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Originally Posted by PurpleJesus28
Nice read.I kind of hope the Chiefs can get Ojabo.I was watching a segment on ESPN about him,before injury of course and he just looks like a helluva player.They could use that kind of swag on the D for sure,i'm assuming he will make a full recovery.
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Staylor disagrees with me and I have never watched him.
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An Achilles tear on a dude like Ojabo is potentially sending him to Day 2 at a minimum. He’s a freak athlete but the risk if it doesn’t heal is essentially that you have a guy who is only first step with a worse first step. I would be more worried you reach for like the Penn State dude or Paschal.
Alternatively, maybe you get lucky and get a swing at Boye Mafe who is creeping up my board as I look at him. He’s kind of what people want Enagbare or some of these other “played in the SEC” types where he looked pretty good against a lot of teams with superior talent.
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My hot take as a Michigan fan is that Ojabo had bust written all over him, even before the injury.
He played one season and did so opposite a guy who was so dominant that he could've won the Heisman. It reminds me of the defensive linemen who play next to Aaron Donald, rack up mostly clean-up sacks, and then get exposed as nothing special once they've signed a big contract somewhere else.
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Yeah I didn't like Ojabo at all before the injury. An amazing first step will only get you so far if you literally have 0 strength. The guy was swallowed up in every run play and couldn't bull rush anyone. Relied on sticking an arm every time and just dipping around the pocket. Works fine if you had a dominant Heisman candidate like you said but I don't know how you have him out there on first down ever even if you have quality NFL DEs opposite him.
It's a complete rework on how he plays which is so difficult to do. He has the body to pop an OT and dip inside but he never does it.
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I keep trying to imagine if someone gave him the Aldon Smith/Randy Gregory assignments but I just don’t think he’s the type of twitchy to work out of 2 point consistently or drop and not be a huge liability. Serious Vernon gholston/cam maybin energy.
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He honestly might end up a developmental guy for the Steelers if he’s there in like the 3rd. Not paying him first round money might buy him enough time to develop. People keep comparing him to Oweh, but oweh at least showed power rush potential some even if he didn’t produce in college—I honestly can’t find a clip of a high end tackle getting countered in or pushed on the inside shoulder with him.
I have a new insane hot take which is that whoever of Muma/Lloyd/Beavers drops low enough for the pats is going to get turned into a pro bowler because Bill is the only guy you can really trust to use or create Thumpers now. Maybe someone like Saleh or Staley could but even they’ve been leaning hard on the “overgrown strong safety” types just out of market availability.
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