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FRPLG · 02-03-2005, 08:15 AM

http://cbs.sportsline.com/nfl/story/8157078

I wish the Skins could make picks this good in the latter rounds. It doesn't seem that hard to me... if you're a professional football coach you should know what makes good players good and great players great. It is not always(or even often really) how fast you are and how big you are but more about your mentality. Just seems like everyone gets caught up in the things we should worry least about and ignore the heart and character of guys. Heard a quote on PTI the other day referring to drafting in the NBA versus the NFL. In the NBA they have to draft on "Spec" meaning the numbers. This makes sense since just about zero college juniors or seniors are getting taken nowaydays it seems and they're dealing with 18 and 19 year olds. How can they possibly accurately evaluate their intangibles at that age? But in the NFL the guys are older and have much more experience and body of work on which to judge. Doesn't seem like rocket science to me. What do you all think?

02-03-2005, 08:15 AM	#1
FRPLG MVP Join Date: May 2004 Age: 46 Posts: 10,164	Great article on Brady http://cbs.sportsline.com/nfl/story/8157078 I wish the Skins could make picks this good in the latter rounds. It doesn't seem that hard to me... if you're a professional football coach you should know what makes good players good and great players great. It is not always(or even often really) how fast you are and how big you are but more about your mentality. Just seems like everyone gets caught up in the things we should worry least about and ignore the heart and character of guys. Heard a quote on PTI the other day referring to drafting in the NBA versus the NFL. In the NBA they have to draft on "Spec" meaning the numbers. This makes sense since just about zero college juniors or seniors are getting taken nowaydays it seems and they're dealing with 18 and 19 year olds. How can they possibly accurately evaluate their intangibles at that age? But in the NFL the guys are older and have much more experience and body of work on which to judge. Doesn't seem like rocket science to me. What do you all think?