3rd Round Pick: Maliek Collins

[darthseinfeld]

Strengths
Explosive get-off with good pad level. Has exceptional lateral movement and overall athleticism for the position. Moved around defensive line as rusher and allowed to stand to maximize athleticism as twister. Good coordination between hands and feet. Strong jump step and club move inside is his go-to rush. Flashes an impressive ceiling when it's clicking for him. Initial quickness opens door for disruption. Plus motor with active hands.

Weaknesses
Has very little scheme or position flexibility. Ends up on the ground all the time. Impact production doesn't match the athletic ability and talent. Square rusher missing hip swivel and upper body turn to improve penetration. Comes flying in as pass rusher on twists, but doesn't have workable counterattack ready. Unable to stack and anchor against double teams. Doesn’t have play strength to fight back against redirect blocks.

Draft Projection
Rounds 2 or 3

NFL Comparison
Henry Melton

Bottom Line
Three-technique with impressive athleticism and movement skills, but a lack of play strength to hold up at the point of attack. Collins needs to play for a defense that allows him to play up the field and should benefit from pass rush work with NFL coaching and teammates. Collins should test well which could push him way up the draft board, but his floor is lower than many of the defensive tackles in this draft.

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2016/profiles/maliek-collins?id=2555400

 

[Killerinstinct]

A dream come true. I never expected him to last until the early 3rd. We are crushing it.

 

[fishspill]

Collins is the first pick I like. He can develop into a great 3-technique I think. Time will tell.

 

[MichaelValentino]

A dream come true. I never expected him to last until the early 3rd. We are crushing it.

I don't know anything about Collins. Wasn't Billings still on the board? What do you like about Collins' game? I was hoping for Billings. The guy is just so strong, he can hold up the C and G on almost every play, and once he gets his hands on a guy he's going down.

I was hoping for Jack or Billings in the 2nd, then get Jaylon Smith in the 3rd.

 

[darthseinfeld]

I don't know anything about Collins. Wasn't Billings still on the board? What do you like about Collins' game? I was hoping for Billings. The guy is just so strong, he can hold up the C and G on almost every play, and once he gets his hands on a guy he's going down.

I was hoping for Jack or Billings in the 2nd, then get Jaylon Smith in the 3rd.

He was being sarcastic

 

[Killerinstinct]

I don't know anything about Collins. Wasn't Billings still on the board? What do you like about Collins' game? I was hoping for Billings. The guy is just so strong, he can hold up the C and G on almost every play, and once he gets his hands on a guy he's going down.

I was hoping for Jack or Billings in the 2nd, then get Jaylon Smith in the 3rd.

I am just kidding. Collins is a guy with some pass rush ability. Weak against the run. He will be part of a growing DT rotation.

I was hoping for a smart draft that would result in 4 starters and I didn't expect the only one to be at a position we weren't particularly weak at. RB. We got one starter and he will match the production we would have received from Mcfadden.

 

[darthseinfeld]

I don't know anything about Collins. Wasn't Billings still on the board? What do you like about Collins' game? I was hoping for Billings. The guy is just so strong, he can hold up the C and G on almost every play, and once he gets his hands on a guy he's going down.

I was hoping for Jack or Billings in the 2nd, then get Jaylon Smith in the 3rd.

With Billings he is more of a two gap power player. We dont value that in our scheme. Collins is quick 1 gap penetrator

 

[MichaelValentino]

He was being sarcastic

Whoops. I whiffed completely. lol

I was hoping he was serious because I was so disappointed we passed on Billings.

 

[darthseinfeld]

I am just kidding. Collins is a guy with some pass rush ability. Weak against the run. He will be part of a growing DT rotation.

I was hoping for a smart draft that would result in 4 starters and I didn't expect the only one to be at a position we weren't particularly weak at. RB. We got one starter and he will match the production we would have received from Mcfadden.

With a good camp Collins could see 50% of defensive snaps. We only have 1 other true inside penetrator in Tyrone Crawford. A good camp could get Collins that sub package spot that will have him on the field the majority of time. He is a better fit for it then Jack Crawford. And for the first quarter we could probably use Jack more on the outside

 

[darthseinfeld]

Whoops. I whiffed completely. lol

I was hoping he was serious because I was so disappointed we passed on Billings.

Billings is a good player but a poor fit. May havr never been more then a base D player here

 

[Killerinstinct]

With a good camp Collins could see 50% of defensive snaps. We only have 1 other true inside penetrator in Tyrone Crawford. A good camp could get Collins that sub package spot that will have him on the field the majority of time. He is a better fit for it then Jack Crawford. And for the first quarter we could probably use Jack more on the outside

Will he be replacing our overpaid Crawofrd or our biggest FA acquisition(thornton)

 

[hendog]

Billings was never gonna be a marinelli pick.

 

[Teague31]

Interesting that he wasn't on our list of official visitors

 

[darthseinfeld]

Will he be replacing our overpaid Crawofrd or our biggest FA acquisition(thornton)

Thornton. Thornton is a 2 down base D player in our scheme IMO.

He could replace Crawford down the line when we are done with the guarenteed money

 

[MichaelValentino]

With Billings he is more of a two gap power player. We dont value that in our scheme. Collins is quick 1 gap penetrator

Thanks Darth. At least I now understand the reasoning behind the pick.

 

[Rogerthat12]

Billings has a knee injury that has concerned teams according Jeff Cavanaugh.

 

[DoctorChicken]

Thanks Darth. At least I now understand the reasoning behind the pick.

What about all the rapey stuff going on at Baylor lately?

 

[DuDa]

Apparently Billings has a knee concern.

 

[MichaelValentino]

Apparently Billings has a knee concern.

Wow, one of the major storylines of this draft.

 

[Killerinstinct]

Apparently Billings has a knee concern.

I doubt it is as serious as Jaylon Smiths knee problem.