Now is the turn of Bizarro’s team
OFFENSE
QB Chandler Harnish - Denver Broncos 1.9
6”0 223 - 22 yrs old
42 spd - 47 str - 72 awr - 42 agi - 42 acc - 97 thp - 86 tha
Chandles Harnish should be considered as one of the most intriguing prospects this league ever seen, (72 awr - 97 thp - 86 tha - 22 yrs old), those are amazing numbers for a rookie, the league is growing the need for a QB specially at long time solution, so why he fall to #9 and second QB taken? (42 spd - 47 str - 42 agi - 42 acc) with a body frame of 6”0 and 78 injury rating. The concerns about those numbers usually are completely ignored, and even multiple times, if not always, we preffer slow QB over those fast scramblers. But if you combine a short height, low injury and bad physicals, the concers are there for Harnish. Only time will tell if those numbers affect or not, or even if those numbers benefit Harnish for being the best qb of SFL. Aditional note, he’s a lefty and scrambler for his 1st season.
HB David Wilson - Atlanta Falcons 1.28
5”10 205 - 22 yrs old
93 spd - 77 str - 59 awr - 91 agi - 91 acc - 65 cth - 81 car - 77 btk
As happened with the Superman team HB, David Wilson also was completely ignored at all the pre-draft talks, even when the Falcons took him at the end of the 1st round more than one GM (This writer included) reaction was: Who is David Wilson?, the truth is all his numbers are very decent, he’s one of those players that fly under the radar during the draft but that eventually appears on games and people now is forced to notice them. With 93 spd previous boost and progressions, he comes with also 77 str, decent agility and aceleration and solid football skills for a rookie. He’s also 22 yrs old so have enough time for develop his game and improve with time.
WR Tommy Streeter - Minnesota Vikings 1.30
6”5 219 - 23 yrs old
91 spd - 70 str - 54 awr - 91 agi - 91 acc - 75 cth - 93 jmp
Tommy Streeter is another player that flew under the radar, personally i think many teams were expecting he to fall enough to a point where the pick would’ve been the steal of the century, but he fall what he should fall and was drafted at the end of 1st round. He comes with the best body frame of the draft, and one of the best a player can have. Multiple players with 6”5 have been succesful and it’s hard to imagine an scenario where Streeter won’t be. Aditionally to the weirs 6”5 size he comes with a monstrous 70 str. He’ll be hard to cover, probably the biggest question mark around his attributes is the spd. Currently at 91, with a cap of 94. He might not be the kind of WR that burn all the CB down the field, but the history have thaught us, players as him dominate.
WR Michael Floyd - Detroit Lions 2.1
6”3 224 - 23 years old
92 spd - 60 str - 54 awr - 91 agi -90 acc - 84 cth - 94 jmp
At 4th player of the Bizarro team, this argument is getting repitive, but most players listed here, are players that fle under the radar and are just few points away from some of the top 1st rounders, it’s true those “Few points” fraw the line between elite and average player, but smart teams need to be able to complement both kinds of talent. Michael Floyd is not as athletic as the first drafted WR Alshon Jeffery, but he’s stronger and jumps more. As mentioned above with Streeter, Floyd might have problems stretching the field, but that won’t stop him for being a productive starter.
WR T.Y. Hilton Carolina Panthers 2.7
5”10 175 - 22 yrs old
96 spd - 35 str - 65 awr - 92 agi - 97 acc - 79 cth - 76 jmp
Ty Hilton is the first wr taken on this draft that doesn’t have an incredible body frame, this year class had multiple tall wr that lack the extra speed, well, Hilton is the opposite, he doesn’t have the size (He’s only 5”10), but he have the speed, and there’s a saying: “Speed Kills”, the role and function of a player as Hilton is clear, run as fast as can down the field, or use routes where the CB have a hard time doing the cuts or direction changes. That’s where players as Hilton shine, now he’ll struggle a lot on those contested catches, and at the long run that might be a liability for the offense.
TE Michael Egnew - Detroit Lions 1.19
6”5 252 - 23 yrs old
87 spd - 68 str - 51 awr - 85 agi - 87 acc - 75 cth - 79 jmp - 55 pbk - 59 rbk
Elite consolation prize, the last drafts it’s been clear the TE position is becoming more athletic, back at Gary Barnidge draft, he looked like a complete stud (He is) that was only coming once, but since there, every draft had have 1 or 2 TE’s with similar conditions. This draft brought 2 TE’s with 90 spd pre-skew, meaning the minimun speed posible was 85 and the maximun 95 (Highly unpossible). The first TE drafted was a complete stud, but the second one is still an stud, a player that before this change of speed at position would’ve been probably the best TE of the league. He has a great body frame at 6”5 and a killer speed of 87 that could reach 90 with boost, his str is lower than desire, but shouldn’ play a factor as Egnew is a receiver and run block scheme TE.
LT Jonathan Martin - New England Patriots 2.18
6”5 312 - 23 yrs old
62 spd - 99 str - 68 awr - 69 agi - 70 acc - 86 pbk - 87 rbk
Jonathan Martin is the kind of player that drops because doesn’t have a “sexy” atribute as a 65+ spd or extremely high acceleration, but he’s complete at everything and doesn’t have a clear weakness, with high block skills specially for a rookie he comes with 86 and 87, but also a high awareness at 68. He has the max strenght posible at 99 and even without those sexy numbers he’s still athletic at 62 speed. Martin shouldn’t have any “Rookie struggle” and that’s always an extra value. Quality starter since day 1 with a fantastic projection
RG David DeCastro - Washington Redskins 2.21
6”5 316 - 23 yrs old
66 spd - 77 str - 67 awr - 60 agi - 77 acc - 90 pbk - 92 rbk
David DeCastro have everything for being a top 10 pick in any draft, except for the attribute that made him slide to 2nd round and could make him drop more. He has only 77 str. The standard for an OL is to have 90+ strenght, that’s the most common attribute and what GM’s looks for. Of course that’s a tremendous red flag, but he also have some very interesting attributes. He has a high speed at 66 and very high acc at 77. His agility could be considered another negative being just at 60 agi. What really impress about DeCastro are his football abilities, he comes with 90 and 92 block skills and a high awr of 67 as rookie. His body frame is good at 6”5. The reason of why i believe DeCastro might be a surprise a redifine the position standards is because the defensive linemen are struggling with awareness and stud attributes. There aren’t multiple DT/DE with high Awr and Str, so at the end DeCastro still have the skills that help him and a similar strenght than the defensive players.
RT Donald Stephenson - Atlanta Falcons 2.22
6”6 312 - 23 yrs old
69 spd - 96 str - 53 awr - 76 agi - 71 acc - 85 pbk - 80 rbk
Donald Stephenson might be considered as one of the steals of the draft, mentioned earlier in an analysis about OL, but the OL position have seen an increase at the speed, so based on that GM now are less impressed by a high speed and try to find the most complete prospect, this kind of thought can be confirmed by the fact a 71 spd pre skew player, that before would’ve taken at top 10, now slide to late 2nd. Stephenson is an athletic stud, with 69 spd and 70+ agi and acc. He’s tall at 6”6 and that should help with pancakes, the “negatives” of Stephenson are his not so progressed football attributes, but those can be developed with progression and time, what is really important about him is his high roof.70 spd 99 str OL doesn’t grow on trees.
RT Tom Compton - Detroit Lions 3.1
6”5 314 - 22 yrs old
69 spd - 97 str - 52 awr - 77 agi - 70 acc - 83 pbk - 72 rbk
Did i just say that 70 spd - 99 str OL doesn’t grow on trees? Well maybe they’r starting to. The tendency of fast OL is becoming a reality, the position is becoming more athletic without doubt, and now we have an OL with those numbers falling to 3.1, the main difference between stephenson and Compton is that Stephenson have better block skills, but Compton could use that 1 year younger for develop his skills. The first 2-3 seasons of Compton might be hard, but as mentioned above he have one of the most important qualities of value, he have a tremendous high roof, no pain no gain.
C Ben Jones - New England Patriots 4.6
6”3 308 - 23 yrs old
59 spd - 87 str - 59 awr - 66 agi - 66 acc - 88 pbk - 88 rbk
The 2nd center of the draft was taken at the early 4th, and doesn’t comes as a surprise as we stated the C position wasn’t strong this year. Ben Jones is a solid balanced center with outstandings block skills, but without the athletic requirements to be a dominant player, with the right development and the right perspective he could become an starter for multiple teams specially as the league having some problems at the position, low risk pick for a player with a low roof.
DEFENSE
RE Bruce Irvin - San Francisco 49ers 2.27
6”3 245 - 23 yrs old
75 spd - 84 str - 46 awr - 75 agi - 81 acc - 60 tak
The DE position might be the biggest advantadge of Superman team this season, the draft class was bad with limited talent and Malik Jackson is better than the rest of players. Bruce Irvin is the kind of player that use a very specific attribute and try to have success around it, on this case his strong point is a high 84 str, the downside is his low spd for the position at 75, the low football skills and also to be considered a bad physical frame, which probably limit his best attribute strenght.
RE Michael Brockers - Minnesota Vikings 3.13
6”5 297 - 22 yrs old
70 spd - 88 str - 47 awr - 72 agi - 82 acc - 63 tak
Michael brockers follows the similar guideline Irvin does, he focus on a key attribute and use it as his main tool for have impact, he’s not an all around style of player, but he sacrificed even more his speed to a down of 70 spd, and gained an extra str and more important he have a very good body frame. He’s clearly a 3-4 DE and even could become a DT. As happened with all the rookies at the position, the Awr and Tak are extremely low, if he starts he should be able to have some big plays, players as him eventually beat the OL and get the sack, but those low numbers should be a concern for all the non metrics aspects of game.
DT Kendall Reyes - Green Bay Packers 1.27
6”4 300 - 22 yrs old
69 spd - 96 str - 52 awr - 77 agi - 75 acc - 73 tak
Kendall Reyes is an athletic DT that eventually should be 70 spd and 99 str after the progressions, his awr is low at 52, and that’ll probably limit his play, but is not new DT is becoming a position where is really hard to get players with good awareness, those that had it, are now regressing and doesn’t have the strenght anymore, and those young players just doesn’t have it. Universities are focusing at the physical aspect of the game and leaving aside the football skills for the position, it shouldn’t be a surprise if at future draft the league see an smart DT, should go really high as they’re in extinction. Reyes is the conventional DT that produce and it’s an anchor for stop the rush attack.
ROLB Demario Davis - San Francisco 49ers 2.6
6”3 231 - 23 yrs old
83 spd - 83 str - 55 awr - 84 agi - 87 acc - 76 tak
Demario Davis was invited to the draft night, it was expected an projected to be taken at first round, even this writer had him as high as the 5th-6th best prospect pre-draft. His stock value dropped as much as the 2008 crisis, the first sign of worry for him was when the first OLB was taken at 1.15 (Melvin Ingran), then the next OLB was taken at Bobby Wagner, and suddenly the draft night was over. The positive thing about Demario is even with the negative skew at speed and not being drafted at 1st round, he’s still a high impact player. 83 spd is more than enough at the position and can go up to 86, 83 str makes him an strong tackler, his agility at 84 and acceleration at 87 are elite. He needs to improve his football skills and that’ll probably limit him during the first 2-3 seasons.
LOLB Terrell Manning - New Orleans Saints 2.8
6”2 237 - 23 yrs old
81 spd - 82 str - 62 awr - 85 agi - 85 acc - 75 tak
All the atention at the position was at the 3 linebackes mentioned above, Manning flew under the radar, even with a good body frame, impressive strenght and good awareness for a rookie. His agility and acceleration are also special. What made Manning value to take a hard hit was the skew down at speed. He should be a productive player right as he is right now, i wouldn’t expect to see him receiving the special 75k AP bonus, so at best he’ll be 82 or 83 speed. Those are still good numbers, but compared to the other linebackers of the draft and on this particular game, Manning is at another tier of talent.
MLB Dont’a Hightower - Tennessee Titans 1.6
6”4 260 - 21 yrs old
85 spd - 70 str - 70 awr - 83 agi - 86 acc - 83 tak
Many GM and fans scratched their heads when Dont’a Hightower was taken at 6th spot overall, the MLB position that most teams feels set at, saw 2 players taken at the top 10. Hightower wasn’t a projected 1st round at some mock drafts and at others he was projected as a late 1st, he flew under the radar because the “low” strenght at 70, compared to the standard 80+. and a non so sext 84 spd pre skew. But a positive skew at speed makes him to be a player with 85 spd and a potential 88 after progression and AP bonus. He already comes with high football skills with 70 awr and 83 tak, and the most important thing about Dont’a Hightower is his age, he’s only 21 years old, which guarantee at least 10 years of play, and as he starts his career so progressed he’ll be able to enjoy some season max out or almost max out at Awr and Tak.
CB Josh Norman - Jacksonville Jaguars 1.17
6”0 197 - 23 yrs old
93 spd - 52 str - 52 awr - 88 agi - 95 acc - 63 cth - 87 jmp - 53 tak
Another head scratch moment of the draft night, and not because Josh Norman skills, but because the Jaguars already had one of the best CB cores of the league, i guess they wanted to make stronger their best position, also the position have increased the need and eventually could pull a big trade using the resources. Now going back to Norman, he has a good speed of 93 and very good acceleration of 95. His 88 agility is something that might be worry specially for those routes that require quick reactions, he also comes really raw at only 52 awr and 53 tak. He needs to take reps as soon as game 1 if he wants to have a shot to become a solid starter. Risky player with a high roof, that for sure going to be a liability during his first 2 seasons, after that he should be a very solid cornerback.
CB josh Robinson - Seattle Seahawks 1.18
5”11 199 - 21 yrs old
95 spd - 52 str - 52 awr - 94 agi - 95 acc - 69 cth - 93 jmp - 67 tak
The perfect match of the night came with Robinson going to play with a GM that loves the kind of attributes Josh Robinson offers, he comes with 95 spd, and a potential 98 spd after bonus, his agility and accelaration are excellent at 94 and 95, his catch and tackle also are solid. Overall one of the best prospects of the position, and the only readon he felt was because the body frame, at 5”11, he doesn’t look as sexy at 6”0, but we’ve seen cornerbacks with that side being complete lockdowns. Robinson is one of the best cornerbacks taken that comes with a huge bonus, he’s only 21 years old, meaning he’ll have enough time for progress a low 52 awr, that going to limit him during his first pro seasons. Tremendous potential and roof for Robinson.
CB Dre Kirkpatrick - Washington Redskins 1.21
6”2 185 - 22 yrs old
91 spd - 53 str - 63 awr - 92 agi - 88 acc - 71 cth - 82 jmp - 66 tak
Dre Kirkpatrick is the opposite to Robinson, he’s not as gifted athletically, with 91 spd and a worry 88 acc, but he have a massive body frame of 6”2, in a league that is growing up the number of tall wide receiver, each team requires a player as Kirkpatrick, his awareness of 63 gives him a huge advantadge over other rookies, and we’ve seen multiple cases of success where cornerbacks doesn’t require, blitz speed, one of them will be his teammater at zemaintis. Dre was definetily an special player on this draft.
FS Tashaun Gipson - Denver Broncos 2.5
6”1 207 - 22 yrs old
92 spd - 59 str - 50 awr - 95 agi - 94 acc - 63 cth - 93 jmp - 71 tak
“No pain, no gain” is the official motto for this class of safeties, Tashaun Gipson is a tremendous player with stud numbers, but with an awareness so low that going to be a liability during at least 3 seasons, safety is a position that require awareness for prevent to bite at those PA long bomb passes, i would be willing to bet, the side Gipson (An other rookies safeties) defend, going to suffer from those kind of plays. The upside and where gipson gain value is at the projection, gipson could join an exclusive group with safeties of 95 spd, and also high agility - acceleration, the value of him doesn’t comes at the present but at the future.
FS Brandon Hardin - Chicago Bears 3.12
6”3 207 - 22 yrs old
90 spd - 64 str - 54 awr - 90 agi -90 acc - 54 cth - 90 jmp - 80 tak
Is hard to understand how Hardin felt that much, and inmediately should be tagged as one of the draft steals, and best value picks. Bizarro is jumping of happiness to see he have this safety on his team. You can read above the analysis about awareness at the position, which is slightly better than gipson, but same comment apply. Now where Hardin is special is at his incredible body frame, a man that is 6”3 with those legs falling to the 3rd round is just hard to explain, and my only explanation is the chain reaction, eventually GM’s saw him sit there and assumed his workout was bad, otherwise he wouldn’t be there still available, just to found out after draft that he had nothing wrong and is a 1st round caliber player.
