Had an NFC Personnel executive tell me “He reminds me of J.J. Watt, when Watt was coming out. An explosive and versatile playmaker who has a high motor and can line up at 3,5, or 7. Very strong kid” #NFL#NFLDraftpic.twitter.com/5qM3g6OrMr
jury is still out on george. i wasn't thrilled with the pick, but the tools are there to be sharpened. has has as many pressures as any other rookie, he just needs the end product. [Reply]
Originally Posted by zigbazah:
jury is still out on george. i wasn't thrilled with the pick, but the tools are there to be sharpened. has has as many pressures as any other rookie, he just needs the end product.
It doesn’t help Karlaftis that he has Frank Clark on the opposite side.
I think Karlaftis will be a very solid player. Maybe not great, but good. Hopefully we can find a counterpart next year in the draft or free agency.
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Drake Jackson has 4 sacks and 8 pressures in fewer than half the number of snaps as Karlaftis.
And that's not a knock on Karlaftis as much as it demonstrates the need for genuine depth and complementary skill-sets on the line.
It galls the absolute shit out of me that Veach and company thought they could get away with adding 1 player to a DL that was obviously not good last season.
Yep. There were options to double-dip at DT as well as DE. I mean I'm entirely fine building from the back but just baffling that so many picks went that way after he indentified DL as a need. [Reply]
Originally Posted by JPH83:
Yep. There were options to double-dip at DT as well as DE. I mean I'm entirely fine building from the back but just baffling that so many picks went that way after he indentified DL as a need.
Because he identified the backfield as being a need too and he saw players there that fit the defense?
I mean, I highly doubt he said fuck it and just drafted whoever he felt like, consequences be damned. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
Because he identified the backfield as being a need too and he saw players there that fit the defense?
I mean, I highly doubt he said **** it and just drafted whoever he felt like, consequences be damned.
This is in the whole 10D chess category people convinced themselves of suggesting Veach had publicly identified DL as a need, but secretly it was a cunning plan to throw people off while he built an elite secondary.
Sure, he had a plan, it probably shifted as it met reality, as it should, and we ended up with Dunlap and Karlaftis, which is patently not enough. [Reply]
I'm still baffled why Cook was such a priority in the second. We already had 2 starting caliber S on the roster, and if they've already given up on Thornhill there's a long fucking line of guys more deserving of that treatment on the roster. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Superturtle:
I'm still baffled why Cook was such a priority in the second. We already had 2 starting caliber S on the roster, and if they've already given up on Thornhill there's a long fucking line of guys more deserving of that treatment on the roster.
Originally Posted by Superturtle:
I'm still baffled why Cook was such a priority in the second. We already had 2 starting caliber S on the roster, and if they've already given up on Thornhill there's a long fucking line of guys more deserving of that treatment on the roster.
Because Spags likes to play 3 safeties. And we all saw what happens when that 3rd safety is complete shit. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Superturtle:
I'm still baffled why Cook was such a priority in the second. We already had 2 starting caliber S on the roster, and if they've already given up on Thornhill there's a long ****ing line of guys more deserving of that treatment on the roster.
Spags system runs 3 safeties. This was our 3rd safety last year. I think this is pretty self explanatory
Originally Posted by The Franchise:
Because Spags likes to play 3 safeties. And we all saw what happens when that 3rd safety is complete shit.
Taking a quick glance through our snap counts and I'm not seeing this system where 3 safeties are playing even close to a majority of the time. We play our nickel corner a lot more. [Reply]