Well to be fair they are all rookies so we probably shouldn't be counting any of them yet. Although I feel pretty comfortable in saying Frederick will have a long and productive career here. He just has the right skill set to be a 13 year starting NFL center.
I think the DL has been the biggest problem, unless superceded by poor tackling from the linebackers and secondary in general. But not really coverage.
Let's pump the brakes on Floyd for a bit. I like the player too, but he hasn't played a snap in the NFL and is now coming off a major knee injury. Not fair to compare him to players who have played poorly or little like Escobar.
He was pretty bad last night.
He was, but he's been bad a lot. He's at least two steps behind where he needs to be at all times.
I have been told otherwise a few months ago.
Sharrif Floyd? He's played. He has a sack and a half in the last two games as well.
My bad, I thought he tore his knee up in preseason.
Yeah, I don't know that he would have been. Seems very "possible" though I don't know if I would say "guaranteed." Maybe "likely."
I will say, though, that had we taken Floyd I would have tried my hardest to trade up in the 2nd to get Frederick. He was a pet cat of mine so that's an easy decision for me, but that's the only way I could have seen it play out. Too many teams between our 1st and 2nd pick and OL were flying off the board that day.
The play of Floyd so far this season doesn't really have me crying in my pillow at night either. Not to say he has been a bad player by any means but I also don't think he has shown me elite ability at this point either.
We can probably name 30 guys who we'd like better than the Escobar pick because we are all down on him right now. Warford wasn't on our board though (for some reason).
That is exactly right. The Escobar pick was trash from the second we made it. We all knew it.
