Yeah, the comparison pretty much ends with the training all life to be an NFL player.
A big part of his fall was also how deep that class was in receiving talent.
Derick Hall is kinda like that. He’s got a more convivial personality but on the field he’s a terror. Pretty sure our FO is gonna love him.
I was reminded of Porter Gustin. He had all of the over the top nutrition and sleep stuff as well. His body was breaking down though.
Sydney Brown is another one I thought of. Kind of that stine cold killer type like St.
I’m in love with Sydney Brown and I’m not ashamed to admit it. I really liked what I saw when I was just watching them live, but man when I did a deep dive he rocketed up my board. What I’d give to recreate a lot of last year’s Illinois defense by adding Witherspoon and Brown to Kerby. At the very least you know we’ve watched them all a lot.
I have a feeling he’s gonna crush the Senior Bowl.
Yeah. I brought him up mid year. And I thought I was missing something bc he wasn’t getting any pub. Then Renner starts pounding the table and I think that perhaps I undersold him.
Even Jartavius Martin can play. He’d be a nice day three add. Ryan Walters is an awesome defensive coach.
Sydney was a big track guy in Canada as well so he should do well at the combine.
Recruited him & brother out of HS. Really good people that would pass the no turd policy going on in Detroit w flying colors
Lions are so young it’ll be interesting to watch
In addition to how much turnover
, Especially for other young players coming from draft -
Is how many they can fit on roster?
I wouldn’t be surprised if , with his well Brad Is drafting , the lions cut players might be looking more attractive. Remember James didn’t make roster out of camp , so lions , if cutting draft picks , might have more eyes on their players.
Meanwhile there’s a bevy of young players who might take further steps forward or maybe they’ve reached their ceiling –
Getting younger might not actually help lions for next season if the young talent needs time to acclimate.
I remember and I was yeah, I like him but never thought I’d like him this much. There’s just so many guys if you’re not watching them regularly it’s hard to get a real feel until you do a deeper dive.
Think about St. Brown, Houston and Rodrigo, all a bit undersized, but all extremely productive college players. Great way to get value late in the draft, props to Holmes not being worried that they aren’t 6’2 or 6’3.
It shows up on tape. He’s got legit juice. He’ll test a lot better than Branch IMO.
I wouldn’t be shocked if by draft day they were drafted around the same spot.
I hope he can make the transition from running in metric to running in freedom units.
Meaning you think Syd moves up to round 1? Or do you think Branch tests poorly and slides down.
I think they could both end up early-mid 2nd. Last year at this point we were mocking Hamilton top 5 and Linderbaum and Nakobe Dean top ten. Non-elite athletes with average measurables at low value positions tend to drop a lot on draft day.
Haha hopefully he’s not on the Ben Johnson training and supplementation program! And not the Lions OC.
Yeah I wish we could have stolen him to coach our DBs before he took the Purdue job…
Purdue’s got a good AD. He wasn’t even moved to go offense after losing an offensive guru. Just wanted the best damn ball coach and IMO made a great hire.