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:
By the time Omenihu came back there was little to no playing time for a rookie with Karlaftis, Omenihu, and Danna. Omenihu and Karlaftis played liked two double digit sack guys while Danna was as good as a 3rd DE gets.
That's pretty damn close to "loaded".
They kicked Jones out there at times. There were snaps to be had if he was ready for them.
In the end, it was a fine pick. Highly valuable position, long term etc.
It's not ideal but they did what was smart positionally. Now you just hope he's developed. [Reply]
Originally Posted by O.city: They kicked Jones out there at times. There were snaps to be had if he was ready for them.
In the end, it was a fine pick. Highly valuable position, long term etc.
It's not ideal but they did what was smart positionally. Now you just hope he's developed.
Umm not for the reason you're implying and this doesn't help your argument at all. Jones gets snaps at DE because he's just really fucking good there and to take advantage of a mismatch. It's not out of necessity due to lack of talent at the position.
So back to my original point, tell me which rookie from last year was getting snaps over Karlaftis, Danna, Oemnihu, and Jones at DE? [Reply]
Originally Posted by staylor26:
Umm not for the reason you're implying and this doesn't help your argument at all. Jones gets snaps at DE because he's just really ****ing good there and to take advantage of a mismatch. It's not out of necessity due to lack of talent at the position.
So tell me which rookie from last year was getting snaps over Karlaftis, Danna, Oemnihu, and Jones at DE.
So take Jones from his DT spot, where he's shown to be what he has just because he's good from the DE spot, but that's nothing to do with what they had out there?
Where did I say anything about another rookie DE? [Reply]
Originally Posted by O.city:
They kicked Jones out there at times. There were snaps to be had if he was ready for them.
In the end, it was a fine pick. Highly valuable position, long term etc.
It's not ideal but they did what was smart positionally. Now you just hope he's developed.
Jones gets reps at DE because of the package and the look we're trying to give. If your assertion is that FAU isn't as good as Jones, well, you're probably right. [Reply]
Originally Posted by O.city:
Kind of a tough small sample size thing. Hindsight being what it is...you probably take LaPorta in that spot right?
Absolutely, but I might have done that anyway. I've been wanting another great TE to pair with/replace long term for some time. Laporta was a/the bright spot on that Iowa offense.
Felix is also only 22 years old with potential for continued physical growth. The team took a flier on a high-value position and will find out this season whether it was worthwhile. I don't think the expectation was ever that FAU would play a lot last season. [Reply]
Originally Posted by staylor26:
We had the #1 defense in the NFL last year. None of those guys would've been on the field much either. You're being obtuse.
Again - when the playoffs came, we were giving Malik Herring reps over him.
I didn't expect him to beat Omenihu but I would've liked to have seen him nipping at Danna's heels by the end of the year.
And you DAMN sure don't want to see him behind complete JAGS like Malik Herring come the post-season of his rookie year.
There is cause for concern here. He could make it look absurd by week 2, but there's no sense in whistling past the graveyard either. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
As we continue to try to figure out CB2, it would be pretty nice to have a large, athletic, physical CB like Joey Porter Jr. out there...
He'd have been a set and forget replacement for Sneed.
I had thought about him.
I can't see them going back to back first rounders at CB but they did it with DE so who knows. [Reply]