McNair: "In the draft, we’ll be looking at linebackers"

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

Just got a chance to ask Rob Rang if he had any concerns about Matthews being unable to crack the starting USC line-up until his last year of eligibility ?
His reply was yes. Rang said he definitely likes Matthews and appreciates his versitility and hustel. He said Matthews late in the first round (25 or later) maybe, but no way at 15. FWIW.

Rob Rang is known for his draft projections. By that, I mean predicting when a player will be drafted. Now, how good those players will be once they are in the NFL is anybody's guess. Just because he may have correctly forcasted that Vince Young would be a top 3 pick didn't translate into having a great Pro career.

Every player has something that concerns me. We can point at Crabtree's lack of a 40 time, Curry's hip fluidity, Raji's motivation, etc. However, they will probably be drafted in the top ten and are expected to have an impact for the team that drafts them. It would be nice to have 15 players who were National top 15 players coming out of Pop Warner all the way through their senior year of college. Real upper echelon players who broke records at their FBS schools and led their teams to national championships. However, in the real world there are late bloomers and players with flaws that have the potential to be Pro-Bowlers that never realized that promise in college. I wonder if Rob Rang felt that Antonio Cromartie was worth the 19th pick in the draft since his senior year was not perfect. He guessed he was a 24 or later kind of guy.

http://www.nfldraftscout.com/mockdra...nd=1&year=2006

Oh he also had Winston Justice #14, Chad Jackson #15, and Jimmy Williams #16. I think San Diego is probably pleased that they took Cromartie instead of Williams.