nyrpack
11 years ago
we have a great player named rodgers who played at cal yrs ago, maybe there something to it !! lol
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DoddPower
11 years ago
I think this is the only "weird" pick to me. I can understand why the rest were drafted. As long as this guy can be decent, then it will all work out. Even if he can just be a decent number two tight end. Every pick can't be a great one, and they never are. For any team.
nerdmann
11 years ago
I don't see why they're knocking him for not having the bulk to be an inline blocker, if they also say "he's proven he can adjust his weight to his teams' needs." Wtf man.

Still, seems like a bit of a project. David Martin 2.0? Or should I say Donald Lee 3.0?

The good thing is that he's a "pass catching" style TE can get down the seam. Now if only he can actually play. Ted got stymied when the two TEs were taken right in front of him in the 2nd, so he took the WR there. This guy was his fallback at TE.
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play2win
11 years ago

I think this is the only "weird" pick to me. I can understand why the rest were drafted. As long as this guy can be decent, then it will all work out. Even if he can just be a decent number two tight end. Every pick can't be a great one, and they never are. For any team.

Originally Posted by: DoddPower 



DoddPower, I felt completely the same way when the pick was made. But, check out these:

TE Metrics - Out of the Box 

Looking at this, he was the best TE available and I can't argue them making this pick here. Best YAC of any of the TEs drafted.

BAL immediately selected the TE Gilmore, a far lesser TE, right after our Rodgers pick.

I felt exactly the same way about both of the picks that bracketed this one, 85 Thornton and 161 Linsey. I'm thinking I may be proven wrong in all 3 cases. Though, I don't think there can be a doubt these did have a lean towards need.
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11 years ago
There is one thing for sure- I will quickly get sick of hearing how his dad had two laterals in "The Play" back in 82 in the Cal- Stanford game.

Don't get me wrong, I love the play but the talking heads will drag that factoid out every time GB has a national game and Rodgers-Rodgers combo has a big play. It may take 2-3-4 years for them to get tired of giving us that little gem.
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Mucky Tundra
11 years ago

There is one thing for sure- I will quickly get sick of hearing how his dad had two laterals in "The Play" back in 82 in the Cal- Stanford game.

Don't get me wrong, I love the play but the talking heads will drag that factoid out every time GB has a national game and Rodgers-Rodgers combo has a big play. It may take 2-3-4 years for them to get tired of giving us that little gem.

Originally Posted by: wpr 



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steveishere
11 years ago
It seems to me like pretty much every single TE went a bit earlier than they were expected to pre-draft.
play2win
11 years ago

It seems to me like pretty much every single TE went a bit earlier than they were expected to pre-draft.

Originally Posted by: steveishere 



Ebron went at 10
ASJ went at 38
Amaro went at 49
Niklaus went at 52
Fiedorowitz at 65

before our Rodgers pick at 98. All except 1 were gone by R2. I'll say they went quick. Makes me think Ted had a pretty solid board, because he had to have been freaking out a bit on that. Made a really solid choice IMO with Rodgers at 98. (I say that now, after catching up on him, as in the moment I was not a fan of that pick).
play2win
11 years ago

Height: 6044
Weight: 243
40 Yrd Dash: 4.82
20 Yrd Dash: 2.79
10 Yrd Dash: 1.65
225 Lb. Bench Reps: 20
Vertical Jump: 27 1/2
Broad Jump: 09'09"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.38
3-Cone Drill: 7.15

Height: 6040
Weight: 257
40 Yrd Dash: 4.87
20 Yrd Dash: 2.75
10 Yrd Dash: 1.69
225 Lb. Bench Reps: 16
Vertical Jump: 31 1/2
Broad Jump: 09'08"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.47
3-Cone Drill: 7.23

One of these sets of numbers belongs to Jermichael Finley and the other to Richard Rodgers.

Originally Posted by: Mucky Tundra 



Need to go back to this again. Richard Rodgers is pretty much a Finley clone with respect to size, speed. I believe he is a complete improvement in terms of attitude, intelligence and demeanor and route running, not to mention hands... Rodgers has great hands, and solid YAC (only ASJ had better hands and only Ebron had better YAC - but Rodgers typically caught the ball further downfield than Ebron).

Let's consider the hands.

Richard Rodgers' last full season at Cal drop % = 7.69 (2013)

Jermichael Finley's last full season at GB drop % = 20.0 (2012) [17.91% (2011)]

That is pretty significant, as an upgrade with Richard Rodgers in GB.
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11 years ago

Need to go back to this again. Richard Rodgers is pretty much a Finley clone with respect to size, speed. I believe he is a complete improvement in terms of attitude, intelligence and demeanor and route running, not to mention hands... Rodgers has great hands, and solid YAC (only ASJ had better hands and only Ebron had better YAC - but Rodgers typically caught the ball further downfield than Ebron).

Let's consider the hands.

Richard Rodgers' last full season at Cal drop % = 7.69 (2013)

Jermichael Finley's last full season at GB drop % = 20.0 (2012) [17.91% (2011)]

That is pretty significant, as an upgrade with Richard Rodgers in GB.

Originally Posted by: play2win 



I know what you are saying but let's see Rodgers catch a few balls that Aaron zips into him while a linebacker is barreling in on him and see if his drop % is the same as it was in college. You can't compare him to Finley yet.
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