Jalon Walker Interview

[Swaggasaurus]

4 minutes ago, Davidson Deac II said:

If Luke is the comparison, then we are likely doomed.  Players like him come around only once in a while.  

We need an infusion of talent on defense and the first round is only one part of it.  If he turns out be to be a Shaq Thompson, but we also add a Charles Johnson or Mike Rucker and a Mike Minter in later rounds, I will be happy.  

There’s wishful thinking and then there is this….”Doesn’t matter if he’s a disappointment if we hit our other picks”- You…just now

[Davidson Deac II]

8 minutes ago, Swaggasaurus said:

There’s wishful thinking and then there is this….”Doesn’t matter if he’s a disappointment if we hit our other picks”- You…just now

Didn't say that at all.  Getting a guy as good as Shaq Thompson would not be a failure at all.  Might not be optimal, but it certainly wouldn't be a disappointment.  

 

Edited 11 hours ago by Davidson Deac II

[ColumbusCounty]

3 hours ago, BrianS said:

Is he Luke Kuechly?  

There is no other Luke. 

Jalon Walker... would be more of Luvu then Kuechly Imo. 

I like him as a player just not at 8. About a month ago I had him slotted with the second rounder. I just don't think he's going as early as most. 

[BrianS]

4 hours ago, Davidson Deac II said:

If Luke is the comparison, then we are likely doomed.  Players like him come around only once in a while.  

We need a infusion of talent on defense and the first round is only one part of it.  If he turns out be to be a Shaq Thompson, but we also add a Charles Johnson or Mike Rucker and a Mike Minter in later rounds, I will be happy.  

Use Beason, TD, Morgan . . . whomever you like.  59 was just the most recent (and likely greatest) in a long line of excellence.  The point remains that you cannot draft a guy in the top 10 who you can't really decide what his fit in the NFL will be.

 

[Davidson Deac II]

3 minutes ago, BrianS said:

Use Beason, TD, Morgan . . . whomever you like.  59 was just the most recent (and likely greatest) in a long line of excellence.  The point remains that you cannot draft a guy in the top 10 who you can't really decide what his fit in the NFL will be.

 

I can agree with that.  Fwiw, I wish we would go back to the 4-3 and bring in a more traditional defensive end.  

That being said, I will point out that some thought Thomas Davis would be a safety when we drafted him.  It was of course clear early that lb was his best position.  

[MHS831]

13 hours ago, Mills said:

Man, I admittedly was not on the Jalon Walker hype train but the kid says the right things & seems to have a great head on his shoulders. I can see him blowing teams away in the interview room. 

 

 

OK, so this is a bit weird.  When I coached at Salisbury High School when I first started teaching, I used to go over to Catawba College to watch film and talk football with their coaches.  They were great. Curtis, Jalon's father, I assume, was a LB at Catawba and hired as LB coach by Bennett When Coastal started their program, they hired Catawba's coach Bennett.  Bennett must have taken Jalen's father with him to Coastal. I am guessing that is about the time Jalon was born and why he was in Conway. So then his father comes back to Salisbury after Jalen is born and takes the head coaching job.

Jalen is a good interview.  I love the kid based on this, and I have heard good things from former colleagues of FB.  Salibury (when I was there) was a very rough school.  Gangs, drugs, etc.  To put it in perspective, I was there for 2.5 years and I had four (4) students in my class (at different times) who committed murder during that time. A girl was raped in the gym by a few boys.  One night, after a game (there is a road between the coaches offices in the gym and the rest of the school) the coaches watched film until 1 AM or so.  When we were leaving to walk to our cars parked across that street, we noticed a car sitting in the middle of the road about 100 yards away with its lights off.  The driver took off when we neared the street, so we all hit the ground.  As the car passed, we heard about 6 or 7 gunshots.  The next day, the van behind where we fell to the ground had 2 bullet holes in it, about 5 feet above the ground. 
All that to say this:  If the young man on the video endured anything like that, I want him to succeed and I found it interesting that he mentioned playing for the Panthers.  I am not sold on the player as a fit here based on our needs, but I am sold on the person.  Very proud of him for some reason that many may not understand. 

Edited 6 hours ago by MHS831

[CPF4LIFE]

12 hours ago, Jon Snow said:

We could do so much worse. If he's the guy get Deone in round 2 and the front 7 is improved. Notice I didn't say fixed.

Oh my god!!

[jfra78]

2 hours ago, Davidson Deac II said:

I can agree with that.  Fwiw, I wish we would go back to the 4-3 and bring in a more traditional defensive end.  

That being said, I will point out that some thought Thomas Davis would be a safety when we drafted him.  It was of course clear early that lb was his best position.  

Luke also played OLB for a season.  This whole no position thing is just ridiculous, he is an ILB who has the ability to move outside when needed.  People are overthinking this.  Versatility is a good thing lol