Last time, I chronicled my initial thoughts on Pete Carroll and his pre-draft strategy. I posed some possible reasons why he might have opted to build his team around former players, and gave examples in the modern NFL. Today, I will answer the question I left you with: Why did Pete Carroll overlook his USC [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Carroll Shows No Love for USC Players
A major storyline during this 2010 NFL Draft, for me, was seeing how Pete Carroll would value his former USC players. Would he build his Pete Carroll (NFL.com) Seahawks with a foundation of USC products? Based on the near-daily reports regarding the Seahawks trade talks for former USC players during free agency (Reggie Bush, Matt [...]
Read the rest of this entry »NFL Draft: Initial Reactions
Tonight started off on a predictable note, as the names of Sam Bradford, Ndamukong Suh, and Gerald McCoy were called (in that order). But soon after that, the Draft launched into exciting uncertainty towards the end of the top 10 selections, and continued until the very end of round one. Of the many surprises, several [...]
Read the rest of this entry »2010 NFL Combine Final Results
As with any other sporting event, we are naturally interested in crowning winners and losers for the NFL Combine. These are top level athletes known for their competitive fire and desire to win. There is no doubt that the prospects on the field this week were competing against each other in some form or fashion. [...]
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