Felix Anudike-Uzomah was drafted with pick 31 of round 1 in the 2023 draft class. He scored a 8.73 #RAS out of a possible 10.00. This ranked 209 out of 1634 DE from 1987 to 2023. https://t.co/maz03OdBwqpic.twitter.com/xoMJ9ki2Pv
Originally Posted by staylor26:
You think I give a flying ****?
I have the respect of the posters that actually know ball, and that's all that matters to me. The rest of you just get your feelings hurt when I call out your stupidity.
Originally Posted by Urc Burry:
I wasn’t thrilled with the pick. Mainly because of how perfectly the draft had fallen up to pick 20. But I was pleasantly surprised with him in the preseason. I right he was much further along as a pass rusher than George was at that point.
If we were a terrible defense and he wasn’t getting playing time it might be time to panic. But we’re 4th in sacks and 3rd in pass yards given up. He’s 21. Relax
And if we wanted more out of a first year guy… Murphy hasn’t done shit. Mazi is invisible. And Anton is a liability at this point
Yeah, this isn't a year where there are a whole lot of 'woulda/shoulda' alternatives at the back of 1/early 2.
I have a hard time figuring anyone was banging on the table for Sam LaPorta in the 1st or Keanu Benton.
I liked a bunch of the DL (almost all more than FAU) but none of them have done dick. Foskey, Ojulari, Hall, White - all pretty irrelevant. Tuipulotu would've been a scheme fit problem here, IMO. Anybody gonna say they had Nacua or Tank Dell as 1st round picks?
This just wasn't an early-impact class. Shit happens. Pure hindsight sure says "Man, Sam LaPorta would be awfully nice to have right now" but I seems kinda ridiculous to hold that against Veach - I don't think anyone really thought that would've been a wise decision at the time. Kincaid has come on annoyingly strong but like Addison and Flowers, they weren't available at our pick and we tried, but failed, to move up.
Draft really fell off at that WR run. From there on, there weren't a slew of great choices. I suspect we got past Veach's "X number of First Round talents" figure. His efforts to move up in the first certainly support that as well.
{shrug}
Just consider Rice a 1st rounder and FAU a second, then all is well. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hog's Gone Fishin:
Maybe he's lifting weights in the training room too much and getting stiff. Gotta be a reasonable explanation as to lack of production.
136 snaps and 1 sack
Maybe some yoga classes would help
He has about 125 snaps. And he's a rookie.
I mean what more explanation is needed? That's 3 games worth of snaps to this point; you figure he should be at 5 sacks?
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
He has about 125 snaps. And he's a rookie.
I mean what more explanation is needed? That's 3 games worth of snaps to this point; you figure he should be at 5 sacks?
He's fine.
FAU has done what people who do their homework expect. Justyn Ross was undrafted, didn't do shit while he was playing and has a fan page with 10k followers. go figure. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Dunerdr:
FAU has done what people who do their homework expect. Justyn Ross was undrafted, didn't do shit while he was playing and has a fan page with 10k followers. go figure.
Ksrlaftis had 1 sack with 6 games left if I recall correctly, and he had a lot more snaps. [Reply]
This is another thread that’s going to be fun to revisit in a few years when this dude is raping faces to laugh at all the geniuses who were already writing him off halfway through his rookie season. [Reply]
Originally Posted by JohnnyHammersticks:
This is another thread that’s going to be fun to revisit in a few years when this dude is raping faces to laugh at all the geniuses who were already writing him off halfway through his rookie season.
Fact remains, until the staff gets him on a regular Yoga program he'll never develop. [Reply]
