1 week out from Training Camp, which longshot makes the team?

I think Henne has to show something in camp or else he's out. We drafted a highly touted pure passer in Pat White as insurance in case he doesn't show it and quite frankly I think Henne is on thin ice.

 

??? help me out w/ this one. don't get it. ???

 

whether he does or not, i hope taurus johnson makes the team. hes got an amazing work ethic and leaves it all on the field every play.

 

Oh absolutely he pushes out Dotson, based on what I've seen on tape.

And about Ikaika, first off the fact that he was the best DL on the Lions' line during their 0-16 year doesn't exactly speak highly of him like you'd think. Secondly, the fact they rated him better than Cliff Avril is just another data point in my "why I never trust PFF's ratings" table. But actually, now that I look...they have Corey Smith and Langston Moore rated higher.

One big adjustment that PFF needs is some sort of efficiency adjustment. For instance, guys that have 1000 snaps are more likely to be rated in the low or high double-digits. Guys with lower snap counts are going to have lower numbers. This fits with what I've heard about their summing process to come up with the (misguided) ratings. That's a problem, it really is. Because people like (insert media name here) just go through a list of 75 defensive tackles or something and find one guy with a -0.7 rating and talk about how he's the #23 ranked DT compared with some guy who played a whole lot more than him who is #57 or whatever with a -3.7 rating.

 

I hated to see Jones go, but he was never going get a chance to start up against Allen, Davis and Smith. Carroll was considered a preseason top tier CB and broke his leg in his first game. Any evaluations are based on his junior year. IMHO he was our steal of the draft.