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abc2330 said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1117813681838903301

You catch this rep? It's strange that you knock Walker for having some trouble with the best tackle in the nation. Yet Burns gets destroyed by some nobody and you are okay with that.
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We didnt draft Burns you moron! IDC what he did lol

Deandrea Walker spends more time on his back than a $20 hooker! People should hate this pick
 
JCBRAVE said:
We didnt draft Burns you moron! IDC what he did lol

Deandrea Walker spends more time on his back than a $20 hooker! People should hate this pick
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Hate a 5th round LB who took Alabama to task in the SEC Championship game and has plus special teams ability? Ok.

Is he a perfect prospect? No. He needs to get better at using his hands, his arm length, and leverage, but I'm pretty sure our head coach may be the best person on the planet to get the best from him. He has great tools and ability, just needs his technique coached up a bit more.

And if he doesn't pan out, so what? He's a 5th rounder. Not the kind of investment where we expect him to be a 10 year starter.
 
JCBRAVE said:
We didnt draft Burns you moron! IDC what he did lol

Deandrea Walker spends more time on his back than a $20 hooker! People should hate this pick
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I'm definitely getting you a custom #42 jersey and the name will read $20 hooker
 
Johnnyb said:
Hate a 5th round LB who took Alabama to task in the SEC Championship game and has plus special teams ability? Ok.

Is he a perfect prospect? No. He needs to get better at using his hands, his arm length, and leverage, but I'm pretty sure our head coach may be the best person on the planet to get the best from him. He has great tools and ability, just needs his technique coached up a bit more.

And if he doesn't pan out, so what? He's a 5th rounder. Not the kind of investment where we expect him to be a 10 year starter.
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1st of all he did no such thing vs Bama. He falls into a few tackles but gets worked by their OLine.

And JR usually makes the most of his 5th rd picks. Would have loved to get another Jayon Brown or even another Leshaun Sims.

Instead we got this guy smh.

Might not even make the 53 man roster
 
I'd also like to add, this "so what hes a 5th rd pick, who cares" mentality needs to stop. We finally have players worth paying. We wont last long paying out big deals to everyone. We need to hit on these draft picks so we can actually afford the players worth keeping.
 
TexasTitanFan said:
Must have been an awesome draft if pick 168 is the only thing we have to argue about.
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It really was a homerun draft

All but 1 pick anyways

Simmons, Brown, Hooker were all fantastic additions. Plus the fact we got them all much later than expected really sweetens things.

And David Long in the 7th is ridiculous.

The only guy I'm not sure of is Nate Davis. Hard to find tape of him.
 
Jwill1919 said:
Vrabel now the greatest DL coach now?

Dear god, it never ends on this board.
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One of the best and most technically sound LB's to play the game, and noted as one of the top position coaches who has been promoted every where he goes... yeah, it's not a stretch to say he's arguably the best person to coach LB's in the game.
 
JCBRAVE said:
1st of all he did no such thing vs Bama. He falls into a few tackles but gets worked by their OLine.

And JR usually makes the most of his 5th rd picks. Would have loved to get another Jayon Brown or even another Leshaun Sims.

Instead we got this guy smh.

Might not even make the 53 man roster
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Here's a good write up on him that includes some great gifs of his play (positive and negative):

https://www.musiccitymiracles.com/2...w-about-titans-fifth-round-pick-dandre-walker

Not really sure where the hate for him is coming from. He's exactly what you want in a 5th rounder. He fell in the draft due to an injury that didn't allow him to post measurables, he shows good instincts and leverage in the tape, needs to work on his technique some, but can play special teams early on while he learns the craft.

We're not counting on him to start anyways, and he could absolutely grow into much more.
 
Johnnyb said:
One of the best and most technically sound LB's to play the game, and noted as one of the top position coaches who has been promoted every where he goes... yeah, it's not a stretch to say he's arguably the best person to coach LB's in the game.
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“Best person to coach LBs in the game”...That’s awfully high praise for Vrabel.

Why can’t someone just say “excellent teacher”?
 
Johnnyb said:
Here's a good write up on him that includes some great gifs of his play (positive and negative):

https://www.musiccitymiracles.com/2...w-about-titans-fifth-round-pick-dandre-walker

Not really sure where the hate for him is coming from. He's exactly what you want in a 5th rounder. He fell in the draft due to an injury that didn't allow him to post measurables, he shows good instincts and leverage in the tape, needs to work on his technique some, but can play special teams early on while he learns the craft.

We're not counting on him to start anyways, and he could absolutely grow into much more.
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I was just about to post this article. Not sure why the dislike for him or the pick is either, seems like good value in he 5th. A prospect many on here wanted in the 3-4 rounds.
From that article he kept pressure on Tua in that game, a QB many on here want to draft next year.

I like the pick and hope he contributes for us.
 
Ontario Titan said:
I was just about to post this article. Not sure why the dislike for him or the pick is either, seems like good value in he 5th. A prospect many on here wanted in the 3-4 rounds.
From that article he kept pressure on Tua in that game, a QB many on here want to draft next year.

I like the pick and hope he contributes for us.
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You like the idea of this pick

You wont end up liking this pick tho

I'm telling you guys D'Andre is soft
 
JCBRAVE said:
You like the idea of this pick

You wont end up liking this pick tho

I'm telling you guys D'Andre is soft
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It's like you take the strength of a player , then make it out to sound like a weakness. Walker is a high motor and energy player. Not saying he's great, but he'll hit anything
 
abc2330 said:
It's like you take the strength of a player , then make it out to sound like a weakness. Walker is a high motor and energy player. Not saying he's great, but he'll hit anything
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He spends more time on the floor than a mop
 
I'm putting up the tape so people can see the good, the bad, and the ugly.

What's important here is to look for traits, not just plays, but also how he handles various roles and responsibilities. For example, I see what Brave is talking about. One play early on, Williams pulled and was blocking Walker to the ground. He kind of dives sideways and manages to trip up the rb. Most of the time in the NFL, this is just the OLB getting pancaked. There's also a few times he gets blocked out of the play. On at least one occasion he's blocked 5 yards off the LOS. On a goal line play...it looks like a TE stymies him and they score running right next to where he is.

On the pass rush side, he doesn't seem to have a rush plan and just sees what happens. He'll need to develop this more because he's not a super dynamic athlete. He'll need to learn to use his length to bull and convert speed to power and improve his hand usage.

On the good side, he's an active player. He gets some pressure looping around the outside or catching an OL off balance and quickly countering inside. He seems to have the desire to make the tackle. Versatility is a good thing, but sometimes also slows down a prospects development. For example, sometimes he makes run fit mistakes. In the LSU game, he took on a pulling OG as the ouside force defender and took on the OG's inside should (opening up the outside). Fortunately his teammates cleaned it up but that will be giving up a huge play in the NFL.

I see some good things and some not so great things. But he's a good athlete, has decent production, has length you can't coach (especially for his size) and he seems like a leader on the D. He's also a standout st guy.

If he can be a standout special teams guy, he could be active on game days if he's that much of a difference. But most likely, his long term success will be at OLB if he can learn some more techniques, string them together in a pass rush plan. In the meantime, he's a pretty good blitzer and could find more early success rushing the passer this way (as a blitzing) LOL!

http://www.espn.com/blog/statsinfo/...-calculated-we-explain-our-quarterback-rating
 
JCBRAVE said:
I'd also like to add, this "so what hes a 5th rd pick, who cares" mentality needs to stop. We finally have players worth paying. We wont last long paying out big deals to everyone. We need to hit on these draft picks so we can actually afford the players worth keeping.
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And this is one of the most overlooked or most misunderstood aspect to what's going on. Everyone's focused on Mariota...and they should be to some extent...but Mariota will do it and we go into Phase 2 or Mariota doesn't and we go back to the drawing board with phase 1...drafting another guy.

What's phase 2? When you no longer have the cap space to sign all of your players and you have to start letting talent walk out the door. How do you replace them? with mid-late round draft picks and comp picks! Hit on as many of them as we can to save our cap space for our stars.
 
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