The key for me is that Jason Pierre-Paul may be a freak, but he hasn't seemed to absorb too much coaching, and I keep hearing bad things about his work ethic and penchant for partying (and possibly missing pre-Combine workouts due to his partying). He also sounds legitimately dumb, and plays dumb at times as well. I don't think a guy has to be a rocket scientist and I do give deference to the fact that some guys are a little young to have completely mature work habits...but all of that is just too much for me.
Everson Griffen is not a Derrick Morgan or Brandon Graham when it comes to work ethic, attitude, etc. But, in some ways he reminds me of Vontae Davis. Vontae obviously had some issues, and his attitude still strikes me as young, immature and even a little off-putting at times. But he came out and said the right things and did the right things this year, really going out of his way to try and be a leader, a hard worker and a coachable player. Even if it's just to impress people as I sometimes suspect is what Vontae is thinking, there's still something to be said for a guy that will go that out of the way to impress everyone.