What are the chances Greedy turns out?

[Flugel]

@icecube said:

Claypool is not only 6-4, 240, but he runs a 4.42 forty. That's a scary combination. Think a bigger, faster Shannon Sharpe. 

My point with AB is that you STILL don't need to be tall to be really good. 

I told you he was fast.  You're getting what I want you to see Ice.  Seattle's Metcalf has the same frame - same quicks which makes asking a 5'9" corner (since this discussion centered around Minnifield (from a hands on bump and run scheme).  I put up a volume of big WRs that can run. Not only that, one of the last times Gronk was healthy enough to suit up against us - they put him out wide so we'd put a corner on him (hoping to see an 8 year old trying to cover his daddy).  Or, how about when Minnesota put a 6'4" Randy Moss in the slot as a rookie where he faced a lot of shorter corners he could outrun and outjump?  Check out the stats that compiled to remind us this was no longer our fathers' NFL...

One of my first replies in this thread brought up a 2 time All American talent Antoine Winfield in a match-up vrs Michigan State's Plexico Burress. OSU rathoused MSU in the first half of that game. Then, MSU exploited the size differential of Plexico Burress 6'6" vrs 5'9" Winfield (regardless of his elite skillset). Aside from the height difference, now you factor in the huge catch radius advantage Burress enjoyed to understand Nick Saban's path to erasing the huge deficit and ruining any shot the Buckeyes had at a National Championship that year.  The Buckeyes never really adjusted to this; because it was actually an adjustment Saban implemented that shifted the momentum and the entire complexion of the game. This was a lot like asking a point guard to stop Shaq from scoring.  Not gonna happen regardless of how talented the point guard is/was.

To your point, that didn't stop Winfield from going on to enjoy a successful NFL career. IMO, what made Winfield special was he was one of the best open field tacklers on the planet aside from his ability to cover.  When I watched him play, my football wood factor went from balsa to sequoia...

[Flugel]

@the-gipper said:

Claypool is taller.......but speed is about the same.......also...his arms are shorter than Peeps,  his hands are smaller,   he can't jump as high...4 inches difference.....does that make up for the two inches that Claypool is taller?   Claypool 21 pounds heavier per this. 

The .06 difference in speed is neglible.  (unless you are running the Olympics).  Wingspan the same really.  

But, then Claypool was drafted  #49,   and Sunshine Superman taken #187. ....138 spots behind . 

Maybe a better comparison would be between  Claypool and Njoku? 

As much as it pains me to say this - Pittsburgh's tradition of finding successful WRs in the draft dating back to Swann and Stallworth up through today is as good as it gets. 

[gumby73]

@flugel said:

Seattle's Metcalf has the same frame - 

I put up a volume of big WRs that can run. Not only that, one of the last times Gronk was healthy enough to suit up against us - they put him out wide so we'd put a corner on him (hoping to see an 8 year old trying to cover his daddy).        

 to remind us this was no longer our fathers' NFL...

and one game in New England... TJ Ward was a 5'10", built like a brick Safety, that made Belicheck his one day bitch for doing the same with Gronk.. Whoops-zie! 

[The Gipper]

@flugel said:

As much as it pains me to say this - Pittsburgh's tradition of finding successful WRs in the draft dating back to Swann and Stallworth up through today is as good as it gets. 

Well, maybe.  Though I would not say that the Brown's by any means take a back seat there, at least historically.   The Browns duo of  Warfield and Collins  IMO...is better than Stallworth and Swann.   (Its just that the Steelers did win those 4 titles with them).  But look at the stats....Browns duo wins that.  

And to be honest, I feel that  Josh Gordon was more innately talented than  Antonio Brown....its just that A.Brown was able to go longer in his career than Gordon before they both went full Retard on us. 

And right now....in my opinion our receiving corps is vastly superior to the Steelers.   

And, of course, if you want to go way back, the Browns had a HOF duo in Lavelli and Speedie.  Steelers never had anything of the sort.  

In the 80s the Browns clearly had the better WR corps. 

Now, between say  1990 and 2010....I would not  pretend that the Browns had better. 

[Icecube]

@flugel said:

I told you he was fast.  You're getting what I want you to see Ice.  Seattle's Metcalf has the same frame - same quicks which makes asking a 5'9" corner (since this discussion centered around Minnifield (from a hands on bump and run scheme).  I put up a volume of big WRs that can run. Not only that, one of the last times Gronk was healthy enough to suit up against us - they put him out wide so we'd put a corner on him (hoping to see an 8 year old trying to cover his daddy).  Or, how about when Minnesota put a 6'4" Randy Moss in the slot as a rookie where he faced a lot of shorter corners he could outrun and outjump?  Check out the stats that compiled to remind us this was no longer our fathers' NFL...

One of my first replies in this thread brought up a 2 time All American talent Antoine Winfield in a match-up vrs Michigan State's Plexico Burress. OSU rathoused MSU in the first half of that game. Then, MSU exploited the size differential of Plexico Burress 6'6" vrs 5'9" Winfield (regardless of his elite skillset). Aside from the height difference, now you factor in the huge catch radius advantage Burress enjoyed to understand Nick Saban's path to erasing the huge deficit and ruining any shot the Buckeyes had at a National Championship that year.  The Buckeyes never really adjusted to this; because it was actually an adjustment Saban implemented that shifted the momentum and the entire complexion of the game. This was a lot like asking a point guard to stop Shaq from scoring.  Not gonna happen.... 

To your point, that didn't stop Winfield from going on to enjoy a successful NFL career. IMO, what made Winfield special was he was one of the best open field tacklers on the planet aside from his ability to cover.  When I watched him play, my football wood factor went from balsa to sequoia...

I'm not disagreeing with anything you said - yes, a tall WR is a nice luxury. It is ONE of the factors. 

And I'd still take  Minni or Darrell Green on my team any day, right now. The were like fly paper. 

[Flugel]

@icecube said:

I'm not disagreeing with anything you said - yes, a tall WR is a nice luxury. It is ONE of the factors. 

And I'd still take  Minni or Darrell Green on my team any day, right now. The were like fly paper. 

I know.  And I'm glad you appreciate Minnifield's talent enough for the confidence you have in him as an All Era kind of guy. You're probably right that there would be a spot for him somewhere in a secondary today.  At the same position with the same success on the perimeter?  I just think he'd find far tougher sledding against the higher volume of taller/heavier WRs outside of the bump and run scheme he previously thrived in (without a Hanford Dixon frequently responsible for covering the opponent's #1 WR).  Aside from how many decades ago he played, that's a lot of changes.  None of this means I didn't like what he did for us 30-35 years ago without an elite pass rush. And I think that's what Tia was referring o at the top of page 2 when he didn't think anyone paying attention to NFL trends/era changes required further explanation. My guess is Minni's size would have him cover the slot; but it's not that easy to press guys lining up off the line of scrimmage - especially the speedsters with ideal change of direction.  Or, he could be what the next generation of Antoine Winfield will be at 5'9" tall - a Safety first with certain packages assigning him to a 3rd down corner role (slot assignment or zone).  Whatever...

Darrell Green was the NFL's fastest man with great agility/hips; so he'd still be able to play in this era somewhere in the secondary. 

FWIW, rumor had it that Hanford Dixon was frequently but unofficially clocked in the 4.2s down at So Miss before we drafted him 22nd overall in the 1st round.

[Icecube]

@flugel said:

I know.  And I'm glad you appreciate Minnifield's talent enough for the confidence you have in him as an All Era kind of guy. You're probably right that there would be a spot for him somewhere in a secondary today.  At the same position with the same success on the perimeter?  I just think he'd find far tougher sledding against the higher volume of taller/heavier WRs outside of the bump and run scheme he previously thrived in (without a Hanford Dixon frequently responsible for covering the opponent's #1 WR).  Aside from how many decades ago he played, that's a lot of changes.  None of this means I didn't like what he did for us 30-35 years ago without an elite pass rush. And I think that's what Tia was referring o at the top of page 2 when he didn't think anyone paying attention to NFL trends/era changes required further explanation. My guess is Minni's size would have him cover the slot; but it's not that easy to press guys lining up off the line of scrimmage - especially the speedsters with ideal change of direction.  Or, he could be what the next generation of Antoine Winfield will be at 5'9" tall - a Safety first with certain packages assigning him to a 3rd down corner role (slot assignment or zone).  Whatever...

Darrell Green was the NFL's fastest man with great agility/hips; so he'd still be able to play in this era somewhere in the secondary. 

FWIW, rumor had it that Hanford Dixon was frequently but unofficially clocked in the 4.2s down at So Miss before we drafted him 22nd overall in the 1st round.

4.2's is sick speed. That's Deion level speed there. I tried to find Minni highlights and nothing comes up! All they have is Minni AND Dixon vids, I know it was a long time ago, but geez man. I thought you could find anything on youtube! 

[The Gipper]

@icecube said:

4.2's is sick speed. That's Deion level speed there. I tried to find Minni highlights and nothing comes up! All they have is Minni AND Dixon vids, I know it was a long time ago, but geez man. I thought you could find anything on youtube! 

I am not sure they were testing 40 times back in the 80s.  Were they? 

[Icecube]

@the-gipper said:

I am not sure they were testing 40 times back in the 80s.  Were they? 

That's probably why he said "It was reported in college he ran 4.2s" instead of actually stating it as fact. 

[Dutch Oven]

@the-gipper said:

I am not sure they were testing 40 times back in the 80s.  Were they? 

Considering Paul Brown allegedly came up with it, I would guess so. Probably wasn't well-known info, though. 

[Flugel]

@icecube said:

That's probably why he said "It was reported in college he ran 4.2s" instead of actually stating it as fact. 

Thanks Ice!  Yeah, I said "FWIW, rumor had it that Hanford Dixon was frequently but unofficially clocked in the 4.2s down at So Miss before we drafted him 22nd overall in the 1st round."  The NFL combines didn't start up until 1982; and they moved to Indy in 1987.  I don't know what they did for official times back then beyond NFL teams doing the "we shall see for ourselves with the stop watch."   My guess?  If he ran in the 4.2s for anybody - he would have been drafted before we got to him at #22 overall. 

[Flugel]

@dutch-oven said:

Considering Paul Brown allegedly came up with it, I would guess so. Probably wasn't well-known info, though. 

I couldn't tell if Gips was busting my balls or not.  But yeah, I thought I've read the same thing about Paul Browns' advanced scouting technology well before everyone wanted to give Tom Landry all the credit for doing a lot of the things Brown had already been doing in the 40s, 50s and 60s.

[The Gipper]

@flugel said:

I couldn't tell if Gips was busting my balls or not.  But yeah, I thought I've read the same thing about Paul Browns' advanced scouting technology well before everyone wanted to give Tom Landry all the credit for doing a lot of the things Brown had already been doing in the 40s, 50s and 60s.

No, not busting your balls at all. I just don't ever recall seeing 40 times from only as far back as the 80s.  At one point we had tried to see if there were 40 times available for Jim Brown, but could not find anything.   If you know where we can get 40 times for players from the 80s....Dixon, Minnifield, Kosar!!   Slaughter, etc. let us know. 

[ballpeen]

Neither one of those guys ran 4.2 40's.  Maybe 4.5  or a little higher.

[Dutch Oven]

@the-gipper said:

No, not busting your balls at all. I just don't ever recall seeing 40 times from only as far back as the 80s.  At one point we had tried to see if there were 40 times available for Jim Brown, but could not find anything.   If you know where we can get 40 times for players from the 80s....Dixon, Minnifield, Kosar!!   Slaughter, etc. let us know. 

I know the Indians were checking their players' 40 times back in the late 80s. 

They were amazed by Willie Mays Hayes' time. 

[Dutch Oven]

@ballpeen said:

Neither one of those guys ran 4.2 40's.  Maybe 4.5  or a little higher.

Yeah, I mean there's only a handful of people in the world TODAY that run that. 

[Flugel]

@the-gipper said:

No, not busting your balls at all. I just don't ever recall seeing 40 times from only as far back as the 80s.  At one point we had tried to see if there were 40 times available for Jim Brown, but could not find anything.   If you know where we can get 40 times for players from the 80s....Dixon, Minnifield, Kosar!!   Slaughter, etc. let us know. 

Does it matter?   I only brought up the rumor of what Hanford Dixon was unofficially clocked at when he played for So Miss before Cleveland drafted him in round 1. It was more or less to give people the idea - rumor is he can run. I also clarified a few posts later that if he ran that time for NFL teams, there's no way he drops to us at #22 overall. However, he was fast enough to be drafted in round 1 and make Pro Bowls for us.  There were rumors that Bo Jackson ran a killer good 40 time too.... When anyone watched Bo play - was there any reason to doubt he could blaze?

Just because they started keeping better records of this stuff when the NFL Combine moved to Indy in 1987 - doesn't mean guys weren't running the 40 yard dash before then.  My junior and senior seasons in high school were 1980 and 1981; and we had to run the 40. Many college teams that showed interest in some of us wanted to know 40 times and see film. I went to football camps from 77-81 and we had to the the 40. 

They didn't keep good records of QB sacks throughout the career of Deacon Jones either - does it really mean he didn't sack the QB at an elite/HOF level?  Here's 1 summary of his QB sacks:

	Games	Def Interceptions	Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty	AV
Career				191	168	2	50	0	50			0	15	10	0	0.0	2
1961	23	RAM	lde	75	14	6							0	3	10	0	0.0		4
1962	24	RAM	LDE	75	14	14							0	1	0	0	0.0		7
1963	25	RAM	LDE	75	14	14	1	0	0	0			0	1	0	0	0.0		7
1964*	26	RAM	LDE	75	14	14							0	3	0	0	0.0		10
1965*+	27	RAM	LDE	75	14	14											0.0	1	10
1966*+	28	RAM	LDE	75	14	14	1	50	0	50			0	1	0	0	0.0		15
1967*+	29	RAM	LDE	75	14	14							0	1	0	0	0.0	1	15
1968*+	30	RAM	LDE	75	14	14											0.0		14
1969*+	31	RAM	LDE	75	14	14							0	1	0	0	0.0		12
1970*	32	RAM	LDE	75	14	13							0	1	0	0	0.0		10
1971	33	RAM	LDE	75	11	10											0.0		5
1972*	34	SDG	LDE	75	14	14							0	2	0	0	0.0		7
1973	35	SDG	LDE	75	12	12							0	1	0	0	0.0		5
1974	36	WAS		75	14	1											0.0		2

Here's another summary:

https://www.nfl.com/players/deacon-jones/stats/

[Flugel]

@dutch-oven said:

Yeah, I mean there's only a handful of people in the world TODAY that run that. 

Oh yeah?   I did it running backwards with a cigar in my mouth while you, Flugel and all these other knuckleheads were too busy researching the fatassss dime a dozens.

[Icecube]

@the-gipper said:

 

Brother, their measurables are similar, but the giant difference: Claypool has already produced, Peeps is just potential. Ask Jimmy Johnson, Big Tuna and Hoodie about player evaluation: Production trumps all. Everything else is secondary. Do you honestly think Peeps will out produce Claypool in the next 5 years?  

[The Gipper]

@icecube said:

Brother, their measurables are similar, but the giant difference: Claypool has already produced, Peeps is just potential. Ask Jimmy Johnson, Big Tuna and Hoodie about player evaluation: Production trumps all. Everything else is secondary. Do you honestly think Peeps will out produce Claypool in the next 5 years?  

WTF has Claypool "produced" that Peeps has not?   They are both freeking rookies and both produced fuck all in the pros so far.   So...PROVE what you say.....copy their college stats here that you say show that Claypool has been so much more productive.  I honestly did not follow either closely in college. So, back up your claim.