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<blockquote data-quote="FrankRizzo" data-source="post: 442749" data-attributes="member: 2232"><p>How much immediate help does one get from the draft usually?</p><p></p><p>2011- Sherrod, Cobb, Alex Green, Davon House...... Cobb helped a little bit although we didn't need him.</p><p>2010- Bulaga, Neal, Burnett.... top 3 picks. Bulaga was a backup who helped some for the old Tauscher. Neal and Burnett did nothing as rookies.</p><p>2009- Raji, Matthews.... they helped a lot, instant help on defense.</p><p> </p><p>What is our team's biggest weakness now?</p><p>PASS RUSH, obviously. No arguing that.</p><p>So do we get better if the pass rush improves?</p><p>Of course.</p><p> </p><p>This today:</p><p> </p><p>• <u><strong>Bruce Irvin, West Virginia, 6-3, 245, Rounds 2-3</strong></u></p><p></p><p>Maybe the most explosive outside rusher in this draft, but one-dimensional and could be a major off-the-field risk. “<strong>He’s almost cartoon-like, he can fly</strong>,” one scout said.</p><p> “We all thought he was 6-1, 230-something, he walks across the stage at the combine, 6-3 even, 248, something like that, everybody almost (expletive). They tried at West Virginia to make him a three-down player but they couldn’t do it. So somebody’s going to take him real high just to play third down.”</p><p> </p><p>Didn’t finish his high school career and dropped out because of academic issues, was arrested for robbery and eventually decided to return to football. Earned his GED, walked on at a junior college, then in two seasons at West Virginia had 21½ sacks, including 14 as a junior.</p><p> </p><p> “Bruce is probably the <strong>most athletic, explosive edge guy coming out</strong>,” another scout said. “But he is tall and linear, a tall, narrow guy (Yeah, Alden Smith was thinner last year, Von Miller was the same). </p><p>If he’s going to play the run, he’s going to play it on the way to the quarterback. So he’s not a guy to say, ‘Hey take on the pulling guard,’ or anything like that.</p><p> </p><p>But he can get off on the ball and he can run like a son of a gun.” West Virginia helped him rehabilitate his image last year and he came across as genuine when teams confronted him about his past in interviews. But then he was arrested less than a month after the combine for destruction of property and disorderly conduct for breaking a sign at a sandwich shop near campus. “I would (worry about him off the field),” a scout said. “He said he’s got his (stuff) straightened out, then after the combine he’s back in the hoosegow.</p><p> </p><p><strong>If somebody said he had 12 sacks (as a rookie), I’d believe it. He’s just so overwhelmingly, incredibly fast</strong>. Eats up yards and can corner like a cat. He just can’t play first and second down.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrankRizzo, post: 442749, member: 2232"] How much immediate help does one get from the draft usually? 2011- Sherrod, Cobb, Alex Green, Davon House...... Cobb helped a little bit although we didn't need him. 2010- Bulaga, Neal, Burnett.... top 3 picks. Bulaga was a backup who helped some for the old Tauscher. Neal and Burnett did nothing as rookies. 2009- Raji, Matthews.... they helped a lot, instant help on defense. What is our team's biggest weakness now? PASS RUSH, obviously. No arguing that. So do we get better if the pass rush improves? Of course. This today: • [U][B]Bruce Irvin, West Virginia, 6-3, 245, Rounds 2-3[/B][/U] Maybe the most explosive outside rusher in this draft, but one-dimensional and could be a major off-the-field risk. “[B]He’s almost cartoon-like, he can fly[/B],” one scout said. “We all thought he was 6-1, 230-something, he walks across the stage at the combine, 6-3 even, 248, something like that, everybody almost (expletive). They tried at West Virginia to make him a three-down player but they couldn’t do it. So somebody’s going to take him real high just to play third down.” Didn’t finish his high school career and dropped out because of academic issues, was arrested for robbery and eventually decided to return to football. Earned his GED, walked on at a junior college, then in two seasons at West Virginia had 21½ sacks, including 14 as a junior. “Bruce is probably the [B]most athletic, explosive edge guy coming out[/B],” another scout said. “But he is tall and linear, a tall, narrow guy (Yeah, Alden Smith was thinner last year, Von Miller was the same). If he’s going to play the run, he’s going to play it on the way to the quarterback. So he’s not a guy to say, ‘Hey take on the pulling guard,’ or anything like that. But he can get off on the ball and he can run like a son of a gun.” West Virginia helped him rehabilitate his image last year and he came across as genuine when teams confronted him about his past in interviews. But then he was arrested less than a month after the combine for destruction of property and disorderly conduct for breaking a sign at a sandwich shop near campus. “I would (worry about him off the field),” a scout said. “He said he’s got his (stuff) straightened out, then after the combine he’s back in the hoosegow. [B]If somebody said he had 12 sacks (as a rookie), I’d believe it. He’s just so overwhelmingly, incredibly fast[/B]. Eats up yards and can corner like a cat. He just can’t play first and second down.” [/QUOTE]
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