Jalon Walker player comp: Haason Reddick

[MHS831]

31 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

It’s underwhelming. Jalon Walker is being overrated, I feel. PFF has him as their #27th ranked player 

Walker would be Frankie Luvu.  I am not sure the Jets knew how to use him, and we did.  A good player-a hybrid, but not a pure edge.

Edited 7 hours ago by MHS831

[Shocker]

4 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

Walker would be Frankie Luvu.  I am not sure the Jets knew how to use him, and we did.  A good player-a hybrid, but not a pure edge.

Walker is way more than Luvu.  I hate this comparison, Jalon is extremely versatile and a crazy competitive guy.  His motor is nuts and he will be a bigtime LB.  Exclusive pure EDGE…no.   Great LB absolutely 

[ChuckWag78]

The more I read about this kid the more I am sold on him. Rankings have him all over the place, so hard to tell really when he is going to go. Would love to trade down a bit and still pick him up between 12-16. 

[MHS831]

1 hour ago, Shocker said:

Walker is way more than Luvu.  I hate this comparison, Jalon is extremely versatile and a crazy competitive guy.  His motor is nuts and he will be a bigtime LB.  Exclusive pure EDGE…no.   Great LB absolutely 

 While you might be right, your inference here is that Luvu is not what you call Walker (versatile, competitive, motor--Luvu is all of those too).  Aside from that, the Luvu comparison was in relation to the Panthers to give people a player we have had with a similar skill set.  It is biased when you talk about college players (with an average first round non-bust rate of about 53%) as "bigtime...great...and absolutely."  You don't know that, and I would never say that about any player.   What we know:  Walker had a year of production in college and is rated a top 30 player.  Luvu recently signed a $31m contract.  I like Walker too, but I am not hugging his nuts at this point.  

Edited 5 hours ago by MHS831

[MHS831]

58 minutes ago, ChuckWag78 said:

The more I read about this kid the more I am sold on him. Rankings have him all over the place, so hard to tell really when he is going to go. Would love to trade down a bit and still pick him up between 12-16. 

He is probably going to be a good player, a chess piece, but it depends on how he is used.  My point earlier, Frankie Luvu was nothing but a special teams player for the Jets and we picked him up and used him better.  That led to a $31m, 3 year contract.  Same player, different systems.