Quote:Agreed, I liked Beasley also and would of been ok if he was the pick but had Fowler the better prospect and player as probably 90% of the people and scouts did.  He said Teddy was the 2nd best prospect he has ever seen behind Luck and then Beasley was one of the best pass rushers to ever come out.  The guy overrates decent prospect like no other.  Like yall say, he falls in love with an ok player where there are much better players in the same draft.  Crazy, then you have some guys even on our message board that just believes what ever the guy says and thinks the guy is this great scout and believes what ever he says..  The guy is proven wrong with his top prospects almost every year. 

 

The biggest thing that I think goes missed by a lot of these armchair talent evaluators is that the draft is, always has been, and most likely will continue to be about measureables. Teams want big, fast, athletic guys who can run fast, lift heavy things, and jump really high. It's that way because teams know that you increase your odds of getting a good football player if you start with a good athlete.

 

It's why the media world was shocked when Bortles went early, but none of the football people were. It's why Dante Fowler, despite producing fewer sacks than Beasley, was rated higher almost universally. It also seems to be the impetus for coming up with all kinds of weird statistics and metrics that pump up a player with lesser physical attributes.

 

They, the armchair scouts, watch and breakdown technique and hone in on little details and quirks but it seems like they miss the big picture that by and large you have to be an amazing athlete to survive on an NFL field, much less be productive out there. It's not a game for little guys with big hearts; it's a game for big guys with emotional issues.

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