Yeah LBers to me are all about quickness, speed and lateral agility. I want a beefy Dline and I'm not worried much about my LBers size. Parsons may be Khalil Mack for all I know but to me that's what you're looking for if you want a big LBer at the top of the draft.
Eh, details details
Mel has Davyion Nixon number 10 on his most recent big board, what do you think of him?
Yeah the guy has been awesome this year. 5.5 sacks in only 8 games. The sample size is small though. He wasn't a big player for us last year and was a transfer before that. He literally looks like a squatty DE physically at Iowa but plays DT and weighs 305 pounds. And the fact that he wasn't a big player for us past year shouldn't be read too much into. Ferentz almost always makes players wait before playing them.
I just watched the Michigan St. game and he definitely looks smallish but very athletic and has seemingly very long arms, looked technically sound playing the run as well.
Yeah I mean no one cares now but Aaron Donald went 13th because teams want big DTs. Hell most of us here want a 6'5" 310+ pound DT. But some of the best DTs in the NFL in recent history have been Donald and Suh. Neither guy is big but they dominated during their primes.
Do you think he's worth a top 10 pick?
Talent always trumps raw size, but at some point you are too thin to win.
I think top 10 would be pushing it. But again it's probably in part because of the small sample size. I'm used to seeing guys dominate for a couple years before I start thinking top 10 for a guy. The sample size for him really feels like 8 games. Prior to this year he wasn't hardly on my radar even as an Iowa fan. And honestly this college football season has just felt weird. The kid is really starting to come into his own. One more college season and I'd probably be saying yes. But as a redshirt Junior he should probably come out and reap the benefits of being a first round pick.
Interesting, I only saw him against Michigan St. and you can definitely see the movement ability and explosiveness, he also looks to have impressive arm length. Hopefully he plays in their bowl game so I can get another look but if we win another game and end up picking around 12-15 we might have to start talking about him more seriously.
I've seen so many first round TE's I thought were generational talents. Not many of them have become anything of the sort. Instead it's the Kelces and Kittles of the world who are the special TE talents. Maybe Pitts will change that but I've seen this story play out too many times.
Who did you think was generational in the last 10 years?
I thought Njoku could have been a generational talent. Apparently, I was wrong.
Eric Ebron went what 10th? Vernon Davis went what 6th?
