2025 NFL Combine and Misc Draft Material

[MaroonBells]

I sincerely doubt this is true. Milroe isn't a 1st round QB....and probably not a 2nd rounder. The Interwebs get all crazy with his 40 time, like that means anything playing QB in the NFL. He's not Lamar Jackson nor in the same zip code.

This is going to be one of those things we look back and laugh about in a year or two. I'm not going to predict what the NFL will do, because they do stupid shit all the time. But Milroe can't play and shouldn't be drafted.

[JustInTime]

This is going to be one of those things we look back and laugh about in a year or two. I'm not going to predict what the NFL will do, because they do stupid shit all the time. But Milroe can't play and shouldn't be drafted.

Remember when I insisted Joe Milton would be a good NFL TE? If Milroe ends up on the Eagles I think we’ll see him get maxed out as a QB.

[JustInTime]

Shemar Turner auditions for the remake of The Longest Yard

[MaroonBells]

Shemar Turner auditions for the remake of The Longest Yard

Ouch. I was just thinking that Shemar Turner is being overlooked by a lot of Viking fans. But apparently this kind of thing is common with him.

[JustInTime]

[MaroonBells]

I like the Shemar Stewart comps. Get him to 6-5, 290 (he was 6-5, 281 at the Senior Bowl) and he's a 3-4 DE prototype. Not many think of him that way though, and I don't know why.

[Canthony]

I like the Shemar Stewart comps. Get him to 6-5, 290 (he was 6-5, 281 at the Senior Bowl) and he's a 3-4 DE prototype. Not many think of him that way though, and I don't know why.

Seems to be a lot of flags with Stewert. I'd imagine the packages with Turner and Stewert would be interesting to say the least. Not sure how you would use them both to utilize it to the fullest.

[MaroonBells]

Seems to be a lot of flags with Stewert. I'd imagine the packages with Turner and Stewert would be interesting to say the least. Not sure how you would use them both to utilize it to the fullest.

Yes, there are production flags. But the production flags with Stewart are the same flags that were there with Hunter and Walker. There is also a very good article HERE about the Texas A&M defense and how teams prepared for them that does a good job explaining why he didn't have the numbers to match his physical tools. 

"Under first-year HC Mike Elko at Texas A&M, the Aggies ran the tite/mint front defenses that have taken over college football, and are similar to what Georgia has run in their latest stretch of dominance. In these defenses, the defensive line is taught much differently than other defensive line play. The structure of the defense calls for players like Stewart to be placed as the 4i technique on the line, rarely having many reps out wide where he can pin his ears back."

You know who else runs a lot of tite, mint and 4i?

[Canthony]

Yes, there are production flags. But the production flags with Stewart are the same flags that were there with Hunter and Walker. There is also a very good article HERE about the Texas A&M defense and how teams prepared for them that does a good job explaining why he didn't have the numbers to match his physical tools. 

"Under first-year HC Mike Elko at Texas A&M, the Aggies ran the tite/mint front defenses that have taken over college football, and are similar to what Georgia has run in their latest stretch of dominance. In these defenses, the defensive line is taught much differently than other defensive line play. The structure of the defense calls for players like Stewart to be placed as the 4i technique on the line, rarely having many reps out wide where he can pin his ears back."

You know who else runs a lot of tite, mint and 4i?

Flores. He does much for the defense than he is given credit. There are plays where he has 3 guys on him and he still makes the play. Impressive. He looks to be the type of player that will always find the ball and play. Nice write up on him. Thanks for the article. 

In Stewart’s case, to discuss his ceiling as a player I think we have to first discuss his movement skills and athletic tools. He moves like a guy thats 20-30 pounds lighter than his listed 281-pound frame, but what really stands out is the flexibility and the hip movement for a guy his size. It’s pretty rare to find athletes as big as Stewart who can leverage his length and flexibility in the run game on the edge. Combine that with lateral quickness of a guy that should be much smaller and it’s easy to see why many people (including myself) are high on his game. Take this play as an example against South Carolina. This is one of the examples where Stewart is lined up outside the tackle, and the Gamecocks run a split zone look with the tight end coming in motion. Watch how Stewart gets lateral, but is still able to generate enough force and knockback to keep his inside arm clean to make the tackle. That’s some grown ass man run defense.

[JustInTime]

Yes, there are production flags. But the production flags with Stewart are the same flags that were there with Hunter and Walker. There is also a very good article HERE about the Texas A&M defense and how teams prepared for them that does a good job explaining why he didn't have the numbers to match his physical tools. 

"Under first-year HC Mike Elko at Texas A&M, the Aggies ran the tite/mint front defenses that have taken over college football, and are similar to what Georgia has run in their latest stretch of dominance. In these defenses, the defensive line is taught much differently than other defensive line play. The structure of the defense calls for players like Stewart to be placed as the 4i technique on the line, rarely having many reps out wide where he can pin his ears back."

You know who else runs a lot of tite, mint and 4i?

Great article. 

Here’s what rang true with me:

If there’s one thing I think Stewart needs to improve on, it’s simply finishing plays. I think he’s such a forceful and explosive athlete that he flies in out of control and ends up flying past the QB or not being able to throttle down to get the sack.

The entire time I’m watching his highlights is “damn he’s so quick and he almost had the QB dead to rights…damn he almost had the RB for a big loss…damn he chased that fly sweep from behind and almost got him”. 

One season Kenchi Udeze had zero sacks but lead the league in pressures. Now Stewart is twice the athlete Udeze could dream of being but my fear is he doesn’t ever become a closer. If we’re talking about him as a third rounder like Hunter or my boy Janarius Robinson, oh giddy up and let’s dance. Day 1? On our roster maybe he fills the Jihad Ward role. 

I think you’d have to play him at 265 on the edge so that the almost plays become stats on the stat sheet. Low floor but high high ceiling.