Thread: 2020 NFL Draft

Originally Posted by Spiritguy

From what I read there was a minor glitch during the first pick and after that good to go.

Without all the interviews etc.. that normally happen this month as been a challenge. These next few days are going to be hard. Any real football news has been too long ago now.

I've been involved with three groups that had to switch to Skype or Zoom meetings during the lockdown. Every one of them had about 15 minutes of glitches to work through when they first began and then things went well. Teams may have to mute themselves when they are not on the clock and use separate phones to backchannel trade offers and other communications.

Keep in mind, many GMs bad-mouthed the idea of holding the draft on time because they wanted more time for workouts and scouting. Therefore, it's not hard for the media to find unhappy campers who want to bitch about any glitch at all that comes out of the trial run. To me, it's a non-issue.

Originally Posted by OrangeHoof

I've been involved with three groups that had to switch to Skype or Zoom meetings during the lockdown. Every one of them had about 15 minutes of glitches to work through when they first began and then things went well. Teams may have to mute themselves when they are not on the clock and use separate phones to backchannel trade offers and other communications.

Keep in mind, many GMs bad-mouthed the idea of holding the draft on time because they wanted more time for workouts and scouting. Therefore, it's not hard for the media to find unhappy campers who want to bitch about any glitch at all that comes out of the trial run. To me, it's a non-issue.

I imagine the NFL will be in control of whatever application they use. The controller can mute everyone at once, then unmute those of their choosing. Wife has been using Zoom to stay in touch with her students daily. Sometimes one-on-one time, sometimes all of them (16). She loves the "mute all" feature - especially with a bunch of 3-5 year olds!

Joe's wife sounds like such a nice person.

Rewatching the 2017 draft on ESPN2 - the first thing Kiper said about Bolles is that he struggled with penalties and missed assignments in college.

Originally Posted by Buff

Rewatching the 2017 draft on ESPN2 - the first thing Kiper said about Bolles is that he struggled with penalties and missed assignments in college.

But he's improved.

This has got be the dumbest trade proposal I've heard yet for the 2020 NFL Draft. From the Good Morning Football crew on the NFL Channel this morning. A fictitious scenario they created I might add. Two other (fictitious) teams made much more reasonable offers.

IMHO, OBJ is only worth a 2nd pick if that.

Dolphins get: OBJ

Browns get: 5th Overall Pick

Browns already done with the OBJ experiment? And they wonder why they have a hard time winning ballgames. Lol

Originally Posted by LTC Pain

This has got be the dumbest trade proposal I've heard yet for the 2020 NFL Draft. From the Good Morning Football crew on the NFL Channel this morning. A fictitious scenario they created I might add. Two other (fictitious) teams made much more reasonable offers.

IMHO, OBJ is only worth a 2nd pick if that.

Dolphins get: OBJ

Browns get: 5th Overall Pick

I normally usually agree with stuff Mike Lombardi says on his podcast, but he just said something I hadn’t heard — Isaiah Simmons is a polarizing player among team front offices and many defensive coordinators think his skill set would be hard to work with?

What?

Originally Posted by MOtorboat

I normally usually agree with stuff Mike Lombardi says on his podcast, but he just said something I hadn’t heard — Isaiah Simmons is a polarizing player among team front offices and many defensive coordinators think his skill set would be hard to work with?

What?

I read an article somewhere that said the same. Along the lines of being a jack of all trades/master of none. Is he a SS, ILB, OLB? It mentioned him being good at all three and being moved around so much that he never really had a chance to master any of them. Right...wrong...indifferent...that's kind of the gist of the article. Maybe what coordinators are thinning as well. Or, it could all be smoke

Originally Posted by CoachChaz

I read an article somewhere that said the same. Along the lines of being a jack of all trades/master of none. Is he a SS, ILB, OLB? It mentioned him being good at all three and being moved around so much that he never really had a chance to master any of them. Right...wrong...indifferent...that's kind of the gist of the article. Maybe what coordinators are thinning as well. Or, it could all be smoke

That sounds like smoke. But coordinators are stubborn folks ... fit my scheme!

Originally Posted by MOtorboat

That sounds like smoke. But coordinators are stubborn folks ... fit my scheme!

Which brings the question...how well does he fit in a Fangio system?

Originally Posted by CoachChaz

Which brings the question...how well does he fit in a Fangio system?

I think fantastically. Does he not fit that Roquan Smith all over the field mold? Am I not seeing this right?

Originally Posted by CoachChaz

Which brings the question...how well does he fit in a Fangio system?

He's perfect. And Fangio changed his scheme to accentuate players in the past, ranging from adding 'responsibilities' to guys like Willis, Smith, and Khalil Mack. If Fangio can't figure out what to do with an almost perfect player he's not worthy of being our HC...and I don't believe it.

Originally Posted by MOtorboat

I think fantastically. Does he not fit that Roquan Smith all over the field mold? Am I not seeing this right?

Originally Posted by Poet

He's perfect. And Fangio changed his scheme to accentuate players in the past, ranging from adding 'responsibilities' to guys like Willis, Smith, and Khalil Mack. If Fangio can't figure out what to do with an almost perfect player he's not worthy of being our HC...and I don't believe it.

It was just a devils advocate question. On paper, it seems obvious...just never know what the brass is thinking