Alabama Safety Xavier McKInney

garyv · Jan 24, 2020

Alabama Safety Xavier McKinney I've been seeing him mocked to the Cowboys at #17 even by some expert drafts. For those that follow College Football in these same draft it had Delpit the LSU Safety around 21st to 22nd behind the boyz. My question I thought Delpit was rated higher ? anyone know much about the LSU Safety.

cowboy_ron · Jan 24, 2020

garyv said:
Alabama Safety Xavier McKinney I've been seeing him mocked to the Cowboys at #17 even by some expert drafts. For those that follow College Football in these same draft it had Delpit the LSU Safety around 21st to 22nd behind the boyz. My question I thought Delpit was rated higher ? anyone know much about the LSU Safety.

In what I've seen they've all had Delpit in the top 15 with McKinney going in the 2nd round.

CATCH17 · Jan 24, 2020

McKinney just looks like a dime a dozen guy to me.

Is he a good player? Sure..

Will he have a big impact on games? I don't think so.

Future · Jan 24, 2020

CATCH17 said:
McKinney just looks like a dime a dozen guy to me.

Is he a good player? Sure..

Will he have a big impact on games? I don't think so.

Same. This safety class in general is pretty bad.

conner01 · Jan 24, 2020

Delpit had a shoulder injury this year that I think has hurt him
But good players
I’m hoping a DT is there at 17 but who knows

unionjack8 · Jan 24, 2020

Both good players, both HUGE upgrades on all our roster

Vegas_Cowboy · Jan 24, 2020

garyv said:
Alabama Safety Xavier McKinney I've been seeing him mocked to the Cowboys at #17 even by some expert drafts. For those that follow College Football in these same draft it had Delpit the LSU Safety around 21st to 22nd behind the boyz. My question I thought Delpit was rated higher ? anyone know much about the LSU Safety.

Delpit is a great athlete and uses that more than anything. He's less of an instinct guy than McKinney but more of a guy that reacts to plays and let's his athleticism take over. McKinney on the the other hand is not a great athlete but he makes up for it with "elite football intelligence." He's able to quickly dissect plays which allows him to get an early jump and be in the right spot to make a play.

I've seen a lot of mocks and some have Delpit rated higher and others have McKinney. They're all over the place with these two. There's really no major gap between the two in any area so it shouldn't surprise me. The only real advantage is that you can use Delpit in single Saftey coverage more often. Otherwise, they're pretty much the same.

Rogerthat12 · Jan 24, 2020

CATCH17 said:
McKinney just looks like a dime a dozen guy to me.

Is he a good player? Sure..

Will he have a big impact on games? I don't think so.

Yep Delpit has a tackling issue which sucks for a S and McKinney lacks range and is not great in coverage.

reddyuta · Jan 24, 2020

not a fan in the first RD,i would say some of the guys who went late in RD 2 last year were better than these 2.

stilltheguru · Jan 24, 2020

unionjack8 said:
Both good players, both HUGE upgrades on all our roster

If they didnt go to bama and LSU you wouldnt call them huge upgrades over Xavier Woods. Woods had a pff grade of 76 this year. Those two will come in and be "huge" upgrades over that? doubt it

reddyuta · Jan 24, 2020

I would rather give up a 1st RD pick for 2 years of jamal adams than draft any safety in the 1st RD.

cnuball21 · Jan 24, 2020

Really starting to warm up to him...but, not sure him or Delpit warrant a top 20 pick.

Would love either in a trade down scenario.

youngjerryjones · Jan 25, 2020

reddyuta said:
I would rather give up a 1st RD pick for 2 years of jamal adams than draft any safety in the 1st RD.

If you have the chance to draft Kinlaw or trade for JA what are you thinking?

reddyuta · Jan 25, 2020

Reezy said:
If you have the chance to draft Kinlaw or trade for JA what are you thinking?

I feel Kinlaw will go top 10 ,his stock is rising and he will crush the Combine too.

camaro69 · Jan 25, 2020

CATCH17 said:
McKinney just looks like a dime a dozen guy to me.

Is he a good player? Sure..

Will he have a big impact on games? I don't think so.

I'd draft that Kyle Duggers kid before McKinney just don't like him

visionary · Jan 25, 2020

This is why we need to sign the best DT and safety we can find in FA and then let the draft come to us so that if we grade a DE or CB much higher then we can take them instead of having to reach for need

eternaljester81 · Jan 25, 2020

I'm not sold on Delpit or McKinney, but would love to snag Ashtyn Davis or Antoine Winfield Jr. in the 2nd/3rd, if possible.

fivetwos · Jan 25, 2020

Future said:
Same. This safety class in general is pretty bad.

Yet theres a solid few in FA. They really need to spend the money and bring one in...and if you're asking me, I dont have a problem if that's Coopers money. I'd rather improve the defense.

Paintrain4978 · Jan 25, 2020

I like McKinney but not at 17. If he’s there at 51 sign me up.

darthseinfeld · Jan 25, 2020

cnuball21 said:
Really starting to warm up to him...but, not sure him or Delpit warrant a top 20 pick.

Would love either in a trade down scenario.

McKinney makes me think of what Stephan said when we traded down instead of drafting Eric Reid at 18 in 2013

We like the player, but 18 is too rich

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