Michael Mitchell... still laughing?

[DSpydr84]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8KF2-_OXoA[/media]


This guy hits like a truck. He's got incredible range and plays the ball pretty well too. I had to look him up after hearing all the talk about him, and he's not nearly as bad as people made him out to be. Obviously this is a highlight video so it will show his greatest plays, but his angles and aggression are definitely impressive to say the least.

[FirstTimer]

Yes I'm still laughing because 32 teams scouted the guy and all but 2 apparently had him rated nothing higher than a 4th Round pick. The other 30 had him rated as a 7th rounder or undrafted FA.


The Raiders took him in the 2nd Rd.

NFL scouts>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.Some stupid fucking highlight video.


So yes. LOL at the Raiders.

[Helicopter]

Roy Williams also hit like a truck. It doesn't mean he was a good safety.

[Wildcard]

Roy Williams also hit like a truck. It doesn't mean he was a good safety.

5 Pro Bowls says he was a good safety.

[FirstTimer]

5 Pro Bowls says he was a good safety.

Pro Bowls=overrated. Fan voting means shit. Mike Vick was making Pro Bowls.

[Tailback U]

You don't take projects or players with potential in the 2nd round. You go after starters in the 2nd round.

I think Mitchell has potential, but the Raiders drafted him way too early.

[j.hen]

Pro Bowls=overrated. Fan voting means shit. Mike Vick was making Pro Bowls.

So Mike Vick wasnt any good?

Stats from last season in the NFL:

2,474 passing yards, 20/13 TDs/INT with 1,039 rushing yards

[Wildcard]

First of all... the NFL Pro Bowl isn't like the other sports.

The voting is split between 1/3 Fans 1/3 Coaches and 1/3 Players

Which means 2/3 of the votes come from peers, and respected coaches in the league.

[j.hen]

First of all... the NFL Pro Bowl isn't like the other sports.

The voting is split between 1/3 Fans 1/3 Coaches and 1/3 Players

Which means 2/3 of the votes come from peers, and respected coaches in the league.

...second of all?

[Wildcard]

...second of all?

Second of all... I have nothing further to say. Point proven.

[NAHSTE]

5 Pro Bowls says he was a good safety.

No it doesn't.

[Saluki]

Mike Mitchell played Sub-par football on a sub-par team against sub-par competition.

[The Messenger]

5 pro bowls don't say he was a good safety, but Roy Williams play on the field says he was a good safety. He did his job and that was to take risks, make big plays, and try and change the game on defense. In Roy Williams hay-day he was very good at this.

It wasn't his job to be a blanket in the secondary who could shut down half of the field. He did his job and he did his job better than 99.9% of the safeties who had the same job as him.

EDIT
About Mitchell, like others said, it really doesn't matter what he did. If he becomes a great safety then good job Al Davis, but he was still one of the biggest reaches in draft history. He's a guy they could have gotten with a 4th, 5th, 6th, or even 7th round pick.

The Bears potentially taking him 2 picks later says maybe Al Davis was on to something because Lovie Smith knows defense, but it was still a tremendous reach in an already porous draft by the Raiders (as was DHB).

[OnlyOneBeerLeft]

2:35ish shows incredible range tho, but I think we all should stay skeptical...Michael Huff looked absolutely incredible too......

[Hasselbeck]

You could post a highlight video for anyone and it would make them look good, that's there whole purpose.

Especially more so because this was released by his agent