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4th Round over. Elijah Qualls still waiting.

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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,259
    Qualls is a really good player ... but at the same time, there's enough things outstanding with him that would cause flags to scouts ...

    There's no question that he could put himself in a better position by getting in better shape ... would help with his consistency ...

    Hopefully he takes this as a bit of a wakeup call and puts in the work necessary to outperform his draft positioning.
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  • FireCohen
    FireCohen Member Posts: 21,823
    Tequilla said:

    Qualls is a really good player ... but at the same time, there's enough things outstanding with him that would cause flags to scouts ...

    There's no question that he could put himself in a better position by getting in better shape ... would help with his consistency ...

    Hopefully he takes this as a bit of a wakeup call and puts in the work necessary to outperform his draft positioning.

    I hope Gaines stays for 5th year.
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  • Saracen
    Saracen Member Posts: 271
    Just glad he was taken before Stevie T. That would have been big time salt in the wound.
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  • Tripper_Johnson
    Tripper_Johnson Member Posts: 200
    Shalom Luani taken by Oakland? Where's the closest Domino's to the Orgasm.co coliseum?
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  • priapism
    priapism Member Posts: 2,400
    Out of all the DTs who played a lot last year, Qualls was the least memorable to me. He's not strong enough yet to get to NFL QBs. Doesn't have the push Greg Gaines has. Very DUM for him to leave early...and he was punished in this draft for it. He did 33 reps for his chest, but his legs and hips are still too weak. He might not make an NFL team because of his weaknesses. Dum move by him.

    Though Greg Gaines may not have huge #s, he is so strong and disruptive - pushing guys back so far, that he quite possibly causes the most problems for the opposing teams. QBs always panicked last year when he penetrated deeply. He should easily be a top 3 round pick in the future, but he probably won't be. Gaines is my favorite guy on the DL. I love his face when he plays. I hope NFL teams start to notice him.
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  • FireCohen
    FireCohen Member Posts: 21,823
    priapism said:

    Out of all the DTs who played a lot last year, Qualls was the least memorable to me. He's not strong enough yet to get to NFL QBs. Doesn't have the push Greg Gaines has. Very DUM for him to leave early...and he was punished in this draft for it. He did 33 reps for his chest, but his legs and hips are still too weak. He might not make an NFL team because of his weaknesses. Dum move by him.

    Though Greg Gaines may not have huge #s, he is so strong and disruptive - pushing guys back so far, that he quite possibly causes the most problems for the opposing teams. QBs always panicked last year when he penetrated deeply. He should easily be a top 3 round pick in the future, but he probably won't be. Gaines is my favorite guy on the DL. I love his face when he plays. I hope NFL teams start to notice him.

    Dude he was just out of shape. There point where he would dominate players and then get washed out. His problem is conditioning, he was plenty strong. Agreed, Gaines is probably the most consistent and the best DT we had last year.
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  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,551 Swaye's Wigwam
    I think part of Qualls problem is a lack of versatility.

    4-3 teams probably don't love him because he's not a huge disrupter.

    Even though he's 320 pounds, he's not a huge NT in a 3-4. He's too short to be a 3-4 DE.

    Good player at UW. He probably should have returned, but I don't think he ever came to UW to play school.
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  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,551 Swaye's Wigwam
    Dennis_DeYoung said:

    RoadDawg55 said:

    I think part of Qualls problem is a lack of versatility.

    4-3 teams probably don't love him because he's not a huge disrupter.

    Even though he's 320 pounds, he's not a huge NT in a 3-4. He's too short to be a 3-4 DE.

    Good player at UW. He probably should have returned, but I don't think he ever came to UW to play school.

    Obviously he should've fucking come back, are you stupid? The only people that think it was a good decision are Kim and Eklund.

    He could've gotten into the 2nd or 3rd round with another year.
    Didn't I say he should have came back?
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