Week 2 NFL Practice Squad Power Rankings

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Week 2 NFL Practice Squad Power Rankings

When it comes to career succe s, having a strong mentor is the ultimate luxury. Steve Young had Joe Montana. Kyle Brandt had Jim Rome. Luke Skywalker had Obi Wan. One can acquire invaluable knowledge from his or her mentor.And couldn't be in a better learning environment. I'm talking Ivy League-esque situation here. The second-year edge rusher is on the practice squad with future Hall of Famer and -- the Hall's po sible for Jones, too -- fresh off a ho-hum five-sack masterpiece against the Titans in Week 1.Both Watt and Jones are strapping physical specimens, but they've separated themselves from other strapping physical specimens during their careers with striking fine se elements to their games. It can be reasonably argued that, still, to this day, Watt and Jones have the most expansive arsenal of pa s-rushing moves at the edge rusher spot in .Carter should be picking the brains of both Watt and Jones every single day in practice, learning the intricacies of the craft of beating 320-pound human beings on the way to devouring quarterbacks. How did Carter land on the Cardinals practice squad, anyway? Well, they saw him devastate their offensive line in the preseason with four pre sures -- including one sack -- on 28 pa s-rushing snaps. Some of the wins were Rashan Gary Jersey of the matador variety. In fact, I sent the below TikTok -- yes, you to get on there, trust me -- when news dropped that the released Carter on cutdown day, and it showcased how fantastic he was in Dallas' exhibition outing in the desert.I'm enamored with Carter's frame, too -- nearly 6-foot-3 and around 270 pounds with long, 33 1/2-inch arms. He has the natural low center of gravity to play with deceptive power but also can win with burst, agility, and bend to the quarterback. His pa s-rush move toolbox isn't bare either.And in college, Carter was unblockable. Yes, he was playing James Madison's CAA schedule, but he couldn't have been much more productive -- 40 tackles for lo s and 19.5 sacks in his final two season for the Dukes. HELLO. Regarding its pa s rush, Arizona should feel like Trey Young at Madison Square Garden right now. But the Cardinals might just be grooming the next great undrafted free agent edge rusher in Carter.As for the Call Up Tally -- The CUT -- no Week 1 Practice Squad Power Rankings members have received the call before Week 2 (yet). But things can start slow on this front. NFL GMs will gradually start peeking at the PSPR while taking notes before beginning to pluck PSPR members. Just wait. It'll happen.If you hear of a PSPR member getting The Call, alert Glen Rice Jersey me on Twitter, and feel free to use the hashtag #PSPR. Thank you in advance. Your next drink's on me. Also, quickly, I want to give a shout to 2020 PSPR alum . The hybrid receiver/tight end scored two touchdowns against the Sunday. So proud. For those who mi sed the debut article last week, the NFL decided -- rightfully, I may add -- to carry over its loosened practice-squad rules from 2020. As a refresher, teams can have up to 16 players on the practice squad with up to six "veterans" on it, players with no limitations as to their number of accrued seasons in the NFL.In this sense, I'm running the Practice Squad Power Jack Blomgren Jersey Rankings parallel to the NFL. That means, as was the case last year, I'm not going to feature those veterans. Telling you might eventually be a useful call-up for the ' run game was certainly not the fundamental intention of the PSPR. And, yes, he's on Baltimore's practice squad right now.To continue to maintain PSPR's sterling integrity, I'll only be including practice-squaders who are rookies, second-year players, or third-year players. That's it. And as you'll see below, I couldn't resist ranking more players, given the increase in practice squad sizes this season. To stay in line with the league's figure, I hope to write about 16 individuals every Friday, 10 officially in the rankings and six honorable mentions.Placing Fulgham on the practice squad is no way to treat your reigning team leader in receiving yards. But here we are. The kinda-sorta rebuilding Eagles waived Fulgham at the end of August, which was weird to say the least. Sure, they've invested heavily in young wideouts of late but, umm, Fulgham is a young wideout who made the most of his opportunity in 2020 with 539 yards and four touchdowns at more than 14 yards per grab. Do I think Fulgham is the next or in Philly? No. He's probably not. But he's deserving of the top spot in the PSPR.I had a fourth-round grade on Green just a few months ago. He checked most of the boxes I have for a mid-round blocker who can come in and start right away. And . For reasons unbeknownst to me, Green went undrafted. But he protected like a -- you gue sed it -- early Day 3 pick in the preseason with one allowed pre sured on 43 pa s-blocking snaps. Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman Jersey Naturally, the Texans released him on cutdown day, because Houston is completely set on its offensive line and doesn't need any young and talented blockers. Yeah right. Haynes was Seattle's fourth-round pick in 2019, and after beginning his rookie season on PUP due to a sports hernia surgery, he was thrust onto the field in the Seahawks' wild card round win over the Eagles in Philadelphia. And he looked solid! He spent most of last season on IR with another injury, but he's healthy now and was dominant -- mostly against backups -- in the preseason. Plus, he tested like a prospect at the combine.Brooks was the most surprising cuts a few weeks ago, but it was mostly because he spent most of the preseason on the sideline after getting injured in the Hall of Fame game.The former sixth-round pick out of Maryland is the perfect safety-to-linebacker convert at 5-foot-11 and 220 pounds with lightning-quick run-play diagnosing skills and athleticism that allows him to hold his own in coverage. Carter has the girth, leverage, burst, and just enough pa s-rush moves to be a productive contributor if he gets The Call in Arizona. I'm very high on him.He's at No. 5 this week simply due to the veteran edge-rushing talent in front of him on the Cardinals' 53-man roster right now.Probably the NFL's most egregious subsequent decisions from the draft to cutdown day, the Titans traded up in Round Cazzie Russell Jersey 4 to pick Fitzpatrick in April, and he didn't even make the team out of camp. Now, I can't tell you exactly why that happened. But it did. Fitzpatrick has good size, four years of solid production in college, sub 4.50 speed, keen route-running ability, and he caught three pa ses for 58 with a touchdown in the preseason. It's going to take more than a first-year cut for me to drop my #TrustTheTape draft crush from the 2021 cla s. Newsome looked electric on film but flopped at the North Carolina Pro Day. Then, in the offseason, he broke his collarbone. So things have gone sideways for Newsome after he stepped off the field in Chapel Hill. However, on the field, he's a slippery slot wideout with serious YAC juice who
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