Mike Mayock Quotes (18 Quotes)

I have a ton of respect for Mel. The viewer can watch both and choose. I don't feel any kind of competition individually whatsoever.

For such an unorthodox push delivery, he delivered it real well today, highly accurate. He had a little more juice on the ball and a better touch on the deep balls than I expected.

To me, there are three franchise quarterbacks in this draft, and the Dolphins won't be in position to draft any of them unless they trade up. I think all three of them will be gone in the top 10 picks, maybe the top five.

Teams want more speed at all 11 spots and the emphasis is getting to the quarterback. If you have that skill, you're going higher in the draft than ever before.

Now is the time, or next year is the time, depending on whether or not a kid catches their eye. They have to start to groom somebody for a couple years down the road, I agree.

Sitting at No. 1, you think what football player is going to help us be the best team we can be, and we can't worry about what Tennessee does. If we happen to take the guy they want, and it's the guy we want, that's even better. But we can't worry about it.

I really believe that Ernie Sims is the most explosive, through-the-hips athlete in this draft.

I think you start with winning. Pete has brought that magic back to Troy. They're recruiting nationally, and not a lot of programs can do that successfully.

I think he'll be there at 12. A few weeks ago I wouldn't have said that. But there's been some question on whether he can push the pocket as a pass rusher. There's also a question about his ability to play at a high level every down.

If his shoulder checks out, which I think it will, he's intriguing in the second or third round. I think he's got a lot of upside, and if you believe in your coaching staff and your ability to get this kid on the right path, he's a really talented kid.

I thought that visual summed up what kind of kid he is. Here is a guy who was handed everything and he continues to throw it away.

If he had perfect character, he would probably be a late first-day type of prospect. Given where he is today, he's probably a sixth- or seventh-round pick at best, and maybe even a priority free agent.

My pet peeve with the combine is that, with the perception of the dollars that can be made there, all the kids are training specifically for the drills that are run at the combine, as opposed to training to become better football players. They're not necessarily the same thing.

I think it's time to start thinking about that, I agree.

I'm a big believer that if you can get a tight end that can stretch a defense vertically and give you some blocking on top of it, you can change your whole offense. That's why I think San Francisco is going to take him at six because they have average wide receivers, he can help with a young quarterback, and he can be a difference-maker.

He's more a manage-the-game kind quarterback -- make decisions, don't lose games. And he's got a big injury history.

He's not as good an athlete as his older brother. He's not as dangerous a runner as his older brother. He's got a better innate feel for the passing game than his brother did at this time of his career.

I think the best-case scenario is late first round. But I'm not sure that's happening.