rice4114

April 27th, 2023 at 11:47 PM ^

One of them is supposed to be a really great QB following in the line of other great QBs.

His offensive line wont be able to dominate like at OSU.

His receivers wont be able to dominate like at OSU.

And the two biggest games of his career he scored exactly 2 tds per game.

Houston is putting a lot of faith in that Georgia game, but then again outside of a few of us who isnt?

 

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ironman4579

April 28th, 2023 at 8:43 AM ^

I was listening to an analyst yesterday (in Canada, but still) who said he'd take Stroud because he's a "gamer" that shows up in big games and only brought up Georgia.  It's like, what did he do in the game literally right before that one?  Like you've clearly only watched him in that Georgia game. 

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VintageRandy

April 27th, 2023 at 11:27 PM ^

Was going to post this but it wouldn’t let me on mobile - kudos to you sir! I was watching the Bleacher Report live stream and they had Micah Parsons on; FWIW Parsons was ecstatic about the Mazi pick. Wishing him all the best in Dallas! Go Blue!

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BuddhaBlue

April 27th, 2023 at 11:29 PM ^

Love how Mazi was like fuck it, I'm doing my ESPN intro video shirtless lol

I remember being impressed by  his preseason interviews before his freshman year, dude really put together a career at Michigan... good luck in the pros Mazi! 

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RAH

April 27th, 2023 at 11:30 PM ^

I had some things i needed to do before going to bed and had the Draft on but wasn't paying any attention to it after the Lions 2nd pick. I didn't figure there would be anything of interest happening until the second round tomorrow. Then the Mazi Smith call got my attention. I had to shift my attention to find out who drafted him.

It didn't think the ABC guys had much information on him. They made no mention of his freakish athleticism.

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JMo

April 28th, 2023 at 5:50 AM ^

Honestly, it doesn't really look that close. I get what you're saying, RR era widely considered to be a 'lesser talent' era. But not really a lesser NFL talent era it seems. The 2013 draft class of Denard and Big Will Campbell appears to be as close to breaking the streak, but two guys were drafted that year, and Denard was always going to have someone take a flyer on him.

 

PS I just grabbed this graphic from Wiki based on timeline, most of these guys were recruited by RR, but not all.

 

 

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Double-D

April 28th, 2023 at 1:13 AM ^

What the fuck happened to the Lions draft room?

I’m  sure Campbell and Gibbs will have fine careers but neither comes at a huge position of need. They could have gotten both these guys in round two. It’s like they lost their targets right before each pick and just unraveled.

It’s just knee cap bizarre.

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BlueWolverine02

April 28th, 2023 at 4:08 AM ^

Yeah I'm not a fan.  A 3rd down RB in the top 15 is a complete luxury pick.  And I don't care if Cambell was the best LB in the draft, it was a horrible LB class.  I keep seeing throwback LB thrown around.  Well there is a reason it's called throwback, because that type of LB doesn't work in today's NFL.

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