There will definitely be some welcome to the NFL moments when they face the Texans. Nothing better than facing a young QB looking like deer in the headlights. Now I know how teams felt when playing against Carr. Payback.
Steelers and other 3-4 teams do this all the time, you've got to have a guy ready to replace the OLBs all the time because eventually somebody's gonna get a sh-tload of sacks and demand a new contract. Greg Lloyd, Kevin Greene, Chad Brown, Jason Gildon, Clark Haggans, Joey Porter, Lamar Woodley, James Harrison...etc
Look closely in the back. That has GOT TO be the first Asian couple ever seen in an NFL draft family celebration video. (No racist I'm in China right now.)
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/story/18843965/grades-2012-nfl-draft-round-1 Looking at the highlights of this guy I kind of get the same impression. He doesn't really dazzle me, but I'm sure Wade will put him in the right position to put up decent sack numbers.
Prisco didn't even have him going in the first round, which is surprising since most had Mercilus rated 3rd or 4th in OLB.
McShay had Mercilus going #7 to Jacksonville in his final mock. Goes to show how wide open this draft was beyond the top five or so.
There are a lot of college players that lead the nation in _______ but are garbage in the pros. I do trust Wade to know what the kid is good at and put him in a position to do it well.
I'm not trying to say I don't like the pick, because I do, but even Wade Phillips can make a mistake with a draft pick. I know he nailed it last year with JJ and Reed, but he also missed (so far) with Brandon Harris. It wasn't like he was nailing it with the Cowboys either.
It's way too early to call Brandon Harris a miss. CBs typically don't turn it on until year 3 or so in the league.
i don't think wade wanted felix or Dez. mr. botox has a lot to say with what went on in the duplex. I think here they all have an input with the players they like. Before wade, we had cushing, gq, Barwin, Mario, Demeco. I trust everyone's evaluation. Sure there will always be an okoye or three. Too early to call harris or carmichael misses. Cbs take a little longer in their development. I really feel bad for the qbs we are facing next week. it could be like the old madden games from 94 where the ambulance drives onto the field every other series of downs.
Right...also in 2010 he said this No. 3: Buccaneers select: Gerald McCoy, DT, Oklahoma Grade Analysis: After doing the work on this kid, I actually liked him better than Suh. He will be a better inside pass rusher. He is quick. The Bucs have Warren Sapp without the garbage. A
They need to be considering we lost Jason Allen. We have some young DBs with experience and pedigree now. Let's just hope they keep putting it all together. Adding another big pass rusher doesn't hurt the situation. Ready to see what we pull off during the rest of the draft. If we can pull off getting a nice WR with decent speed/hands/blocking, OL depth and a new 3rd string QB... i'll be a happy camper.
This still bothers me. It became a sexy contrarian thing for some reason for wannabes like McShay and PRisco to bleat that McCoy was better than Suh, except for the inconvenient fact that Suh was superior by every possible measure (performance & productivity - while playing in the same conference even...., workout numbers, etc). Then reality started and he became the most dominant inside force in the league after about 5 games. Nice call guys.