I honestly feel bad for the guy. I didn't think he had a great season last year but to not get drafted? Ugh.
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Yeah, and Nixon dropping to 5th round was a head-scratcher, as well.I honestly feel bad for the guy. I didn't think he had a great season last year but to not get drafted? Ugh.
I would guess only being a starter for one year, only 8 games, and a backup last year, not a lot of tape for a true evaluation.Yeah, and Nixon dropping to 5th round was a head-scratcher, as well.
I suppose anything is possible but at that level aren’t you truly trying to do what’s best for your position/body to get to the NFL? I get it if you hate your S&C guy but if he’s right he’s right. If what you’re saying would be true, that’s a horribly expensive “FU”.I feel like the vegan thing was more of an F U to Doyle then anything else.. am I wrong?
And a Freshman AA, IIRCWasn’t he first team all conference too?
Yeah, this was the biggest mystery to me as well. I heard one of the draft analyst say that Nixon was great at times, but when he was blocked he had trouble getting off blocks, and was inconsistent.I was slightly surprised Alaric didn't get drafted. I was VERY surprised Nixon fell to the 5th round.
Coy Cronk and Jack Heflin are headed to Green Bay per the home page.I had Nixon in my “live” Green Bay Packers draft I participate in on a Packer forum. 4th round.
He has slow feet, zero position flexibility combined with he’s physically weak with short arms and performed underwealmingly at the pro day this is not a mystery. His losing 20 lbs. and going vegan were a totally disastrous maneuver. Hope he can land as a backup guard on a roster. That’s his ceiling.How does a guy start that many years at Iowa, at left tackle none the less, and not even get picked in the last round.
Kind of blows my mind.
I think he got bad info following the success and awards he accumulated from last season....in a covid-shortened season.Nixon should have come back another year period. He got what he earned. 5th round.
Wow...Jackson never seemed to take football that serious. The Vegan crap is a huge indication of that. The NFL is not a place for players who are not 100% committed to being the best. It is just to competitive. I see about 2 years on a practice squad, then probably assistant manager at McDonalds. Nixon needs to go into camp fired up working harder than the next guy or he may be short lived also.
Probably because of his decision not to play in the senior bowl and his attitude during senior bowl practices.How does a guy start that many years at Iowa, at left tackle none the less, and not even get picked in the last round.
Kind of blows my mind.
I wonder who they'll be blocking for?Coy Cronk and Jack Heflin are headed to Green Bay per the home page.
Not good enoughHow does a guy start that many years at Iowa, at left tackle none the less, and not even get picked in the last round.
Kind of blows my mind.
An FU that cost him Millions! Horrible idea at this early stage of his life. Just brutal.I feel like the vegan thing was more of an F U to Doyle then anything else.. am I wrong?
Vegan diet had nothing to do with going undrafted. His body looked better this year than any other and his play was better this year than last year.
I don't agree - he was bull-rushed and "bullied" too many times this past season.Vegan diet had nothing to do with going undrafted. His body looked better this year than any other and his play was better this year than last year.
Vegan diet had nothing to do with going undrafted. His body looked better this year than any other and his play was better this year than last year.
He was bull-rushed plenty of times the last few years. He's always been somewhat inconsistent (2018 Minnesota is the first game that comes to mind, and then 2019 Michigan). People just like to harp on the vegan thing because it makes for an easy target.I don't agree - he was bull-rushed and "bullied" too many times this past season.
It honestly looked like he'd lost significant strength and power.
Hopefully Aaron Rodgers.I wonder who they'll be blocking for?
JFC it is a biological fact that strength is built from protein and fat, look at what happened to Bill Walton when he went vegan.He was bull-rushed plenty of times the last few years. He's always been somewhat inconsistent (2018 Minnesota is the first game that comes to mind, and then 2019 Michigan). People just like to harp on the vegan thing because it makes for an easy target.
How’d that work out for him - if it was?I feel like the vegan thing was more of an F U to Doyle then anything else.. am I wrong?
What about this guy?JFC it is a biological fact that strength is built from protein and fat, look at what happened to Bill Walton when he went vegan.
You do realize that meat is not the only source of protein and fat, right?JFC it is a biological fact that strength is built from protein and fat, look at what happened to Bill Walton when he went vegan.