Sentences with phrase «as his draft position»

He is young but I wonder if his ceiling is as high as his draft position.

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Moreover, since the rise of the Wildrose Party, PC throne speeches tended to propose policies driven by talking points — not the other way around as you might imagine — drafted mainly to cancel positions and strategies that had proved effective for the Wildrose Opposition.

Once the Mayors have developed their transportation plan for the region, the Board hopes the Mayors position it as a «draft» plan that then goes to the public and stakeholders for consultation.

When Pope Francis read the «almost completed» draft of Lumen Fidei one does not imagine that he thought to himself: «Yes I want to endorse Ratzinger's position on X, Y and Z.» Rather, he thought: «The Successor of Peter, yesterday, today and tomorrow, is always called to strengthen his brothers and sisters in the priceless treasure of that faith which God has given as a light for humanity's path» (LF 7)(italics added).

The longtime New England Patriots quarterback, with multiple Super Bowl victories and MVP awards, is widely regarded as an athlete whose training and determination pushed him from a mediocre sixth - round draft position to the most - revered and respected professional football player of his generation.

A lot of the draft community sees Williams as a G or C. Not that there is anything wrong with either of those positions.

Also, I struggle with this line of thinking because outside of PF, we could realistically draft at any other position as we are still a shitty roster.

Giving up high round draft picks to get a QB at the detriment to other positions would be just as big of a risk if not a much longer term risk.

There will be much absurdity and hand - wringing as teams jockey to improve their lottery odds and draft position.

The next year, also in the 5th round, they added Richard Sherman, a WR - turned - corner from Stanford who stewed during the draft as other players at his position were drafted ahead of him (he turned out fine).

If you are an undrafted, overachieving survivor and the guy who just got the ax is a former high draft pick who happened to play your position, you might feel a quick blast of vindication as well.

At this point the Niners may be best positioned to trade out of 9 before the draft, possibly to a team that wants to move up, but needs a higher pick as the move back slot for the trade partner.

We have seen as the concept of need is also very volatile in the NFL: one or two injuries at a position and a solid group is now shallow; you draft to become a contender the sooner, not to field the best team you can for the following season, and if a youngster becomes a top player at a position where you are stacked, you can later trade your veterans, or just have expensive contracts off the book...

Tanking or not, I see an improved draft position in 2018 as baked into the cake.

I'd just as soon see them use their high picks on pitchers until they establish that they can draft and develop position players.

With Keenum I think they are in a good position to draft one of the 4 QBs if one drops but they don't seem as desperate to do so as the Jets or Bills for example — Kind of like the Packers who had Rodgers fall into their lap.

At this point, I don't view what this organization has put together through the draft and with youngsters as being able to fill the holes on the roster needed to get this team into a position to be a Cup contender.

As SB Nation NFL Draft editor Dan Kadar points out, the Colts selected TE Dallas Clark last time they were at No. 24 so there could be some good luck with this positioning.

I don't see the value in drafting a player at 7 who would mostly play a position that's not as important as, say, a DE or CB.

Because he is so position diverse as well as scheme diverse, I can honestly say all 32 teams would benefit from drafting this kid.

But, there were so many other better players (at different positions) available when St. Brown was drafted that I rate it as a well below average pick.

because I saw him as the guy that the Falcons drafted to take away William Andrews» position.

As an additional filter, consider that Dallas likes to draft the best player at his position.

I am stating that 15 possible candidates and 5 position groups is about as telling as throwing darts at a list of draft prospects.

Dallas has a tendency to «visit» with players with similar draft projections when they are intending on striking at a position at a particular place (as a value), but this looks like Dallas is planning on waiting until the WR value is «right».

Maybe not as much in this draft, as we may actually be two players short in a few positions.

DJ Wilson's stock was improving all week, as his O / U draft position moved from 25 to 23.5 by draft day, and he went # 17 overall to Milwaukee.

With Brady ranked as the # 10 QB, I would be content being one of the last team's to draft the position.

Smith could also serve as a 2 - 5 year bridge to the Redskin QBOTF, so the team would not feel the pressure to move up in the draft (in the 13th position this year) for a prospect it does not love or overspend for Kirk Cousins or whichever QB Minnesota decides not to keep.

Like the TE pick as well for draft position.

But then there are the tanking teams, squads that hope to lose as many games to potentially secure a draft position high enough to land a franchise player that can lead them to the promise land.

«I didn't belong in pro football,» says Turner, 60, who was drafted in 1963 as a quarterback, the position he had played at Utah State.

The boss should urgently reshuffled his defense line and his 2 CDM positions by drafting Ajayi and Coquelin to play as 2 new DMs and pair Chambers / Koscielny as new CBs, while playing Bellerin and Gibbs as first choice HBs.

What we also know is that this draft class is uniquely positioned so as to have opinions really set in and subsequently that means we'll see some genuinely talented guys fall (Not only at QB but in many other positions, too).

not only because of Leighton but as a whole, with the prospects I see and the draft position I think there's a serious risk Dallas lands another Carpenter, so I'd rather trade up or trade down.

Saquon Barkley is the top at the position in this year's draft, but there are other talented backs available as well.

Your logical arguements for a CB are eerily similar to my logical arguements before last years draft, advocating for drafting the # 1 rated guard (the position of our greatest need) as opposed to the 4th or 5th rated DE.

Hawks already have Schroder, Taylor, Magette and possibly even a draft pick used on this position as well.

Obviously though, you want as many early picks as possible and I'm not sure if trading up or down in this draft could help the Chiefs much due to their draft position and lack of a first.

We've previously mentioned Johnny Manziel draft props but now we have the first Over / Under on his draft position as well.

That worked out swimmingly for the Sonics — they moved to OKC and were able to draft a future MVP the next season in Westbrook — if playing JJJ out of position as a small forward would lead to a similar tank friendly outcome next season it would be a great success.

If Patterson can come in and play right away as a junior, he puts himself in position to raise his draft stock.

Connor Williams entered the 2017 college football season with top - ten hype after performing like one of the elite players at his position as a true - sophomore for the Longhorns; however, he injuries and an awful game against Maryland hurt his draft stock.

In an NFL draft that is loaded at the running back position, it's no certainty that NFL clubs will all have the LSU and FSU running backs as the top two rushers available.

@Stuart White: The Cabinet Office rule - book (draft of chapter 6, approved by the House of Commons Select Committee on Justice and drawn up in consultation, I understand, with the party leaders and with constitutional experts) lays it down that after an election the incumbent prime minister has a duty, as well as a right, to remain in office until there's clear and incontrovertible evidence that someone else is definitely in a position to command majority support in the house of commons.

Many took manifesto positions by and large drafted in Lagos by Southern intellectuals as given, even as more thoughtful analysts knew such presumption was naïve at best, or even delusional!

As Germany gears up for its parliamentary elections in fall 2013, the parliamentary group of the German Green Party has released a tool called betatext to allow supporters to comment on position papers, motions or legislative drafts.

Major events such as this Rio summit, attended by literally thousands of delegates and even more non-governmental observers and journalists, spawn countless texts: draft statements — at times revised by the hour, press releases, position statements by lobbying groups and more.

But EPA's draft regulation refused to take a position on the controversial issue of whether corn - based ethanol or soybean - derived biodiesel actually qualifies as a «renewable fuel» under this standard.

Carson: Well, you know, I got drafted to play here with the Giants and playing middle linebacker, which is at the time, it was a position normally reserved for white guys because white guys, you know, it's a thinking man's position, (laughter); but you know, that's what it was referred to as — a «thinking - man's position», because in essence, you...