Lt. Col. Brian Decker (Ret.) Panning for NFL Gold

[dcmissle]

http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/17255219/green-beret-brian-decker-thinks-improve-success-rate-nfl-first-round-draft-picks

This was posted yesterday on ESPN. Interesting piece by Seth Wickersham. This fellow had remarkable impact on Green Beret recruitment. Only two teams -- Seahawks and Pats -- reportedly think there is something there there. The Browns did, but then came the breakup ...

 

[Super Nomario]

http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/17255219/green-beret-brian-decker-thinks-improve-success-rate-nfl-first-round-draft-picks

This was posted yesterday on ESPN. Interesting piece by Seth Wickersham. This fellow had remarkable impact on Green Beret recruitment. Only two teams -- Seahawks and Pats -- reportedly think there is something there there. The Browns did, but then came the breakup ...

Decker was on the Football Think Tank Podcast a couple weeks ago - he's an interesting guy:

 

[Kull]

Great read, thanks for the link. It's interesting that with so many teams seemingly incapable of rising to the next level that somebody wouldn't go all-in with this guy. Especially since the Pats and Seahawks are using their own (different) systems to get the same result. Successfully, one might add.