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Dan Vitale - Superback

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This guy had an amazing combine. He played at Northwestern. He is essentially a Fullback. He lines up in the backfield and will lead block at times but he also motions out. Many times he lines up as a slot WR, which is why Northwestern designates his position as Superback.

Here's his combine numbers
6 ft 239 lbs, 9 3/4 hands
40 - 4.60
20 yard shuttle 4.12 - fastest time of any RB
30 reps on the bench - best of RBs
38.5 vertical - 3rd best of RBs
10'3" broad jump -

That gives him a KEI of 78.8 - anything over 70 is considered a special explosive athlete

This guy would make a great late round pick.

He is a very good receiver out of the backfield who can actually run WR routes. He'd be very useful blocking out wide on the bubbles screens. He is not afraid of contact and would likely make a great special teamer.

Here's a film

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Well one fullback is a free agent, if he can run well enough why not...
 
Not opposed, later rounds. Kind of a Hi-bred type full back. As long as we don't add another spot away from Defense. Maybe this could serve as the "Haley" mini experiment instead of an actual "dri" type guy.




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Pats will take him mid-draft
 
not against him after 5th round though we might have a keeper in Nix for a few more years
 
I stopped the tape at 1:25. Was that supposed to be a promo tape for the kid? If so, he isn't going anywhere. Watch that first 1:25. He does absolutely nothing. He blocks downfield during a run by just extending his arms. At the goal line (1:10), a DE blows past him on a direct snap, and he retreats and tries to recover. Next play (1:19), as lead blocker - what the hell was that? He just runs into the line with both arms extended. Play after play, 10 or 12 plays - nothing but stuff I could be critical of or just not present in the play.

I'm sure after 1:25 it gets better. It has to :)
 
i wasn't looking at him to be a traditional lead blocking FB. They have one of those in Nix. What i like about Vitale is that he is a great athlete who is versatile. Northwestern never handed him the ball so i don't know if he has vision as a rusher, but it's rare for a guy his size to be able to run WR routes.

You need versatile guys like that on the end of the roster. My guess is he'd be a great special teamer and with passing to the RBs a much bigger part of the offense, he can likely contribute there as a backup.
 
tapeANaspirin2it said:
i wasn't looking at him to be a traditional lead blocking FB. They have one of those in Nix. What i like about Vitale is that he is a great athlete who is versatile. Northwestern never handed him the ball so i don't know if he has vision as a rusher, but it's rare for a guy his size to be able to run WR routes.

You need versatile guys like that on the end of the roster. My guess is he'd be a great special teamer and with passing to the RBs a much bigger part of the offense, he can likely contribute there as a backup.
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The 3rd round sounds like a good spot to take him.
 
i'm thinking more like 6th round or later. He's still a project player because he doesn't have a position that exactly translates. He's just a great athlete that i'd like to have in camp. I wouldn't be surprised if this guy could play LB after a few years on practice squad.

i am expecting the Pats to draft him. He's smart, tough and versatile. The Pats live on that.
 
tapeANaspirin2it said:
i'm thinking more like 6th round or later. He's still a project player because he doesn't have a position that exactly translates. He's just a great athlete that i'd like to have in camp. I wouldn't be surprised if this guy could play LB after a few years on practice squad.

i am expecting the Pats to draft him. He's smart, tough and versatile. The Pats live on that and along with the video / audio / headset advantage, do quit well..
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Clearified things a little.................



Salute the nation
 
Cal's Daniel Lasco enjoyed one of the best all-around workouts of the 300-plus participants involved. Where he wowed the most was with a broad jump of 11 feet, 3 inches to set a Combine record at that drill for his position.

The 6-foot, 209-pound Lasco said he should have posted a better number were it not for a mistake made on his first attempt.

"I kind of fell forward," Lasco told co-host Phil Savage and I on SiriusXM NFL Radio. "I believe it would have been somewhere around 12 feet. I wish I would have landed that one."

Otherwise, Lasco couldn't have asked for anything more from his Combine performance. Lasco's 41.5-inch vertical jump led the field of 29 running backs and was tied for third-best all-time for the position. He was fleet of foot with a 4.46-second time in the 40-yard dash and the second-best mark (11.31 seconds) in the 60-yard shuttle. Lasco showcased his strength as well with 23 bench-press reps of 225 pounds


http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/...golden-bears-daniel-lasco-lights-it-up-030116

As a footnote he was the team's MVP, not QB Jared Goff. Goff might go in round one.
 
Tim Steelersfan said:
I stopped the tape at 1:25. Was that supposed to be a promo tape for the kid? If so, he isn't going anywhere. Watch that first 1:25. He does absolutely nothing. He blocks downfield during a run by just extending his arms. At the goal line (1:10), a DE blows past him on a direct snap, and he retreats and tries to recover. Next play (1:19), as lead blocker - what the hell was that? He just runs into the line with both arms extended. Play after play, 10 or 12 plays - nothing but stuff I could be critical of or just not present in the play.

I'm sure after 1:25 it gets better. It has to :)
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Wil Johnson doesn't block much better. Nix could be the lead FB and Vitale a H-Back.
 
tapeANaspirin2it said:
This guy had an amazing combine. He played at Northwestern. He is essentially a Fullback. He lines up in the backfield and will lead block at times but he also motions out. Many times he lines up as a slot WR, which is why Northwestern designates his position as Superback.

Here's his combine numbers
6 ft 239 lbs, 9 3/4 hands
40 - 4.60
20 yard shuttle 4.12 - fastest time of any RB
30 reps on the bench - best of RBs
38.5 vertical - 3rd best of RBs
10'3" broad jump -

That gives him a KEI of 78.8 - anything over 70 is considered a special explosive athlete

This guy would make a great late round pick.

He is a very good receiver out of the backfield who can actually run WR routes. He'd be very useful blocking out wide on the bubbles screens. He is not afraid of contact and would likely make a great special teamer.

Here's a film

<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ClrvHIUcpPU" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe>
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He still didn't out bench Heath Evans, who has been retired for five years. He did 37 reps.
 
POP said:
He still didn't out bench Heath Evans, who has been retired for five years. He did 37 reps.
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nobody cares try to talk about something other than things related to the pats


try
 
slashsteel said:
nobody cares try to talk about something other than things related to the pats


try
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Or **** stuff. But really you are not worthy of talking to him if you haven't benched a man's weight.
 
POP said:
He still didn't out bench Heath Evans, who has been retired for five years. He did 37 reps.
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Just curious,........WHAT round will Heath Evens be drafted in ?????????





Salute the nation
 
I just watched a few minutes of his tape and he was whiffing on every block...dropped a pass....not very impressed. However, I guess I should watch the whole game.
 
Watched up to a couple minutes and turned it off.....absolutely nothing special and whiffed on multiple blocks.
 
a FB sized guy running WR routes, not just RB routes but real downfield WR routes is special. Pretty much all college player suck at blocking now, even the OL. College coaches stopped teaching fundamentals and instead focus on ways to trick opponents. That's how you get ESPN to call you a genius and then you get a better job.

The main thing to look at is willingness to block for WR, TE and RB. If the guy is willing then he can be taught. It's the willingness that can't be taught.

Vitale is willing, and once again, lead blocking is not why a team would draft Vitale.
 
slashsteel said:
Well one fullback is a free agent, if he can run well enough why not...
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Why not? Because this guy is merely another Tim Tebow, nothing more. Tebow = FAIL, except in the play offs vs. a Tomlin/LeBeau-coached team.
 
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