Russ Lande notes from Senior Bowl
by BuffaloWhiner on Jan 29, 2010 9:32 AM EST
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Scouting expert Russ Lande and a team of scouts came away with following observations from the Senior Bowl:
Strongest Arm - Tony Pike, QB - Cincinnati - Clearly has big arm to make all the throws
Weakest Arm - Sean Canfield, QB - Oregon State
Fastest Receiver - Dexter McCluster, Ole Miss - NFL people salivating about his speed and explosiveness.
Best Hands - Jacoby Ford, WR, Clemson - Smooth route-running skills - Impressed throughout the week.
Best Inside Runner & Right hook - RB, LaGarrette BLount, Oregon - Scouts caught off guard by his quickness and powerful running.
Best Outside Runner - McCluster
Best pass blocker - Mike Iuapati - Showed strength to stalemate rushers and quickness to neutralize stunts.
Best run blocker - Also Iuapati - Extremely violent run blocker at the point of attack. Consistently blows up his man.
Strongest athlete - Iuapati - He was clearly the most dominant lineman at this weeks Senior Bowl.
Strongest defensive lineman - Jeff Owens, Georgia - Showed raw strength to play 3:4 tackle and has frame to add weight.
Best run stuffer - Jared Odrick, Penn State - Speed and agility to pursue the ball carrier.
Best pass rusher - Brandon Graham - Michigan - Easily was the most impressive Defensive End this week. Showed great power and speed coming off the edge.
Hardest hitter - Taylor Mays, USC - One negative is that his aggressiveness hurts him in coverage.
Best cover man - Kyle Wilson, Boise State - Looked great in man-to-man and zone coverages.
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Fastest Receiver – Dexter McCluster, Ole Miss – NFL people salivating about his speed and explosiveness.
Well now we know who the Raiders will pick.
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Question si do the Raiders wait until the round he’s projected in or do they take him in the first or second round? My money is on the Raiders picking him in the second.
by CanadianBillsFan on Jan 29, 2010 9:41 AM EST up reply actions
Questions for Russ?
Russ has been attending the East-West & Senior Bowl festivities so he hasn’t be around for my weekly chat with him over the past few weeks, but if you have questions for Russ, I will try to get them answered at next Wedneday’s meeting.
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Can you ask him a little bit about Pike, such as where he might be drafted, strength, weaknesses? To me he looks like a good QB but I’m not sure he could step in right away and start. The one thing he does have going for him is that he has plenty of experience playing in the cold.
by BuffaloBrewed on Jan 29, 2010 10:24 AM EST up reply actions
Pike will go right where I said he would about 3 months ago
To the Bills in the second round :-)
"Do you even hear how totally bat sh!t insane you sound?" - Archer
I SINCERELY doubt that.
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by Brian Galliford on Jan 29, 2010 11:20 AM EST up reply actions
No...it's true....I predicted Pike as the Bills second round pick months ago :-)
"Do you even hear how totally bat sh!t insane you sound?" - Archer
When Pike finishes filling out, he is going to be a very good QB
"Do you even hear how totally bat sh!t insane you sound?" - Archer
i would be happy
wanted the kid since he wooped on WVU last year
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haven't been following the rosters so I don't know if he's participating
and he may still be recovering from injury, but what are his thoughts on Eric Decker and how soon he could get drafted?
Draft Eric Decker in the 2nd!!! Eric Decker > Golden Tate
by NordicBillsfan on Jan 30, 2010 1:32 AM EST up reply actions
Please, please, please, please, please, please, please LINK, folks.
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by Brian Galliford on Jan 29, 2010 10:07 AM EST reply actions
Sporting News - War Room
Lande writes for the Sporting News, you usually need a subscription to the “War Room” to see his stuff.
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I'm not Brian
but a link is the source of where the information was copied and pasted from. It’s to give the author of the material proper recognition for his work. If I were writing a profile about Mike Iupait and I used the following:
Weaknesses:
Is still raw and learning the game-Footwork and technique will need refinement-Feet aren’t overly nimble-Concentration will lapse at times-Has some trouble in space-Gets caught reaching-Minor communication issues-Did not always play against elite competition.
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by Brian Galliford on Jan 31, 2010 8:13 PM EST up reply actions
On Pike, he’s got a strong arm, but he doesn’t always show it. I havn’t seen other people talk about this before, but I’ve noticed that he made the majority of his college throws flat footed. He doesn’t always get his body into the throw and that’s why so many of them are touch throws.
I think Ford is this year’s Johnny Knox.
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doubt it.....He is has to prove himself in the game, not practice
And that may not be enough. I high Wonderlick score might help his stock more than anything other than more playing time.
"Do you even hear how totally bat sh!t insane you sound?" - Archer
He gets flushed too easy
and not as fast as White
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Best cover man – Kyle Wilson, Boise State – Looked great in man-to-man and zone coverages.
If Jauron was still with the Bills we all know who the pick would be….
It can always get worse. Let me tell you how.
run d
Any chance of the Bills picking up Odrick?
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