Jets GM Joe Douglas and HC Robert Saleh Laud Analytics Team; ESPN’s Mel Kiper Bullish on Three-Position Groups
Quinnen Williams' Introduction to Leadership 101 course was led by an unlikely superstar: Kobe Bryant.
The Jets' defensive lineman and Bryant -- who died during a helicopter crash last year with eight people, including his daughter -- hit it off when Williams trained at Bryant's Mamba Sports Academy (since renamed) in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
"Kobe helped me out tons," Williams said last week on the "Good Morning America" show on the NFL Network. "I trained at Mamba Sports Academy, and he wont to are available there every single morning at 4:30 a.m... He said 'Q, meet me here at 4:30.' and that I wont to go up there and meet him at 4:30, but he'd be getting through with his workout at 4:30, and in my head, I'm like 'Bro, such as you told me to return up, so we could talk at 4:30 and you're getting through with your workout, so what time you had to urge here to figure out?'
"To see him awaken at 3:30 within the morning to figure out then want to take a seat there and have a conversation with me at 4:30, it's like nobody's doing this. Do you see what I'm saying? it had been only one of the most important things that I take that he gave me through life on the sector and off the sector ."
As Williams, 23, prepares for his third campaign within the NFL, he can reminisce on a breakout season in 2020. The defensive tackle out of Alabama recorded 55 total tackles, 10 for loss, 7 sacks, 14 quarterback hits, 3 pass defenses, and a couple of forced fumbles in 13 games. He missed the ultimate three games of the regular season due to a neck injury but is going to be a crucial player under new Head Coach Robert Saleh and defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich.
He has embraced a pacesetter ship role and said that Bryant helped him to understand what it takes to be a leader.
"The No. 1 thing he told me: Nobody's getting to follow someone who's not doing their job," Williams said. "And that was the most thing that cursed with me. you bought to the line in stone that you are a dominant player first. you bought to travel in there and take over and confirm everybody knows like whenever Q says something or whenever this person says something, they go to automatically follow because they see you doing the proper thing, they see you doing everything first. … I desire that was the No. 1 thing he taught me a few leaders is, like, you bought to dominate first to become a pacesetter because nobody goes to follow nobody who's just out there talking."
Draft: Strengths and Weaknesses
Mel Kiper is bullish on three position groups, bearish on a fourth, as we inch closer to the NFL Draft at the top of April in Cleveland.
"The position groups of strength are at wide receiver, offensive line, and cornerback," he writes. "There might be three receivers within the top 10 picks, and it's deep throughout. there'll be Day 2 picks who make an impression as rookies. As far because the offensive line, this is often one of the simplest classes for tackles within the last decade. There might be four or five picked in Round 1. it is a talented and loaded crop of corners, too -- I expect a bunch of starters to travel within the second round.
"The biggest weakness is that the lack of pure, 4-3 hand-in-the-dirt defensive ends. there is no Myles Garrett or Joey Bosa at the highest of the category, and even guys like Gregory Rousseau (quick-twitch ability) and Kwity Paye (production) have major flaws. Of course, teams always covet edge rushers, so we're likely getting to see a couple of prospects get an overdraft."
The Jets -- who have five picks within the first three rounds, three of the highest 34, two each in Round 1 and Round 3 – might be curious about players among all four position groups.
Using Analytics as a part of the Personnel Puzzle
The Jets decide to use all the tools leading up to representation and therefore the NFL Draft -- and one among those tools is analytics.
During last week's news conference, GM Joe Douglas and HC Robert Saleh spoke, among other topics, about the Jets' use of analytics and the way the info measures up against in-person scouting.
"I love having the analytics involved in our meetings," Douglas said. "Brian Shields, Jason Feldman, Zach Stuart, the three guys near our analytics team, they do doing an awesome job of gathering capacity of great information and just outstanding nuggets and presenting them. once we re-evaluate every player, whether it's representation or draft, they need some input and a little great information. For me, albeit I used to be raised in additional of a scouting, eye-test background, there's real value in having this objective data in terms of helping us evaluate."
Saleh added: "You view the tape and thou check out the data and every one the analytical data that are confe
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