RSP contributor Eric Stoner joins Bloom On the Couch 10 days before the draft for a great discussion from the trenches and off-ball linebackers:
- Who was part of the Draft Mehcca crew?
- The two archetypes of quarterbacks
- High-variance and efficient
- Examples of both
- Why Mariota compares to Matt Ryan
- On Leonard Williams’ prospects
- Why he’s already at his peak.
- What combine drill correlates to interior pass rushing?
- Andrus Peat: Stoner’s top tackle prospect in this draft and how he got “John Martin-ed.”
- On OT D.J. Humphries.
- OT La’el Collins and why “big draft” is somewhat down on him.
- OT Ereck Flowers and what makes him a one-dimensional prospect and how he struggles as a pass protector.
- OT Jake Fisher and why his fit to scheme is narrow.
- OT T.J. Clemmings and what a team is getting and why he’s considered a top-50 pick.
- Why Stoner values a nasty demeanor in linemen.
- Off-ball linebackers and why its like the 2013 RB class and clustered in talent.
- LB Paul Dawson and why he disagrees with Greg Cosell on Dawson’s skill to read the field and shoots down the Chris Borland comparisons.
- Hot Fantasy Tip on the Jacksonville Jaguars: Allen Robinson will get insane volume of targets in 2015.
- Eric Stoner on RB Denard Robinson now versus his pre-draft thoughts.
- On San Diego trading away Philip Rivers and why a team is selling big media on Mariota as a great draft prospect.
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