Antone Exum
Great pick with great value at 182. This guy would be near the first had he not torn his ACL. if he recovers well we just got a huge steal
Posted May 10, 2014, 8:01 PM UTC
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Next Richard Sherman. Pls
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Honestly if you read his description it sounds kind of like him. This was the guy I was really hoping we'd pick.
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Dat username. In this sub....
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It made more sense when there was flair text IIRC. Maybe not though... I think the idea was he wanted him on the team like favre/jennings style
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I like your username.
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I love the purple 12 next to his name. I'll allow it
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"Likes to do things his own way -- confidence borders on arrogance and could rub some people the wrong way."
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Ya confidence can be taken as arrogance. That statement sounds just like all the players in the Legion of Boom especially Sherman and Chancellor. BTW analysts compared Exum to Chancellor when talking about him on ESPN. I'm excited to see where we put him he can play both CB and S I would love to see him at S next to Smith but he they like his skill set better as a corner the that's fine too.
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I'm confident bordering on arrogance that Zimmer would channel that to production, and/or wouldn't have any of that bullshit.
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Yup he's dealt with many players like that. LB Burfict, cb Adam "Pacman" Jones, and also DT Tank Johnson all had big egos and he helped all of them become good players.
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And the last sentence of the "strengths" section said that he's extremely smart and well spoken.
To continue the comparison to Richard Sherman, Sherman did go to Stanford and is smart guy that probably talks too much for his own good, which Exum may be in that category as well.
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Mayock compared him to Kam Chancellor during the draft and thought he projected best at safety in the NFL, but I think it is fair to say every fan would be thrilled if he was nearly as good as either of those guys
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Could also play safety. I just looked at his combine video and he has quick feet when changing direction, good reaction time. Also looks to be very strong, should be good in press.
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It looks like he expects to be put at safety.
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And I want him to be safety. We've got Rhodes and the Cap at CB, and I don't like wasting draft picks for depth, unless it's something like WR or runningback, where there could be multiple on the field at once. We really need a strong safety, and I hope he can play it.
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Well CB is a position where you need lots of depth and can have many on the field at the same time. If they use him as CB I'd be ok with it but I do hope we try him at S because having him next to Harrison would be great.
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Agreed.
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We have competent starters opposite Harry. Cap is a better inside corner, than an outside corner. We would benefit from having another guy to match up on the teams #2... particularly given Chicago and Green Bay have multiple good outside guys.
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I am so happy about this pick, I hope he recovers to his full potential because I feel like he is first round talent
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Patrtiots fan and Virginia Tech alum, just wanted to say you guys are going to love this guy. I have a feeling he'll move to safety in the NFL and perhaps be the best one to come out of this draft, he's a guy that might have gone before Fuller if not for his multiple injuries.
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As a Packer fan that went from elementary school to college with with Antone I am thoroughly pissed that he is a Viking. Regardless this was a great pick so I hate you guys more than I thought I could.
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Ya the analysts seem to love him and they had lots of great things to say about him. He seems like he could be a nice steal for us and he's apparently versatile because they say he can play CB or S so it will be interesting to see where we line him up. One analyst said he reminds him of S- Cam Chancellor so I'm excited to see what this kid can do.
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To be entirely fair, the analysts love everyone.
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Lol ya that's true but there's certain guys you can tell they really like its not just hype like its guys they think can be a good player and hes one of them. Like the cb we picked after him from maine and even some other guys like its just a few good things but arn't sure how good they'll be but when talking about this guy they seemed to really like him. They said he was awesome 2 years ago but delt with some injuries last season but they said if he was healthy they think he would have been talked about just as much as teammate Fuller who went in the 1st so if this guy can stay healthy he seems like a very good pick.
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Yeah that was Mayock who said that, got me very excited about this pick
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Ya me too! I really hope he recovers well, stays healthy and can become our starting Safety across from Smith that would be awesome. Hopefully it won't be like a former cb of ours Cedric Griffen, he was a good player for us but after suffering that ACL injury he was never the same. Hopefully Exum has a little AP in him to help recover.
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Been hearing many great things about this guy just imagine if he comes back healthy and can be like what everyone thinks he can be and Derek Cox who we signed in free agency can go back to that awesome player he was in Jax our Secondary would be a strength all of the sudden. Rhodes and Cox on the outside with Munnerlyn beasting it in the slot and Harrison at FS with Exum at SS that would be Awesome!
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this pick reallly excites me..
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VT fan here, i've been checking the talk on all of our recent grads. I'll start with this link http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-12-25/sports/os-antone-exum-bowl-donation-1226-20121225_1_special-christmas-gift-russell-athletic-bowl-three-boys
This guy was great at our school, team leader, and worked. He popped an ACL in a pickup bball game, then tweaked an ankle when he came back. Then wasn't rushed back because we are always solid at DB.
Solid guy, a pickup bball game is how he tore his acl, then tweaked his ankle during the season.. probably would have been a late first pick had he had a season to shine.
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Vikings fan, but also Virginia Tech fan, so a biased comment coming about Exum here. I am incredibly excited about this pick because I think he can perform well at safety and/or corner, but I am more excited because he has been my favorite player at Virginia Tech in at least 5 years.
A little about Exum, the person. First of all, he starts every single tweet with his number "1." Example
Second, he is genuinely a great guy. Two of the stories that made the news were when he gave out his tickets to a random family that had always wanted to attend a VT Football game, and when he gave his $470 Best Buy bowl game gift to kids in the store.
Finally, he is by far the hardest working and most dedicated guy we had on our team. He was well known for heading down to the practice field at 11 pm or midnight to get in extra reps. I know I drove by quite a few times and you saw him out there working alone at midnight on a Saturday. As soon as he woke up from his ACL surgery, Dr. James Andrews was quoted as saying 'He's delirious in there. All he keeps saying is how he's going to be back for Alabama and they're going to beat Alabama.'
Oh yeah, and he raps and someone made this picture of him as a centaur with Katherine Webb.
That fucking photo lmao
That ACL rap was actually pretty dirty. Not like the shitty team raps you normally see. (Not including the little autotune thing).
No more "1." in the NFL.