if Garrett ends up being a perennial pro bowler in San Fran and the Browns end up with Blaine Gabbert 2.0 its hard reset time yet again.
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That is what I don't. Might as well what ground hog day with Bill Murray
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I don't necessarily say I agree with Sapp but I wonder Myles is the type of kid to walk away from football should the game give him adversity.
Physically speaking he's a fucking creature, but I've said this before - there's something on his tape that I can't put my finger on I just don't like.
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Well if he doesnt like adversity he could have shut it down with that ankle sprain. He didnt need a pro day after the combine right? In fact that pro day was a big risk but he wanted to better his results. It kind of speaks to the kids drive
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There is an eerie feeling to it, with everyone crowning him as the obvious #1. There's a lurking uneasiness in the pit of my stomach, but I still think he's the pick.
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Sapp said exactly the same about Clowney. Just an old guy he wants to stay in the spotlight when others younger than he are shining.
From the article:
"His analysis of the Aggies star echoes his evaluation of Jadeveon Clowney when Clowney was the consensus best player in the 2014 draft.
"I look at [Clowney's] tape, and I don't see a guy that is playing the game with his hair on fire, making plays, running up and down the field sideline to sideline, doing all of the things," Sapp said in April 2014 (h/t the Houston Chronicle).
Clowney batted injuries in his first two years but reached the Pro Bowl in 2016 after finishing with 52 tackles and six sacks. In January, Pro Football Focus' Sam Monson listed Clowney No. 23 among the 25 best players under the age of 25."
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So much is made about measurables - 40 time, arm length, long jump, shuttle time, yada, yada, yada, yada, yada..... There are only two things that make the great players great, and it's their heart and brain.
So while everyone - or at least most, like to geek out on his 'freakish physical measurables', if he doesn't have that certain something burning deep inside of him that few have, then it will all be for not.
I'll wait a while to buy a ticket to his HoF induction ceremony.
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I've certainly read others warning signs on this guy. Several have said he takes plays off. I believe he said no one plays hard every play. Declining interviews to me is a flag too. If he can't deal with a little adversity for an interview how does he react to a bad game? Bad local press?
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I've certainly read others warning signs on this guy. Several have said he takes plays off. I believe he said no one plays hard every play. Declining interviews to me is a flag too. If he can't deal with a little adversity for an interview how does he react to a bad game? Bad local press?
Thats a good point to bring up. He canceled an interview apparently because of someone who had spoken poorly of him in the past (about his play I believe). It just seems to me the guys that beat the shit out of people on the field would normally be the ones to speak with someone like that and challenge their talk on record, but that may just be me.I've certainly read others warning signs on this guy. Several have said he takes plays off. I believe he said no one plays hard every play. Declining interviews to me is a flag too. If he can't deal with a little adversity for an interview how does he react to a bad game? Bad local press?
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Foster is the best player in this draft on the field.
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Sorry, i heard the "exact"same bullshit about bosa last year.
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"I just got this feeling man!!!".
Im in no mood to watch garett go get 10 or more sacks for another defense
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