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<blockquote data-quote="Wood Chipper" data-source="post: 497417" data-attributes="member: 2906"><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Our first pick in the 2013 draft.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I will update with more stuff of him as I find it.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Scouts analysis - ranked #24 overall</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #505050"><span style="font-size: 11px">What he brings:</span></span></span></strong><span style="color: #505050"> Jones blew up at the Senior Bowl and has risen quickly since then. He is a little light, but he plays with leverage and has very active hands. He can win with first-step quickness in the run game and disrupt in the backfield, but Jones must play with better pad level as a pass-rusher. However, he flashes the quickness to win inside and outside as a pass-rusher. </span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #505050"><span style="font-size: 11px">How he fits:</span></span></span></strong><span style="color: #505050">The Packers really need physical defense ends in this base 3-4 front to set the edge against the run. It seems as if they are playing more nickel and dime schemes with four-man fronts. That requires a player with versatility. Jones is a natural fit at defensive end in the 3-4 and would probably move inside in the four-man front as that one-gap penetrator that they really like. With defensive linemen Ryan Pickett and B.J. Raji in the last year of their contracts, and inconsistency and injury concerns behind them, this unit needs that depth and versatility that Jones brings.4</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 11px"><span style="color: #505050"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Height-Weight-Speed</strong></span></span></span></span> <span style="color: #505050"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">3</span></strong></span></span></span> <span style="color: #505050"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Adequate height and good bulk for a versatile DE. Has a strong, muscular build. Ran a fast 10-yard split (1.56) but below average 40-yard dash (4.80) at the combine. Has good-sized hands (10') but shorter-than-ideal arms (32.6).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 11px"><span style="color: #505050"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Durability</strong></span></span></span></span> <span style="color: #505050"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">3</span></strong></span></span></span> <span style="color: #505050"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Took a medical redshirt year in 2010 due to a broken right foot injury suffered in summer camp. Had surgery to insert a screw that now holds together his fifth metatarsal. Returned in 2011 and started all 28 games during last two seasons at UCLA.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 11px"><span style="color: #505050"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Intangibles</strong></span></span></span></span> <span style="color: #505050"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">1</span></strong></span></span></span> <span style="color: #505050"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 11px"><span style="color: #505050"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">High marks in regards to football character and work ethic. No significant off the field issues to our knowledge. Has a good working knowledge of NFL teams and their schemes. Shows great passion for the game. Gives great effort in the weight room and studying tape. Parents are Shondra Hall and Anthony Jones. Has four sisters and one brother. Grew up in Compton, CA.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 11px"><span style="color: #505050"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Pass Rush Skills</strong></span></span></span></span> <span style="color: #505050"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">2</span></strong></span></span></span> <span style="color: #505050"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Good snap anticipation and initial quickness. Shows ability to consistently penetrate as an inside pass rusher. Also very effective speed-to-power moves as an outside rusher. Relentless in pursuit. Shows good closing burst and explodes through the quarterback when he has a clean shot. Only average lateral agility and athletic ability for LDE. Has a little bit of tightness in torso when bending the edge. Can struggle to be effective when reached. Has quick hands and flashes some violence, but has shorter arms and will struggle to get off of blocks if he doesn't win with initial move.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 11px"><span style="color: #505050"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Versus the run</strong></span></span></span></span> <span style="color: #505050"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">3</span></strong></span></span></span> <span style="color: #505050"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Has a thick trunk. Can set the edge. Quick first step. Quick and violent hands. Does a very good job of locating the ball, disengaging and pursuing. Will make a lot of plays when working down the line and pursuing from behind. Strong upper body (29 reps on bench). However, anchoring versus the run is not his strength when playing inside (as a five-technique in 3-4 scheme).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 11px"><span style="color: #505050"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Versatility</strong></span></span></span></span> <span style="color: #505050"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">2</span></strong></span></span></span> <span style="color: #505050"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Played 5-technique and shade NT in UCLA's three-man front in 2012. Needs to be used properly because he does have some tweener traits. Most effective rushing the QB from the inside but can provide pressure from the edge, as well. As a run defender, his best fit is LDE in 4-3 scheme. Would need to add bulk to frame in order to play three-technique in the NFL and don't think he fits very well as a two-gapping five-technique, so would only fit as a 3-4 DE if scheme calls for one-gapping five-technique.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 11px"><span style="color: #505050"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Instincts/Motor</strong></span></span></span></span> <span style="color: #505050"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">2</span></strong></span></span></span> <span style="color: #505050"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Above average motor. Chases plays all over the field. Rarely 'dogs' it. But see too many times on tape where he elects to become a shot blocker when OL get in position and lock out. Shows good overall toughness.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p>[media=youtube]4cNm_smdxeU[/media]</p><p>[media=youtube]Xsb5fGAdsK8[/media]</p><p>[media=youtube]0k4fz20_YJU[/media]</p><p>[media=youtube]O8IB-0TktD8[/media]</p><p>[media=youtube]fX_TC2CQx4g[/media]</p><p>[media=youtube]1MFwjRvzvFI[/media]</p><p>[media=youtube]SU2jxeK3TBg[/media]</p><p>[media=youtube]JOic2NiRkj0[/media]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wood Chipper, post: 497417, member: 2906"] [FONT=arial][SIZE=3]Our first pick in the 2013 draft.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=arial][SIZE=3]I will update with more stuff of him as I find it.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=arial][SIZE=3]Scouts analysis - ranked #24 overall[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=arial][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#505050][SIZE=11px]What he brings:[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/B][COLOR=#505050] Jones blew up at the Senior Bowl and has risen quickly since then. He is a little light, but he plays with leverage and has very active hands. He can win with first-step quickness in the run game and disrupt in the backfield, but Jones must play with better pad level as a pass-rusher. However, he flashes the quickness to win inside and outside as a pass-rusher. [/COLOR][B][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#505050][SIZE=11px]How he fits:[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/B][COLOR=#505050]The Packers really need physical defense ends in this base 3-4 front to set the edge against the run. It seems as if they are playing more nickel and dime schemes with four-man fronts. That requires a player with versatility. Jones is a natural fit at defensive end in the 3-4 and would probably move inside in the four-man front as that one-gap penetrator that they really like. With defensive linemen Ryan Pickett and B.J. Raji in the last year of their contracts, and inconsistency and injury concerns behind them, this unit needs that depth and versatility that Jones brings.4[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=helvetica][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=11px][COLOR=#505050][FONT=Verdana][FONT=arial][SIZE=3][B]Height-Weight-Speed[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#505050][FONT=Verdana][FONT=arial][B][SIZE=3]3[/SIZE][/B][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#505050][FONT=Verdana][FONT=arial][SIZE=3]Adequate height and good bulk for a versatile DE. Has a strong, muscular build. Ran a fast 10-yard split (1.56) but below average 40-yard dash (4.80) at the combine. Has good-sized hands (10') but shorter-than-ideal arms (32.6).[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#505050][FONT=Verdana][FONT=arial][SIZE=3][B]Durability[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#505050][FONT=Verdana][FONT=arial][B][SIZE=3]3[/SIZE][/B][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#505050][FONT=Verdana][FONT=arial][SIZE=3]Took a medical redshirt year in 2010 due to a broken right foot injury suffered in summer camp. Had surgery to insert a screw that now holds together his fifth metatarsal. Returned in 2011 and started all 28 games during last two seasons at UCLA.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#505050][FONT=Verdana][FONT=arial][SIZE=3][B]Intangibles[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#505050][FONT=Verdana][FONT=arial][B][SIZE=3]1[/SIZE][/B][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#505050][FONT=Verdana] [FONT=arial][SIZE=3]High marks in regards to football character and work ethic. No significant off the field issues to our knowledge. Has a good working knowledge of NFL teams and their schemes. Shows great passion for the game. Gives great effort in the weight room and studying tape. Parents are Shondra Hall and Anthony Jones. Has four sisters and one brother. Grew up in Compton, CA.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=helvetica][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=11px][COLOR=#505050][FONT=Verdana][FONT=arial][SIZE=3][B]Pass Rush Skills[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#505050][FONT=Verdana][FONT=arial][B][SIZE=3]2[/SIZE][/B][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#505050][FONT=Verdana][FONT=arial][SIZE=3]Good snap anticipation and initial quickness. Shows ability to consistently penetrate as an inside pass rusher. Also very effective speed-to-power moves as an outside rusher. Relentless in pursuit. Shows good closing burst and explodes through the quarterback when he has a clean shot. Only average lateral agility and athletic ability for LDE. Has a little bit of tightness in torso when bending the edge. Can struggle to be effective when reached. Has quick hands and flashes some violence, but has shorter arms and will struggle to get off of blocks if he doesn't win with initial move.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#505050][FONT=Verdana][FONT=arial][SIZE=3][B]Versus the run[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#505050][FONT=Verdana][FONT=arial][B][SIZE=3]3[/SIZE][/B][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#505050][FONT=Verdana][FONT=arial][SIZE=3]Has a thick trunk. Can set the edge. Quick first step. Quick and violent hands. Does a very good job of locating the ball, disengaging and pursuing. Will make a lot of plays when working down the line and pursuing from behind. Strong upper body (29 reps on bench). However, anchoring versus the run is not his strength when playing inside (as a five-technique in 3-4 scheme).[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#505050][FONT=Verdana][FONT=arial][SIZE=3][B]Versatility[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#505050][FONT=Verdana][FONT=arial][B][SIZE=3]2[/SIZE][/B][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#505050][FONT=Verdana][FONT=arial][SIZE=3]Played 5-technique and shade NT in UCLA's three-man front in 2012. Needs to be used properly because he does have some tweener traits. Most effective rushing the QB from the inside but can provide pressure from the edge, as well. As a run defender, his best fit is LDE in 4-3 scheme. Would need to add bulk to frame in order to play three-technique in the NFL and don't think he fits very well as a two-gapping five-technique, so would only fit as a 3-4 DE if scheme calls for one-gapping five-technique.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#505050][FONT=Verdana][FONT=arial][SIZE=3][B]Instincts/Motor[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#505050][FONT=Verdana][FONT=arial][B][SIZE=3]2[/SIZE][/B][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#505050][FONT=Verdana][FONT=arial][SIZE=3]Above average motor. Chases plays all over the field. Rarely 'dogs' it. But see too many times on tape where he elects to become a shot blocker when OL get in position and lock out. Shows good overall toughness.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] [media=youtube]4cNm_smdxeU[/media] [media=youtube]Xsb5fGAdsK8[/media] [media=youtube]0k4fz20_YJU[/media] [media=youtube]O8IB-0TktD8[/media] [media=youtube]fX_TC2CQx4g[/media] [media=youtube]1MFwjRvzvFI[/media] [media=youtube]SU2jxeK3TBg[/media] [media=youtube]JOic2NiRkj0[/media] [/QUOTE]
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