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hard worker high motor team captain?
2015 4th round pick is Rodney Gunther DE
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Well, as long as you're being realistic.
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Timm Rosenbach
Bye Bye DJ
Glad I slept in and didn't wake up at 9:00 for this pick
LoyaltyisaCurse
IF AND WHEN HEALTHY...
Why do I get the feeling sometimes that Keim just wants to be the smartest guy in the room? I, I don't get this draft.
Practice squad.
Reminds me of a young Dockett.
I'm impressed with his ability to get off quickly, push people backward and make a sure tackle. Looks like another high energy guy.
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I agree, but it looks like he is just using his strength and speed. He will need to develop some different moves.
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Big jump from small school to NFL. We'll see soon
Buckybird
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When I watched those highlights I keep having flashbacks of the great Eric Swann!!! If this kid has the right mindset & works he looks the part no doubt.
I can see the cards adding 20-25 lbs of muscle on this kid & this might turn out to be a gem.
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Stout
Hold onto the ball, Murray!
I just have to laugh at all the people raving about how he's destroying small school competition. This means less than nothing at the next level. Destroying small school competition is the minimum requirement for a guy like this to get drafted or signed as an UDFA.
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And you don't want him to be?
Totally_Red
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I was just as clueless as everyone else about the pick initially.
But I love the way Brentson Buckner was foaming at the mouth about him after working him out privately.
IF he lives up to BASK's hype, he'll be well-worth the 3 draft picks surrendered. And Cardinal fans will be very happy he's not wearing a San Francisco uniform.
But I love the way Brentson Buckner was foaming at the mouth about him after working him out privately.
IF he lives up to BASK's hype, he'll be well-worth the 3 draft picks surrendered. And Cardinal fans will be very happy he's not wearing a San Francisco uniform.
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11 teams worked him out. He was on the radar of a number of teams in the 4th. But because fans and talking heads--who never have seen him--don't know anything about him, it's a bad pick.
I've got to give the scouting staff the benefit of the doubt on this. If it was a player that everyone knew about and clearly had issues with, it would be a different matter.
I've got to give the scouting staff the benefit of the doubt on this. If it was a player that everyone knew about and clearly had issues with, it would be a different matter.
I was just as clueless as everyone else about the pick initially.
But I love the way Brentson Buckner was foaming at the mouth about him after working him out privately.
IF he lives up to BASK's hype, he'll be well-worth the 3 draft picks surrendered. And Cardinal fans will be very happy he's not wearing a San Francisco uniform.
hope so.
Russ Grimm was foaming at the mouth for Levi Brown.
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Yup. And Buckner has been scouting players for like four years, so he's a total expert.
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Keim mentions that "a little birdie" dropped him a line that the kid was about to be drafted.
He aggressively moves up in front of that team and takes him.
That team then calls Keim, congratulates him, and confirms that they were about to grab him.
All of that was confirmed during Keim's presser and it tells me one thing loud and clear. Our GM has stones. And attacks for the players that he wants. Personally, I love that about him, even if I have no idea who the heck this kid is.
He aggressively moves up in front of that team and takes him.
That team then calls Keim, congratulates him, and confirms that they were about to grab him.
All of that was confirmed during Keim's presser and it tells me one thing loud and clear. Our GM has stones. And attacks for the players that he wants. Personally, I love that about him, even if I have no idea who the heck this kid is.
Probably more so than anyone on this board.
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Kid is a freakish athlete... ran a sub 4.9 forty! Hugh motor like you said. Buckner worked him out for over an hour and the kid never once took a break for water.
High character kid with a massive chip on his shoulder. Comes from nothing - literally... Some po-dunk town in Polk County Florida where he worked 2 jobs to support his family thru high school.
I think this kid has the potential to be something better than average in the NFL. I like the fact that the Cards staff and leadership look for these types of unknowns!
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Completely agree 82.
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it will be interesting at a very minimum to see how he progresses -- but this is a size/speed/athleticism projection by Keim
they dont always work: witness one Rob Housler who had size and outstanding speed for his position, didnt have a deep football background and came from a small program.
Yet, even with the physical tools, coaching, experience -- it didnt work out
they dont always work: witness one Rob Housler who had size and outstanding speed for his position, didnt have a deep football background and came from a small program.
Yet, even with the physical tools, coaching, experience -- it didnt work out
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Though it didn't work for him because he can't catch the ball. I feel like physical talent would be more likely to translate for defensive lineman than a skill position like TE. Though I have absolutely no stats to back that up.
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