Who in the scouting/draft reporting industry do you hold in highest regard?

[Midswat]

I'm hoping most of you are not like me, in that you read scouting report after scouting report, opinion after opinion, mock after mock... to the point where it all just becomes a jumbled mess of info in your head and you have no recollection of who said what about what player.

With the draft being such a big business, there's sooooo many draft "guru's" out there.

And opinions can vary sooo very much. Rob Rang tweets to Glorydaysrback that Poe is absolutely NOT a nose tackle. But Walterfootball.com (a semi-respectable site) has Poe as the #1 ranked NT.

:confused

If you've paid attention or kept score over the years, who's opinions have you found to be the most credible.

I know no one bats a thousand, and that the draft is very hit or miss. Just wondering who you guys pay the most attention to.

 

[cmd34]

Matt Miller, Shane Hallam, I tend to like Mayock more out of the bigtime guys.

Bob Sacamano.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Rob Rang. Scott Wright (who is pretty accurate with his player rankings). To some degree Mel Kiper. Bob Sturm. lol Wes Bunting.

Then I like to watch players myself and compare my notes with what those guys are saying. For your Poe example, I tend to agree with Rob Rang's analysis that Poe is not a NT. He shows almost no anchoring ability. If he's going to be a NT, he's going to need to go to a Wade Phillips, 1-gap, 3-4. Problem is if he kicks out to DE, he has relatively short arms which might hinder him there.

All in all, I'm not thrilled with Poe. I think he's going to be very hit or miss.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Matt Miller, Shane Hallam, I tend to like Mayock more out of the bigtime guys.

Bob Sacamano.

Mayock when it comes to DBs.

 

[dbair1967]

They are all hit and miss.

Nobody is perfect at any of this, even the guys who are paid by actual NFL teams miss on guys every year.

 

[Iamtdg]

If I had to choose just one that seems to be the most consistent it would be Mayock.

 

[dbair1967]

If I had to choose just one that seems to be the most consistent it would be Mayock.

Agree

 

[junk]

I like Mayock. I think NFL Draft Scout does a pretty good overall job.

Even though there is a real they aren't doing it anymore, I do like to listen to what former NFL personnel people have to say. Guys like Casserly, Kirwan, Brandt, Broaddus, etc. Although they might not have been great at it, they did actually do it and have some idea of what people in the league look for.

I'm far too lazy, but I always thought it'd be interesting to pull someone like NFLDS's final ratings the night before the draft and then compare them against the actual outcome.