Mark My Words (MMW): Draft Edition

[TasteMyScythe]

Shemar Stewart will be the Cowboys pick at 12 and the fan base will flip their wigs.

 

[Dalmations202]

Shemar Stewart will be the Cowboys pick at 12 and the fan base will flip their wigs.

I'd like a SStewart pick, but 16-24

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

Here’s another hot take:

I don’t think Walter Nolen is half the prospect a lot of media scouts purport him to be.

I’ve done a deep dive on him, watching actual game cut ups (ie. all snaps, not just highlights) and here’s my thoughts:

• He has no pass rush repertoire…none. He has one go-to move which is a bull rush. Sometimes it’s effective which is what you see in the highlights. More often than not, he’s left hand fighting as the play goes past him.
• He glacially slow on stunts or when he tries to run down plays on the backside. I don’t like his movement skills at all. It’s very dubious to me how he’s going to test out at the Combine. It will be interesting to see how he performs in the agility drills.
• He loses track of the ball. This was a criticism I saw of Mazi when he came out too. He often gets caught up in the hand fighting (similar to pass rush criticism) because he has no arsenal of moves to shed blockers and he loses sight of the ball carrier.

Some of these issues can possibly be refined at the pro level, but I’m not seeing a Day 1 starting caliber prospect, but rather a rotation type guy at least early in his career.