Scads of Interviews for Tannenbaum
Posted on February 19th, 2009 by Bassett
Newsday caught up with Mr. Tannenbaum yesterday and they talked about the Combine, domain of NFL wonks (umm like us here at TJB, tracking football in February) and the power of the interview:
“We have 60 interviews and they’re 60 intriguing stories,” Tannenbaum said. “It’s 60 people we’re going to meet and they’re going to tell us about themselves. You’re going to learn something about these guys you didn’t know. It’s fascinating.”
Interviews are a great time for teams to learn about who the person is that the team might be drafting. 40 times only tell you so much, it’s good to get to know a player and their makeup that the team will have to work with over potentially over the next 4-10 years.
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peppers agent just said he will not o.k a trade unless it is with the dallas cowboys, two other unnamed nfc teams and one unnamed afc team…..i wonder if the afc team is us
probably the pats
This is a little off topic, but with all of these teams switching to a 3-4 does anyone else want to go back to the 4-3. Now the draft is going to have more teams clamouring for 6-5 300+ lb D linemen and very talented people will fall in the draft. I know it isn’t prudent for us considering our moves last year and our coach, but if the league is headed to the 3-4 shouldn’t we, in theory, go against the wave?
Maybe Mr. T can stop asking about core values or silly stuff like that. Two questions will do:
“Do you have a criminal record?”
“Do you understand that football is about hitting the other guy harder than he hits you and then running into the endzone over his crumpled body- meaning that you will have to devote your full efforts to being bigger, stronger, faster, and smarter than everybody else, and that is why we will pay you millions?”
If the answer to the 1st one is YES and the second NO, we should avoid that guy.
the afc team is def NE. read that the other day someplace
JAGG, i’ve been thinking about that too–it certainly seems like the demand for big time NT exceeds supply.
But on the other hand, I wonder if this might be a real shift away from 4 men line that is permanant because of the way the game has evolved. It might be that teams can no longer afford to have 4 defenders who can’t cover in the passign game and that 3 is all they can manage. there was a time when every team ran an offense with 3 rb’s. then every team used 2 rb’s. now, i’d guestimate that it’s probably 10-15% empty backfield, 45-50% two backs, and 45-50% one back.
maybe the shift to 3-4 is similar–a larger shift based on the changing rules and evolution of the game rather than just a fad based on what the succesful teams have done in recent years.
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can peppers really play in a 3-4? is he strong enough to set the edge and play the run without two tackles next to him? and wouldn’t playing him as 3-4 DE neutralize his greatest talent, rushing the passer?
i think he could be a good fit for a team with a creative DC like spags, ryan, or belichick. but not such a good fit on a traditional 3-4 team with rigid coach like mangini.
The AFC team so I’ve heard is the Broncos not the Pats. He wants to play 3-4 OLB not 3-4 DE. The Broncos I’ve heard are switching to the 3-4. From what I have heard the teams are cowboys, packers, broncos, and apparently the chiefs. But I have also heard the AFC team could be the dolphins.