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Originally Posted by kccrow
He absolutely played better, especially run defense. That said, he struggles getting pressure and getting home altogether. He falls further against better competition. He has a thin frame and lacks any real power. At this point he opens himself up to lineman too much, he doesn't have the get-off you'd expect for his measurables, and he has no clue how to string together anything. He doesn't use his hands overly well. He's raw as hell. He is PURE height, weight, speed. You have to coach this kid up a ton. He should have stayed in college another year. I'm not taking that in round 1. Take him? Yes, absolutely. I'd take the raw product and hope I could mould it over the next couple of years, because that is likely what it will take, but I'd do it in round 2 or 3.
Tryon is light years beyond him in development but still needs some work, is also young and not fully matured, and has similar measurements. I'd take Tryon over Oweh every single day of the week and twice on Sundays with no reservations or hesitation. I've seen Tryon supplanting Oweh in several mocks recently, and I think a large part of that is ability to affect the QB right now.
Not a single NFL team has taken an edge rusher that has registered zero sacks in his final season in college going back for at least the past 20 years and the average is around 10 sacks. That's a huge, and I mean huge, discrepancy. Oweh's former teammate, Yetur Gross-Matos, was twice the player Oweh is at this point and coming off back-to-back 8+ sack seasons and still dropped to 38. To compound that, last year's draft saw Gross-Matos be the 2nd pure DE taken. This draft is far more loaded at the position than last year's.
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The best guys in the business (DJ, Zierlein, Brugler, the guys at Draft Network, etc.) all have Oweh as a 1st round pick.
Again, you’re in the minority here, which is fine, but I’m not exactly going out on a limb or being bold.
Generally speaking, the draft community loves this prospect and they’re not all that concerned with the lack of production.
They literally all say exactly the same thing I’m trying to say. He’s very disruptive on tape and he’s not an athlete playing football. He’s a football player, albeit a raw one. I’m confidently betting on the upside.