Peter Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 As soon as I heard the interview with the kid that you posted, I thought that there is no wonder they liked him. He obviously is a well spoken, intelligent kid - who happens to have great speed as well. I have said this before, Buddy puts a premium on character. I doubt that this kid has ever been in trouble in his life. That's what I was getting at. He fits what we run very well. Quick throws and he gets YAC. I don't think anyone really knows anything about any player drafted past RD 2, including every NFL team. Based on who and where they scouted heavily they wanted this guy. youtube.com/watch?v=syQVdu2-FMk&feature=related Watch this, well spoken kid, good genes (track family history), and wants to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJasper Probincrux III Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 I've seen a few NC State games, it always seemed like he dropped 3-4 balls a game. He has speed but dude always seemed to run poor routes. And from everything I've read about Stevie Johnson, he excels in this offense because it doesn't require the precision in route running that some others do which accomodates the unothodox way he gets into and out of breaks. This guy is a matchup nightmare in the slot, Even if you just run him straight up the seam. We had nobody on the team with killer speed on the outside - I don't need the guy to do everything today. Run fast, scare safeties, break long runs off missed tackles. We have plenty of tall physical guys, need someone scary to free up space for the other guys. Think of it this way, even if he only runs 9 routes we reacquired Lee Evans for a 3rd round pick and still have the 4th we got for Evans in our pocket to take Bobby Massie or whomever else you had a hard-on for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 If he can give us what Evans gave us I can't complain. I guess we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglukes Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 I admit that teams are going all over the map now, but this is just a strange pick. Why not just keep Roscoe and take a LB, another OT or a CB here? He IS fast, at least. He's been much more durable than Roscoe, is a bit bigger, and at least listening to them talk on WGR, he can get off the line better than Roscoe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimer1960 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 and there's this I guess that we'll just have to wait and see how this one turns out, but it looks like a very odd pick to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 What % of 3d round picks are starters as rookies? I'm guessing maybe 5-10 guys started 5+ games in 2011? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILLS_ROC Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Did they just draft Marlo Stanfield?!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanInUticaTampa Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 I'm guessing maybe 5-10 guys started 5+ games in 2011? That sounds like a good ballpark figure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis in NC Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Nice interview and Senior Bowl highlights of TJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Here's a long (14+ min) package of with some TJ Graham highlights (as a returner, a couple of TD grabs)... (as a sidenote, some of those ACC opponenets are pretty bad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malazan Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 (edited) I need someone smarter than I am to explain why we traded up to draft a guy no one--not even a poster who lives near NC State--has ever heard of. because it is generally a bad idea to base draft picks on whether TBD posters have 'heard of them'? My guess is he will be the '3rd outside receiver'. He'll line up and sprint down the field which would likely outdistance the linebacker/3rd corner on him and force a safety to swing over and pick him up. Edited April 28, 2012 by jeremy2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In-A-Gadda-Levitre Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 here's Chan opening up a bit on what they liked Gailey said, “He’s an outside guy. The speed and he’s 5’11 and something, close to six foot there. He can run by most everybody. The guy can fly. Like Buddy said he can catch. He’s got some return ability. I don’t know that we’ll have him do that right off the bat. We’ll have him work at receiver more than anything and let him become proficient there. He ran some routes. You’ll see him catch the little key route where he just stands up and they throw it out there and he makes somebody miss and runs the football. He was in the slot and ran down the middle. He ran down the sideline. He played different spots for them and did different things for them. He wasn’t just one of those little fast guys that ran the bubble (screen) where they dump it to him. He wasn’t one of those guys. He’s a guy that has some skill running the football. The difference with him than maybe some of the other guys that we saw on film was when he got it he would take it and run north and south and not shying away running out of bounds and all that stuff. He’s trying to go north and south with the football.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 here's Chan opening up a bit on what they liked " when he got it he would take it and run north and south and not shying away running out of bounds and all that stuff. He’s trying to go north and south with the football.” Run to the goalline, baby. That's the best thing I've heard about him yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBackupQB Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 (edited) Alot of people don't like this kid size, howver alot of people wanted Mario Manningham think about it for a second Edited April 28, 2012 by TheBackupQB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 (edited) Some real nice plays (2 TDs), a couple not so nice... TJ vs. Wake Forrest Same here. Some great plays and some clunkers. Looks like he's got a lot of raw skills but nowhere near a polished wideout. Edited April 28, 2012 by Lurker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cocktosten Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Run to the goalline, baby. That's the best thing I've heard about him yet. That's cool but he has to get open first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hindsight Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 He won't make the 52 man roster... Good things theres 53 spots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanInUticaTampa Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 I personally don't like the pick. It is too much out of left field, and there were other recievers I would have liked more. Then again, I never heard of this kid, know nothing about him, so my opinion means even less than usual. and the more I hear, the more it sounds like he isn't going to do much for us. But for me, the saving grace is that they moved up a little bit to get him. I know that bothers people, but I see it as a plus. They must see something in this kid, and it wasn't just the scouts, but gailey too. Like he has a plan on how to use him. And this is the same regime that grabbed Donald jones and David Nelson off the crap heap and turned them into productive players. if they can do that to those two, then I am sure they can do something positive with this guy, and probably even more if they were willing to use a third on him. It also makes me feel better that they don't plan on using him as a returner. That means they drafted him because they really think he can stretch the field. if he can stretch the field, then that is great. All those people that were saying "stevie is going to get tripple teamed" can rest easy then. I also have a small theory based on the this year and last years draft. I would venture to speculate that nix has the most say on the first two picks, and in the third round, he leans more to what gailey says. Last year, in the third round, they took sheppard who gailey pushed for, since he saw him in the senior bowl. And now with this kid, gailey had the most to say about him, more than nix had to say. It probably means nothing, and maybe I am looking too much into it, but it was a simple observation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPS Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 (edited) Nice interview and Senior Bowl highlights of TJ If you haven't viewed this interview, you should. The kid aced it. But he wore #83 at Senior Bowl. Can we retire #83 already? It's kinda ridicluous. Edited April 28, 2012 by JPS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Nice interview and Senior Bowl highlights of TJ Character counts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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