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Mike Lombardi was on Sirius NFL Radio and spent much of the first part of his segment on Chandler Jones. Here are some of the highlights:
- He told Pat Kirwin (one of the hosts) before the draft that he felt Jones should be a top 10 pick because he is the best DE in the draft.
- One of the thing he loves about Jones is his arm length. He said it is one of the more underrated things in evaluating players. He said he talked to Brady after the Super Bowl and Brady said one of the toughest things he faced was the fact the Giants could get their arms up so high it was tough to get balls past the line of scrimmage. Said there are no extra points for batting down the ball ten yards down the field than batting it down at the line.
- Lombardi sees a lot of Willie McGinest in Jones. Expects him to play all over the place.
- For DEs in general, he thinks teams who dismissed DEs who they think can only rush the passer are stupid because in this pass happy NFL that is such a bigger part of their duties.
- He told Pat Kirwin (one of the hosts) before the draft that he felt Jones should be a top 10 pick because he is the best DE in the draft.
- One of the thing he loves about Jones is his arm length. He said it is one of the more underrated things in evaluating players. He said he talked to Brady after the Super Bowl and Brady said one of the toughest things he faced was the fact the Giants could get their arms up so high it was tough to get balls past the line of scrimmage. Said there are no extra points for batting down the ball ten yards down the field than batting it down at the line.
- Lombardi sees a lot of Willie McGinest in Jones. Expects him to play all over the place.
- For DEs in general, he thinks teams who dismissed DEs who they think can only rush the passer are stupid because in this pass happy NFL that is such a bigger part of their duties.
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