Breaking Down Cole Kmet

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Cole Kmet [Georgia]

1: Play Action, Good Chip on DE, Catch Broken Tackle 7 yard gain [4 YAC]
2: Reverse, no work
3: Shallow Drag, Catch 11 yards, broken tackle [8 YAC]
4: Play Action Drag, Catch 16 yards, blows safeties angle [11 YAC]
5: Pass Block Help, Good Base and Punch
6: Run Block Space, Bad Angle
7: Pass, not targeted

8: Run Block, Poor Angle
9: Pass, Seam Route
10: Screen, good positioning and block
11. Blown play

12. Run Block, Kicks DE outside and opens hole
13. Out route, physical at top of route
14. Run Block, doesn't get the edge
15. Pass Block, solid base and punch doesn't finish
16. Pass, clear out route
17. False Start
18. Pass, out route, good feet at the top of the route
19. Block in space, poor
20. Pass, Out Route
21. Pass, Not Targeted
22. No play TO
23. Run Block, Good pull and seal
24. Screen, Good Block
25. TD Catch, Nice Concentration
 

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26. Pass not targeted
27. Pass, nice acceleration, absorbs hit, 20 yards
28. Pass, Out Route, Bad throw, 2 yards
29. Pass, Out Route, Not Targeted
30. Screen, Good Block
31. Throw Away
32. Pass, Not Targeted

33. Run, Good Pull and Block, Pancake
34. Pass, Out Route, Nice Break, Not Targeted
35. Pass, Not Targeted, INT

36. Play Action
37. Pass, Out Route, Bad Throw
38. Screen Block

39. Run, Lead Block, Good Pop
40. Run, Good job on the LB
41. False Start
42. Pass, Not Targeted

43. Weird play
44. Pass, Clear Out Route
45. Run, Solid Backside Cut Off
46. Pass Block, Good Punch and Slide
47. Pass Block, Good Positioning

48. Play Action Blocking
49. Pass, Out Route, Catch 8 yards [3 YAC]
50. Pass, Cut Block
51. Pass, Drag Route, Not Targeted
52. Pass Block
53. Pass, Out Route, Dropped
54. Pass, Out Route, Not Targeted
55. Pass, Seam Route, Catch 31 yards [8 YAC]
56. Pass, Not Targeted
57. Not on field
58. Not on field
59. Pass, Not Targeted

60. Pass, Seam Route, Not Targeted
61. Pass, Seam Route, Not Targeted
62. Pass, Seam Route, Not Targeted
63. Screen, Good Positioning
64. Pass, Drag Route, Not Targeted
65. Chip and Release, Not Targeted
 

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Didn't you talk yourself into loving Shaheen a few days after the pick? Now you just said yesterday that Shaheen never had upside and now you are using tape of Kmet against college players to hype yourself into loving him?

This is just friendly advice so you can take it or tell me to go to hell; either is fine, but how about loving or hating a pick based on what they do or don't do in the NFL? I can't really imagine reacting any other way to a draft and I personally love it. Works well for me.
 

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He is already the best TE on the roster. Didn't take much, doesn't mean he will be the starting TE or considered the number 1 guy.
 

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i think at the very worst he'll be at least Dez Clark (who I think was a good underrated TE), but I think he'll be better, clearly just an opinion but we'll see
I expect him to be better on routes but ya.
 

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There should definitely be reason for optimism with Kmet. I like others did not want a TE, but he really was the top TE prospect.
 

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Didn't you talk yourself into loving Shaheen a few days after the pick? Now you just said yesterday that Shaheen never had upside and now you are using tape of Kmet against college players to hype yourself into loving him?

This is just friendly advice so you can take it or tell me to go to hell; either is fine, but how about loving or hating a pick based on what they do or don't do in the NFL? I can't really imagine reacting any other way to a draft and I personally love it. Works well for me.
i don't know what the coaches saw of shaheen in practice to make him a healthy scratch I only know the only really bad play I saw of him was that horrendous non first down in the philly playoff game, he was just hurt constantly. But I can't remember him dropping a pass in a game or anything
 

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Cole Kmet breakdown? First Burton, then Roquan, now Kmet?




Oh, not that kinda breakdown. NVM
 

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This was his 1st game after a late summer broken collarbone and missing the 1st 2 games. He blocked appropriately last year but should become a stronger one with an off season of upper body work to regain and/or improve his strength. It's odd that I never see his injury mentioned on break downs or from posters that aren't enamored b his blocking. I saw a guy that was willing and fulfilled his assignments appropriately. I think he got a bit more aggressive with it later in the year.
 

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Cole Kmet breakdown? First Burton, then Roquan, now Kmet?




Oh, not that kinda breakdown. NVM
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i don't know what the coaches saw of shaheen in practice to make him a healthy scratch I only know the only really bad play I saw of him was that horrendous non first down in the philly playoff game, he was just hurt constantly. But I can't remember him dropping a pass in a game or anything

That seems to be replying to a completely different post than mine. Windy - along with a ton of others - talked themselves into liking the Shaheen pick based on the fact that few knew who he was or ever saw him play. My entire point is to say it is irrational to give a thumbs up or thumbs down on a pick until they produce or fail to produce.

Shaheen by the way has failed to produce. The reason to me is irrelevant.
 

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Thanks Windy!

Since you went through the whole game, what is your overall view of his Blocking?
 

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i don't know what the coaches saw of shaheen in practice to make him a healthy scratch I only know the only really bad play I saw of him was that horrendous non first down in the philly playoff game, he was just hurt constantly. But I can't remember him dropping a pass in a game or anything
One thing that I noticed from Shaheen is that he never really got the running skills that help you work through first contact. He didnt consistently pick his feet up, he leaned into his run so he falls forward (and while that is situationally good, it robs you of your balance to fight through tackles), and he didnt explode into contact. Shaheen didnt have bad hands, he just played soft, and he runs like a baby giraffe. He was physically large but didnt play like on of the big boys.

The opposite is true for Kmet - he runs like a truck, and has good movement skills. He still has work to do in the pros, but this guy is a clear prospect that looks and plays like a mean monster in the middle.
 

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i think at the very worst he'll be at least Dez Clark (who I think was a good underrated TE), but I think he'll be better, clearly just an opinion but we'll see
lol... I was just thinking the same thing the other day.
 

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One thing that I noticed from Shaheen is that he never really got the running skills that help you work through first contact. He didnt consistently pick his feet up, he leaned into his run so he falls forward (and while that is situationally good, it robs you of your balance to fight through tackles), and he didnt explode into contact.
Ya, he fixed that in the playoff game and tried to hurdle a CB. Unfortunately he's been like an accident waiting to happen. Wasn't it also Shaheen's leg that Howard tripped on when he had all that open field in front of him?
 

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That seems to be replying to a completely different post than mine. Windy - along with a ton of others - talked themselves into liking the Shaheen pick based on the fact that few knew who he was or ever saw him play. My entire point is to say it is irrational to give a thumbs up or thumbs down on a pick until they produce or fail to produce.

Shaheen by the way has failed to produce. The reason to me is irrelevant.

Is someone giving a thumbs up or thumbs down?

I must have missed that in the OP.

You may be right about Shaheen, we talked ourselves into it because we knew nothing and could not find anything on him. This time I am going to do a thorough breakdown.
 
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