(03-24-2019, 09:02 AM)Upper Wrote:

(03-23-2019, 09:58 PM)Bullseye Wrote: Lageman shares your views on Taylor.  He specifically stated he had a problem with Taylor's kickslides, but did not say whether or not that was a coachable flaw or not.

He also felt you shouldn't take a RT in the top ten, but that Dillard has the quick feet needed to play LT effectively.  Boselli didn't like Taylor, either.

Lageman would not hesitate to draft Dillard in the top ten and move Cam to RT.

The analysis was from the most recent "Happy Hour" broadcast from this past Thursday.  I will post it when the team posts it to their website.

To be clear, I don't want an OT at 7...but if we do I want it to be Dillard. His top shelf pass blocking on tape + elite shuttle scores = virtually as safe of an LT prospect as you can get.

I still prefer Hock, Metcalf, Sweat, and Oliver over Dillard.

Of your list, replace Oliver with Fant. 

I think I prefer Fant over Hockenson, because the blocking is close, but the difference in the speed, athleticism, and separation on intermediate and deeper routes makes Fant more of a matchup problem for defenses than Hockenson.  At 6-5, 249 running a 4.51, who does the defense utilize to cover him?  He's too fast for most LBs and too big for most DBs.  Most teams don't have a Ramsey type CB with the size, speed and physicality to cover a guy like Fant the way we used Ramsey to cover Gronk, who has presented many of the same types of matchup problems for defenses throughout his career.  Now a TE running a 4.7 like Hockenson can still be quite effective in the passing game.  If you presume him a significantly superior blocker to Fant (not sure he is), then that adds an element of uncertainty to the defense depending on down and distance.  But I think defenses would have fewer adjustments to make for him and ultimately would be more conventional in their approach.

Not sure what I think of Metcalf.  Great genes, huge physique for a receiver, great speed.  But he can't seem to stay healthy, doesn't seem quick in and out of cuts, and by most accounts, he comes from a relatively unsophisticated offense in terms of his routes.

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(03-24-2019, 10:10 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(03-23-2019, 09:58 PM)Bullseye Wrote: Lageman shares your views on Taylor.  He specifically stated he had a problem with Taylor's kickslides, but did not say whether or not that was a coachable flaw or not.

He also felt you shouldn't take a RT in the top ten, but that Dillard has the quick feet needed to play LT effectively.  Boselli didn't like Taylor, either.

Lageman would not hesitate to draft Dillard in the top ten and move Cam to RT.

The analysis was from the most recent "Happy Hour" broadcast from this past Thursday.  I will post it when the team posts it to their website.

Didn’t Lags also say that he didn’t think Cam would adjust well to the right side? 
(I think I remember that correctly but I’m not certain)

I remember the opposite.  It was towards the end of that segment, but he said he would draft Dillard and move Cam to RT.  I think he may have posed that to Boselli.  Like I said when I find the link, I'll post it.

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