Jay Kirk Baseball Thread since 2017: The 2021 season, Dodgers Repeat?
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By John Hammonds · Posted
It's no secret my favorite player in the draft is Liam Eichenberg. Started 36 games the last three years for the Irish at Left Tackle, allowing only 3 total sacks, all of them in 2018. Not a single sack the past 2 seasons. This season, allowed only 1 QB hit. And remember, their opponents included the pass rushing terror squad from Pitt. Nada. He's not the most athletic, and has a limited ceiling. But his high-grade technique makes him plug and play ready today. 8.56 RAS score, mostly coming from his strength and agility scores. Not so much on explosion. The biggest knock on him is his 32 3/8" arms. That's not poor. That's downright bad. And yet, he earns multiple first team all American honors, and keeps his QB clean. It's a serious reach to take him at #21. But I would do it. My favorite player. -
By EastStreet · Posted
Alright guys, 1st round of team selection is over. We'll go in reverse order for team2. Only going to wait an hour for each. If you miss your window, you can still jump in and pick a 2nd team later. Chad and I will take all the leftovers if any. 1 @WarGhost21 Colts 2 @chad72 - jags 3 @Archer jets 4 @Nickster - Patriots 5 @EastStreet - Dolphins 6 @JoeThornburg - Pitt 7 @BProland85 - 49ers 8 @Defjamz26 - Eagles 9 @Qwiz - Houston 10 @jvan1973 - Falcons 11 @PRnum1 - Chargers 12 @SaturdayAllDay - Saints 13 @danlhart87 - Chiefs 14 @RNGDShobby - Lions 15 @MPStack - Panthers 16 @JediXMan - Ravens 17 @stitches - Bengals 18 @ColtsGermany - Broncos 19 @luv_pony_express - Cowboys 20. @DiogoSales - Giants 21. @Coltsman1788 - Washington @DiogoSales - you're up again if you want a second team (1788 passed on a 2nd team) @luv_pony_express #2? -
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By DiogoSales · Posted
1 @WarGhost21 Colts 2 @chad72 - jags 3 @Archer jets 4 @Nickster - Patriots 5 @EastStreet - Dolphins 6 @JoeThornburg - Pitt 7 @BProland85 - 49ers 8 @Defjamz26 - Eagles 9 @Qwiz - Houston 10 @jvan1973 - Falcons 11 @PRnum1 - Chargers 12 @SaturdayAllDay - Saints 13 @danlhart87 - Chiefs 14 @RNGDShobby - Lions 15 @MPStack - Panthers 16 @JediXMan - Ravens 17 @stitches - Bengals 18 @ColtsGermany - Broncos 19 @luv_pony_express - Cowboys 20 - Giants -
By NewColtsFan · Posted
Sorry, long response. Much to respond to. To the Wilson ranking.... sorry, no. That's NOT the way it works. Wison may be tied in grade with over 30-something other players, but at some point, you have to rank them in order of preference And Zierlein ranks has him at 64. He could've been ranked at any of the other spots. But he wasn't. He was slotted at 64. That's how this works. And while you can call it "all over the map" a number of good evaluators have him with a first round grade. The worst was Kiper with a mid-3rd round grade. We took Wilson right in the middle of the range of rankings. Mid-40's. There isn't an issue with where we took him. Tabor may have been CB1 for Florida, but he was not a better NFL prospect. He tested badly and slipped. Wilson was the youngest player in the draft. The size of a safety. He had better upside and long range potential. Unfortunately, he wasn't mature enough and it hasn't worked out for him at any stop. But he was drafted roughly where he should have been. Carrie may or may not have been a good solid back-up, but he was a BIG disappointment in Cleveland. He was signed to a big deal. $8 mill per. That's starter money, not back-up. Cut after two years. And no one was interested until late in the process. Ballard found value in the discount isle. The gamble regarding Rhodes was this.... what if he didn't work out? We signed him to be no less than CB2, and CB1 if things went well. The $$ cost may not have been much. But now imagine how this forum would look at Ballard if Rhodes was a bust and his play cost us a playoff spot? The gamble was signing someone on a cheap deal. People would be screaming that Ballard got what he paid for and why didn't he sign someone better to a bigger deal? It would've been a lost opportunity to do better. Again.... I'm not clearing Ballard of blame. But no one bats 1,000 in this business. A first rounder is considered by some to be a 50-50 proposition. On balance, I think Ballard has done well. Hope you'll note my post from the other day where I disagreed with Greg Rosenthal calling Ballard the best GM when it comes to the draft. I think that's wrong and I explained why. We will have a better idea by the end of this season. Guys like Turay and Lewis from the 18 class, plus the first four from the 19 class... RYS, BB, Parris and Oke. If those guys come through, Ballard's drafting will look even better. And if not, we will see when the winter of 22 comes around.
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