{"id":747,"date":"2013-04-10T14:21:44","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T18:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigredsportsmachine.com\/?p=747"},"modified":"2013-04-11T20:59:26","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T00:59:26","slug":"2013-nfl-draft-risers-and-fallers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/?p=747","title":{"rendered":"2013 NFL Draft – Risers and Fallers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NFL<\/a>We’re almost two weeks away from the Draft.\u00a0 The Machine’s busy pouring over game tape and pro day results.\u00a0 Here’s our list of Top 5 Risers and Fallers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Top 5 Risers<\/b><\/p>\n

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  1. Dion Jordan, OLB, Oregon<\/b>.\u00a0 An afterthought on most draft boards a few months ago, Dion is now on everyone\u2019s radar, and a consensus Top 5 pick (The Machine has him at #2).\u00a0 Being called the best athlete in the draft will do that for you.<\/li>\n
  2. Tavon Austin, WR, West Virginia<\/b>.\u00a0 Comparisons to Percy Harvin and Desean Jackson have Tavon jockeying to be the first WR off the board.<\/li>\n
  3. Star Loutelelei, DT, Utah<\/b>.\u00a0 Even when those initial heart rumors surfaced, Star only dropped to the middle of the first round.\u00a0 Now that those concerns have been alleviated (somewhat) Star is creeping back up to the Top 10.\u00a0<\/li>\n
  4. Robert Woods, WR, USC<\/b>.\u00a0 Despite not having top end speed, Woods catches everything his way, arguably\u00a0a more important quality for a WR.\u00a0 He\u2019s a polished receiver that can run any route.\u00a0 Could he run his way into the first round?<\/li>\n
  5. Jamar Taylor, CB, Boise St<\/b>.\u00a0 Boise St. is starting to get some recognition on the other side of the ball.\u00a0 The combo of blazing speed (4.39) and strength (22 reps) have Jamar quickly climbing draft boards.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Honorable Mentions<\/strong>:\u00a0 Arthur Brown, Justin Hunter, D.J. Hayden, Datone Jones<\/p>\n

    Top 5 Fallers<\/b><\/p>\n

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    1. Damontre Moore, DE, Texas A&M<\/b>.\u00a0 Damontre is having a DaQuan Bowers like tumble (without the injury) and may be headed out of the first round.\u00a0 12 reps at the Combine does not bode well.<\/li>\n
    2. Eddie Lacy, RB, Alabama<\/b>.\u00a0 Not being able to fully workout at Bama\u2019s pro day hasn\u2019t done much to assuage concerns about durability.<\/li>\n
    3. Jarvis Jones, LB, Georgia<\/b>.\u00a0 Jarvis rolled the dice and opted not to work out at the Combine, putting everything on his pro day.\u00a0 The results:\u00a0 luke warm.\u00a0 Slow in the 40 (4.92) and character issues are not a good combination.<\/li>\n
    4. Mike Glennon, QB, NC State<\/b>.\u00a0 Mike has gotten lost in the discussion of \u201cquarterbacks after Geno\u201d and looks to have fallen down to Round 3.<\/li>\n
    5. Nickell Robey, CB, USC<\/b>.\u00a0 Whoever told Nickell to leave after his junior year should be ashamed (or fired).\u00a0 He was inconsistent all year, and uninspiring in workouts.\u00a0 The Machine has him falling to the middle rounds on Day 3.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Honorable Mentions<\/strong>:\u00a0 Kawaan Short, Tyrann Mathieu, Alex Okafor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      We’re almost two weeks away from the Draft.\u00a0 The Machine’s busy pouring over game tape and pro day results.\u00a0 Here’s our list of Top 5 Risers and Fallers.\u00a0 Top 5 Risers Dion Jordan, OLB, Oregon.\u00a0 An afterthought on most draft … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-draft","category-nfl"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Bp3y-c3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=747"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":753,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions\/753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}