Round 6 - Selection Will Parks, S, Arizona

[Draft Crazy]

Thorpe Semi finalist, actually reminds me a bit of Bruton. (Not to a TEE) but what he could bring to our team.

Special teams guy, can play CB or S, can play both S spots. Guy you can move around on the field. Bruton wasnt a a CB by any means, but I think Parks will be similar to him with range and versatility at S and special teams.

 

[jdlewis777]

Wildcats baby!!! Lol. Even out some of that past asu drafting nonsense

 

[Draft Crazy]

Just keep him out of man to man coverage and find a way to utlize him and he can help the team. Not sure I see him as a starter down the line, but could have a nice career as a depth guy who can play/start in pinch like Bruton. Don't see him as a CB in NFL more of a guy who can backup both S spots. Solid for round 6, not huge upside, but a guy who can probably play early if needed.

 

[SpringStein]

A scouting report:

Strengths

Football intelligence is what you want. Plays with above average awareness in coverage and recognizes play-action quickly and responds by sprinting back into position. Has coverage ability in both man and zone. Balanced eye awareness between quarterback and receiver. Chest-up tackler who explodes from hips and drives through his targets. Detail oriented team player. Willing to sacrifice body and contain run when asked to play on the edge. Pursuit effort is always on point.

Weaknesses

Has coverage ability, but may not have speed or range necessary to play centerfield. May need to add more bulk to handle work in the box on NFL level. Hand usage isn't where it needs to be. Allows blockers into frame and struggles to disengage quickly. Needs to do better job of coming to balance as a tackler in space.

Draft Projection
Rounds 5 or 6

Bottom Line

Parks is known for grinding away in preparation for seasons and games and has the aggressive mindset and enough coverage ability to get draft consideration on the third day. Arizona asked him to play more like a linebacker than a safety so he was often at a size disadvantage near the line of scrimmage. While he has some range limitations has a high safety, there is enough in his body of work to consider him a backup-caliber safety.

 

[Draft Crazy]

 

[CEH]

Denver secondary coaches really wanted this kid.

 

[Mingo]

If the Broncos defensive coaches wanted a guy - they already proved their Super Bowl worth and should be listened to very carefully. Parks is a likable guy - and I can see his "weaknesses" are coaching points for the most part.

 

[cdumler7]

What I love (well let's be honest there are many things I love about this team) is the connection between coaching staff and FO. Seems like they have a ton of dialogue and even though Elway is top man he really seems to go to especially the position coaches and trust their judgment.

Lynch is a great example in when he came in for an interview before the draft Kubiak and Elway did not go work with the kid. They sent Greg Knapp to work with the kid and then report back all that happened. They trusted his judgment on a very critical investment for this team. So if he fails everybody blame Knapp for pounding the table for this kid.

 

[Draft Crazy]

Poor Will Parks.

Gets the award for this years least talked about draft selection.

 

[SpringStein]

Poor Will Parks.

Gets the award for this years least talked about draft selection.

Multiple choice:
A We hit it out of the Park!
B Park yourself on the bench over there, son.

 

[Mingo]

Multiple choice:
A We hit it out of the Park!
B Park yourself on the bench over there, son.

Where there is a Will there is a way.

Super Bowl MVP - National Parks