Fisher Willing To Play RT
Central Michigan T Eric Fisher said he is willing to play right tackle as a rookie.
"Oh yeah, I think I'm a very versatile player," Fisher said. "I played left tackle in college and hopefully I'll get the opportunity to play it again, but I know there's some great tackles in the league right now, and as a rookie if I had to come in and play right tackle I'd have no problem with that. ... I can play anywhere on the line they need me." Fisher's willingness to play the position may help him become the No. 1 overall selection if left tackle Branden Albert stays and Texas A&M T Luke Joeckel isn't willing to move |
Hopefully for another team
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I think my hate for the Ty Jack pick will be nothing compared to that over pissing away the 1st pick on a ****ing tackle.
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Nice to see a team player
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You mean a rookie is coming out and saying the right thing?
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For first overall money, I'd shovel human excrement.
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this will be the most underwhelming draft for the Chiefs in the past 6 years.
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lol. I forgot about that LJ deal. JFC.
the Chiefs will come out of this draft with 1 starter suspect. |
What next Andy professes his love of BBQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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If Albert was really a top-10 tackle, teams would dump a 2nd for him. The market is clearly indicating they don't think he's all that.
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Outside of the first pick, the rest is mostly depth. |
Hard to get excited about using the first pick of the draft on a "solid" lineman.
I'd rather take a risky QB project with great upside than a "solid" lineman. Yeah we can get a risky QB in round 2 or 3 (if we had a round 2 pick), but you can pick a solid lineman there too (like Stephenson). |
A rookie wants to " help the team"? Shocking.
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Or are you still in denial about Albert being a little bitch and getting shipped out? |
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Versus a starting RT/LT. Think, Pat. It's not that hard to understand why Geno is a much sexier and (it can be argued) smarter pick |
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But you know all of that. |
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Teams win Super Bowls with elite QBs while also putting pressure on the other team's elite QB. There's a pretty good article about what new concepts in quick-pass spread systems and option reads are doing to the importance of the position http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/91...-espn-magazine |
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It's not a given and it's not a premise that goes without saying. You can't just say he plays the most important position,
Spoiler!
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I don't think Joeckel is anything special as a top LT prospect. When I think of the top tackles to come out of the draft in past years, I can't think of many I'd prefer Joeckel to. Tyron Smith maybe. But that doesn't mean I'm allowed to put him next to Colin Brown. That's just ridiculous bullshit. |
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You can say you must take the QB that will be really good, and win games for your team, and you'd be right, but you can't just take a QB #1 that you don't believe in. In that case a LT that's close to guaranteed to be good for a while is a better pick. |
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Majority of fans on this site: "Geno is great!"
Small group: No he's not! I've read he has slow eyes!" Oh well, that settles it then. Guess we should all just do what the talking heads on television say we should do. Good thing we can't see talent with our own two eyes or we might be free thinkers or some crazy shit like that. |
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I made my mind about Geno Smith, not based on eyes or footwork, or comp %, but just on what he did in big games. People get on Alex Smith for being a game manager, and not willing the team to wins on his own, well Geno didn't do that either, in fact he was worse at showing up in big games when nothing was going right, neither was he. |
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Your cediliblity = lost |
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I have a pretty good LT who wants to get paid and WILL play for my team for at least one more season since he signed the franchise tag. I've got some meh options at RT who might be good or they might not, but theoretically I should be able to find a reasonable starter out of those three choices (Stephenson, Allen, Schwartz). So I can solidify either tackle position in a league that doesn't seem to care about great LTs, and where the past several Super Bowl champions have won without top 10 players at the position. Or I can take the top QB in the class, who only has correctable flaws in his technique, but is a demonstrably hard worker and dedicated football player. I can sit him for one or even two full years under the tutelage of Alex Smith (starter before Kaepernick) and more importantly, Andy Reid and Doug Pederson. I'm not going to settle for the temporary value of having a slightly improved offensive line (theoretically) that will solidify the group even if Albert leaves. That's what crack whores do. THAT'S what desperate teams do. Patient teams think about the future that won't always have Derrick Johnson, Tamba Hali, and Jamaal Charles. It knows that Dwayne Bowe and Brandon Flowers have only a few seasons of prime left before their skills may deteriorate. And to make up for those deficiencies, the best way to win through that talent loss is to have a carefully developed starting QB. That's EXACTLY how the Ravens won the Super Bowl. And if we wait much longer on that QB, it may be too late before the structure we've built collapses like a flan in a cupboard. |
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I think Geno Smith is going to be a "very good" QB in 3 years. |
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The bottom line is that you buy what the scouts were selling early in the offseason when it comes to Geno. |
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I didn't even say anything about Vandenberg. He was part of a question I asked. Good lord. |
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There is no need to trade for him now. |
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But this illustrates what I, and others, have said about this class. People have been looking at this class through prism that has been skewed by recent drafts. It has only been a recent phenomonom for QBs to start right away and be expected to excel from the very first game. Prior to the last couple of years, even if QBs were asked to start right away, everyone recognized that there should be a development period. QBs were drafted high because they had the potential to excel, in time. Almost every draft expert agrees that Geno has potential. But now, they downgrade him, and Barkley, and others, because they might not excel immediately. |
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Jaguars are taking Geno and getting new Jerseys. It's a better time than ever to bandwagon to the SeahawksSouth.
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Who the hell is Mel Kiper Jr. ???
/Bill Tobin |
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We're still in the position where we just drafted a RT at 1.1. And the scary thing is that I prefer that to drafting him and trading Albert just so we can tell people, "We didn't reach on value! We got a LEFT tackle. A LEFT tackle. Those are always good, yeah?" Sigh. How far my standards have fallen. At least Fisher isn't Joeckel. |
So Lane Johnson says the Eagles are really thinking about taking him #4.
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And this is coming from a guy who really wants the Chiefs to draft Geno Smith. Most of the arguments you make about Geno Smith are compelling. You really should stick to those, rather than comparing Andy Reid to Scott Pioli. |
Did somebody say FISH????
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Now Jeremiah is saying hes hearing a lot of buzz of us taking Fisher. Blackmon be ready for the joker. |
Anyone that has the frame of mind, of rather taking a LT over a QB, is certifiable.
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