Gil Brandt
Gil Brandt
Gil Brandtis a former Vice President of player personnel for the Dallas Cowboys from 1960 to 1988. He is a graduate from the University of Wisconsin...
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When you say 47 percent out of the first 10 picks made the Hall of Fame, that's a high percentage.
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Shaw was a forerunner of these workout programs. He's highly recommended by a lot of people. His program gets an athlete to do the best he can possibly do and to be prepared for the combine.
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You see who's going to work and who isn't. You see who's jumping to the head of the line in drills. You watch up close, then go back to the (hotel) and talk to them.
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Leaf got the big contract and that was his utopia - he didn't want to work for anything else. That's what makes this so hard: You don't know how guys are going to respond to financial success, if they will still work hard. If you knew that, you wouldn't have so many busts.
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Maybe, but you have to be able to convince your players that it's harder to get back there the second time. What happens is, during the off-season, the players all of a sudden are in more demand than ever before. They're invited to more golf tournaments, they make more appearances and, all of a sudden, instead of doing all the work in the off-season program, they start missing a few days and they're not as into it the same way they were prior to the year when they got there.
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He didn't work out like a tight end would work out, but he worked out like a defensive or offensive lineman. He's an intriguing guy, a good guy to look at.
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Historically we do not draft safeties high. So many guys that stay that extra year bear out so much better.
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But the three most important positions on a team are the quarterback, the left tackle and the pass rushing end.
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In my evaluation of the guy, I think he has really good mechanics and good velocity on the ball, which is a big thing when you play in a stadium that has a lot of wind like (the Jets) do. I think it was a good pick. I'd be really surprised if he doesn't end up being a pretty good player for them.
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He chose not to come because he had a paper due the following Monday. The guy has pretty good study habits.
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He just looks good. He looked accurate, threw the ball well, moved well. I think he was the biggest surprise there coming off this year, which was not the best.
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He was kind of the backbone of our Doomsday defenses. He kind of coached like he played. He was a hard-working, hard-trying individual who had a lot of patience in developing young players. He was easy-going and well-liked. The thing with him was that he made everybody feel at home.
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Hawk is a special guy. He's a throwback to an old-time football player and just a quality individual.
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