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    Default Ravens probaby won't be taking Manti...


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    I wouldn't either. Way too much talent in other positions without question in the the first two rounds. I'd like Vaccaro or DJ swearinger. Austin for now. Linebacker seems deep.

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    If he drops to the fourth round, I'd takle him. But I wouldn't be surprised if someone picked him early.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NCBirdfan View Post
    If he drops to the fourth round, I'd takle him. But I wouldn't be surprised if someone picked him early.
    I was thinking he'd be a fifth rounder now. You can't compensate for lack of speed at linebacker and he was already undersized.

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    Quote Originally Posted by elj1201 View Post
    What do you mean? Manti ran an imaginary 4.23.



    (OK, someone had to go there)

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    Remember when Suggs ran a 4.84?

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    Quote Originally Posted by AFKAR7 View Post
    Remember when Suggs ran a 4.84?
    The 40 at the combine is way overrated by the public and media; I don't know how important it is to scouts and GMs. What you're looking for is a football player, the complete package: athleticism is part of it (which also includes hands, strength, balance, etc.), as is football instinct, "motor," hunger, team character, and all that stuff, not to mention common sense.

    I cannot see why the Ravens would pick Manti any earlier than the fourth round. Just too many IFs about that guy. Can anyone say Sergio Kindle?

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    Hard to see him dropping into the second day. When the coaches put on the tape they will see a good football player.

    Tavares Gooden went in the third round and that guy couldn't even play in college.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steveg85321 View Post
    The 40 at the combine is way overrated by the public and media; I don't know how important it is to scouts and GMs. What you're looking for is a football player, the complete package: athleticism is part of it (which also includes hands, strength, balance, etc.), as is football instinct, "motor," hunger, team character, and all that stuff, not to mention common sense.

    I cannot see why the Ravens would pick Manti any earlier than the fourth round. Just too many IFs about that guy. Can anyone say Sergio Kindle?
    I totally agree with this……..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steveg85321 View Post
    The 40 at the combine is way overrated by the public and media; I don't know how important it is to scouts and GMs. What you're looking for is a football player, the complete package: athleticism is part of it (which also includes hands, strength, balance, etc.), as is football instinct, "motor," hunger, team character, and all that stuff, not to mention common sense.

    I cannot see why the Ravens would pick Manti any earlier than the fourth round. Just too many IFs about that guy. Can anyone say Sergio Kindle?
    The Alabama Game is all the tape they need to watch........

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    Quote Originally Posted by reg_indy View Post
    The Alabama Game is all the tape they need to watch........
    If that were true ray Lewis wod have never gotten another contract after Brian waters pancaked him all night on MFN in 04.

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    Manti will drop to the second round, but probably not any less. He's questionable as a pro. He played well, but most of the teams Notre Dame played this year were not as fast or as physical as Alabama. In that showcase he got pushed around big time. As a pro, he would need some work.

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    Ozzie is an Alabama guy. You think he's going to take a player that Alabama embarrassed?

    No chance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by elj1201 View Post
    leave it to Ozzie to pick the best players. we might get a great player picking # 32. plus some good ones in the rest of the draft.

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    Manti T'eo = Andy Katzenmoyer

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fang View Post
    What do you mean? Manti ran an imaginary 4.23.



    (OK, someone had to go there)
    No, it turned out it wasn't an imaginary 4.23. It's just that his dog ate the video of him running the 4.23. Seriously. It was a really big dog. (No wait...maybe he just imagined it was a really big dog that ate the video. N/M.)

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    Manti Te’o: I’m “obviously” faster than I showed at the Combine

    http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...t-the-combine/

    Haha this just keeps getting better and better. He just doesn't know when to shut up. Can't wait to see him still on the board in the 5th round.




    R.I.P. LENNAY

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    Quote Originally Posted by reg_indy View Post
    The Alabama Game is all the tape they need to watch........
    and there you have it ......

    3 round or later .....

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    I predict he becomes an undrafted Free Agent

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    Quote Originally Posted by mythoughts View Post
    I predict he becomes an undrafted Free Agent
    wow .....

    that's the worse I have seen predicted and would be one of the biggest slides ever ......

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