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We like Claiborne as a player, but we're not sure about giving up so much to get him?
I think anytime you can get a super blue chip player or a player you think is a multi time Pro Bowler you got to do it. He plays CB like a WR. He wins later in the route than earlier in the route, which is a good fit for Ryan's blitz schemes.
Is CB one of the few positions you would move up like this for?
I would do it for a pass rusher, a left tackle, corner. Look at FA. What was most expensive. You can't get CB unless you really pay. You have to draft what you can't buy.
Isn't this a move you make when you're more one player away rather than Dallas who is so far away from contending?
I don't think they are. They need to figure out what they're going to do at safety, but Mike Jenkins is in the last year of his contract and he isn't very good. I think he's at his best as a 4th CB. I know everyone down there wants an OL, but I think Callahan will do a good job with that OL. I think they're just a few pieces away.
Is his Wonderlic overblown?
That's a shame it gets out. The wonderlic is a test where if you don't fully concentrate and apply yourself the score looks bad. You just got to spend time with the player, there is no test that is a substitute for that. The reason you test these players is as teachers you're trying to figure out the best way to teach the student. Maybe he needs to just get up on the white board to learn.
Who's draft did you like?
I like Tampa, Barron is a really good safety. I like Doug Martin, ended up with two first rounders. Patriots got a 3 run homer, I thought CHandler Jones was the best outside rusher in the draft and then they end up with a stud in Hightower, who I think Pittsburgh really really wanted but DeCastro was just a bigger need.
I wasn't in love with Cleveland. The key for the Rams is how well they execute these picks. People say "Oh they got all these picks!", but the picks don't mean anything if they turn out to be good players.
Questions about Tannehill?
I got a lot of questions about Tannehill. You guys have been around sports your entire lives, do you think Dan Marino or any other great QB showed up to his college campus and they looked at him and said "Let's try you at WR". If you're selected with a Top 10 pick as a QB you should be able to see it right away. He's a good athlete. I have questions with how he processes information. We'll see.
Are you confident Luck and RG3 will both be great?
The key is how the team is tailored around him. That's the key for QBs. The Patriots tailor their offense to what Brady does best. Colts did it with Manning. RG3 needs vertical outside WRs. You want him to be the point guard on a fast break and moving around on his feet . Luck needs to throw to the middle of the field. They'll take Colby Fleener at the top of the 2nd round. Control the middle of the field with touch and timing routes, he's not going to throw a lot of comeback routes on the outside of the hashmarks.
Biggest reach?
Irvin was a surprise, but I like him. I thought he was a 1st round player. He has off the field issues, and Carrol could care less about off the field issues.
Cowboys a lot of misses in the 2nd day. Don't they need to improve on that?
They found DeMarco Murray last year, give him credit for that. They need a safety. I don't think they have as many holes as people think. They have a lot of talent .
Goodell last night hugging weirdly too long?
It was the hardest draft I've ever been to. The picks were coming in fast and furious, and there must have been a keg backstage for the players because the players took forever to come out to the stage. The picks were backlogged. We knew about trades and picks but couldn't announce they because we were backlogged on the announced picks on stage.
I think anytime you can get a super blue chip player or a player you think is a multi time Pro Bowler you got to do it. He plays CB like a WR. He wins later in the route than earlier in the route, which is a good fit for Ryan's blitz schemes.
Is CB one of the few positions you would move up like this for?
I would do it for a pass rusher, a left tackle, corner. Look at FA. What was most expensive. You can't get CB unless you really pay. You have to draft what you can't buy.
Isn't this a move you make when you're more one player away rather than Dallas who is so far away from contending?
I don't think they are. They need to figure out what they're going to do at safety, but Mike Jenkins is in the last year of his contract and he isn't very good. I think he's at his best as a 4th CB. I know everyone down there wants an OL, but I think Callahan will do a good job with that OL. I think they're just a few pieces away.
Is his Wonderlic overblown?
That's a shame it gets out. The wonderlic is a test where if you don't fully concentrate and apply yourself the score looks bad. You just got to spend time with the player, there is no test that is a substitute for that. The reason you test these players is as teachers you're trying to figure out the best way to teach the student. Maybe he needs to just get up on the white board to learn.
Who's draft did you like?
I like Tampa, Barron is a really good safety. I like Doug Martin, ended up with two first rounders. Patriots got a 3 run homer, I thought CHandler Jones was the best outside rusher in the draft and then they end up with a stud in Hightower, who I think Pittsburgh really really wanted but DeCastro was just a bigger need.
I wasn't in love with Cleveland. The key for the Rams is how well they execute these picks. People say "Oh they got all these picks!", but the picks don't mean anything if they turn out to be good players.
Questions about Tannehill?
I got a lot of questions about Tannehill. You guys have been around sports your entire lives, do you think Dan Marino or any other great QB showed up to his college campus and they looked at him and said "Let's try you at WR". If you're selected with a Top 10 pick as a QB you should be able to see it right away. He's a good athlete. I have questions with how he processes information. We'll see.
Are you confident Luck and RG3 will both be great?
The key is how the team is tailored around him. That's the key for QBs. The Patriots tailor their offense to what Brady does best. Colts did it with Manning. RG3 needs vertical outside WRs. You want him to be the point guard on a fast break and moving around on his feet . Luck needs to throw to the middle of the field. They'll take Colby Fleener at the top of the 2nd round. Control the middle of the field with touch and timing routes, he's not going to throw a lot of comeback routes on the outside of the hashmarks.
Biggest reach?
Irvin was a surprise, but I like him. I thought he was a 1st round player. He has off the field issues, and Carrol could care less about off the field issues.
Cowboys a lot of misses in the 2nd day. Don't they need to improve on that?
They found DeMarco Murray last year, give him credit for that. They need a safety. I don't think they have as many holes as people think. They have a lot of talent .
Goodell last night hugging weirdly too long?
It was the hardest draft I've ever been to. The picks were coming in fast and furious, and there must have been a keg backstage for the players because the players took forever to come out to the stage. The picks were backlogged. We knew about trades and picks but couldn't announce they because we were backlogged on the announced picks on stage.
