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Well... another year, another version of coastal's 5 Card Studs! For those of you who look forward to this, thank you! This has been a lot of fun doing year on year. In terms of overall quality of players selected, I've missed on some... but for the most part, I'd put my work up against many of the GMs around the league.
Here's a list of some past 5 Card Studs -
Kyle Williams (all-time best 5 Card Stud)
Jeremy Trueblood
Andrew Whitworth
Jimmy Graham
Tim Tebow
Evander Hood
Rueben Randle
Mason Foster
Jabaal Sheard (all-time can't believe we took a CB instead of this guy 5 Card Stud)
Mike Iupati (all-time favorite 5 Card Stud)
Not a bad list... here's hoping this year's version has more than a couple of names that end up having long, productive careers in the NFL. So without further ado... welcome to 2013's version of coastal's 5 Card Studs - Royal Diamond Flush Edition!
For those of you who know me and my proclivities... I'm a defensive guy but not this year! They've had their chance and now its time to make them earn added attention. Between forgotten draft picks and all too familiar free agents... their time to prove themselves is now. Let the new DC prove his genius... let the players prove their worth... and it's time to take this team in another direction!
It's time to go all in on the offense!
One proclivity that hasn't changed for me however is the idea of building strengths, and although the focus has shifted to the offensive side of the ball this year, its all designed with one idea... taking a strength... a talent... and making that talent elite!
One last bit of instruction... click "play" on the youtube video and listen while you read! Most importantly... enjoy!
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1.) Chance Warmack, OG Alabama - Let's talk for a second about CJ Spiller. He IS the elite talent on this roster. Not understanding that or building around him speaks to a complete void of planning or reason at OBD. Letting an improving o-line take a step back is unacceptable as far as I'm concerned. Forget about Levitre. He's gone. What Chance represents is potentially the best player in the entire 2013 NFL Draft at an area of complete need on our team. I've tried... trust me I've tried... to plug any number of different players into this spot and every time I keep coming straight back here. It speaks to everything I believe in... having a strong oline is vital to success, building to strengths, building around your best players, the planet theory of 1st round draft picks, etc, etc, etc. Cordy Glenn had what I would consider to be a promising rookie season at LT, especially with run blocking. Cordy is a thick, powerful, young man. Chance is cut out of that exact same mold. Putting Chance in between Cordy and Wood will go a long way toward moving this team forward. Save the "you don't take a guard in the top 10 of the draft" crap! I ain't buying. I'm going all in with Chance as my Ace of Diamonds.
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2.) DeAndre Hopkins, WR Clemson - Stevie can't do it all on his own. That is so painfully obvious. He needs a compliment. He needs an outside threat, and i'm not necessarily talking about a deep, spread threat either. I'm talking about a guy who knows how to operate physically on the perimeter of a football field and come up on the winning end more oft than not. That guy in this draft is DeAndre. Last year, I wanted to take Rueben Randle to fill that role. We passed in favor of TJ Graham later on. Duh! Tiem to stopp being stupid and pray that DeAndre's poor 40 times leading up to the draft are enough to allow him to drop to us in the 2nd! Production... check! 4 star recruit our of high school with continued production throughout college... check! Fills another galring hole on this team... check! One last thing about DeAndre. He comes from CJ's alma mater. Fellow Clemson boys balling together... a little psychological strength building doesn't hurt and another reason why DeAndre is this year's King of Diamonds!
Here's a list of some past 5 Card Studs -
Kyle Williams (all-time best 5 Card Stud)
Jeremy Trueblood
Andrew Whitworth
Jimmy Graham
Tim Tebow
Evander Hood
Rueben Randle
Mason Foster
Jabaal Sheard (all-time can't believe we took a CB instead of this guy 5 Card Stud)
Mike Iupati (all-time favorite 5 Card Stud)
Not a bad list... here's hoping this year's version has more than a couple of names that end up having long, productive careers in the NFL. So without further ado... welcome to 2013's version of coastal's 5 Card Studs - Royal Diamond Flush Edition!
For those of you who know me and my proclivities... I'm a defensive guy but not this year! They've had their chance and now its time to make them earn added attention. Between forgotten draft picks and all too familiar free agents... their time to prove themselves is now. Let the new DC prove his genius... let the players prove their worth... and it's time to take this team in another direction!
It's time to go all in on the offense!
One proclivity that hasn't changed for me however is the idea of building strengths, and although the focus has shifted to the offensive side of the ball this year, its all designed with one idea... taking a strength... a talent... and making that talent elite!
One last bit of instruction... click "play" on the youtube video and listen while you read! Most importantly... enjoy!
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1.) Chance Warmack, OG Alabama - Let's talk for a second about CJ Spiller. He IS the elite talent on this roster. Not understanding that or building around him speaks to a complete void of planning or reason at OBD. Letting an improving o-line take a step back is unacceptable as far as I'm concerned. Forget about Levitre. He's gone. What Chance represents is potentially the best player in the entire 2013 NFL Draft at an area of complete need on our team. I've tried... trust me I've tried... to plug any number of different players into this spot and every time I keep coming straight back here. It speaks to everything I believe in... having a strong oline is vital to success, building to strengths, building around your best players, the planet theory of 1st round draft picks, etc, etc, etc. Cordy Glenn had what I would consider to be a promising rookie season at LT, especially with run blocking. Cordy is a thick, powerful, young man. Chance is cut out of that exact same mold. Putting Chance in between Cordy and Wood will go a long way toward moving this team forward. Save the "you don't take a guard in the top 10 of the draft" crap! I ain't buying. I'm going all in with Chance as my Ace of Diamonds.
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2.) DeAndre Hopkins, WR Clemson - Stevie can't do it all on his own. That is so painfully obvious. He needs a compliment. He needs an outside threat, and i'm not necessarily talking about a deep, spread threat either. I'm talking about a guy who knows how to operate physically on the perimeter of a football field and come up on the winning end more oft than not. That guy in this draft is DeAndre. Last year, I wanted to take Rueben Randle to fill that role. We passed in favor of TJ Graham later on. Duh! Tiem to stopp being stupid and pray that DeAndre's poor 40 times leading up to the draft are enough to allow him to drop to us in the 2nd! Production... check! 4 star recruit our of high school with continued production throughout college... check! Fills another galring hole on this team... check! One last thing about DeAndre. He comes from CJ's alma mater. Fellow Clemson boys balling together... a little psychological strength building doesn't hurt and another reason why DeAndre is this year's King of Diamonds!
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