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...
brown good great guys national picked tells win
They're all pretty good players, but they aren't great players. That tells you Mack Brown is a pretty good coach, because they were able to win a national championship with just two guys who will be picked in the first round.
fame hall high percent picks
When you say 47 percent out of the first 10 picks made the Hall of Fame, that's a high percentage.
history left past pick safest tackle
If you want to go by past history say who is the safest guy, the safest pick is an established left tackle like this guy.
grade guy picked seldom
Usually they're in the ballpark. Seldom do you have a third-round grade and the guy is picked in the first, and seldom do you have a second-round grade and he's picked in the sixth.
mind people sure
I'm sure people have a place in mind for him. But I don't know what that is.
evaluation good mechanics player stadium surprised velocity wind
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.
everybody ice likes people
Everybody likes ice cream. People like different flavors.
afraid crushed ego
I'm afraid he's in for a crushed ego.
cardinals dave funniest protection understand
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.'
athlete best forerunner gets highly possibly prepared program workout
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.
huge millions
That's a huge difference. I mean, millions of dollars.
both good mother
They both have a truckload of players, and very good underclass players. The mother lode is at both places.
draft held late
This was in the late 1950s, and we held the draft in Philadelphia because that's where the commissioner, Bert Bell, had his office.
guys kinds playing
We just don't have the Butkuses, we don't have the Nitschkes. We don't have those kinds of guys playing linebacker anymore.