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<blockquote data-quote="andeftw" data-source="post: 657856" data-attributes="member: 10722"><p>I've never said pro days aren't useful. They're an opportunity for coaches to work players out and throw some curveballs at them since the prospects already know what's coming at the combine.</p><p>However they're not very useful for testing numbers, since we already have those for a large number of prospects from the combine. The combine is a controlled environment, and everyone faces the same conditions.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Actually it's not my evaluation, I'm basing it on the PFF grades of his senior season. PFF grades each individual play and Jones has a negative coverage grade. Thanks to his size he also struggles to stack and shed blockers. I'd have nothing against drafting him high if he were a solid coverage linebacker, that's we really need after all. Unfortunately he has not demonstrated that in his play at LSU. Perhaps it is something that he can grown into, but taking a guy at ILB (which is among the least valuable positions in a 3-4) solely on upside in the first two rounds is a huge risk.</p><p></p><p>Also, let's keep in mind that I never said Lee is a better prospect, although that seems to be the consensus among pundits as well as scouts. He hasn't played much as a traditional linebacker and he has struggled at times in coverage. He'd also be a risky pick, but the general opinion is he has far higher upside than Jones.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not taking anybody's word as gospel. Both Lee and Jones were measured at the combine. Lee was 10 pounds heavier. The entire point of the combine is to get accurate measurements for all players. You can say Jones is bigger as much as you want, but the combine measurements are those used by NFL personnel. There must be a reason for it...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Of course they're on his NFL.com profile, there's a fairly big discrepancy between what he recorded at the combine and what he did at his pro-day, which raises further question marks. Perhaps he couldn't handle the pressure at the combine and it affected his testing numbers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="andeftw, post: 657856, member: 10722"] I've never said pro days aren't useful. They're an opportunity for coaches to work players out and throw some curveballs at them since the prospects already know what's coming at the combine. However they're not very useful for testing numbers, since we already have those for a large number of prospects from the combine. The combine is a controlled environment, and everyone faces the same conditions. Actually it's not my evaluation, I'm basing it on the PFF grades of his senior season. PFF grades each individual play and Jones has a negative coverage grade. Thanks to his size he also struggles to stack and shed blockers. I'd have nothing against drafting him high if he were a solid coverage linebacker, that's we really need after all. Unfortunately he has not demonstrated that in his play at LSU. Perhaps it is something that he can grown into, but taking a guy at ILB (which is among the least valuable positions in a 3-4) solely on upside in the first two rounds is a huge risk. Also, let's keep in mind that I never said Lee is a better prospect, although that seems to be the consensus among pundits as well as scouts. He hasn't played much as a traditional linebacker and he has struggled at times in coverage. He'd also be a risky pick, but the general opinion is he has far higher upside than Jones. I'm not taking anybody's word as gospel. Both Lee and Jones were measured at the combine. Lee was 10 pounds heavier. The entire point of the combine is to get accurate measurements for all players. You can say Jones is bigger as much as you want, but the combine measurements are those used by NFL personnel. There must be a reason for it... Of course they're on his NFL.com profile, there's a fairly big discrepancy between what he recorded at the combine and what he did at his pro-day, which raises further question marks. Perhaps he couldn't handle the pressure at the combine and it affected his testing numbers. [/QUOTE]
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