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FRPLG · 02-03-2005, 12:12 PM

I have no idea what the knocks on Brady were when coming into the league. I am sure his arm was average and his accuracy the same. But doesn't it seem like if a guy has intangibles, as Brady clearly does, a pro football coach should be able to see some of those. It's like the saying about "not seeing the forest for the trees". Coaches and scouts focus so much on how hard a guy throws and how fast he is but ignore whether the guy is a nut or whether he always seems to win. I am not saying you go out and draft Eric Crouch even though he obviously doesn't have the skill set necessary to be an NFL qb, but if you're looking at an average skilled player who has been exceptionally successful that should mean something and at least should attract attention. Seems like everyone completely ignored him coming out of a major program and didn't even bother to do their due dilligence to see if the kid maybe, just maybe, had "it". I'd rather have an average talented guy who puts his heart and soul and has a good head on his shoulders than an uber talented knucklehead who can run a 4.1 40 and throw the ball 90 yards but doesn't care about much other than money and image and couldn't read a defense in Madden 05.
I understand it is hard to make picks but it seems like they make it harder on themselves by ignoring what probabaly amounts to half of what will determine if the guy is successful. I am not talking about first round or second round guys because they obviously spend ridiculous amounts of time poking and proding these guys physically and mentally. I am talking the 3-7 types guys where teams are made. In these rounds you're already talking about the guys who aren't quite as fast or aren't quite as strong so why not draft based on the other stuff? The stuff you can't really quantify but the stuff that football professionals should be able to simply see and comprehend.

02-03-2005, 12:12 PM	#5
FRPLG MVP Join Date: May 2004 Age: 46 Posts: 10,164	I have no idea what the knocks on Brady were when coming into the league. I am sure his arm was average and his accuracy the same. But doesn't it seem like if a guy has intangibles, as Brady clearly does, a pro football coach should be able to see some of those. It's like the saying about "not seeing the forest for the trees". Coaches and scouts focus so much on how hard a guy throws and how fast he is but ignore whether the guy is a nut or whether he always seems to win. I am not saying you go out and draft Eric Crouch even though he obviously doesn't have the skill set necessary to be an NFL qb, but if you're looking at an average skilled player who has been exceptionally successful that should mean something and at least should attract attention. Seems like everyone completely ignored him coming out of a major program and didn't even bother to do their due dilligence to see if the kid maybe, just maybe, had "it". I'd rather have an average talented guy who puts his heart and soul and has a good head on his shoulders than an uber talented knucklehead who can run a 4.1 40 and throw the ball 90 yards but doesn't care about much other than money and image and couldn't read a defense in Madden 05. I understand it is hard to make picks but it seems like they make it harder on themselves by ignoring what probabaly amounts to half of what will determine if the guy is successful. I am not talking about first round or second round guys because they obviously spend ridiculous amounts of time poking and proding these guys physically and mentally. I am talking the 3-7 types guys where teams are made. In these rounds you're already talking about the guys who aren't quite as fast or aren't quite as strong so why not draft based on the other stuff? The stuff you can't really quantify but the stuff that football professionals should be able to simply see and comprehend.