Quote:
Originally Posted by Saccopoo
I honestly can't say that Aldon Smith is any better a 3-4 Sam backer prospect than the following:
Brooks Reed
Sam Acho
Chris Carter
And he didn't test very well at the combine and didn't show very good fluidity in dropping back.
Do not want, especially in the first round. The guy would be a project at best as a 3-4 OLB, especially on the left side where he'll be asked to play a lot of zone pass coverage.
Heck, the fifth round and on is going to be loaded with guys just like Smith:
Ugo Chinasa, DE; Oklahoma State
K.J. Wright, OLB; Mississippi State
Tom Keiser, OLB; Stanford
And a guy like Mark Herzlich, who has some of the best instincts I've ever seen from a true Sam linebacker at the college level. I sure as hell would take a flyer on Herzlich in the fifth versus burning a first rounder on Smith.
Jon Baldwin in the second would be absolutely fantastic.
|
If the fifth round is known for anything, it's for hoarding first-round talent.
__________________
Your son is a bench warmer because of your weak genetics not because of the coach
Norlin Mommsen is disgusting.