2013 Free Agency and Trade Thread (News, Articles, Ideas etc)(5)

[VCU4LIFEGOVIKS]

Ok I'm not sure how accurate or to date this analysis of Mitchell is but I hope this guy is better in coverage than this reports says.


Analysis

Positives: Big-framed athlete who carries his weight well and has a well-proportioned body … Has adequate playing strength to shed blocks and shows decent vision to make plays in the short area … Fills the rush lanes quickly, getting low in his stance to drive the fullback back on his heels … Uses his hands effectively to shed, sliding off to knife through the line … Has adequate lateral agility … Drags ball carriers down and wraps with authority … Stays with backs tight covering on underneath routes … Turns his hips sharply, turns and levels off when dropping back under the zone … Has a knack for slipping under blocks in back-side pursuit and showed much better leg drive in attempts to push blockers back into the pocket as a senior than he did in previous seasons.

Negatives: Lack of quickness (4.86-5.02 40-yard dash times) is his major liability … Very inconsistent in his attempts to shed blocks, letting the opponent rise and get their hands into his chest too easily … Gets walled off by the quicker blockers and pinned back when trying to pursue up field … Lacks quickness to handle receivers past the short area … Not a good practice player and needs to improve his training habits … Does not respond well to hard coaching … Needs to slip past blocks to make tackles, as he lacks good hand usage in attempts to disengage … Falls off too many tackles working in space … Lacks ball awareness in passing situations … Has good straight-line speed to close, but lacks range to string plays wide … Arrested in May 2006 for disorderly conduct and was suspended from the team once.

Compares To: DARYL SMITH-Jacksonville … Mitchell is stout vs. the inside running game, but lacks the quickness and range to make plays in pursuit. He showed better urgency locating the ball in 2006, but will still bite on misdirection and his lack of speed is a liability in the passing game. His work ethic also needs to improve.

Yeah that's pretty contradictory from what was posted on roto. Lets hope roto is correct.

[vikingsfan0845]

Ok I'm not sure how accurate or to date this analysis of Mitchell is but I hope this guy is better in coverage than this reports says.


Analysis

Positives: Big-framed athlete who carries his weight well and has a well-proportioned body … Has adequate playing strength to shed blocks and shows decent vision to make plays in the short area … Fills the rush lanes quickly, getting low in his stance to drive the fullback back on his heels … Uses his hands effectively to shed, sliding off to knife through the line … Has adequate lateral agility … Drags ball carriers down and wraps with authority … Stays with backs tight covering on underneath routes … Turns his hips sharply, turns and levels off when dropping back under the zone … Has a knack for slipping under blocks in back-side pursuit and showed much better leg drive in attempts to push blockers back into the pocket as a senior than he did in previous seasons.

Negatives: Lack of quickness (4.86-5.02 40-yard dash times) is his major liability … Very inconsistent in his attempts to shed blocks, letting the opponent rise and get their hands into his chest too easily … Gets walled off by the quicker blockers and pinned back when trying to pursue up field … Lacks quickness to handle receivers past the short area … Not a good practice player and needs to improve his training habits … Does not respond well to hard coaching … Needs to slip past blocks to make tackles, as he lacks good hand usage in attempts to disengage … Falls off too many tackles working in space … Lacks ball awareness in passing situations … Has good straight-line speed to close, but lacks range to string plays wide … Arrested in May 2006 for disorderly conduct and was suspended from the team once.

Compares To: DARYL SMITH-Jacksonville … Mitchell is stout vs. the inside running game, but lacks the quickness and range to make plays in pursuit. He showed better urgency locating the ball in 2006, but will still bite on misdirection and his lack of speed is a liability in the passing game. His work ethic also needs to improve.

I'm pretty sure when they say coverage units they mean special teams, not his ability in pass defense. He led the Dolphins in special teams tackles a year ago.

[nasthemasta]

Mitchell is Kenny's replacement no?

[TearsOfPurple]

^I would assume so.

[TearsOfPurple]

Sounds like the Steelers are willing to deal Wallace, for less then his 1st round tender actually. I think if Spielmen could swing him for #35 pick that would be amazing.

[vikingsfan0845]

Sounds like the Steelers are willing to deal Wallace, for less then his 1st round tender actually. I think if Spielmen could swing him for #35 pick that would be amazing.

Won't happen. We can't afford to pay Mike Wallace and Percy Harvin 10 million each.

[BigB4570]

Gary Guyton - LB -

Dolphins agreed to terms with LB Gary Guyton, formerly of the Patriots.
Guyton, 26, is known as a coverage-specialist linebacker, but struggled in that role with New England last season. He'll likely be a backup option on the weak side in Miami. The Dolphins' linebacker pursuit shouldn't end here.

Source: Miami Herald Apr 13 - 5:27 PM

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/5012/gary-guyton

It looks like we got Marvin Mitchell from Miami and they used Guyton to fill that vacancy.

[wrizzo]

Won't happen. We can't afford to pay Mike Wallace and Percy Harvin 10 million each.

i love the kid... but Percy is not worth 10 million/y!!! if he played in all 16 games, caught 100 balls for over 1200 yards and 10 tds this year... then the contract would have to require those numbers again in order to pay out 10 million for a year.

[vikingsfan0845]

i love the kid... but Percy is not worth 10 million/y!!! if he played in all 16 games, caught 100 balls for over 1200 yards and 10 tds this year... then the contract would have to require those numbers again in order to pay out 10 million for a year.

87 catches 967 yards and 6 tds while playing barely over 50% of the snaps along with poor QB play is a damn good season if you ask me. I only said 10 million because I was just throwing out a rough estimate based off of what other receivers are getting on the market and the fact there is going to be inflation of contracts due to the rookie wage scale. We need to do whatever we can to lock him up long term because he still only 24 and is about to reach the prime of his career. Once Ponder develops into an NFL QB and we get some other receivers who open up the middle of the field for Harvin he'll start to get pretty close to the numbers you listed. Harvin is very valuable to this team.

[Coenthar]

87 catches 967 yards and 6 tds while playing barely over 50% of the snaps along with poor QB play is a damn good season if you ask me. I only said 10 million because I was just throwing out a rough estimate based off of what other receivers are getting on the market and the fact there is going to be inflation of contracts due to the rookie wage scale. We need to do whatever we can to lock him up long term because he still only 24 and is about to reach the prime of his career. Once Ponder develops into an NFL QB and we get some other receivers who open up the middle of the field for Harvin he'll start to get pretty close to the numbers you listed. Harvin is very valuable to this team.

100% correct, I will further what you are saying and say that Harvin is as special of a player as AP and that is saying oceans. Harvin is the most underutilized player in any sport ive ever seen. If we used him like we should he would have easily double to triple coverage every play leaving Devin and Jenkins little coverage and availability to get open alot more.

Harvin=Ap

[vikingsfan0845]

100% correct, I will further what you are saying and say that Harvin is as special of a player as AP and that is saying oceans. Harvin is the most underutilized player in any sport ive ever seen. If we used him like we should he would have easily double to triple coverage every play leaving Devin and Jenkins little coverage and availability to get open alot more.

Harvin=Ap

He is underutilized but I can understand why they would want to limit his snaps. He plays the game 120% every play and he gets banged up easily because is pretty small. It's honestly not a bad strategy because the last thing we want is Percy dealing with nagging injuries and having to miss games because of it. Percy being limited last season was very hard because he was the only play maker we had at receiver last year. He definitely should not be hovering around the 50% mark but we do need to be a little cautious with him. Hopefully we add some more weapons at receiver during the draft so when we do take him out of the game, we won't miss him as much. We really need somebody who can stretch the field to complement Percy.

[JA22]

I think we could afford to pay Wallace and Harvin but there would be cuts and lesser players elsewhere then, like Kevin Williams for example. To me WR is gaining more and more importance in the league and Wallace and Harvin would be a great pair. Trade this years 2nd and 4th and see if they accept.

[specialiststeve]

Asante Samuel On the block - costly financially but likely could get him for 4th rounder?

Huge need.

[100%CHEESE FREE]

Asante Samuel On the block - costly financially but likely could get him for 4th rounder?

Huge need.

Oh hell no! We've already discussed this, not only is Samuel prohibitively expensive, the guy can't tackle and doesn't fit our scheme at all. Even if he did, he MAYBE has 2 years left in him. He is not worth a 4th round pick, even if we have three of them.

[vikesblitz]

Oh hell no! We've already discussed this, not only is Samuel prohibitively expensive, the guy can't tackle and doesn't fit our scheme at all. Even if he did, he MAYBE has 2 years left in him. He is not worth a 4th round pick, even if we have three of them.

Not only that, but I dont believe we can trade our compensatory picks which means we are trading ours. Pretty much a late 3rd. Not for an old guy