2006 Post Draft Signings - Ray Henderson - ILB - extensive profile

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

Sure would be nice if one of these linebackers turns out to be the next Monte Coleman.

That Guy, I've been meaning to ask you -- I'm curious about the two linebackers drafted right before Rocky -- D'Quell and somebody else (can't think of the name), was there anything big that separated them talent wise from McIntosh?

i think you're talking about thomas howard. They're very different players... D'qwell is undersized and slower, with less pops on hits, but has better field awareness and understanding right now (polish).

howard is faster than mcintosh, but has less awareness, and phones it in sometimes.

the three aren't that far apart in talent, but one is polished (D'Qwell) and one is potential (howard), so they'd rate different depending on what a team is looking for (raiders would rate howard the highest, steelers might rate D'Qwell the highest). McIntosh is somewhere in the middle. He doesn't have size/speed or motivation issues though.