(05-03-2021, 12:31 PM)NCJag Wrote:

(05-03-2021, 10:22 AM)HURRICANE!!! Wrote: Oh God ... this explains it ....

Statement from Urban
"Well, he's from my hometown — he's from right outside my hometown, so his peoples are my people, so I know those are all wonderful people in that area, Perry, Ohio," Meyer said. "So I love Luke. I love his family. He is a plus-two mentality, all the way. He is a worker, a grinder and to see him where he is at, from where he came — he's brilliant ... he's tough."

The last time I heard something this idiotic was when the Dolphins shocked the world by selected Ted Ginn Jr with  the #9 pick.  The GM stated that he was good friends with the Ginn family so they knew exactly what they were getting with Ted.

Only difference is, the Phins took Ginn at number 9 and payed him 5 years/13 million dollars. (CJ Henderson got 4 years at 20.9 mil guaranteed). The first pick of the 5th round last year, Khalid Kareem got 2.9 million. Who's to say the guy doesn't come in and bump Manhertz off the roster as primary blocking TE?

I really don't like to critique 5th round picks, however, the fact that Brevin Jordan was slated to be a 3-4 round pick and slipped into the 5th round, will have me watching their NFL careers side by side since we obviously were in the market for a TE and selected Farrell 2 picks ahead of the Texans selecting Jordan.

We shall see.

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