On Sportscenter, during a "draft lab" segment Todd McShay named Brandon Graham the most under the radar first round pick and says when surrounded by talent he's going to be a force. He thinks he'll be a star rush LB in a 3-4 at the next level. No link to the video yet, but maybe it'll be up on espn.com later.
that's such an odd title
Brandon Graham could destroy
Brandon Graham could destroy Robocop with one arm.
with that arm being the one
with that arm being the one he just ripped from Robocop.
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I think "going fucking
I think "going fucking Robocop" is one of the most accurate descriptions of BG I've ever heard.
Footage of BG at Senior Bowl
Yeah he's under the
Yeah he's under the radar....until he's in the backfield tearing out your heart with his bare hands.
You play to win the game
Not sure how to embed, but...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owZPspxJ4jw
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Yeah...exactly. Well done.
Yeah...exactly. Well done.
You play to win the game
Under the radar...
... the second you are labeled as the "under the radar" guy by ESPN, you are technically no longer under the radar.
Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else.
Under the radar at ESPN=Does
Under the radar at ESPN=Does not not play for USC or SEC school
with his stats
How could this guy ever be "under the radar"
Likely downgraded for obvious reasons
His intangible motor isn't nonstop.
Who knows...wasn't Elvis Dumervil a 4th rounder with the NCAA sack record?
there also is an insider
there also is an insider article by McShay that says BG, Bulaga, Dan Williams and Mk Pouncey are the four "safest" picks in the 1st round.
i'm baffled by all these claims that he doesn't have a high ceiling because of his height. of course he doesn't have a mario williams ceiling but the notion that he doesn't have pro bowl potential is nonsense.
and if BG can't hold up against the run because he is 6'1" while Derrick Morgan or Dunlap supposedly can has a) no understanding of body types and b) not watched college football
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His arm length
is another physical factor that people are holding against him as well.
The uinfortunate result of which . . .
is that he had to hold the Senior Bowl MVP trophy closer to himself than those with longer arms. Here's hoping he gets picked up by my team. I'll take short arms that happen to be attached to an absolute man-beast who is the human equivalent of a fire-belching bear with machine guns for feet.
I laugh at...
...the "experts" who say he is too short at 6'1". Do they not know of one Dwight Freeney? They are strikingly similar in size (DF - 6'1", 268; BG - 6'1", 263). The Colts have the 31st pick in the draft and I would bet that if BG is still available at that point, he will be a Colt. I would think, and hope, that he will be selected long before that.
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Man, if I'm a GM and someone
Man, if I'm a GM and someone in my division drafts BG I wouldn't touch Bulaga with a ten foot pole. Not after the way BG ate him alive in Iowa City last year.
Barwis musta gotten hold of
Barwis musta gotten hold of his children/wife and made him get over his unnatural addiction to SEC athletes.
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It's weird
that a top 15 pick like BG doesn't get as much attention like other top 15 prospects.
"I laugh at......the
"I laugh at......the "experts" who say he is too short at 6'1". Do they not know of one Dwight Freeney?"
Ah, yes. The good ol' theory that "Freeney is good, so it naturally follows that someone else who's his size will be good, too."
Does it make a difference that Freeney and Graham aren't very much alike? Freeney is largely a speed rusher who only bull rushes an offensive tackle when he gets him off balance. He also has a lightning quick spin move that he employs frequently.
Meanwhile, Graham is more of a bull rushing defensive end who, as far as I know, has never used a true spin move as part of his arsenal.
Drew Brees is only about 6' tall and he's one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. That doesn't mean he's the prototype and that every 6' quarterback is going to be a Pro Bowler and Super Bowl champ.
YEAH!
Fuck those weak ass assertions!
So. . .
you're agreeing with chitown.victor that predicting an entire NFL career based on height is sort of a lazy way to evaluate talent.
Love & Hate are horns on the same goat.
He couldn't be more
He couldn't be more right.
Here's to him ending up in Miami, our satellite NFL franchise.
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tim tebow
tim tebow wears brandon graham pj's to bed
BG and Marty Gilyard = the
BG and Marty Gilyard = the two biggest "under the radar" prospects ever. I fail to see how either one is under the radar when they've been tearing shit up all year.
Robocop = good nickname/role model for Craig Roh
that's all.
bc all it means is "person we overlooked until he went fuckin Robocop on the Senior Bowl"