I keep hearing character concerns, but where does that come from? I know that he butted heads with the new staff, but the Cowboys all talked to the old staff and they reportedly loved him.
He was squatting 700+ as a Freshman so he works his *** off in the weight room. All the draft "experts" said he goes all-out on the field and that is easy to see on the film.
He has never been arrested, or failed a drug test, or beat up a woman or a kid. So...I am a little confused about the "character concerns" issue.
People are
way blowing it out of proportion. He didn’t like the new scheme (he was a pure 43 DT moving to a 34) and he didn’t like the way he had to play in it. The best way I heard it put is that it took him a while to buy into the new scheme and coaching.
Is that ideal? No, of course not... but the kid is being made out to be an awful person who was benched and the coaches hated.
He wasn’t benched, he just didn’t get the privilege of starting the game. He played a ton yet I’ve heard it said many times on here that he was benched. I’ve read scouting reports that said he was clearly the most talented player on that entire defense... of course the coaches used him a lot.
He’s also being called lazy (in this very thread as well) when everything you hear about the guy and every clip you watch of him says that he plays all-out, every play. One analyst on the draft network said Hill is the ‘most urgent player these eyes have ever viewed’.
He is the complete opposite of lazy and Marinelli stated that his hustle was a major factor in drafting Hill.
People don’t know what they’re talking about and the tales grow taller as time goes on.