Derek Sherrod Scouting Report Compendium

[bobblehead]

This fits the TT mold as a 4 year player as well. Also a smart guy by all accounts. The thing I like is that you can build strength pretty easy, but building athleticism....not so much. Now I KNOW we can count on our OL coach to bring him up to speed.

The one other point I noted was the report that said he had an upside down triangle build. That means he will probably always be more susceptible to the power bull rush, but the good news is that its the speed rushers that generally hurt a QB, the bull rushers just collapse the pocket. He sounds like a Clifton clone with good knees, we should be so lucky.

[SkinBasket]

I'm always more interesting in the pictures, so I can tell if he's smart or dumb or racist.



I've looked into his internet soul and have seen a kind, intelligent man who knows how to be who he has to be when he needs to be him.

[RashanGary]

Hahaha. Good read, skin.

[RashanGary]

After reading TT, JP and Sherrods comments, I'm liking the pick more and more.

On a side note, TT said it's about 45 deep. If one of those guys slips to the 50-55 range, Ted might be tempted to shoot up and get the last player out of that B+ tier. Hopefully a DL. If we had another excellent OL and DL from this draft, we're looking stacked going forward.

[ND72]

Remember, Ted isn't saying the current 10-45 picks were of equal value, he is saying guys 10-45 on his board are of equal value....maybe a trade up in round 2???

[mraynrand]

Remember, Ted isn't saying the current 10-45 picks were of equal value, he is saying guys 10-45 on his board are of equal value....maybe a trade up in round 2???

I don't understand your first point, but I agree that a trade up in the second seems likely. The Packers just have so much depth, that it's to their advantage to try for fewer, hopefully better picks at this point. Maybe in a year or two as the depth thins a little, you go back to roster-filling draft pick accumulation, but take that compensatory pick, etc. and move up to 35-40 and get that pass rusher.

[Lurker64]

Remember, Ted isn't saying the current 10-45 picks were of equal value, he is saying guys 10-45 on his board are of equal value....maybe a trade up in round 2???

The problem is that if we trade up high in round 2, we'd be crossing a tier. We'd have to give up a lot (Packaging #64 and #96 gets you up to about #50). A more reasonable trade up spot would be about #57 (Seattle's pick). That would only cost roughly our non-compensatory fourth with maybe our sixth round pick thrown in.

[mraynrand]

The problem is that if we trade up high in round 2, we'd be crossing a tier. We'd have to give up a lot (Packaging #64 and #96 gets you up to about #50). A more reasonable trade up spot would be about #57 (Seattle's pick). That would only cost roughly our non-compensatory fourth with maybe our sixth round pick thrown in.

Good point. If Thompson moving up (and how much he gives up to move up) will tell us a lot about what he thinks of 1) team depth, and 2) the need for a particular player/position.

[King Friday]

He sounds like a Clifton clone with good knees, we should be so lucky.

That what it seemed to me as well...this kid seems to have some of the same knocks on him that Clifton had coming out of Tennessee, but Chad certainly turned out to be a great player.

[mission]

So do we like this guy?

Don't know much about him other than seen his name mentioned a lot and that he has pretty good size/length.

[vince]

Team captain, didn't give up a sack in 2 years, long, athletic, built for ZBS, protect the franchise, ...

Not much not to like. Looks like a solid, solid value pick at an important position of need.

[mission]

Team captain, didn't give up a sack in 2 years, long, athletic, built for ZBS, protect the franchise, ...

Not much not to like. Looks like a solid, solid value pick at an important position of need.

Thanks. Yeah, it just seems like one of those solid, makes-sense kind of picks that I'm OK with. Can't go wrong with protecting the best player on your team.

[RashanGary]

They have a tape out with every offensive snap of Southern Miss vs Kentucky. I watched Sherrod.

One thing I notice about really good OT's, they slide, plant, punch, slide, plant, punch in a very natural rhythmic way. Bulaga had that coming out of Iowa. The guy hoodie drafted this year had that. When that punch is coordinated with the steps, it knocks guys back and really adds to the pass set.

Sherrod didn't have that. He seemed to put his arms out, but there wasn't much impact. He didn't have a regular slide/plant/punch technique, at last not a powerful pronounced one like some other guys. Instead of punching guys back, he just kind of stayed in front of his guy and moved back slowly into the QB. It was good enough in college, but if he doesn't knock Julius Peppers back a step, he'll go right through him.

I think Sherrod is much more of a project than Bulaga. Bulaga had good coaching and good technique from day 1. I think there is a reason teams like to draft OL from pro-style systems. Sherrod is a naturally huge guy, he's a great athlete, he's a hard worker, smart guy and he's pretty good already, but I think it's going to take a year before we really want him protecting AR's blind side. Unlike Bulaga, he seems to have a couple glaring technique holes in his game coming out. That's probably why he fell to us. Teams never know how a guy will transition if they didn't see him do it in college.

[Tarlam!]

Only gave up sacks in his first college season... I don't care how he does it or whether he does it from left or right tackle, as long as he keeps that up, I'll be fine with him.

[HarveyWallbangers]

They have a tape out with every offensive snap of Southern Miss vs Kentucky. I watched Sherrod.

I hope you didn't watch Southern Miss vs. Kentucky and think you saw Sherrod.