Big Blue Huddle

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The group of Tackles available in the 2010 NFL Draft is comparable in if not better overall than 2008

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Quote from: afan56 on April 18, 2009, 06:49:54 PM
Ceri, Do you have any interest in Kory Sheets of Purdue?

None whatsoever. He's not a physical back and is a fumbler

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A very good year for Center

The talent available
The group of Tackles available in the 2009 NFL Draft is comparable in if not better overall than last years group

As usual I will be posting up my opinions on the subject of the draft but this year they will be presented in a rush at many positions due to time limitations as not only have I got gams to review and the draft previews to write, I also have a several pieces of course work still to start/complete prior to an Easter deadline for submissions.

The NFL of course has also conspired against me by moving the start time back of the first day of the draft. With London five hours ahead that makes it nigh on impossible for me to get much sleep before updating material written for the second day and not making mistakes like listing players as Giants

I don't get that channel over here but read the thread with great interest as LB is the position I love to watch the most.

The fact that some struggled to remember Vaughan Johnson as the 'other' backer for the famed 'Dome Patrol' was something I found interesting.

At times in the late 80's watching the Saints LB corps play was like watching the Giants LB corps play but with Johnson in Banks' role as far as fans of other teams were concerned i.e. he was the best LB on his team in many games but because of who also played that position - in VJ's case paired on the inside with Sam Mills, Banks of course paired with LT on the outside - it seems that he never found himself in the glare of the media spotlight.

And this was a guy who made the Pro Bowl 4 straight years because the players and coaches sure as hell knew who he was!

One thing I noted missing from this entire thread was the mention of a single LB corps in the discussion from teams in the 1990's and particularly from the new millennium.

Is this because of the prevalence of the 4-3 system from the 1990's onwards? The use of more 3 WR sets which take an LB off the field about 1/3rd of first downs nowadays? Or is it simply because the LB's of today greatest trait is speed rather than intimidatory power?

To be honest only the Ravens of 2000 (Lewis, Boulware and Sharper) even came close to the sort of dominance seen from the Giants, Bears and Saints corps of the 80's.

Thoughts?