Chandler Jones: Snooze on the 'Cuse and You Lose
Chandler Jones vs West Virginia (via MetaDraft)
6-5, 265In just 7 games with Syracuse this year he had 4.5 sacks, 7.5 TFL, 38 tackles, 2 FF, and 1 INT.
Chandler has great pedigree (brother Arthur is a DT with the Ravens, and other brother Jon is the Light-Heavyweight Champ in the UFC). Dude has sick length and athleticism, and he runs with a high motor. All that length makes him very tough to handle because it gives him a lot of leverage. He's very raw, but he knows how to use his length to his advantage. Once he improves his hand technique he's going to be a beast. He probably isn't quite athletic enough to play OLB in a 34, but he's a tremendous 43 DE prospect. And if we're considering making that formation more of our base defensive set (Karl Dunbar's hiring may just signal such), then he would be a damn fine addition.
What I like about Jones is his length (obviously). It gives him a very simple, very bankable advantage on every single snap. It doesn't take much for him to gain leverage and win a match-up. Not only can he joust OLs away from his frame, but just the slightest mis-step by an offensive lineman gives him the leverage to push his way to the QB. And his height allows him to severely disrupt passing lanes when he can't get a hand on the quarterback.
Jones is definitely not a first round prospect, as he's at least a year away from making any sort of meaningful contribution. Give him a little time and I think he's got the length, athleticism and want-to to become a demon of a DE.
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What round is he projected for?
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this is somewhat true
but is he at the moment being looked at as a mid-round pick, late rounder, UDFA? that does tend to mean something……
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Not really. Pay attention to the draft this year. Pick out some guys you like and follow where they go. The projections are often not just off, they’re way off. And there will be guys that you like that you think should go higher than projected, but don’t, but then go on to outperform the guys that went before them by a wide margin.
The projections don’t mean much at all in the end.
thats true
but lets hear from you would you be looking at jones for us as an early to md rounder or later on?
metsjetsknicksrangers.............can it get any worse?
Um dude i don't know if this guy is a first rounder or a maybe get into the 6th round.
I don’t follow college football, i really just know 1st rounders and a few 2nd rounders.
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If we can get him in 4-5th I say why the hell not.
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Maybe its just my eyes playing tricks but
It looks like he is the last guy on the line to jump on most snaps.
nah
i think your right, it does seem that he’s the last guy
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if we can get him with a late round pick, i’d take him, but only 5th or higher. we need to draft guys who are more ready now.
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i only watched the vid from the 1st half of the gm and by my count he got off late at least 5 times (though 1 of those plays he got a sack)
my theory is that frankly he’s too long (if possible) to play w/ his hand on the ground and he had some trouble getting out of his stance. i’m wondering if anybody else feels this way? i wonder how he’d play standing up as an OLB i was fairly mpressed with his physicality
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impressive that he made all big east 1st team
despite playing in only 7 games. that should say something
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for what it's worth
here are mayock’s rankings at DE. he has jones pretty high
1. Quinton Coples, North Carolina
2. Melvin Ingram, South Carolina
3. Whitney Mercilus, Illinois
4. Nick Perry, USC
5. (tie) Chandler Jones, Syracuse
Andre Branch, Clemson
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i don't think he would fit very well with us
he has vlad 2 written all over him with regards drafting a project so high in the draft . he looks a bit of a tweener to me ,for a 3-4 team . i’d like him to add 20lbs and play DE for us . with his height i don’t think that would be a problem .
he has some good parts to his game but overall the word i would use to describe him is RAW .
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i want jeffery in green at pick 16
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Syracuse Grad here
Watched every Orange game this year. The guy is an animal when healthy. Very raw talent though that needs to be coached.
I would take a look at him for sure.
by BringBackNamath on Jan 30, 2012 9:38 AM EST reply actions
Crack, you don't think this guy could play OLB do you?
Definitely doesn’t have the burst or speed in general.
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I don’t think that Dunbar’s hiring necessarily means that the team will play more 4-3 fronts. Even if they do, can the team really afford to take on any more projects or have a player that is limited in what he can do (play only in 4 man fronts)? Also, with his athleticism and seeming speed and the need teams have for pass rushers, he’d probably go much higher than he should, say perhaps the 2nd or 3rd round, and there’s no way the Jets should even consider him in one of those rounds. If he’s there in the 6th round, ok maybe, but I’d rather take a good P or perhaps the Hamilton kid if he’s there than Jones.
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