Apparently Lowry has small arms and small hands. I wonder what a certain presidential candidate would say about that.http://www.insidenu.com/2016/4/25/11494116/dean-lowry-northwestern-nfl-draft-scouting-report-highlights-stats-combine-40-time
Apparently Lowry has small arms and small hands. I wonder what a certain presidential candidate would say about that.
Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.
Vince Lombardi
Wait, Striker, so the sky is not falling? That's a relief. I need to cut the grass.Originally Posted by Striker
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." -Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Conclusion from the article above (from the SB Nation blog for N'western):In a way, Lowry seems like a fairly safe pick in the mid-to-late rounds. He has his limitations, which mean his ceiling is modest, but his versatility makes him a pretty good bet to hang around in the league as a rotation guy, or perhaps even a starter. That might be as a 3-4 defensive end or as a situational 4-3 defensive tackle. It might even be as a standard down 4-3 end. Either way, there's almost certainly a place for a guy like Lowry in the NFL.
Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.
Vince Lombardi
Short arms ain't all bad. Dean "Rex" Lowry
One time Lombardi was disgusted with the team in practice and told them they were going to have to start with the basics. He held up a ball and said: "This is a football." McGee immediately called out, "Stop, coach, you're going too fast," and that gave everyone a laugh.
John Maxymuk, Packers By The Numbers
Some Lowry fans out there:
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...lued-prospects
» Dean Lowry, defensive end, Northwestern
Lowry has outstanding size (6-6, 296 pounds), strength and explosiveness, but his lack of length (31-inch arms) is a concern for some teams. I think he's ideally suited to be a 3-4 defensive end, and is someone who can play right away. He's talked about as more of a fifth- or sixth-round player, in part because of the depth of this year's defensive end class, but I think Lowry is worthy of a third-round choice.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/p...499/dean-lowry39(137) Packers (Compensatory Selection) Lowry, Dean DE 6'6" 296 Northwestern 5.2
DE ...Dean Lowry ...Northwestern Big Ten .....Grade 5.2
Isn't he a REACH !?
--Dane Brugler (@dpbrugler) (2/21/16)
Draft Projection Round 7 or priority free agent
Bottom Line Try-hard player with good size who is always active. While he won’t be considered a pass rushing threat, Lowry’s production was a function of effort and flashes of power and the aforementioned traits and qualities give him a good shot at being drafted and becoming an NFL backup.
OK sorry I just got it:
Weaknesses ** Short arms and small hands prevent him from posting higher win percentage at point of attack
** ' short arms ' makes him a Ted Thompson Guy !
The final picks:
40(138) Browns (Compensatory Selection) Devalve, Seth TE 6'4" 245 Princeton 4.9
41(139) Bills (Compensatory Selection) Jones, Cardale QB 6'5" 253 Ohio St. 5.4
End of ROUND FOUR.
WEAKNESSES: For a player of his size, Lowry has short, disproportionate arms. Lacks ideal explosive traits for the next level and needs to develop his pass rush moves to not be so predictable off the snap. Unimaginative pass rush strategy and needs to better set up his moves instead of forcing his way through blockers each play.
Needs to develop his counters, allowing his rush to stall once initial momentum is slowed. Relies more on timing than burst. Can drop in space, but marginal change of direction skills limits his potential off the line of scrimmage.
IN OUR VIEW: He doesn't play with anything less than full effort and that hustle, along with his instincts, allows him to be effective containing the edge. Lowry lacks athletic twitch and move-to-move transition to be a consistent pass rush threat in the NFL, but his initial power and unrelenting play style wears down blockers.
He lacks ideal traits to start at the next level, but shows the recognition skills and versatility to play various scheme techniques as a reserve.
** Since 2006 3 X Pro Pickem' Champion; 4 X Runner-Up and 3 X 3rd place.
** To download Jesus Loves Me ring tones, you'll need a cell phone mame
** If God doesn't fish, play poker or pull for " the Packers ", exactly what does HE do with his buds?
** Rather than love, money or fame - give me TRUTH: Henry D. Thoreau
Prediction or Declaration?
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." -Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Don't we hope their right.
** Since 2006 3 X Pro Pickem' Champion; 4 X Runner-Up and 3 X 3rd place.
** To download Jesus Loves Me ring tones, you'll need a cell phone mame
** If God doesn't fish, play poker or pull for " the Packers ", exactly what does HE do with his buds?
** Rather than love, money or fame - give me TRUTH: Henry D. Thoreau
Short arms ain't all bad. Dean "Rex" Lowry
Grab this guy !
** Since 2006 3 X Pro Pickem' Champion; 4 X Runner-Up and 3 X 3rd place.
** To download Jesus Loves Me ring tones, you'll need a cell phone mame
** If God doesn't fish, play poker or pull for " the Packers ", exactly what does HE do with his buds?
** Rather than love, money or fame - give me TRUTH: Henry D. Thoreau
The Ted Thompson 2016 DRAFT through Four Rounds:
http://www.nfl.com/draft/2016/tracke...-team-input:gb
Needs according to NFL.Com: LB;CB;OL;TE
Comment woodbuck27:
They missed DL.
Last edited by woodbuck27; 04-30-2016 at 02:10 PM.
** Since 2006 3 X Pro Pickem' Champion; 4 X Runner-Up and 3 X 3rd place.
** To download Jesus Loves Me ring tones, you'll need a cell phone mame
** If God doesn't fish, play poker or pull for " the Packers ", exactly what does HE do with his buds?
** Rather than love, money or fame - give me TRUTH: Henry D. Thoreau
I hear he defends passes well, but is not too stout against the run.
Grab this guy !
Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.
Vince Lombardi
These draft analysis by the, "experts" that some people put so much stock into are a joke. If you went back and revisited all of their predictions 2 or 3 years after these kids have a chance to strap on the pads and play you'd find that they're wrong so many times it's actually laughable. I guess that's why I don't even waste my time reading any of these pre-draft predictions and other nonsense. Just look at the amount of conflicting information you can find on a given player based on who did the write-up.
BTW - OT Joe Thomas only had 32 1/2" long arms at the combine and isn't that supposed to be such an important factor for the success of an OT? Why, he should have been a "bust" based on that all important stat.
I hear some were projecting him to the Steelers.Short arms ain't all bad. Dean "Rex" Lowry
Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.
Vince Lombardi
Competition for WR corps: Trevor Davis
One time Lombardi was disgusted with the team in practice and told them they were going to have to start with the basics. He held up a ball and said: "This is a football." McGee immediately called out, "Stop, coach, you're going too fast," and that gave everyone a laugh.
John Maxymuk, Packers By The Numbers
I HATE this draft so far
The only pick I like is round 2
Dahl, Joe OG 6'4" 304 Washington St. Pick 12, Round 5 (151) Lions 5.5
Davis, Sean CB 6'1" 201 Maryland Pick 27, Round 2 (58) Steelers 5.5
and then TT's next move for the Packers future:
Davis, Trevor WR 6'1" 188 California Pick 26, Round 5 (163) Packers 4.9
Whaaaaaaaaat !
You've got to be kidding me !
This skinflint...has a 4.9 Grade and right now TT is the laughing stock of the NFL.
Isn't there anyone in the Packers War Room that can wrestle Ted Thompson to the floor?
http://www.nfl.com/draft/2016/profil...vis?id=2555413
Analysis
Strengths Quality return man specializing in kick*offs with two touchdowns under his belt while at Cal. Former high school long jumper and sprinter with build*up speed to challenge deep safeties from the hash. Competitive runner after the catch with ability to make defenders miss and finish his runs with some authority. Hands are adequate.
Weaknesses Track speed doesn't translate underneath. Needs runway to get going and can't hit jets out of his breaks for separation. Needs to improve hard vertical push to clear space for comebacks and outs. One*-speed, rounded routes need work.
Struggles to release cleanly against quality press coverage.
Draft Projection Rounds 6 or 7
Sources Tell Us "He's a pretty good returner. I don't see him being drafted, but he could make a team as a return man and last receiver on the depth chart." -- NFC West scout
Bottom Line Wiry catch-*and-*run specialist whose NFL value rests in his return ability. Davis could be a difficult sell because he's not an NFL*-ready receiver, but a big combine could create late-round interest or elevate his stock as a priority free agent.
:
Last edited by woodbuck27; 04-30-2016 at 03:04 PM.
** Since 2006 3 X Pro Pickem' Champion; 4 X Runner-Up and 3 X 3rd place.
** To download Jesus Loves Me ring tones, you'll need a cell phone mame
** If God doesn't fish, play poker or pull for " the Packers ", exactly what does HE do with his buds?
** Rather than love, money or fame - give me TRUTH: Henry D. Thoreau
HOFer
Lowry and Davis were both late risers. Davis was ranked about 25 spots below his teammate Kenny Lawler, but had moved ahead of Lawler in many boards by draft time (including being in McGinn's top 20 WRs; Lawler was not listed). That's what being 6'1" and testing incredibly well will do for you. Plus, he's a return man. Only Josh Doctson tested as a better overall athlete than Davis at the combine among WRs.
One common theme of the Packers draft is that most of these guys quietly tested well at the combine.
Clark was the second best athlete among 3-4 NT types (behind Vernon Butler, same as Billings, and ahead of the likes of Jarran Reed, A'Shawn Robinson, Austin Johnson, Hassan Ridgeway)
Spriggs was the most athletic OL in the draft.
Fackrell tested around the top 1/3 of OLBs.
Martinez tested in the top 1/2 of ILBs.
Lowry was the second best athlete among 3-4 DEs (behind Bronson Faufusi and ahead of the likes of DeForest Buckner, Jihad Ward, Chris Jones, etc.)
Davis was the second best athlete among WRs (behind Josh Doctson).
Martinez is probably the most average athlete of the bunch, when you look at their testing numbers.
"There's a lot of interest in the draft. It's great. But quite frankly, most of the people that are commenting on it don't know anything about what they are talking about."--Ted Thompson
Ted Thompson lives as the Packers GM because he lucked out with Aaron Rodgers.
He has to retire....yesterday !
** Since 2006 3 X Pro Pickem' Champion; 4 X Runner-Up and 3 X 3rd place.
** To download Jesus Loves Me ring tones, you'll need a cell phone mame
** If God doesn't fish, play poker or pull for " the Packers ", exactly what does HE do with his buds?
** Rather than love, money or fame - give me TRUTH: Henry D. Thoreau
No shit and DJ Reader goes the next pick WTF
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
