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...
change directions full good kick quick roy speed williams
The things that make a good punt returner or kick returner is if you have really quick acceleration and can change directions real well. (Lions receiver) Roy Williams is one of the fastest, and he's just like Roy. He's full speed in one step.
almost backs colleges coming ends good question recruiting running signs soon speed tight true
Colleges are recruiting tight ends and running backs to play linebacker because you need so much speed now at the position. There are some good ones that will soon be coming out of college. There are signs that it's coming around, but right now there's no question that the true linebacker, like Butkus and Nitschke, are almost extinct.
arm games last overall played seem swear three understand
When you look at the last three games he played at Michigan, you swear this is the No. 1 overall pick. He's got everything you need ? arm strength, mobility, he's bright. But for some reason, he doesn't seem to put it all together. I don't understand it.
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.
babies grow left
Mommas, let your babies grow up to be left tackles.
advanced athletic faster guy less risky system upside
McNair was less risky than Young probably, but I also think that Young has more upside than McNair. McNair was probably more advanced because of the system that they used (at Alcorn). Young is a little more athletic and probably a little faster than McNair was, and with Young you've got a guy that has unbelievable potential.
college disrespect
No disrespect to the college coaches, but we can do so many more things than they can do.
people surprise
Cedric Griffin, he's going to surprise some people in the draft,
left pass positions rushing tackle team three
But the three most important positions on a team are the quarterback, the left tackle and the pass rushing end.
hard looking
So hard to tell when you're looking at a player. You just don't know the competition.
convince days demand few golf happens harder instead invited missing players prior second start sudden work year
Maybe, but you have to be able to convince your players that it's harder to get back there the second time. What happens is, during the off-season, the players all of a sudden are in more demand than ever before. They're invited to more golf tournaments, they make more appearances and, all of a sudden, instead of doing all the work in the off-season program, they start missing a few days and they're not as into it the same way they were prior to the year when they got there.
bad balance best blame credit decisions everybody fights good guy happens maybe next side wants year
No one wants the blame for the bad decisions and everybody fights for the credit on the good decisions, ... When you need a consensus, what happens is maybe this year I side with you and the next year I side with another guy to balance things out. That's not making the best decision for the franchise.
Obviously, there had to be a better way to do it than that. So that's kind of how it started.