I noticed one thing bad about Lupati, and that was because of Mike Mayock. He holds way too often. Like Mayock said, he needs to learn to punch instead of grab at the shoulder pads. He was called for holding a couple times and other times he got away with it.
"go.pack.go." wrote:
...And pre-game Mayock said this: "He is possibly the best offensive lineman, period."
At 7:28 left in the 1st period, Lapati negated a touchdown with a blatant hold and was caught. Comments were a bit alarming- "The thing about Lupati is that he's a "holder-grabber". I have watched film on him and it amazed me how many times he got away with that. You cannot do that, he does it all the time."
It's important to note that he was playing Right Tackle at that point (he was subsequently moved to left tackle, and played much better to the point he went invisible to the commentators.)
What was bothersome about him, and for that matter many of the offensive linemen in this game on BOTH sides (North and South) was that they were playing with modified rules. No stunts. No blitzes. 4 man rush only, yet the storyline of that game has to be the defensive front of the north dominating the flow...I don't know how anyone could fairly evaluate a Tebow, for example, as crappy as he looked in comparison to a couple of the others, he was constantly running for his life, or having a DE or LB or other D man in his face the whole time.
One thing anyone watching this game has to ask...Many pundits have Tebow about 3rd or so in their QB rankings. Many of the same folk have Dan LeFevour out of Michigan at around 13th or so. I'd take LeFevour in the 5th round contrasted with a Tebow in the 1st, and for me that one isn't even close.
Ciron Black deserves a big-league shout out for rollin' out in front 3:59 1st quarter on a nice end-around. It didn't look like anyone had much interest tangling with him as he flew down the sideline with the running back. He did kind of dot out the sun along the sideline, so the RB had to run in the dark, lol.
The reason I dubbed Rolle as an "All-Wade Team" player is because of your legendary hatred for all things side-line reported. That kid could change your perspective. I don't know what kind of a safety he will make, but personally just knowing he was in my backfield would let me rest slightly more comfortably in the "these guys are athletically gifted but possibly the dumbest motherf$ckers on the planet" theory I find myself going with far too often regarding our safeties...and more than one cornerback, sad to say.
Taylor Mays is a bit of an idiot. This is the guy we will draft. Call me a cynic.