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So are you saying he has no problem getting separation? I’ve never seen him play, so I’m genuinely curious to understand if he can or not on a consistent basis. I’m not interested in if he can overcome it or not. Just looking for a yes or no on this question.

How is Pearce against the run? I haven’t seen him play, but every time I read about him he sounds like a liability against the run. I’m getting Burns vibes, but maybe I’m completely off?

What I meant was once you have a combine result, you will go back and review the tape again, and you will most likely see the results backed up, i.e. confirm the combine results.

The purpose of these games and the combine is to confirm what you’ve already seen on tape. Or discover something you missed, good or bad, so you can go back to the tapes to once again confirm. The Greg Little example above was a great example of someone that looked really good on tape, but his poor combine made you go back to make sure you didn’t miss anything. Other players are the opposite. What you can never do is let a combine result overrule what you’ve seen on tape. It is only one more datapoint in the total evaluation.

That’s what I read everywhere, from every reporter and based on history. Would be great of he went to a giant NT, but I think this player in particular is a practice squad one.

While McCarthy isn’t a very exciting guy, I think he was the best option for the Bears by far. They needed an experienced offensive HC, used to a somewhat messy situation. There is a lot that needs to get done in Chicago that goes way beyond just good play calling.

The big difference, imo, is that he is a very good sized player that do many things at a very high level. So you don’t have to create a role for him like you had to with Chinn. Walker can already be dropped in to multiple current roles and excel at them.

From what I read the offense in year two was extremely predictable and stale, even the players, including Stroud, were complaining about it. He also apparently insisted on the C to do the line calls instead of Stroud. So it looked good on the surface to everyone on the outside, but inside the building a lot of people were unhappy.

100 % agree, he would be awesome as a 3-4 end, but I think he might work as a NT as well, so I was curious about other people see it. Just a very impactful player that I think might be there when we pick, but we’ll see.

Graham is a bit bigger that the traditional NT Evero likes to use, but he might be a great fit for the traits Evero like at that position. I’m slight intrigued by the idea, and I think Graham might be there when we pick. Jalon Walker is probably my preferred choice, but if Graham is a fit at NT…

Good thing Giants didn’t pay Barkley so they could afford Burns lol

Daniels has been phenomenal. But for this game everything went perfect for the Commanders, 0 turnovers vs. 5 for the Lions as well as 1 special teams TD.

I’d take this in a heartbeat. Walker would be perfect for us.

I feel the same way

The problem I have with always drafting the high potential/boom or bust prospects is that you miss out on a lot of very good players. Ladd would have been the right choice, so would Frazier have been. That would have given us two very good starters for 10 years, exactly what we need. We are in no place to gamble, we need many solid contributors. Once we have that, then we can take chances.

Which teams currently run a 3-4 with an undersized NT and does it well?

I feel like his scheme works best vs. pass happy offenses, but we are back to heavy running and I just don’t see his scheme working as well going forward. Just look at the Broncos in the playoffs, they could do nothing against the run.

This is good news, we have a crazy amount of injuries every year.

How is his production? He looks like the perfect player but does he produce?

What gives me hesitation is that he’s a guy that has everything and should be dominant, but he’s not. You’d draft him because he could be great, for his upside. That rarely works out for us. Draft someone that is already really good. That’s why Hurney did well in the first round imo.

This is the reason to keep drafting o-line in round 3-5 every year, so you have depth and don’t have to overpay for that depth.

This is spot on, good analysis

It will be really interesting to see Arch next year, he must the most hyped player in a long time

There seem to be an unusual number of good 4-3 DEs in this draft. Not sure if Sawyer fits in a 3-4 or not. But I love him as a football player, he’s the type of player you want on your team.

Can someone explain the undersized NT thing to me, I don’t get how that works?