He’s so talented that I’d be hard pressed to be upset with him at 10, although I typically don’t like to use a high first on a 43 LB.
As far as the player and his immaturity... I don’t think there’s much of a problem there really. I haven’t dug up anything that is a real problem in his background. The team will interview him and look into his personality and if there’s an issue, I’m sure they wouldn’t take him at 10 overall. Dallas has done a pretty good job in recent years of vetting the high round guys.
James Franklin was on the NFL Network a few days ago (NFL Now I think), and they asked him about Parsons and he couldn’t speak highly enough about the kid and his work ethic and his growth as a football player. He talked about how incredibly athletic he is and how good he can be. He said watching the Super Bowl, Devin White actually reminded him some of Parsons.
I think he’ll be really good and won’t take long to get there.
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As an aside, the guy interviewing Franklin on the show asked him who was going to run faster at their pro day, Parsons or Jayson Oweh and Franklin’s answer was eye opening. He said that they have been training some together and they both called him a few days ago after a workout, and asked him then which one he thinks will run faster at pro day.
Franklin said that Micha was a little mad at him because he picked Oweh (at 6’5” 257 lbs.) to run the faster 40 time. He said he is an incredible athlete.
I haven’t spent much time looking at edge rushers but I knew that Oweh is a terrific athlete... but if he’s doing that, he’s a very, very rare guy athletically. Does anyone have an idea on Oweh and his development? I know he’s raw.