Smitty
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I think he needs an offseason in an NFL weight room. Remember that you don't really get that coming into the league as a rookie. By time the draft happens, mini camps are literal weeks away and then training camp not long after. There is relocating, getting settled into a new home, learning the ropes of the NFL, etc.We are one game from ending the regular season.
I'm not saying this is a complete excuse, but I am saying, I expect all NFL rookies do not get as much weight training time with NFL S&T coaches as veterans do. And for a position like DT that needs to pack on muscle, muscle, muscle, more than any other spot, this is the position where it will show up the most when the player doesn't get enough access to the weight room.
We have very little experience seeing this because we never draft run stopping DTs early. Literally never. Russell Maryland was the last one. Every other time, we draft pass rushing types and even that is more like in the third round or later.
Let's talk to Green Bay. Kenny Clark was similarly a disappointment as a rookie and ended up a very good interior DL.