UPDATE: Ben Braden Signs With The Jets
make me tell lies. Does this mean we have twelve wolverines from last year's squad in the league right now?
mLive is that way
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1 of only 2 to get signed, pretty fucking awesome!
And his is the well-chosen picture in the Jets post:
I believe that makes 18. And if I'm not mistaken, that makes ALL of our draftable players.
Imagine what will happen when he has the whole team stocked with his recruits. The future looks bright(er).
to a roster of talent and depth to about 90% of what Bama and OSU have, we will be beating them both consistently. I doubt we ever perfectly match those two football factories in terms of roster because, well, you know...Harbaugh would rather tip toe the student-athlete line then completely jump over it and run an NFL minor leagues program like Saban and Meyer.
That said, Harbaugh is a savant and a supior tactical coach to anybody outside Belicheck - and his obsession is driven by joy, not fear of falling from the mountain top like some others.
Add in Don Brown's superior defensive mind and constantly recruiting and learning from the best and brightest coaches in the business and I think we are in for a long run of success.
That number will drop to about a dozen by the end of NFL camp; just the nature of the business. That said, a fair number of these guys -- barring injury -- probably have legitimate staying power in the league, as in more than 3 years. Hoke's recruitment (at least on defense) and Harbaugh's development was a pretty sweet combination. Offense is still a work in progress but the guys Harbaugh's finding look like playmakers.
Aside from the obvious (guys like Jourdan Lewis and Taco Charlton dominated in their last year), I wouldn't sleep on Magnuson. He won't MAKE PLAYS but there are always teams desperately looking at the free agent market to plug holes in the roster. A guy his size who has his head screwed on straight will find work in the league.
Magnuson reminds me of Michael Schofield. Not physically overwhelming as a drive blocker, but consistent, smart, and good technique. And Schofield has been in the league for three years and counting, and started in the Super Bowl.
Schofield didn't drive SDEs into the dirt but he was almost never in the wrong place. He could play for a decade on a half a dozen different teams by the time he's done. The main thing is that these guys aren't easily fooled by stunts, blitzes and all the other tricks DCs use to try to get a guy into the backfield. That's worth something. Even if you can't stay in front of a Pro Bowl SDE for more than a couple seconds, that's a couple seconds more than the guy with a 14' wingspan who can bench press a Mack truck but keeps blocking air.
NFL teams will give athletic freaks several chances, but when your roster is depleted, you're trying to win your division and you desperately need a right tackle who won't run right by his assignment, guys like Schofield and Mags will get the call.
Way to go, Ben!
it's an Elton John song. Sooo...yeah, it's pretty well-known.
Hope you snag a spot.
Good news, rooting for Ben !
I had a chance to meet Ben through a family friend who was a walk-on and lived in the same house. Ben was very polite and friendly, as were his parents. I have a picture of the two players with my two small children, a terriic contrast in scale.