The pick of Joseph over Humphrey (and a couple of other corners) is concerning. Jospeh is really looking like another one of those train wreck second round picks so far.
OSA did look pretty good in the first half of the year, but tailed off some at the end of the year. Maybe it’s the rookie wall, but so far he seems to have promise.
We took Wright in round 3 and a lot of people shook their heads on that pick. It is clear that he was a Quinn favorite. I don’t have an issue with the pick so much as we probably took him two (or more) rounds too early. That’s how much we liked him and he really wasn’t a factor at all last year.
Cox was clearly BPA type of player when we selected him. I think he will turn out to be a good one, but I don’t know how you pass on him in the 4th. The better question is why take Wright over Cox in the 3rd? These are the types of moves that make you scratch your head.
If Marinelli was still the D-Coordinator, they probably would have drafted an OT instead of Parsons.
- Even if they did draft Parsons, Marinelli likely would not have used him as a pass rusher.
Joseph was a better prospect than the CBs available at that pick.
- Joseph was as good as it gets in his first NFL start.
- He gave up -2 yards receiving and zero catches beyond the line of scrimmage.
- Immediately after returning from 6 games on IR, Joseph became a top special teams player.
- If he fails, it is due to character, not due to a lack of on-field ability.
Odighi was terrific as a rookie.
- He started 12 games and played a high percentage of snaps.
- They over-used him in the first half of the season.
CB Wright was one of the top 3 young players in training camp.
- They had 3 veteran starters in front of him plus a higher draft pick (Joseph).
- i.e. He was not going to get much playing time regardless of how he performed.
Golston was a solid contributor.
- He was thrust into more snaps than they would have preferred due to injury issues with Gregory and DLaw.
- He played at much as 70% of snaps in some games as a non-starter.
- Quinn's scheme allows for CBs that don't play the traditional CB technique.
- Diggs has success in part because Quinn schemed to allow Diggs to play his style.
- Wright projects to play a similar style (i.e. Physical and often with backend help which allows the CB to be a play maker).
Jabril Cox fell to the 4th because he needed a year in the NFL and because he might not be a full-time player.
- He is a perfect fit in Quinn's scheme as the LB next to Parsons on passing downs.
- Last season that was Neal's role.
- Jabril Cox was top 2 in the preseason in big plays made but was #1 in big plays allowed (i.e. All or nothing).
- His preseason issues were exactly what was expected of him pre-draft (i.e. Run fit problems).
- Quinn schemed to have a spot for those types of coverage LBs (Jabril only needs to be better than Neal in run defense).
Josh Ball was on IR all season.
- He was better at LT with Florida State in 2017 than Steele was at RT with Texas Tech in 2020.
- Ball has not been in trouble since 2018 and was never arrested or charged with a crime.
Simi Fehoko was active for multiple games which is about all you can expect from a 5th round rookie WR.
Quinton Bohanna averaged 25% of snaps.
- Even veteran starting NT types only average about 60% of snaps.
Israel Mukuamu was active for some games.
- They had 4 veteran Safeties in front of him (Kearse, Hooker, Wilson, and Kazee).
- i.e. He was not going to get playing time unless they had multiple players injured at that position.
Matt Farniok was active for the majority of games which is rare for 7th round rookie interior OLineman.
- He looked good in the snaps he played in the regular season.
- He looked good at both OC and OG in the preseason.
