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Quote from: MightyGiants on April 05, 2024, 08:55:45 AMHere are what college coaches told Bruce Feldman about Maye

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"Really good arm. Love his pocket presence. His awareness of where all the rushers are — whether it was four, five or six (coming) — was off the charts. It made him hard to pass rush. Any risk you took, whether it was going above and trying to turn the corner, or going inside, he felt it and was able to expose you. He could make you pay on just about anything you do. Pretty soon, he'd force you into pass rushing without aggression. He was really hard to deal with. I wouldn't say he's Trevor (Lawrence) but he's probably the best we've seen since Trevor."

"I think he could be a better quarterback than Caleb Williams if you can protect him. He throws the s— out of it, but the last two years we could tell that he really doesn't like all that stuff around him. He gets a little bit scared back there, in my opinion. He is a good athlete, big, really good arm. But I thought (former UNC QB) Sam Howell was a tougher kid. He's not as talented as Drake Maye. Sam could run it but he would stay in that pocket and be effective. But I didn't think Kenny Pickett was worth a s— and he got drafted in the first round."

"He checks all the boxes. Can roll left, can roll right; can be on the wrong foot, can throw off-platform. He's great laterally. Was very busy with his feet earlier in his career; he got better quieting that down. That seemed to help his decision making and accuracy, but it looked like he regressed with that and got a little erratic."

"Preseason, I was super impressed watching him on film. He played pretty good against us. He wasn't super accurate. I think there were growing pains with his footwork and fundamentals, trying to adjust to a new system."

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"His arm talent is as good as I've ever seen. He can throw every single ball on a rope. I just wanted to blitz him. I felt like he didn't handle pressure as some others. We lived and died by the blitz, but he got his yards."

"You watch them and there's so much tape where you're just blown away by all the throws he's making into windows and with the touch he has. And he's just so accurate on all these big throws. He also didn't need much room to throw it. The people around him didn't even faze him."

"All the throws he makes are insane, but his ability to read coverage and manipulate pressures is high-level stuff."

Then Phil Simms does his best Jerry Seinfeld imitation... "they say his feet have growing pains, what's up with that???"

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Guards are undervalued, especially in the Draft and how they are paid. Instrumental is pass and run blocking and allowing the QB to step up in the pocket. If they are agile and can pull to block at the next level, they are a huge asset. The Coughlin Oline had two excellent Guards and a very good Center and Tackles. Snee got a lot of credit but Richie Seubert never got the credit he deserved except from me.

Quote from: brownelvis54 on April 04, 2024, 08:44:17 PMI actually like this draft ED. If McCarthy is the guy, he is young enough, that sitting him for one year is very doable. I also like the Guard pick, everyone is worried about the Tackle position, but guard is a HUGE need. I could see Legette being there at 70...overall good draft

I like Legette and I think he's going in the second round. The Guard is important but CB is more important. imo

Quote from: LennG on April 04, 2024, 08:01:32 PMA real oldie



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Quote from: Sem on April 04, 2024, 07:25:54 PM

Legette available at 70? Bam!

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Quote from: bamagiantfan on April 04, 2024, 04:38:28 PM

Thanks Ed. He seems to chew up zones but against man I can see where the concerns are coming from. Still, he looks like a beast after he gets the ball.

Yes, he is a beast after catch. Kind of like a smaller version of a TE. I'm wondering if he could additionally function as an H-Back or utilized as the Niners use Deebo in some sets. I would think he would be very effective in Routes out of the Backfield or Set Back and in a Pitch Out. I think JJ, Daniels or Drake would be a great combination with him. Especially JJ and Daniels. 

I do have some concerns about Odunze's separation if Daniel Jones is the QB because he will hardly ever see the ball. I don't have to tell most of you here that he's a possession Receiver with flypaper hands. If a Corner was on his hip, he was open. He has short arms, so his horizontal radius is not what his vertical is. He does run crisp underneath routes and gets open along the sidelines well. under 20 yards, he finds a way to get open, especially in Zone coverage that he reads well. He's going to be that YAC Guy who makes the tough catches in big situations. The best match for him would be a QB who isn't afraid to drill in it tight windows. Penix was that guy.