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SDGuy73
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The Pats are about to be up to make a pick. Long wait.
Yeah read the write up on him at this point he is a project which I am okay with.Garcia went to Troy as Basketball player and really started filling out and decided to play football. Right now he weighs about 290 lbs. He started the year at 302 and lost 20 lbs during the season and just couldn't gain it back. Patriots nutritionists and trainers gave him a weigh and work out program during his two (2) yes. 2 (two) visits to Foxboro for meetings with Caserio and Belichick and then with Dante Scarneccia. He has incredible lateral movement and may have had the quickest feet of any lineman in college. He never practiced 1 on 1 with defensive linemen, he always practiced against 2. Saw the films last night and was very impressed. Patriots plan to build him up to about 310-312 and he is the heir apparent to LT.
Yeah I agree, people tend to put way to much into Kiper and Mayock I have always felt that way.Very interesting comments on NFL Network and ESPN about the Patriots picks. Neither of the Patriots' picks were on Kiper's or Mayock's boards. They had snipets on both but couldn't understand why their "Best Available Players" were overlooked.
Pretty simple.........Patriots don't use the same rating system as everyone else. They have a system that pulls players from outside of the 'experts' circle. Once Mayock or Kiper or Walter start putting names out on their websites, everyone starts focus on those players and those players are the talk of everyone until the draft begins.
Except the Patriots. They use a totally different evaluation system and have rarely ever picked a Mayock or Kiper top ten if they've been near the top or middle of the draft.
I've been in the Patriots Draft Room and have seen the white boards. They have a concensus board that has all of the media picks and they have a "Rated" board that Nick Caserio and Bill Belichick work on from February to April.
They fight for every player on that board and argue with each other as to who should be rated where. When Draft Day arrives, there are no arguments, no fights.......the players are up and names are removed as they are drafted. The Rated Board is totally different than the Concensus Board.
The Patriots may miss here and there but.............
11 Straight AFC East Championships
6 Straight AFC Championship Games, 9 AFC Championship Games in 17 years
5 Super Bowl Championships in 17 years
Very interesting comments on NFL Network and ESPN about the Patriots picks. Neither of the Patriots' picks were on Kiper's or Mayock's boards. They had snipets on both but couldn't understand why their "Best Available Players" were overlooked.
Pretty simple.........Patriots don't use the same rating system as everyone else. They have a system that pulls players from outside of the 'experts' circle. Once Mayock or Kiper or Walter start putting names out on their websites, everyone starts focus on those players and those players are the talk of everyone until the draft begins.
Except the Patriots. They use a totally different evaluation system and have rarely ever picked a Mayock or Kiper top ten if they've been near the top or middle of the draft.
I've been in the Patriots Draft Room and have seen the white boards. They have a concensus board that has all of the media picks and they have a "Rated" board that Nick Caserio and Bill Belichick work on from February to April.
They fight for every player on that board and argue with each other as to who should be rated where. When Draft Day arrives, there are no arguments, no fights.......the players are up and names are removed as they are drafted. The Rated Board is totally different than the Concensus Board.
The Patriots may miss here and there but.............
11 Straight AFC East Championships
6 Straight AFC Championship Games, 9 AFC Championship Games in 17 years
5 Super Bowl Championships in 17 years