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GTripp0012 · 02-26-2013, 09:53 AM

Te'o is an excellent football player, but the market for run-first middle linebackers is similar to the market for quarterbacks: every team only needs one, and the success of your MLB is very much a function of the talent around him. The MLB is hardly ever isolated in the scheme, much like the quarterback.

The fact is there were only about 8 or 9 teams that were ever going to be in the market for Te'o, and a fall to the second round was always a possibility. The Patriots got Brandon Spikes with the last pick in the second round, and Spikes essentially was a poor man's Te'o.

I'm still not sure he'll get past the Giants though.

02-26-2013, 09:53 AM	#471
GTripp0012 Living Legend Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Evanston, IL Age: 38 Posts: 15,994	Re: 2013 NFL Draft Prospects Te'o is an excellent football player, but the market for run-first middle linebackers is similar to the market for quarterbacks: every team only needs one, and the success of your MLB is very much a function of the talent around him. The MLB is hardly ever isolated in the scheme, much like the quarterback. The fact is there were only about 8 or 9 teams that were ever going to be in the market for Te'o, and a fall to the second round was always a possibility. The Patriots got Brandon Spikes with the last pick in the second round, and Spikes essentially was a poor man's Te'o. I'm still not sure he'll get past the Giants though. __________________ according to a source with knowledge of the situation.