Quinton Coples Interview

[Scott Wright]

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Interview with North Carolina DE Quinton Coples
http://www.draftcountdown.com/interv...ton-Coples.php

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[Smash28Dash34]

Please Marty Hurney get this guy and put him next to Charles Johnson. Great interview btw.

[4U2NV]

Thanks for the great interview with the newest Miami Dolphin, Scott!

[Scott Wright]

I am going to be rolling out a bunch of interviews in the next few weeks.

Already got another with a potential first rounder ready to go for Wednesday.

[D-Unit]

Do you think he would fit in Rob Ryan's defense? ...and no matter what your answer is.... Why?

[Finsfan79]

Kid is perfect for Miami's new 4-3 Defense. Him with Wake on the other side would make him the rookie of the year :)

[bitonti]

that's a hilarious pic on the front page.

it wouldn't surprise me to see Coples go top 5. He's an outstanding prospect.

[GaMeTiMe]

I love how he starts by saying he'll play any position, then he'd prefer a 4-3, then he attributes his senior year dropoff to being uncomfortable playing a different position, and then right after that says his strength is his versatility. I understand there are only a few ways to answer some of these questions but none of the other prospect interviews with Scott through the years are ever that contridicting. I wasn't impressed by Coples here at all, not that he isn't a probable top-5 pick (more convinced he's a Brown by the day)

My weakness is just things I need to work on to better my skills and move forward.

But c'mon, what is that? Scott, you need to call these guys out once in a while!

[bitonti]

a long time ago Coples was considered a future top 5pick (before his senior year)

but quinton coples was shredding during senior bowl week. He was winning all his reps. had a week like BJ Raji had... he was not blockable.

Raji was a DT, Coples is a DE who could have Julius Peppers type measurable at combine.

I want to predict him to a team picking 3, 4, 5 in the draft. he might have more value as a defender than Morris Claiborne. DBs almost never go top 5.

[Scott Wright]

Originally Posted by bitonti

a long time ago Coples was considered a future top 5pick (before his senior year)

but quinton coples was shredding during senior bowl week. He was winning all his reps. had a week like BJ Raji had... he was not blockable.

Raji was a DT, Coples is a DE who could have Julius Peppers type measurable at combine.

I want to predict him to a team picking 3, 4, 5 in the draft. he might have more value as a defender than Morris Claiborne. DBs almost never go top 5.

Matt,

I'd be interested to hear who you think Coples compares to? It's tough because he isn't a stud rusher off the edge and those types usually don't go in the Top 10 overall. Although I believe Coples belongs in the Top 10 of this draft.

The best comparison I've heard so far is Jamaal Anderson.

[fear the elf]

Originally Posted by GaMeTiMe

I wasn't impressed by Coples here at all, not that he isn't a probable top-5 pick (more convinced he's a Brown by the day)

Eww, no thanks.

[GaMeTiMe]

Originally Posted by fear the elf

Eww, no thanks.

Trust me, I wouldn't think it was a good pick either. Sorry.

[ATLDirtyBirds]

Still not seeing Jamaal Anderson.

[A Perfect Score]

The Jamaal Anderson one is reaaaaaaaaaaally good. Wow. That makes so much sense now that it's said. THAT's why I don't like Coples.

[ATLDirtyBirds]

Coples didn't try. Jamaal just had/has a serious lack of explosiveness.

[Complex]

I always wonder what that thing was on his arm.

[Scott Wright]

Greg Ellis isn't in the league anymore, but you could add his name to that list as well. For the younger readers, Ellis was the 8th overall pick of the Dallas Cowboys in the 1998 NFL Draft and played in the league for more than a decade finishing with 84 career sacks.

[A Perfect Score]

Originally Posted by Scott Wright

Greg Ellis isn't in the league anymore, but you could add his name to that list as well. For the younger readers, Ellis was the 8th overall pick of the Dallas Cowboys in the 1998 NFL Draft and played in the league for more than a decade finishing with 84 career sacks.

Greg Ellis is a damn good comparison. I like that one too.

[ChiFan24]

Coples is absolutely not Jamaal Anderson. Anderson was a rangy athlete that could hold the POA but there was nothing about him that said edge rusher. He's not Julius Peppers, but it's a much better comparison than Anderson IMO.