Senior Bowl Report
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 29, 2012 2:08 PM CST
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The North team beat the South team, 23-13, on Saturday, in Mobile, Alabama. All the Iowa and Iowa State guys were on the North team. The North was coached by the Minnesota Vikings' staff, the South by the Washington Redskins' staff. NFL Network announcers were Paul Burmeister, Charles Davis, and Mike Mayock. Sideline reporters were Heath Evans (former Auburn player and NFL player), and the super-sexy Rebecca Haarlow (rooowwwwww).
Marvin McNutt looked pretty shitty in Saturday's game (with some help from Russell Wilson's inaccuracy). He did not technically start, although I believe he was being thrown to in the first or second offensive series by the North team. He did line up in the slot at times. McNutt had no catches, and only a couple of targets, and the North "only" threw it 30 times compared to the South team throwing it 45 times.
Brian Quick of Appy State and TJ Graham of Stanford started ahead of McNutt. A kid from Arizona State named Gerell Robinson looked like the best WR for the North, and the top two WRs for the South (Juron Criner of Arizona and Joe Adams of Arkansas) both had considerably better stats than anyone on the North.
However, some people said McNutt really looked good in the week of practice, so who knows if NFL guys will give more credence to the practice week or the game.
http://www.sbnation.com/2012-nfl-draft/2012/1/27/2752735/2012-senior-bowl-brandon-weeden-chris-rainey-marvin-mcnutt
Mike Daniels compiled no stats, and I don't even think he got into the game. I wonder if he was injured?
Iowa State's Kelechi Osemele was chastised by the announcing crew for holding once. (In fairness, his opponents - The South team - had a defensive line that was being lauded even before the game started). In the second half, he was also praised by Mike Mayock for what I thought was a pretty standard block (and may have also been a hold). ISU's Leonard Johnson missed a tackle on Joe Adams (the game's best WR in terms of stats) in the second half that was criticized by the announcers. Johnson later had a pass breakup that could have been an interception for a long return, and Mayock called him out for it, too. Johnson and Osemele did not start, but Osemele played some in both halves.
In the second half, Mike Mayock did a graphic of the 12 players (6 from each squad) he thought "made more money" from this week. No Iowa or ISU players were on the list.
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Osemele is a habitual holder
So that doesn’t surprise me. It’s too bad about Marvin but considering I didn’t hear one positive thing about QB play it figures that he didn’t get the ball once.
North team QBs
were: Russell Wilson (4 of 7 with an INT and a TD), Kirk Cousins (5 of 11 with an INT and a TD), and Kellen Moore (6 of 12 no TDs or INTs).
The announcers criticized Wilson for 2 or 3 off-target throws. I doubt any of these three guys will be taken in the first two rounds, maybe even the first 3 rounds.
The South team had Ryan Lindley (San Diego St), Nick Foles (Arizona), and Brandon Weeden (Okie St). CBS sports thinks all could be gone by the end of round 4.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/prospectrankings
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jan 29, 2012 3:31 PM CST up reply actions
Wilson missed him badly in the endzone.
McNutt beat his guy and was wide open but Wilson lofted the ball out of the back of the endzone instead of throwing it to the pylon. The other target was entirely McNutt’s fault. Moore hit him in stride as he was crossing the goalline but McNutt couldn’t hold on to it. It looked to me like the same route that Vernon Davis ran to get the win over New Orleans.
by The Mexican't on Jan 29, 2012 5:19 PM CST up reply actions
& then they ran the same play on the next down
with a different receiver & he didn’t make the catch, either. Interesting, I thought.
The University of Iowa: the best 6 years of my life. My parents are very proud.
by HawkeyeGirleye on Jan 29, 2012 10:19 PM CST up reply actions
Practice is always significantly more important than the game during these all-star type weeks.
Scouts understand that the coaches are obligated to give too many players minutes so the real evaluations are done during the week. Unless someone absolutely takes over or completely shits the bed, the game is generally just seen as a break for the prospects.
Yeah the game itself is basically meaningless from a scouting perspective
Most of the scouts don’t even stick around to watch it. The practices are what matter, and by all accounts McNutt was one of the best receivers there and did a lot to help his stock
Daniels wasn't there all week
I assume he’s hurt since it wouldn’t make sense to skip otherwise
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