Hearing Tua Tagovailoa’s hip injury is serious. Hip fracture. Similar to Bo Jackson’s career-ending injury. Surgery tonight or tomorrow morning. Praying for Tua and his family. 🙏
As a young second-year scout with the Pats, I gave Ben Roethlesberger an 8.0. Our scale was 1.0-9.0 but I hadn’t learned yet that nobody really gave 8.0’s or 9.0’s. Our GM made the comment to me, “You’re putting Roethlesberger in Canton”. Guess I accidentally nailed that one.
QB position aside, if you want your team to win a Super Bowl then you want them to draft OL or DL in the early rounds in April. Might not be as much fun on draft weekend but it wins championships.
OR…What an incredible opportunity for a bunch of young hungry guys that have worked their entire lives for this moment. Someone will launch a successful NFL career tonight!
Have watched lots of
@seniorbowl
1-on-1’s over the years, not sure we’ve ever seen this scissor move release. 👀
If you haven’t figured it out yet, Tank Dell is just different.
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With 7-foot-5 reach & light feet like this, how are rushers supposed to get around Ohio State’s Dawand Jones? We’ve had numerous NFL scouts tell us he’s a better version of Chiefs 4x Pro Bowler Orlando Brown Jr. (and we agree). Sounds like 1st rounder.
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Preseason is over and it’s clear Malik Willis’ game is going to translate. He’s doing same things to NFL defenses that he did at Liberty. League probably overthought that one.
Minkah Fitzpatrick is one of the cleanest prospects in past decade. If he’s available, this trade should get done today.
✅off-field
✅size
✅strength
✅athleticism
✅high IQ
✅tough
✅competitive
✅durable
✅griitty
✅leadership
✅work ethic
✅versatile
✅productive
✅winner
Someone in Cali please explain what else, besides football, people are doing on Saturday afternoons in the fall. Whatever it is, that’s what Saturdays in the winter, spring, and summer are for.
Kentucky RB Chris Rodriguez Jr’s mom unexpectedly passed away on Jan. 11. She had Lupus. Awareness color is purple, which was also her favorite color. In tomorrow’s
@seniorbowl
, Chris will be wearing purple facemask loaned from LSU football. Incredible way to honor his mom. 💜💙
D-III vs. SEC. Here is
@SJUFootball
OL Ben Bartch’s first 1-on-1 rep of the
@seniorbowl
against
@AlabamaFTBL
EDGE Terrell Lewis, a potential first-round pick. Bartch moved up multiple rounds in Mobile last week. The stage wasn’t too big for Bartch. 💪
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Would be interesting to see what Twitter would’ve done to a rookie Troy Aikman that went 0-11 and first-year Peyton Manning that threw an NFL record 28 INT. Some of these young QB are in really bad situations right now. Circumstance matters.
Can’t imagine every OL coach in the nation wouldn’t approve of this reaction by
@OU_Football
RG Dru Samia (
@DruSamia
). Nothing excessive. Just protecting his guy.
John Dorsey is getting tons of love today, and rightfully so, but he stepped into two of the best GM situations. He inherited incredible draft capital and cap space in both KC and Cleveland. Most fans won’t admit it but Sashi Brown and Scott Pioli set Dorsey up for success.
Advice to all college WRs: If your coaches aren’t playing you on ST go them and demand they put you on a core unit. So far tonight we’ve seen Alabama’s Devonta Smith, Clemson’s Cornell Powell, and Ohio State’s Chris Olave on coverage teams. ST will separate you from the masses.
Eagles currently hold three picks in top 15 next April and NONE will be clear upgrades over how Jalen Hurts is playing now. Hurts’ development in Year 2 isn’t being talked about enough.
This video has been circulated to all 2022 Senior Bowl field level security. Any activities of this nature will result in credentials being revoked and immediate removal from the stadium. 😂
Was scouting for
@Patriots
the year Troy Polamalu came out of USC. I put a grade on him at top of our scale that was rarely ever used. Remember my boss jokingly saying, “Don’t put the guy in Canton”.
Never scouted a player as fun to watch on tape as Polamalu. Congrats, Troy!
For those judging Daniel Jones on the road against the No. 1 defense in the NFL, here’s who he lined up with at skill positions tonight:
RB Elijhaa Penny
RB Jonathan Hillman
RB Austin Walter
TE Garrett Dickerson
TE Rhett Ellison
WR Golden Tate
WR Darius Slayton
WR Cody Latimer
2020
@seniorbowl
South Squad Offensive Practice Players of the Week (voted on by the position group they competed against in practice)
QB: Jalen Hurts, Oklahoma
RB: La’Mical Perine, Florida
WR: Van Jefferson, Florida
TE: Jared Pinkney, Vanderbilt
OL: Lloyd Cushenberry, LSU
Eagles just landed a 25-year old QB that has completed 62.9% with 37 TD, only 11 INT, and 93.1% rating in his first two seasons for a stinking 6th round pick. Gardner Minshew is a winning NFL quarterback. Absolute no-brainer deal for Howie Roseman.
As impressive as the tape and the record-breaking stats are, how teammates respond to
@Joe_Burrow10
, particularly his OL, is what separates him most from other college QBs. Cannot overstate how much this matters to NFL decision-makers.
Best advice to HS kids in college recruiting process is simple: go somewhere you can play as early as possible. If the end goal is “making it to the league”, it doesn’t matter where you play—the NFL will find you. You have to be on the field to be found.
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Had a great talk with
@LSUfootball
QB Joe Burrow last night and he decided to forgo the
@seniorbowl
to spend time with family. Our staff completely respects his decision and wish Joe nothing but the best. Some NFL team and city are getting a special player, person, and leader.
This is how you play CB with your back to the ball.
Read route - don’t panic - get head around & find ball - toe tap finish.
Veteran play by Bears rookie Tyrique Stevenson.
Josh Jacobs was a backup in college and is a stud in the NFL.
Trey Sermon has been a backup in college and he WILL be a stud in the NFL.
Evaluate the player, not the depth chart.
Huge part of scouting is evaluating the circumstance of each player.
They don’t give Rookie of the Year awards to offensive linemen but the best first-year player in the league right now might be
@packers
LG Elgton Jenkins. Green Bay’s offense has looked different since he became a starter.
Excited to add Heisman winner Devonta Smith to this year’s Reese’s Senior Bowl. He will not be cleared to participate in any on-field activities due to thumb injury but he will go thru team meetings with Coach Flo’s🐬 staff and interview with decision-makers from all 32 clubs.
An NFL scout at the Clemson/Georgia game last night texted me this: “Just send a Senior Bowl bus to Athens and have them all get on”. Not a bad idea.
@GeorgiaFootball
is absolutely loaded.
In attempt to un-clutter everyone’s TL this week, all 125 players will be meeting with all 32 NFL teams at
@seniorbowl
. Absolutely zero need for “Player X met with Team Z” posts. Have a great Monday!
Some context on
@Raiders
decision to take Alex Leatherwood with No. 17 pick. Media crushed them but Leatherwood was going in first round. Spoke to multiple teams picking in 20-32 range that had Leatherwood in Round 1. Most don’t agree with the pick but it wasn’t a reach.
Whatever grade you have on
@UMichFootball
OC Olu Oluwatimi it’s probably too low.
Seeing very little on here about Outland & Rimington winner and not sure why.
Tested well (9-2 BJ, 29.0 VJ, 29 reps) and blew teams away in Combine interviews.
He’ll start for somebody as rookie.
Respectfully disagree with anyone floating the idea of making FCS football a permanent spring sport. Completely nonsensical. There were 157 FCS players on opening day NFL rosters last year. That’s not a small number.
Oklahoma’s Tre Brown was named top DB on the American team in a vote from the WR group at practice player-of-the-week awards ceremony tonight at 2021 Reese’s Senior Bowl.
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Anyone else having trouble watching N.C State big man D.J. Burns and not thinking about him kick-sliding in pass pro or getting out on pulls? Can't just be me.
Nobody spends more time around players than equipment guys. The locker room is a private sanctuary where players can get away from everyone else in the building, including coaches. Equipment guys are the only ones trusted in that space. This isn’t a minor move.
The
#Texans
recently dismissed equipment manager Mike Parson — who had a close relationship with Deshaun Watson — and the move is not sitting well with players, per
@AdamSchefter
.
Seahawks cutting Shaquem Griffin is a bummer but it’s still very cool that he and Shaquill were able to be teammates at every level from Pop Warner to the NFL. One of our favorite plays from last season. 👇
NFL scouts tell us few guys boosted their draft stock more at
@seniorbowl
than K-State CB Julius Brents. 6030v w/ record-setting 82 7/8 wing. DB teach tape stuff here. Textbook tight-man focus.
Rarely see 1-on-1 rep where QB doesn’t even throw it. 👀
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If Jacksonville ends up with the No. 1 pick and take Trevor Lawrence they will be using “best player available” over “need”. QB is not the Jags’ issue. Gardner Minshew is a real player, not just a fun story.
No NFL head coach takes advantage of
@seniorbowl
more than
#Steelers
HC Mike Tomlin.
Here’s Tomlin in middle of OL Indy period. 👀
We asked one HC: Why don’t all head coaches clear 3 days off their schedule to see over 40% of all drafted players?
HC’s response: “They’re lazy”
No GM had better first two days of the draft than
@Giants
Dave Gettleman. His first three picks should make an immediate impact and he picked up first and third-round picks in what will be a loaded 2022 class. UCF DB Aaron Robinson is one of most underrated players in this draft.
NFL totally over-thought it with Creed Humphrey.
Hope teams don’t make same mistake with John Michael Schmitz.
If you need a center, take JMS and get a two-contract high-level starter.
One of the surest things in this year’s draft.
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First player to hit me up this morning asking which coaching staff he’ll be working with?
@TexasFootball
QB Sam Ehlinger, of course. Wanted to get an early start on tape study. Already a pro.
Checkout the guy running down the sideline on this long catch-and-run by Van Jefferson. It’s fellow senior WR Tyree Cleveland (
@Tyrie_1
). That’s a great teammate. Totally unselfish. NFL scouts notice this kind of stuff. ✊
And so is the RB draft class of 2021. Travis Etienne, Najee Harris, Chuba Hubbard, Trey Sirmon, Brian Robinson, Rakeem Boyd, B.J. Emmons, Elijah Mitchell, Larry Rountree, Chris Evans, Trey Ragas...
The free agent RB class of 2021 is currently loaded: Derrick Henry, Dalvin Cook, Alvin Kamara, Aaron Jones, Joe Mixon, Kenyan Drake, Todd Gurley, Leonard Fournette, James Conner, Matt Breida, Philip Lindsay, Kareem Hunt, James White, Tarik Cohen, Marlon Mack and more.
ATTENTION ALL CFB PLAYERS: If you want to get noticed by NFL scouts, play with type of relentless effort shown here by NC State’s Payton Wilson.
All strain. No give up.
This is an ILB hawking down a WR. 👀
Alabama’s Mac Jones was named top QB on the American team in a vote from the secondary group at practice player-of-the-week awards ceremony tonight at 2021 Reese’s Senior Bowl.
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.
@Browns
just traded for an incredibly smart player. Due to his position flex, most assumed Minkah Fitzpatrick was the brains of Alabama secondary in ‘17 but Harrison was the main communicator and teammates said Nick Saban spoke to Harrison on different level than anyone else.
.
@Vol_Football
QB Hendon Hooker deserves all praise he gets but RT Darnell Wright is one of most improved prospects we’ve seen on tape this year. Moved from LT in offseason and looks more natural on right side. Wright made money controlling Alabama’s Will Anderson on Saturday.
Kadarius Toney (
@0fficialC2N
) from
@GatorsFB
named top WR on the American team in a vote from the secondary group at practice player-of-the-week awards ceremony tonight at 2021 Reese’s Senior Bowl.
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Booth ref: “He’s clearly got him grabbed...significantly hindering the receiver. This should be a booth review. I’m surprised they haven’t stopped the game.” 🤦♂️
Best story so far in free agency has to be former Bills CB Levi Wallace signing 2-year/$8M deal with
#Steelers
. Not only was he an undrafted free agent in Buffalo, he also played intramural flag football his first year in college before walking on at Alabama.