The old adage…it’s not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog. But I agree size does matter in the NFL.
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Aubrey makes the kick Mevis missed. Rams also win the Philly game. Championship Game at SoFi.
Aubrey definitely has a ballistic long range missle for a leg. But I’ll let you look up the conversion percentages for him and Mevis for overall accuracy.
Also Mevis wasn’t the Rams kicker in the Eagles game.
His conversion percentage was affected by some pretty deep FG requests. They send him out for kicks few if any are even attempting.
I disagree. Pick the right short CBs. They need to be absolute dogs---play bigger than their size, fearless tacklers, and endless energy. I'll never say no to a guy like that.
Not necessarily. They need to bring in competition, but Forbes played legitimately well for stretches last year. If he continues to improve and becomes a more consistent player, he may win the CB2 job. But he has to earn it.
Of course i KNOW Mevis wasnt the kicker for the Philly game, was just illustrating how having a kicker of Aubrey's caliber lets you forget about the position for a number of years. I totally get fans not wanting to dedicate that substantial portion of the Cap to Placekicker, and i would bet McSnead feels the same way.
I've been eyeing him too. As soon as he came in weighing at least Darious Williams size lol
Yeah it'll be challenging. Because we got Darious Williams out of nowhere, who played like a top 20 corner when he was here during that time.
Ponds is not some Tye Hill who is afraid to put his body on the line and just so happened to be a Combine darling.
Yes, Ponds paced all corners with his vertical (fourth best ever from a cornerback). But he’s been an All-American for every one of his three years playing football in college (including as a freshman at James Madison before going to Indiana), has recorded at least nine passes defensed in all three years he’s played, has had a pick-six in both years at Indy, and whenever the Hoosiers needed a defensive play, even if it was a tackle for a loss (10.5 this year) or forced fumble (on Ty Simpson against Alabama, no less), it was Ponds delivering with physicality.
The closest comparison I have for him is Tyrann Mathieu, but as a cornerback, not a safety - and I don’t make that comparison to the OG Honey Badger lightly. If Ponds was two inches taller, even with his weight staying at 183 lbs., he would be an easy top twenty pick.
I normally wouldn’t take a chance on a small corner either, but Ponds is an easy exception to that rule.
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Didn't we take a chance on a TCU short corner that did dookie? Not trying to bash the guy, just asking lol......in fairness to the player, I'd have to watch his film but I'm also in favor of less small guys at CB. Teams with big, physical WRs abused this defense last year.
This. I'd LOVE to get Ponds on our team. Trade back and either acquire a better second or somehow get ours higher cuz he isn't falling to our pick.
This is an actual dream scenario. What a fleecing we'd be putting on all of the NFL with this haul. Not sure how we could get it done, but, do it Les!
$10M a year is just too much, although he would be of great value to our special teams.
Tomlinson was a sixth round pick and had issues with not being athletic or intelligent enough for the NFL - which was why he was drafted in the sixth.
Ponds has none of those issues; his only issue is that he’s short, and Mathieu was his height.
Trade back in the 20s, get another second and trade up into the higher second using our second and third, draft Concepcion, Ponds, and Gennings Dunker, and profit.
Issues solved.
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Mathieu was an all-around defensive back in college (played corner and safety at LSU), albeit a safety or nickelback in the NFL. I feel there’s a very good chance he could’ve been that all-around corner/safety/hybrid DB, had he not had the off-the-field issues, particularly his with synthetic weed (because that shit will fuck up your body and mind just as much as heroin or crack).
I’m saying Ponds’ big play ability, his physicality for his size, his athleticism, his ball skills, the alpha dawg in him, his entire playing style…that is what is giving me Honey Badger vibes.