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THATS WHAT IT SAYS ON NFL.COMChaos Commish said:
Long Term Situation
He's just raw. He was drafted more on his pro day numbers and "explosiveness" than his play on the field. H.B. Blades was the much better LB at Pitt, but he went later because of less than ideal measureables.
These 3 stick out to me as some late round steals. Their work out #s are very good.
No need for the all caps. NFL.com's scouting reports are (now) traditionally a great big mess of worthless drivel. Sorry. But they are. I agree it would be nice if the league's flagship site did a better job, but stick with Yahoo. Murphy is rock solid and they use Frank Coyle otherwise. Either of them are more reliable than the service NFL.com has contracted over the last three years. I'd guess less than half of the reported statistical/numerical information in all those player profiles is accurate. It's a shame. From NFL.Com's actual coverage of Willis Pro Day.THATS WHAT IT SAYS ON NFL.COMChaos Commish said:
It's just the scouting reports that are awful.
Wannstadt put the word out on Session. He made it clear to his NFL buddies that Session was the more explosive player who had legit NFL upside. He seems like a real good kid and he will work very hard to stick. He, like Keiaho last year, benefits from having immediate value on specials.
Of course, next year NFLDraftGuys will have us covered with the most reliable and thorough information.
It's just the scouting reports that are awful.
Eh, I doubt Black's PD 40 time is accurate and it is cited from NFL.com to sources far and wide. Bothering about my personal crusade for accurate player profiles is a waste of time, but here goes. They do get most of the measureable information correct, but even so they should be more accurate than they are. The Patrick Willis 40 times were the biggest story from any individual workout, and they miss by a mile. Whatever. Scouting opinions should differ. When we get down to mid and later rounds, things are very much in the eye of the beholder, and imo, reports should be based on honest gleanings from actual observations. Two NFL franchises can grade two players quite differently and both be right based on each team's various needs. One thing I often admire in front office opinions is the admission that they aren't sure, or they liked another who fell first, etc. One thing I detest in pundit opinions are these immovable stances based on players I doubt they really know very well.
What are the chances these 2 see PT this yr...Ireally like Barnes... hopefully Rex can buld him into the Next A Thomas.
Maybe someone else has the stones to predict something this early, but I don't. Beyond...
I would say Barnes has a better shot of starting/seeing more playint time than Black. My reasoning is because you have Brooks, Ruud and June stainding in Black's way. Though, the Bucs are extremely thin at the LB position if one would happen to go down.As for A. Barnes, R. Lewis and B. Scott are entrenched as starters, with Jarrett Johnson being the only person standing in his way for playing time - promising for a Barnes owner. You can expect T. Suggs spending some time at OLB (don't worry he will still be elgible as DL), which will probably limit the number of snaps Barnes receives as a rookie.RAPTURE
