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Scouting Jets running back Valentine Holmes

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During the offseason, we’ve been looking in depth at each of the Jets’ draft picks and undrafted free agent signings. However, there’s another intriguing first-year addition we haven’t looked at yet.

Valentine Holmes is a 23-year old former international rugby league star from Australia. He is 6’1” and 200 pounds and has been listed as a running back, although he has no football experience.

He was allocated to the Jets for the 2019 season under the International Player Pathway Program. This guarantees him at least a practice squad spot throughout the season, and he doesn’t count towards the 90-man roster limit during the offseason. The Jets are also being allocated an extra practice squad spot to accommodate his guaranteed place.

Background

Holmes didn’t attend college, signing his first professional rugby league contract as a 17-year old. Over the next few years, he established himself as one of the brightest young stars in Australian rugby, starring for the Cronulla Sharks in the NRL.

The Sharks won their first ever premiership title in 2016 with Holmes scoring 19 tries to lead the team for the second year in a row. (A try is the rugby equivalent of a touchdown). Holmes also was selected to represent Australia for the first time, scoring once on his debut.

In 2017, Holmes became an even bigger star thanks to his performance at the Rugby League World Cup. Holmes only had one try (the equivalent of a touchdown) entering the quarterfinal stage, but then exploded for a record-breaking five tries in a blowout win over Samoa and then broke his record with six more against Fiji in the semi final.

While Holmes didn’t score in the final, he played a valuable role in Australia’s 6-0 win over England and ended the tournament as the leading try scorer with a record 12.

Holmes continued to play well over the next few seasons, winning the Sharks’ player of the season award in 2018. However, he opted to be released from his contract to pursue his dream of playing in the NFL.

After an impressive pro day, Holmes was allocated to the Jets under the International Player Pathway Program. Even if he makes the roster, he’ll initially see a drop in pay because he was earning a million Australian dollars a year (about $700K).

Now let’s take a look at what Holmes brings to the table, divided into categories.

Measurables/Athleticism

Holmes is scatback-sized and shows speed, strength, acceleration and a low center of gravity on film.

At his pro day, he ran a 4.45 in the 40-yard dash. His strength and explosiveness numbers were about average with 20 bench press reps, a 33.5-inch vertical and a 119” broad jump.nfl nike jerseys cheap china

He was reportedly told that his three-cone drill was in the 6.7-6.8 range which would have been incredible. Only six running backs have run a three-cone drill of less than 6.75 at the combine since 1999, including Christian McCaffrey.nike jerseys nfl cheapjets 39

Usage

Holmes has been listed as a running back, but has also trained to play wide receiver and to return kicks and punts.

In rugby league, Holmes primarily played on the wing, which means he was out wide and the team would look to get him the ball in space to run around the outside. However, he also played some fullback, which means he would have been playing a deeper role on defense and more involved offensively in the middle of the field.cheap nike nfl jerseys from china

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Holmes’ natural running ability is his most transferable skill. On the rugby field, he was a constant threat to beat the first man, battle for positive yardage and break long gains.cheap official nike nfl jerseys

Here’s an example of his burst and acceleration as he slips the first tackle and then breaks into the clear.
Short Yardage

Holmes is likely to have a good nose for the end zone, if his scoring record in rugby is anything to go by. He scored 17 tries in 13 games for Australia and another eight in five games representing the state of Queensland. He averaged approximately two tries every three games for his club side and is particularly adept at reaching the ball out to reach the goal line.

Fumbles

Ball security might require something of an adjustment from Holmes, although he didn’t ever seem to lose the ball while being tackled in rugby. He won’t be used to having several players scraping after the ball or receiving a helmet to the bicep, so he’s going to have to develop good habits in terms of establishing the “five points of pressure” consistently.new nike nfl jerseys for sale cheap

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Holmes’ running skills would seem perfect for a return role. However, the main challenge will be whether he is able to catch the ball reliably and make good decisions about when to field the ball and where to run.

Ryan Anderson, Houston Rockets

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Age: 30

2017-18 Per-Game Stats: 9.3 points, 5.0 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 0.4 steals, 43.1 percent shooting, 38.6 percent three-point shooting

Advanced Stats: 12.6 player efficiency rating (PER), 7.02 total points added (TPA), minus-1.09 real plus-minus (RPM)

Contract Details: two years, $41.7 million cheap nfl wholesale jerseys

Ryan Anderson devolved into unplayable basically once the postseason tipped off. With the exception of netting a combined 35-plus minutes in Games 3 and 4 during the first round, he was used less than sparingly. Despite coping with a sprained ankle at the end of the regular season and into the playoffs, head coach Mike D’Antoni made it clear his absence wasn’t related to injury.

Rerouting this player, at this price point, isn’t something the Rockets can just do. Anderson is useful during the regular season. He has no problem camping out in the parking lot to bend a defense’s coverage. His average shot distance this year was 20.4 feet, and he placed fifth in total attempts beyond 28 feet from the basket.

That means only so much when he’s unable to stay on the floor in certain series matchups or generally one of the first ones to get clipped from D’Antoni’s rotation. For Houston to pawn him off on another team, it will take sweeteners. Plural. The type of carrot they won’t want to dangle.wholesale jerseys cheap nfl

LeBron James is the elephant in this room. Houston remains a trendy destination for him among bar-stool chatterboxes and in specific reports with varying degrees of conviction. The Rockets don’t have cap space, or even an obvious path to get it, but as ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe said on a recent episode of The Bill Simmons Podcast, that really doesn’t matter:wholesale cheap nfl jersey china

“Everyone says ‘I can’t get LeBron.’ ‘They don’t have cap space.’ ‘It’s impossible.’ Whatever it is, Daryl Morey  has seven different pathways already set to get the cap space or to get LeBron somehow, whether it’s him opting into his player option, which no one expected Paul to do.

“Like, the fact that that’s been out there for a year, and is 100 percent something that the Rockets would obviously be interested in doing—they know how to do it. It might cost them an arm and a leg in terms of draft picks and all that. But they have a way to do it, otherwise it would never be out there.”cheap wholesale nfl jerseys from china

Lacing Anderson’s money with however many future first-rounders might be an all-in play the Rockets only consider if it means getting James. Or maybe not. They don’t have the resources to improve if they fall shy of a title. Their cap sheet is luxury-tax bound.

Stomaching the cost of flipping Anderson for a non-return or a cheaper contract is their ticket to sidestepping that financial lockup. Shedding his money, independent of James scenarios, could arm them with the non-taxpayer’s mid-level exception—an $8.6 million asset that will be atypically useful in this summer’s penny-pinching market.

Detroit Lions: Edge-Rusher

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As Matt Patricia takes the Detroit Lions’ reins for his first NFL head coaching gig, his roster is in good shape. Detroit has posted winning seasons in three of the past four years.

However, the defensive-minded coach faces at least one personnel dilemma: The Lions are hard up for pass-rushing help.

Ezekiel Ansah has shown flashes of dominance over five seasons, and he piled up a dozen sacks a year ago. But both durability and consistency have been issues during his career—he’s missed time in three of five seasons, and nine of those 12 sacks in 2017 came in three games.

After Ansah, things get cloudy. Kerry Hyder broke out with eight sacks two years ago, but a torn Achilles wiped out his 2017 season. Newcomer Devon Kennard has just 9.5 career sacks in four years, although four of those came last season with the New York Giants.

We’ve yet to see exactly what defensive alignment Patricia has in mind, but if his time in New England is any indication we’ll see a little of everything.

It may take that creativity for the Lions to generate pressure on the quarterback. If they can’t, it could be a long year for them in an NFC North that contains Aaron Rodgers and Kirk Cousins.

As Matt Patricia takes the Detroit Lions’ reins for his first NFL head coaching gig, his roster is in good shape. Detroit has posted winning seasons in three of the past four years.

However, the defensive-minded coach faces at least one personnel dilemma: The Lions are hard up for pass-rushing help.

Ezekiel Ansah has shown flashes of dominance over five seasons, and he piled up a dozen sacks a year ago. But both durability and consistency have been issues during his career—he’s missed time in three of five seasons, and nine of those 12 sacks in 2017 came in three games.buy nike nfl jerseys cheap

After Ansah, things get cloudy. Kerry Hyder broke out with eight sacks two years ago, but a torn Achilles wiped out his 2017 season. Newcomer Devon Kennard has just 9.5 career sacks in four years, although four of those came last season with the New York Giants.

We’ve yet to see exactly what defensive alignment Patricia has in mind, but if his time in New England is any indication we’ll see a little of everything.

It may take that creativity for the Lions to generate pressure on the quarterback. If they can’t, it could be a long year for them in an NFC North that contains Aaron Rodgers and Kirk Cousins.

By most estimations, the Green Bay Packers had a very good 2018 draft. The Packers added a pair of potential starters at cornerback (Jaire Alexander and Joshua Jackson), help at inside linebacker and a trio of Day 3 wide receivers to help offset the loss of Jordy Nelson.cheap nfl nike jerseys china

However, Green Bay’s biggest need entering the offseason remains virtually unchanged.

The Packers were a middle-of-the-pack (see what I did there?) team in sacks last year, ranking 17th in the league with 37. Clay Matthews led the team with 7.5, but Matthews will be 32 when the season starts and hasn’t hit double digits since 2014. Batterymate Nick Perry missed four games and saw his sack total drop by more than 35 percent relative to 2016.nfl nike jersey cheap

If free-agent signee Muhammad Wilkerson can recapture his 2015 Pro Bowl form, that would be a godsend for the Packers. But if Wilkerson’s production hadn’t plummeted the past two seasons, the Jets never would have released him in the first place.cheap nike nfl jersey

If Green Bay can’t up the pressure on opposing quarterbacks in 2018, that pressure’s going to transfer to the young Packers secondary.

It won’t hold up forever.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (via Buffalo): Vita Vea, DL, Washington

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Strengths: Massiveness, athleticism for someone who possesses such massiveness.

Weaknesses: Leverage, pass-rush creativity.cheap nike nfl jerseys free shipping

First of all: smart move by the Bucs to trade down. Saquon Barkley, Quenton Nelson and Bradley Chubb, the three players who could help them the most, were off the board. The Bucs got some later value by doing little more than letting the quarterback-starving cut in front of them.

Vita Vea began his high school career as a 260-pound Wildcat quarterback. Think about that for a moment: a 260-pound high school freshman playing quarterback. If I was a parent in the bleachers and saw Vea running straight downhill into a group of 15-year-olds, nfl cheap jerseys nike I would pull my kid straight off the field and sign him up for the cross-country team.

Vea remained a two-way player for his entire prep career, rushing for 578 yards and 11 touchdowns as a senior and, as this video indicates, sidestepping almost as many would-be tacklers as he obliterated.

Vea is an athletically rare human, both bigger and more nimble than even the typical top defensive tackle prospect. Bill Parcells’ old Planet Theory dictates that you don’t quibble about little details on the scouting report when a player like Vea comes along, because too few of them exist. nfl nike jerseys for cheap So don’t worry about the fact that Vea starts playing too upright when he’s worn down from facing 40 straight double-teams, because the Bucs should provide him with more rest and more line support than the Huskies did, and NFL conditioning will also help keep him fresh.

Maybe the Bucs can even let Vea play a little running back, like the good old days. Because heaven knows they need the help there, too.nike nfl jerseys wholesale cheap

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NFL Primetime Schedule 2018: List of Monday, Thursday and Sunday Night Games

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The New York Giants released wide receiver Brandon Marshall after one season with the organization.

General manager Dave Gettleman announced the roster move Thursday. Gettleman said the team used the failed physical designation on Marshall, per Art Stapleton of The Record.

Jordan Raanan of ESPN noted the release saves the Giants $5.2 million in cap space.cheap nfl nike jerseys from china nfl nike jerseys for cheap

The 34-year-old UCF product finished the 2017 season on injured reserve after suffering an ankle injury in October that required surgery.

Marshall told Ralph Vacchiano of SNY in December he was close to getting full clearance and planned to play for at least a couple more seasons.

“I think I’m two great years away from … and I’ll say it: I want to be a Hall of Famer,” he said. “And I think I got two great years to go to be mentioned with some of the greats. I’m not playing this game just to be a guy. I want to be remembered for the product that I put on the field.”

His departure will likely make the Dez Bryant speculation grow louder.

Mike Fisher of 247Sports reported his “sense” after speaking with the former Dallas Cowboys wideout earlier this week was that he’d like to join the G-Men.cheap nike nfl jerseys free shipping

“The Giants got a helluva defense, they’re going to pay OBJ (fellow wideout and pal Odell Beckham Jr.), so coming back. Playing with him, Sterling (Shepard) … the tight end (Evan Engram), (QB Eli) Manning? Crazy,” Bryant said “… They draft (Penn State running back Saquon Barkley with the No. 2 overall pick)? That’d be crazy!”nfl cheap jerseys nike

Meanwhile, Marshall shouldn’t have much trouble latching on elsewhere as a No. 2 or 3 receiver as long as his medical check comes back clean after the failed Giants physical.

What Impact Could a Healthy Markelle Fultz Have in Wide-Open East?

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Though the Toronto Raptors have jumped out to a sizable advantage in the race for the Eastern Conference’s No. 1 seed, the NBA’s weaker half feels nike nfl cheap jerseys more wide-open than it’s been in years.

Perhaps that’s because LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers have given few indications they’re capable of flipping the switch and have played like a mediocre squad for much of 2017-18.nike cheap nfl jerseys hi-res-bb27dbd8b53044fa225335fce40f105b_crop_north

Maybe it’s the injury-riddled nature of the Boston Celtics, who are dealing with maladies affecting—deep breath—Kyrie Irving, Marcus Smart, Gordon Hayward, Daniel Theis and nfl nike jerseys cheap china more.

The Indiana Pacers are too new on the scene to promote fervent belief. Even the Raptors, dominant as they’ve been, fail to inspire confidence because of their shoddy postseason resume in recent years.

“Everybody’s path is different. Everything happens for a reason. What he’s going through is only going to make him stronger and better as a man and a person…” Victor Oladipo recently told Philly.com’s Keith Pompey about the young guard who graduated from DeMatha Catholic High School six years after him. “His time is coming. I know he’ll be ready for it, because I know he puts the work in.”

All season long, the basketball world has searched for signs of progress, breathlessly nike jerseys nfl cheap analyzing pregame videos of his shooting form and speculating at every turn. At one point, the coverage grew so intense that teammate JJ Redick—one of the league’s more media-friendly players, to the point that he hosts his own podcast—couldn’t take it any longer.

Philadelphia Eagles

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Life is good in Philadelphia as the Eagles continue to enjoy the franchise’s first Super Bowl victory. General manager Howie Roseman isn’t one to rest on his laurels, though. He traded for Michael Bennett and Daryl Worley while moving on from Torrey Smith, who was signed last offseason. nike cheap nfl jerseys The Eagles front office constantly assesses its roster, and it’s always looking to improve where it can.

Nickel Corner

Malcolm Jenkins often covers an opponent’s slot receiver. The Eagles defensive staff required Patrick Robinson to do the same last season. Jenkins can continue in the role, but Robinson left to sign with the New Orleans Saints. Worley’s size (6’1″ and 205 pounds) and length are better suited nike nfl cheap jerseys  to play outside the numbers. A healthy Sidney Jones can play nickel, but he hasn’t done so since his junior year at the University of Washington. Plenty of talent can be found in the Eagles secondary, but there’s no ideal fit as a true nickel corner. Philadelphia Eagles

Wide Receiver

Alshon Jeffery found a home in Philadelphia. Nelson Agholor shirked the label of a first-round bust. The rest of the team’s nfl nike jerseys cheap china remaining wide receiver corps accounted for 23 receptions and 282 receiving yards. Mack Hollins and Shelton Gibson present plenty of potential after being selected in last year’s draft. But the Eagles shouldn’t stop there. The incoming wide receiver class is deep, particularly in the second- to fourth-round range. Another speedster can offset Smith’s departure. nike jerseys nfl cheap

Tight End

Zach Ertz is counted among the league’s three best tight ends alongside cheap nike nfl jerseys from china Gronkowski and Kansas City’s Travis Kelce. The Eagles’ depth behind Ertz took a hit when the organization released Brent Celek and Trey Burton signed with the Chicago Bears. No other tight end on the roster took a snap last season.