re: Bates and Welter and examining our un(der)ranked players

Good post. I'm from the Northshore and I have seen Bates play twice and he didn't blow me away other than the fact that he never quits on a play (que the high motor comments). I watched St Pauls play Mandeville and he didn't do much (Mandy's line was decent at best). Just don't know because I don't think he can gain enough weight for DL and the clips I him at LB were pretty shaky. Hope he develops and can contribute and prove he is worth it. I'm going to make a point to go to a couple of his games this year as well.