Biggest steal of the draft! Congrats Mo and thanks Gruden for drafting a great player!
Crazy he went from mid first round in all the mocks to the fifth round. Great value pick for Raiders.
That's disappointing.
good on Mo... he’ll now wreck opposing QBs/RBs for years to come and reap the rewards he deserves
Go Blue
The heart issue was diagnosed at Michigan and he was cleared to play.
April 29th, 2018 at 12:35 AM ^
teams were concerned about the NFLs diagnosis
as an all-timer. I CANNOT believe Mo Hurst was picked in the 5th round. Years from now we will talk about how dumb NFL GMs are, and this will be the best evidence.
It'll be like Tom Brady being drafted in the 6th round.
To be fair, 2000 was a weird year for quarterbacks - the first one to go, as I recall, was Chad Pennington at #18 and that was AFTER a kicker by the name of Sebastian Janikowski, who would go on to be a good kicker, of course. In the context of that particular draft, if you ask me if I am shocked in retrospect that someone now known as "The GOAT" fell to the sixth round, I wouldn't be shocked. Just an odd draft as NFL drafts go.
This will be worse
Tom Brady didn’t have anywhere close to first round draft grades
got the value of the draft. A tough D lineman with quickness and a huge motor. No pun intended - but Mo Hurst has PLENTY of heart.
I hope he has a long and successful NFL career and life, and shows all the teams who drafted D Linemen in rounds 2 through 4 that they made a huge mistake.
Congrats Mo!
i don't get this free fall. i mean even he doesn't pan out, are people going to say 5 years from now "damn, i can't believe we wasted a 3rd round pick on hurst". yet, his upside is huge. he's the best DT i've ever seen here at UM, let alone almost everywhere else, and i go back a ways.
here's to hoping for a long and healthy career for Mo.
Gruden's gonna love him!
Yes best pick my Raiders made all draft ... I wanted him in the 2nd but I’m glad we got him
Oakland in play!
Play(s). For the first time since Kenny Stabler I can find some interest in watching The Raiders(Chris Berman voice). Glad for Mo but would love to see him in the Blue and Maize with next years team. Looking forward to the signature belly rub on Sundays. Go get em Mo!!!!
I have to admit, I don't recall ever reading or hearing it in that order. NTTAWWT maybe
How the f did he fall to the 5th round.. wow! NFL sucks at evaluating talent
But now the question will be how to use him effectively.
The heart condition I think teams were scared off
After the second day of the draft on NFL network they were saying many teams took him off their boaed completely
Its not the size of the dog in the fight, its the size of the heart....something something something...IDK. Mo's heart will be all in on this. IMO when all is said and done Mo will be mentioned in the same breath as all the great Raiders on defense...and IIRC there are many.
April 29th, 2018 at 10:11 AM ^
You do understand that when the NFL/analysts refer to Mo’s heart condition, it’s not meaning he doesn’t put his all into the game... they are talking about his actual heart may have a physical defect.
You get that, right?
Was thinking yesterday the most out of character franchise for Mo would be the Raiders and wa la. Good luck to Mo. Hope he has a long and great career in NFL.
If his heart condition fades, he’s the steal of the draft. Thank you for giving him a chance, Gruden.
RAIDERS!
Prove all those other teams wrong, Mo!
Other teams? The Raiders passed on him four (4) times!
WTF?? He had the same thing at Michigan, and was cleared to play. It was just last year that he missed some spring practice time. He's fine, and John fucking Gruden will reap the benefits.
Congrats to Mo on being drafted. Always enjoyed hearing him being interviewed. Him driving the Uber was one of my favorite parts of "All or Nothing".
That is one fortunate franchise to get Maurice Hurst in the fifth round
He’s going to look cool in the Raider’s uniform
I wish the Giants drafted instead of the dude from Miami. Congrats Mo, I hope your heart is ok and you become the Tom Brady/Antonio Brown of d tackles.
Unbelievable he fell to the 5th round. I'm happy he found a landing spot though. Wear that chip proudly, Mo.
We already have the greatest QB ever in Brady, and now the NFL may have lit the fire of a future hall of fame defensive lineman
Hopefully not the Lions though
Really happy for Mo. Been hoping to hear his name for 3 days now.
Mo IS a QB pirate
Congratulations to Mo! Glad to finally see him come off the board.
Let’s pray his heart situation is under control.
Go Big Mo!
His fall from the second half of the first round to the fifth round cost him around $5M. Brutal.
I'd pitch in if there was a fan fund to offset some of that to encourage future players to go to UM and to stay 4 years..
Wonder what the NCAA would think of that idea?
and we'll be grandfathered into the payola scheme
People seem to be loving this steal, rightly so
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.silverandblackpride.com/platform/amp/2…
We live in a world where NFL GMs will draft Johnny Manziel and Tim Tebow in the first round but won't draft Mo Hurst that high because they're afraid they'll look dumb... Make em look real dumb now Mo
Didn’t TB12 go in the 5th? Just sayin.
6th, 199
Raiders just got Warren Sapp redux
Hail, Hail Mo!
The NFL can judge talent.
What the NFL can also do well is Risk Management.... Maycock said this during the draft: teams loved Hurst, loved his tape, loved his character.
But they were scared of his heart condition...
could be nothing, could be something that is catastrophic on the field...or doesn't allow him to play a snap...
He fell a bit further than i thought.. i was thinking late 3rd...
But if this condition is stable, the Raiders got the steal of the draft.