*****The Armani Watts Thread*****

[Dante84]

More to come...

Overview
Watts is a four-year starter for the Aggies, living up to the four-star recruiting status that accompanied him to A&M (he had nine interceptions as a high school senior to earn first-team Class 4A All-State notice in Forney, Texas). He led the team with three interceptions as a true freshman free safety in 2014, recording 59 tackles, two for loss, and nine pass breakups. Watts put up 126 tackles in 13 starts in his second year on the team, six of them going for losses, and he intercepted one pass while breaking up two others. Watts' junior campaign was cut short by a leg injury, but he still made 56 tackles, six for loss, two interceptions and two forced fumbles in nine starts. He earned third-team Associated Press All-American and second-team All-SEC honors in 2017, starting 12 games, posting 87 tackles, 10 for loss, four interceptions, five pass breakups, two fumble recoveries, two forced fumbles, and two blocked kicks.

Watts is a feast or famine player whose biggest faults are often self-inflicted and not due to a lack of talent or athletic ability. He's smooth and athletic and plays with the instincts and ball skills to flip the field on the next level. Watts' success as a professional will likely depend on work ethic and consistency as a tackler.

Strengths

• Very impressive athletic ability
• Loose and flexible through lower body with ability to swivel and swerve around the field
• Possesses above-average cover skills and soft hands
• Has feet and fluidity to line up in man
• Plays with instincts and timing
• Recognizes opportunities to undercut routes and make plays on the ball
• Has twitchy burst to break on throws
• Anticipates and triggers to make plays outside of his coverage area
• Good leaper with high-point ability
• Rangy
• Slick with ability to dart into crevices and find tackle angles near the line of scrimmage
• Has striking ability
• Able to blow up screen passes with downhill quickness

Weaknesses

• Lacking ideal size and build
• Has missed games on three different occasions
• Too many feast or famine plays
• Inconsistent and not always trust-worthy in run support
• Loses leverage in pursuit and overruns the play
• Picks and chooses when to square up and tackle with technique
• Will opt for ankle-diving too frequently
• Urgency in pursuit is lacking from the backside
• Inconsistency at finishing plays costs his defense at times
• Gets caught guessing on routes

[TambaBerry]

Originally Posted by O.city

If people thought peters was a bad tackler wait til we see this guy

uhh what?

[pugsnotdrugs19]

It’s way too early to be this drunk O

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by TwistedChief

Yup, there’s a clear purpose and vision at work here. Veach is trying to completely change our defensive attitude. It seems like they’ve pegged that as the issue last year instead of Sutton’s scheme/playcalling.

Big hitters.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

o shitfaced

[Danguardace]

I love that Veach has invested all picks on D so far exactly what I thought he should do.

[Dante84]

Hi there, Alvin Kamara

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[JohnnyHammersticks]

Whoever invented autotune vocals should be tortured and then assassinated.

[O.city]

He’s not a great tackler

[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by O.city

If people thought peters was a bad tackler wait til we see this guy

He WOULDN'T tackle.

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by Danguardace

I love that Veach has invested all picks on D so far exactly what I thought he should do.

Yup

[RINGLEADER]

Vids show skillz.

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by O.city

He’s not a great tackler

He’s not nearly as bad as Ron Parker though. He’ll be fine in that role.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by staylor26

He’s not nearly as bad as Ron Parker though. He’ll be fine in that role.

He’s about the same

He’s cheaper and younger though

[Best22]

Originally Posted by O.city

If people thought peters was a bad tackler wait til we see this guy

Atleast he tries. Couldn't say the same about Peters

Peters was capable of tackling but he was too scared to do it

2018 Chiefs: No p*ssies allowed

[Chief Northman]

Sorry folks, but:

Please watch entire game films of Watts. For as many highlight hits he has, he is just an awful, awful, awful open-field tackler. In the box, and attacking the backfield he makes plays. Average or below in coverage and he is brutal in a deep help role. Box safety who has some juice to his game, but not a lot of versatility.

Meh.