Ponds is honestly one of my favorites in this class. Yes, he’s small, but he plays ferocious and just makes plays. I’d be very upset if Seattle ended up with him.
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Ponds is honestly one of my favorites in this class. Yes, he’s small, but he plays ferocious and just makes plays. I’d be very upset if Seattle ended up with him.
We'll see what teams think. But the real truth ends up being in how the players translate when you look back on the draft a few years from now.
For example you can say X or Y is the slam dunk prize from his group, and then some team takes that player first and maybe you feel like a big victory lap is in order. But if that prospect busts hard it just means the team made the same mistake you made.
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methomas50
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Certainly not surprising when actual NFL scouts like prospects better than media talking heads. Supposedly Keldrick Faulk is liked better by NFL personnel types than the media. We shall see.
I like Ponds a lot, but one big concern I have is with how grabby he is. In college, it allowed him to compensate for his small stature, but the NFL refs do not let CBs get away with it to anywhere near the degree they do in college.
Brazzell does have fluid hips for his size. That's promising. But he's not a good route runner. That can potentially change with time, coaching, and development. But the player has to be willing to dedicate himself to the craft and has to have the football IQ to master the intricacies. Can Brazzell do that? I don't know. He's a risk/reward guy. A lot of upside, but you could easily end up with a one trick pony.
And Tenn is known for not being a great teacher of route excellence. That stigma is real.
I'm straight leery of him just due to that orange T on his helmet.