Gil Brandt
Gil Brandt
Gil Brandtis a former Vice President of player personnel for the Dallas Cowboys from 1960 to 1988. He is a graduate from the University of Wisconsin...
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They both have a truckload of players, and very good underclass players. The mother lode is at both places.
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What happens when you play both is that it makes opponents dilute their prep time, ... Before, they knew they'd be going up against a 4-3 or a 3-4 exclusively. Now they have to prepare to play against both.
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(Tom) Landry and I talked about it one time and he didn't know whether it was true either. I think it was a mystery because there's a great deal of pride between both Lamar and Clint.
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I'm sure people have a place in mind for him. But I don't know what that is.
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In my evaluation of the guy, I think he has really good mechanics and good velocity on the ball, which is a big thing when you play in a stadium that has a lot of wind like (the Jets) do. I think it was a good pick. I'd be really surprised if he doesn't end up being a pretty good player for them.
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Everybody likes ice cream. People like different flavors.
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I'm afraid he's in for a crushed ego.
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It was one of the funniest things I've ever seen, ... A linebacker for the Cardinals was hollering, 'Choke, Fritsch, choke!' and Dave Edwards, our upback on the protection team, said, 'He can't understand English.'
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Shaw was a forerunner of these workout programs. He's highly recommended by a lot of people. His program gets an athlete to do the best he can possibly do and to be prepared for the combine.
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That's a huge difference. I mean, millions of dollars.
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This was in the late 1950s, and we held the draft in Philadelphia because that's where the commissioner, Bert Bell, had his office.
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We just don't have the Butkuses, we don't have the Nitschkes. We don't have those kinds of guys playing linebacker anymore.
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Competitiveness is the most important aspect and that's sometimes hard to test. The only measurement you can use at all is something that's relevant to the position he plays. We spend a lot of time and money measuring things that have no relevance to what a player will do.
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There's nobody close to that Texas streak. And if not for one lost year there, Ohio State would have a perfect record, too.