General Manager Notes: that 2090 rookie class...
Nah, I'm not going to call them the Brady Bunch.
Yes, we've still got 9 guys on roster, with Brandon Brady the most promising of them all. It still means 6 guys haven't survived the roster cut waves that we've gone through after picking and signing them. Two of them are already out of football (pick 7.17 C Dwayne Gullett, undrafted LB Ruben Caminiti), two are backups elsewhere in the league (pick 4.20 WR Griffin Iafigliola, pick 5.17 WR Trey Samuels) and two are without a team (pick 5.19 DT Tyrone Hansen, pick 6.18 QB Carlton Mathews).
I'm going to compare the players' current scouting report with the reports that we had for the draft. This is after interviews of Gaynor (hard to read) and Brady (hard to read), as both were potential first round targets for us going into the draft.
1.17 TE Clay Gaynor
For now, Gaynor appears to be topping out slightly below the top end of what he was scouted at.
Code:
rn bl XXXXX+____ 45/55 (60-70)
ps bl XXXXXXX___ 75/75 (80-90)
bl sl XXXX______ 35 (35-45)
av dr XX________ 20 (35-45)
gt dw XXXXXX____ 55/55 (65-75)
rt rn XXXXX+____ 50/60 (60-75)
3d ct XXXXXXXX__ 80 (85-100)
bg pl XXXX______ 40 (40-50)
coura XXXXXX____ 60/60 (65-80)
ad bl XXXXX_____ 50/50 (55-65)
endur XXXXXXXX__ 75 (80-90)
sp tm XXXXXXX+__ 75/80 (80-95)
1.19 SLB Brandon Brady
Brady seems to sit pretty much amidst what he was supposed to become. He's amongst the top 10 players of this class in raw talent.
Code:
run d XXXXXXXXXX 95 (75-85)
pr tc XXXX______ 40 (35-45)
pr st XXX_______ 35 (20-35)
mtm d XXXXXXX___ 65 (60-70)
zon d XXXXXX____ 60 (55-65)
bnr d XXXXXXXX__ 80 (85-95)
ply d XXXXXXXXXX 95 (85-100)
p hit XXXX______ 35 (35-45)
endur XXXXXXXX__ 85 (80-95)
sp tm XXXXXXXXX_ 85 (75-90)
2.18 WR George Stuckey
Still an enigma to me, can this kid play football? Other GMs say this skill set is what a modern WR needs, I guess I'm still stuck (ha!) with grading big-play receivers ahead of those that can get downfield. Both is obviously even better, but Stuckey isn't the guy that can run the 40 under 4.50. (Actually, he clocked a 4.49 before training camp.)
Code:
av dr XX+_______ 20/35 (30-60)
gt dw XXXXX+____ 55/65 (60-85)
rt rn XXXX+++___ 40/75 (65-90)
3d ct XX+_______ 25/25 (25-50)
bg pl XXX_______ 25 (15-40)
coura XXXXXXXX++ 80/100 (75-100)
ad bl XXX+______ 25/45 (30-60)
pnt r __________ 0 (0-25)
kck r __________ 0 (0-25)
endur XXXXXX++__ 65/75 (75-100)
sp tm XXXX+_____ 40/50 (35-60)
2.20 K Mark Giles
Giles seems to be less than we hoped for, despite being in the top10 in raw talent of this class.
Code:
k acc XXXXXXXXX_ 85 (75-100)
k pwr XXXXXX____ 55 (50-75)
ko di XXXXXXX___ 70 (65-90)
ko ht XXXXXXXX__ 75 (70-95)
undrafted RG Marvin Silvan
Clearly was overrated, but this season he's actually starting for us with Butch Pearson out.
Code:
rn bl XXX++_____ 30/45 (50-75)
ps bl XXXX+_____ 35/50 (60-85)
bl st X_________ 10 (0-25)
endur XXXXXX+___ 60/70 (60-85)
undrafted MLB Brant Rayburn
Special teamer and this season he's actually playing on that unit.
Code:
run d XXX_______ 25/35 (10-35)
pr tc XXXXX+____ 55/60 (35-65)
pr st XXX_______ 30 (25-55)
mtm d XXXXX_____ 45/50 (15-40)
zon d XXXX______ 40/45 (35-65)
bnr d XXXXXX____ 55/60 (45-75)
ply d XX________ 15/15 (10-35)
p hit XXXXXXX___ 65 (55-85)
endur XXXX+_____ 45/50 (20-50)
sp tm XXXXXXXXX_ 85 (65-90)
undrafted CB Adam Harmon
Spent most of this season inactive, but lately I gave him the 46th active slot to gain some experience.
Code:
run d X+________ 10/20 (5-30)
mtm d XXXXX++___ 50/65 (65-90)
zon d XXXXXXX++_ 70/85 (70-100)
bnr d __________ 0 (0-30)
ply d __________ 0 (0-30)
p hit __________ 0 (0-30)
inter XXXX______ 40/40 (55-85)
pnt r __________ 0 (0-30)
kck r XXXXX_____ 45/55 (50-80)
endur XXX_______ 25 (20-45)
sp tm XXXXXX____ 55/60 (65-95)
undrafted SS Chuck Murray
Turning out to be close to as advertised, he's replacing our starting free safety on downs where the opponent plays with few wide receivers.
Code:
run d XXXXX_____ 50 (35-65)
mtm d XX+______ 25/25 (11-40)
zon d XXXXXX+___ 65/65 (40-70)
bnr d X_________ 10 (0-30)
ply d XXXX______ 40/40 (30-60)
p hit XXXXX_____ 50 (35-65)
inter XXXXXXXXX_ 85 (55-80)
pnt r __________ 0 (0-30)
kck r __________ 0 (0-30)
endur X_________ 10/10 (0-30)
sp tm XX________ 15/15 (5-30)
undrafted FS Jon Brotzman
Mostly a special teamer, but is growing into being a suitable dime or nickelback. We might need him there next season when cap hell breaks loose.
Code:
run d __________ 0 (0-30)
mtm d XXXX______ 40/45 (35-60)
zon d XXXXXXX+__ 65/85 (60-85)
bnr d __________ 0 (0-30)
ply d XXXXX+____ 50/60 (55-85)
p hit XXX_______ 30 (15-45)
inter XXXXX_____ 50 (60-85)
pnt r __________ 0 (0-30)
kck r __________ 0 (0-30)
endur XXXX______ 35/40 (25-55)
sp tm XXXXXXXXX_ 95 (70-100)
A fine class, still. But the actually plan was to compare Gaynor with Clarence Gore, our 5th round rookie. So let's get onto that now:
Code:
2090 1.17 TE Gaynor vs 2091 5.23 TE Gore
rn bl XXXXX+____ 45/55 rn bl XX+_______ 20/30
ps bl XXXXXXX___ 75/75 ps bl XXXXX++___ 55/70
bl sl XXXX______ 35___ bl sl XXXXXXXX__ 75
av dr XX________ 20___ av dr __________ 5/5
gt dw XXXXXX____ 55/55 gt dw X_________ 10/10
rt rn XXXXX+____ 50/60 rt rn XXXXXX++__ 65/80
3d ct XXXXXXXX__ 80___ 3d ct XXX+______ 35/35
bg pl XXXX______ 40___ bg pl XXXXXXXX__ 80
coura XXXXXX____ 60/60 coura __________ 0/0
ad bl XXXXX_____ 50/50 ad bl XXXXXXXX++ 80/100
endur XXXXXXXX__ 75___ endur XXXXXX+___ 55/65
sp tm XXXXXXX+__ 75/80 sp tm XXX+______ 30/35
Gaynor made enough progress in the blocking department to make him play on running packages with 2 tight ends. Gore looked promising enough to make him our premier receiving tight end and has very steadily improved his route running skills to already being in the 60 range. In the end, I suppose we'll have to see what we can do with playing a lot more 2TE formations and put them both on the field. It can't hurt to have two guys that can catch the ball, compared to having none since Monty Elliott retired in the 2085 off-season.