Tuesday afternoon Senior Bowl roundup
by Ryan Van Bibber on Jan 26, 2010 2:13 PM CST
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PrintConsider this your afternoon Senior Bowl thread as practices get well into their second day down in Mobile, AL.
Walter Football has a lot of names from the North squad's practice today, including Tony Pike and Mizzou OLB Sean Weatherspoon, who is impressing observers with his second day of practice.
Some cornerbacks, one position of need for the St. Louis Rams, showed some solid work today. Here's WF on Wake CB Brandon Ghee:
One player who really impressed me today was Wake Forest's Brandon Ghee. Clemson's Jacoby Ford is the fastest receiver here (sub 4.40 time) and Ghee was step for step with Ford on a go route and had a beautiful pass break-up.
I've read that he's considered a better prospect, better suited to the NFL game, than his former teammate CB Alphonso Smith, who the Broncos drafted in the second round last year. While this may not be the year for corners in the draft that it has been in recent seasons, there do also seem to be some nice potential middle round guys...think Bradley Fletcher.
Yesterday's MVP, Boise State corner Kyle Wilson, has really stepped up to the plate this week. He is turning and running with receivers, and is very physical with his jam at the line of scrimmage. I have a hard time seeing him go in the first round, but he's solidifying a second-round grade this week.
Mike Maycock of the NFL Network has been a big Wilson supporter too. I'm anxious to hear more about Alabama's Javier Arenas, who may not be a game changer at the pro level, but is a guy who I think could be an important addition. Iowa's Amari Spievey is another guy I'm watching, though he's not playing this week, because he just finished his junior season.
Mocking the Draft reports that Mizzou WR Denario Alexander has had the best hands of the day.
ESPN is reporting that Tim Tebow has a case of strep throat...but will practice anyway. Hmmm....
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There are 2 camps
One camp says that N. Suh. The other camp says trade back. Both are good but at this time, I believe we (Ram fans) should try and trade back for more picks in the draft. I believe (per draft niks i.e. todd shay, mock draft reports, Senior Bowl reports and the film) that this is a very deep draft (if we have someone who can pick players well) and the smart move is to trade back. So we do not end up with Suh but we should be able to get a extra player or two like Jacoby Ford (in the second or third round) or a Chris Cook (DB fron Univ. of VA, in the late second or third round) or even a D. Washington (LB from TCU, maybe in the second round) with the extra picks.
Thoughts?
I say take Byers late in the third.
Cody and Lamar Thomas (DL from Texas) have both been up and down in the Senior Bowl practice week but Cody is and has been rated first round material.
Byers has been beat but maybe we can get him in the third or fourth round. USC people (line man not TE’s) are usually pretty good.
Byers Shutting Down Cody
USC offensive lineman Jeff Byers twice kept Alabama defensive lineman Terrence
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