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Originally Posted by GoWalrus
The only reason is his draft position.
As a rookie, he was very underwhelming. This is not up for debate. It is fact.
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No. Tyson Jackson's was over-drafted because all of us knew, he had the upside of a guy who could handle the position, but never had the speed or raw strength to be a premiere 5-technique. Poe was drafted high because of his potential. He has elite speed and power and speed and endurance, and that wasn't just in the combine, that was seen on the field but didn't translate because of awful technique. Poe's upside is based on the very, very rare ability for a nose tackle to play across the line.
You can't say he was underwhelming based on fact just because PFF has a number out there. PFF doesn't consider the quality of snaps. I don't think they weight the difference between 3-4 NTs and 4-3 DTs, and they certainly don't account for scheme. Most importantly, they don't account for where Poe is expected to be in his development. What we all said in the beginning of the year, both critics of the picks and people who liked it, was that Poe was going to be a project and we'd be happy if he just saw the field. He did. He was generally not a liability and he flashed plays. That is better than what we expected from him.