In The Tape

[Pantera Canes]

I've noticed some people saying they go back and look at tape of the prospects. I'm wonder where you go to get this? Just you tube? Or is there a more reliable source where you can see more than just a highlight video? Good plays and bad plays, entire games so you can see how they go from play to play and progress through the game? MJ? Someone? Thanks.

[mediator12]

I've noticed some people saying they go back and look at tape of the prospects. I'm wonder where you go to get this? Just you tube? Or is there a more reliable source where you can see more than just a highlight video? Good plays and bad plays, entire games so you can see how they go from play to play and progress through the game? MJ? Someone? Thanks.

Unfortunately, there is not a single source of good quality Video out there. My Biggest gripe is that teams do not pool their Game tape at a single place to be distributed on the Web. NFL teams use a system where all the college video has been broken down for them and isolated into a software that can bring up any situation they want to see on a player on Tape.

So, to get around this, I DVD a dirtload of College games along with a few buddies who are college football nuts. I do not get to see a lot of College football games during the year, I am too busy and I watch all day Sundays. Then, I watch alot of the college games in the offseason and leading up to the draft. There are a lot of prospects that I do not have enough tape, so I call friends and see if they have games. If they do not, I have several friends in the business who will try and get tape for me. That was the case with Tyvon Branch CB UCONN. I had no tape of him and neither did any of my friends. Took me 4 weeks of pleading to get anything at all on him, but I finally did. And Now, he is rising up the Draft boards according to PFW and is currently looking like a late 2cd round pick with no fans really seeing him play. He would be an awesome Third round selection for TB, but he probably not be there now.

[Pantera Canes]

Thanks, I was looking to get some game tape on possible guys the Bucs can draft and also guys I want them to draft at the moment.

Some guys I want to see are:
Jenkins, Brohm, Merling, Charles Godfrey, Eddie Royal, Kevin Smith, Nick Hayden, Brian Johnston, Doug Legursky, John Sullivan, Stanford Keglar, Ben Moffitt, Brandon Flowers, Rashard Mendenhall, Jonathan Stewart

Basically some guys from what I have read would like to see the bucs draft. Also some others people think the bucs might draft I would like to see as well.

[Legacy]

Rivals.com has a pretty good NFL Draft section with videos, but most of the film is highlight-reel stuff.

It's probably going to be hard to find the type of footage you're looking for, though, because most of the videos out there (especially on public video-sharing sites) are put together by fans. That also means it's probably going to be more of a challenge to find footage of lesser known players from smaller schools.

[Pantera Canes]

Rivals.com has a pretty good NFL Draft section with videos, but most of the film is highlight-reel stuff.

It's probably going to be hard to find the type of footage you're looking for, though, because most of the videos out there (especially on public video-sharing sites) are put together by fans. That also means it's probably going to be more of a challenge to find footage of lesser known players from smaller schools.

Yeah, I figured most was from fans, the college, or the players people (i.e. agent, etc) putting out videos. Was hoping someone had come up with that already but guess not.

The ones I'm really leaning toward for our draft are Brohm, Charles Godfrey, Eddie Royal, Kevin Smith, Brian Johnston from things I've been reading. With Kevin Smith having some favoritism on my part. Though Royal and Johnston seem really interesting and want to see how they play. Can probably find Royal but not sure about Johnston. Doubt find any on those o-linemen.

[Monty'sCircus]

You'd be suprised what a university will send you if you pick up the phone and ask

[mediator12]

You'd be suprised what a university will send you if you pick up the phone and ask

Depends on which University and if you ask the SI Director nicely :D

[TeeBeeFan]

This sounds like a business opportunity waiting to happen. Seems to me that NFL teams might be interested in other versions and the expansion of fan interest in the draft might make it valuable to market to guys like us.

[BlackNGold]

I posted this link earlier but it went past the 1st page already. It has small clips and a review on the top 200 prospects. You can search by school or position.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/specials/draft/2008/video/