DJ I am going to watch more of his tape with relation to what you'e said. I am a bit stubborn so I will come back to this. I do hope he makes it cuz he' be such an inspiration. I don' necessarily judge him on the missed tackles as I do with disengaging. I am no self proclaimed expert or draft guru but as a former...20 years ago...4 year college athlete I do know difference between athlete and a player.
In the games I had seen where he made wow plays, and a bunch at that, there was clean release with no blocking near him, he was ridiculously left alone in space....if I coached against him I would have gamepland to always engage him....anyways I will check him out some more, but I am really biased in my interpretation of linebackers ability to block shed, if they struggle with it I very usually tend to write them off in my opinion.
Some mentioned nickel lb/s hybrid, I could see him do well in that role but he' need more seasoning and better disengagement but I could imagine him to be developed into that role down the line and be effective,but he better be drafted with big DL in front of him imho.
I do hope he becomes a player and inspires people and give them courage to follow in his foot steps, and I understand why he has such a following and I think that' awesome, but again my stubbornnss to the position is big on disengagement, vision and pursuit angles...which he has vision and pursuit without a doubt....and would definitely take a 6th on it, even a trade up to the 5th if still there.
In the games I had seen where he made wow plays, and a bunch at that, there was clean release with no blocking near him, he was ridiculously left alone in space....if I coached against him I would have gamepland to always engage him....anyways I will check him out some more, but I am really biased in my interpretation of linebackers ability to block shed, if they struggle with it I very usually tend to write them off in my opinion.
Some mentioned nickel lb/s hybrid, I could see him do well in that role but he' need more seasoning and better disengagement but I could imagine him to be developed into that role down the line and be effective,but he better be drafted with big DL in front of him imho.
I do hope he becomes a player and inspires people and give them courage to follow in his foot steps, and I understand why he has such a following and I think that' awesome, but again my stubbornnss to the position is big on disengagement, vision and pursuit angles...which he has vision and pursuit without a doubt....and would definitely take a 6th on it, even a trade up to the 5th if still there.