jday
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Is it the elite athleticism? Or the otherworldly stats he put up in his one year of starting?
Whatever the reason, all those reasons are reasons I see as buyer beware. He used his athleticism, not technique, to garner all those stats. And in my experience of watching football tells me you never take that guy in the first round because he is going to have to learn to not rely so much on his athleticism.
Furthermore, the guy has clearly struggled getting off of blocks. If he is to be our new Middle Linebacker, that is something he will encounter on almost every play. I have no questions on his ability to get from sideline to sideline and I will grant you he probably adds something in coverage, which will certainly be useful. But if he can't get off NFL blocks (when he struggled to do so against questionable competition), then he, in my opinion, has the highest bust potential of anyone currently being linked to the Cowboys.
Meanwhile, Rashaan Evans has exhibited the ability to get off blocks and explodes to the ball carrier. I suspect his stats are not all that impressive because he has been sharing a field with several other players slotted to go in the first two days (Minkah Fitzpatrick and Daron Payne, for example). He faced better competition and played with better competition to get to the ball. Between he and LVE, he is by far the most pro ready. So why is LVE being viewed as the better option over Rashaan? Can anyone make a logical argument that makes sense to take LVE over Rashaan?
Whatever the reason, all those reasons are reasons I see as buyer beware. He used his athleticism, not technique, to garner all those stats. And in my experience of watching football tells me you never take that guy in the first round because he is going to have to learn to not rely so much on his athleticism.
Furthermore, the guy has clearly struggled getting off of blocks. If he is to be our new Middle Linebacker, that is something he will encounter on almost every play. I have no questions on his ability to get from sideline to sideline and I will grant you he probably adds something in coverage, which will certainly be useful. But if he can't get off NFL blocks (when he struggled to do so against questionable competition), then he, in my opinion, has the highest bust potential of anyone currently being linked to the Cowboys.
Meanwhile, Rashaan Evans has exhibited the ability to get off blocks and explodes to the ball carrier. I suspect his stats are not all that impressive because he has been sharing a field with several other players slotted to go in the first two days (Minkah Fitzpatrick and Daron Payne, for example). He faced better competition and played with better competition to get to the ball. Between he and LVE, he is by far the most pro ready. So why is LVE being viewed as the better option over Rashaan? Can anyone make a logical argument that makes sense to take LVE over Rashaan?