Pre or post injury Jaylon, cause they ain't the same player. Jaylon today is nothing like this kid. Jaylon just runs around with his head down and flapping his arms like a mental patient and doesn't even seem like he is watching what is going on.
A lot of this isn't directed at anyone in particular, but I don't get some people. Our LB play was absolutely atrocious. Jaylon didn't belong on an NFL Field last year. He wasn't bad, he was horrid. He would have been a poor backup. LVE wasn't too much better and seems to be hurt half the time. Our need at LB was as big as our need at DB. This team sucked at all 3 levels last year. We picked a guy that I felt before the draft was the best defensive player in the draft and I certainly was not alone. He may even play some DE in the nickel and could end up better at that than anyone else in the draft. Plus, we got a 3rd rounder to boot. What I love most about this pick is it seems like a scouts pick, not a Jerry pick. Jerry would have forced CB I think. I think too many fans got caught up in the we need a CB discussion and read too many mock drafts and were blinded by just taking the best player you can. The 2 CBs were both gone but this kid is a more talented player than either of them IMO. I'm so happy with this pick. And for those that are too short-sighted to see beyond CB at least pretend you know that the draft is more than one round. And on top of that I hope we take Barmore here and not CB and yes I know we need a corner more than any team in the league, but you try to draft guys that will be stars and 3 tech is also a huge need. Teams didn't even have to pass against us because we couldn't stop the run
ROFL man.
You have a picture of Jaylon in your AVI and yet are howling over his play.
That's just tough to reconcile.
Jaylon leads the team in snaps the last 3 years.
He should have been subbed out more last year but there were no options who were even close to his level which isn't to say he was good but just how bad everyone else was.
Jaylon was a Will that didn't call the defense, then a Mike that did all in a scheme that was a read and react 2 gap with no DTs in front of him all with no off-season or practice.
Trying to argue Jaylon was worse than his back ups last year makes clear you are making emotional arguments and not dealing in reality. .
Yes, he was making tackles 8 yards down the field... while his LB brethren were buried and dead on the play. Those guys couldn't even make it through games.
Go watch Parsons versus Ohio State.
It's worse than anything Jaylon put on tape last year.
OSU just did a ball fake and Fields ran right passed him over and over and over.
So PSU moved him to down edge rusher and he just got handled by the OSU OT.
But certainly in tape versus Memphis he ate them all the way up. Game over domination.
Barmore is a very worthy target at 44 but I'm not sure he's anything more than Gallimore is right now.
He'd be great depth but he's not a plus run stuffer like Urban/AWoods who will play 1T.
He'd be a high ceiling quality DT of the type Dallas took with Hill and Gallimore the last two seasons. With those 3 you'd love that 3 man rotation but I couldn't even tell you'd who'd win the starting job.
He did look great in that championship game but he had some real stinkers.
Getting a starting CB or Safety holds more value for me at 44.
Then potentially adding a DT like Milton Williams who needs a year to redshirt/learn or a Daviyon Nixon who looks as skilled as Barmore but may be a little less polished is probably right about as valuable if not more so given the CB/S could start day 1 and play 80% of your defensive snaps.
I think Parsons can help you and if LVE is really not able to play 16 weeks he is true value add and long term solution.
But I absolutely do not think an off-ball LB rated a 9.5 is better than a CB rated 9.4
Positional value is simply higher at CB for me.
And that's not even factoring in the need score at CB is whatever the highest possible is because today you have.
CB1 - Diggs
CB2 - Brown
CB3 - Lewis
