Luke Joeckel is "Perfect"

[B14ckmon]

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/...Talk-2726.html

Joeckel is a pretty complete physical package. And he is a finished product. Joeckel should be able to step into an NFL starting lineup immediately and remain there for ten years. “His angles are so good,” one AFC general manager said. “Everything is perfect with him. He’s technically smooth. He’s incredibly instinctive, and sometimes that passes people by.”

[KC_Lee]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Just a thought:

Scouts will always pimp OL prospects above their actual value because their busts aren't nearly as notable. Guys like Gallery, Leonard Davis, and Levi Brown end up as moderately effective guards or strong side tackles.

Perhaps, because a tackle busting doesn't really hurt a franchise that much, it also doesn't cost a scout that much in public opinion, but if he makes it the evaluator can then say, "Look, I hit on that guy".

In short, this is a Freakonomics way of saying that football scouts may overrate positions of perceived safety above their actual levels of safety and impact because it allows the scouts to stay in their current positions or get promotions longer and faster than their actual evaluation level would suggest.

Quite possibly the most intelligent post on this subject ever.

[MBSiMMENS]

I don't know what it is but that guy just doesn't impress me

[Dave Lane]

Originally Posted by B14ckmon

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/...Talk-2726.html

**** off

[B14ckmon]

Originally Posted by B14ckmon

Because he wants a starting job, obviously. And I guarantee you it won't happen. Feel free to bookmark this to prove me wrong. I'm not going anywhere.

I was also told by this forum that the Chiefs weren't getting Alex Smith and I made a bet that I would leave forever if he wasn't a chief by draft day

Like I said. Don't argue with people smarter than you.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Cockmon's mom can step in to an NFL locker room and take multiple great angles simultaneously.
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[Coogs]

Smokescreen!

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Just a thought:

Scouts will always pimp OL prospects above their actual value because their busts aren't nearly as notable. Guys like Gallery, Leonard Davis, and Levi Brown end up as moderately effective guards or strong side tackles.

Perhaps, because a tackle busting doesn't really hurt a franchise that much, it also doesn't cost a scout that much in public opinion, but if he makes it the evaluator can then say, "Look, I hit on that guy".

In short, this is a Freakonomics way of saying that football scouts may overrate positions of perceived safety above their actual levels of safety and impact because it allows the scouts to stay in their current positions or get promotions longer and faster than their actual evaluation level would suggest.

It's the same in many businesses, especially the music business in its heyday.

I knew A&R people making $500k a year or more that literally signed NO ONE. They were Peter Principled into their positions and inherited bands that were already successful. They never signed anyone because they would have been exposed as frauds and would have lost their cushy jobs.

I remember one dummy in particular because she wore all the "hip clothes", the "glasses", etc. and was pretty hot but completely clueless. The president told her to go to "Mississippi and sign that wunderkind guitar phenom or don't come back". So, she signed him without realizing that he didn't sing nor did he write his own music. Even still, it was years before she was fired.

I have dozens of similar stories. The bottom line is that most people don't want to stick their neck on the line for fear of losing their jobs, so they play it "safe". Of course, those people rarely have any TRUE success.