stevew
03-29-2005, 01:41 PM
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/peter_king/03/27/mmqb.owners.meetings/1.html
STAT OF THE WEEK
Matt Jones is projected by many to be a wide receiver or tight end in the NFL.
I must say that if I heard it once, I heard it 10 times at the league meetings last week: How high is Matt Jones going to be drafted? And what position will he play in the NFL?
I believe Jones, the quarterback from Arkansas who might be a wide receiver or tight end in the NFL, is the most intriguing prospect in recent draft history. Check out these numbers from the Master Report at the Scouting Combine:
Height: 6-foot-6 1/4.
Weight: 242.
40-yard dash times: 4.38, 4.37.
Vertical jump: 39 1/2 inches.
Faster than Braylon Edwards. Jumps higher than Mike Williams. Taller than any tight end.
Some teams think Jones could go as high as the last third of the first round. And some of the teams in that area of the first round -- St. Louis (19th), Denver (25th) and Pittsburgh (30th) -- have coaches with the guts to take chances on interesting prospects. I remember how much Mike Martz of the Rams wanted Antwaan Randle-El in the 2002 draft before the Steelers beat him to it and took Randle-El in the second round. And you know how excited Pittsburgh's Bill Cowher gets about versatile players (Randle-El, Kordell Stewart, Hines Ward) with college quarterback experience.
I am not denigrating Jones, because I agree with the masses who think he's going to be a heck of pro player, somewhere. But I have one name to give you to put this workout wonder in perspective: Mike Mamula. In 1995 the Boston College pass rusher had the greatest combine of all time, and he flew all the way up to the seventh pick in the first round even though he was an undersized guy. He ended up getting pushed around during his brief NFL career.
Sounds like the Rams' second-round pick is a wiser risk, not the first.
Saw this on another board. I have no prob with the Steelers taking him at 30, if they like him. He likely wont be there at 62.
STAT OF THE WEEK
Matt Jones is projected by many to be a wide receiver or tight end in the NFL.
I must say that if I heard it once, I heard it 10 times at the league meetings last week: How high is Matt Jones going to be drafted? And what position will he play in the NFL?
I believe Jones, the quarterback from Arkansas who might be a wide receiver or tight end in the NFL, is the most intriguing prospect in recent draft history. Check out these numbers from the Master Report at the Scouting Combine:
Height: 6-foot-6 1/4.
Weight: 242.
40-yard dash times: 4.38, 4.37.
Vertical jump: 39 1/2 inches.
Faster than Braylon Edwards. Jumps higher than Mike Williams. Taller than any tight end.
Some teams think Jones could go as high as the last third of the first round. And some of the teams in that area of the first round -- St. Louis (19th), Denver (25th) and Pittsburgh (30th) -- have coaches with the guts to take chances on interesting prospects. I remember how much Mike Martz of the Rams wanted Antwaan Randle-El in the 2002 draft before the Steelers beat him to it and took Randle-El in the second round. And you know how excited Pittsburgh's Bill Cowher gets about versatile players (Randle-El, Kordell Stewart, Hines Ward) with college quarterback experience.
I am not denigrating Jones, because I agree with the masses who think he's going to be a heck of pro player, somewhere. But I have one name to give you to put this workout wonder in perspective: Mike Mamula. In 1995 the Boston College pass rusher had the greatest combine of all time, and he flew all the way up to the seventh pick in the first round even though he was an undersized guy. He ended up getting pushed around during his brief NFL career.
Sounds like the Rams' second-round pick is a wiser risk, not the first.
Saw this on another board. I have no prob with the Steelers taking him at 30, if they like him. He likely wont be there at 62.