Chris Ballard Interview [Merge]
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By BeanDiasucci · Posted
The McGinn column that I can find describes what happened at the combine in front of all of the scouts (below). Is there another column from him about Mitchell? There must be based on the conversation in this thread. DRAFT Part 1, WR/TE: Hall of Fame talent at the top, then (many) questions Marvin Harrison Jr. leads the way. You'll see receivers fly off the board the first two rounds. But scouts have concerns. Bob McGinn's 40th annual series begins. Part 1, WR/TE: Hall of Fame talent at the top, then (many) questions - golongtd.com By Bob McGinn (About halfway through the column is a discussion of Mitchell's combine performance) Coming off a 55-reception, 11-touchdown season at Texas, Mitchell did everything at the combine other than the short shuttle, the 3-cone and the bench press. And, after his blazing 40 of 4.35 and exceptional distances in the jumps, his decision to work at the combine appeared to be paying off. Then Mitchell, wearing the WO19 jersey, started running the various routes in line with other wide receivers. His performance was insufficient, to say the least. “He blew that 40 out, which didn’t surprise me,” one veteran scout said. “But then his position workout might have been the worst I’ve seen by a top receiver. He was falling over. He dropped balls. He had to keep redoing. It seemed as if he didn’t know how to run routes. He just seemed out of it. “Generally, I don’t get alarmed by a combine. That was alarming.” Based on television coverage, Mitchell staggered and fell during the gauntlet, dropped the first two slants, dropped an out and either messed up the route or failed to make the catch on his next three attempts. His performance was adequate after that. “He was very linear, very straight line,” another scout said watching Mitchell at the combine. “Which surprised me, because in my limited exposure, for a fast guy, I thought he could actually bend and get in and out of his cuts. “After running fast, the position stuff didn’t match. It wasn’t terrible. It wasn’t fatal. But it definitely raised some alerts with me. He didn’t have a great combine.” Mitchell stood on his combine numbers and did position drills March 21 at Texas pro day, leaving the bench press and shuttles void. -
Pretty much sums up what most of feel on here but it is the slow time of year and hopefully can enlighten some and spark some conversation. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/32-nfl-teams-in-32-days-colts-need-a-healthy-anthony-richardson/ar-BB1omOPy?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=72b391309fba48589a10207956078d03&ei=29 -
Does a reporter bear any responsibility about what he includes in his pieces? Sourced or not? Is everything a source tell you printable? Is everything worth printing? BTW I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, I just wonder if there are any ethical considerations a reporter might have when reporting on this type of touchy subject, especially when some of those anonymous scouts might have vested interest in a player getting drafted higher or lower than currently projected? -
By NewColtsFan · Posted
Again…. McGinn didn’t do the damage to Mitchell. The scouts did. And there are columnists like McGinn at every major paper. Their job is to gather info and report it, whether it’s popular or not. Let me turn this around. Hypothetically, a few years from now if Mitchell doesn’t pan out and he’s moody and difficult to deal with and he’s a bust, then the scouts will have been proven correct. And people here will say McGinn’s column was spot on. Another person who should’ve handled his business better is Mitchell himself. He’s been living with this since he was roughly 16. And scouts said he interviewed badly with them. Even Mitchell admits it. I don’t think this is as black and white as it seems to you. To be clear…. I love Mitchell. Glad we drafted him. I’ve said several times that Ballard defending him draft night was smart and scored points with the kid. Now he comes out and says that exact thing. He appreciates that Ballard defended him so hard and he wants to pay the Colts and Ballard back by being the best player he can be. -
By RollerColt · Posted
I’d say those teams that lost had worse defenses compared to the winners. That’s not to say that their defenses were bad, they just weren’t as clutch in the big moment. To me, defense matters a whole lot when you need a stop or a momentum change. Look at all of the star studded power offense teams of the last decade who were incapable of winning it all.
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