RESIN8;3254913 said:
Probably no different then those people saying that Thoms will be better then Berry.
I think Mays it the safety with the most upside. I remember last year when people were down on Malaluga and he ended up being good enough to start as a rook.
If you are going to break down Mays it should be from the year before. USC defense as a whole was poor this past year. When you lose 3 studs at LB your due for a lapse.
Those people are extreme homers. Unless Thomas does turn out better than Berry then they will be visionaries :laugh2: .
I've been down on Taylor Mays for the last two years. Safeties his size just aren't good in coverage. Physically they can't handle it, plus he doesn't have the production to back it up (talking about INT's).
He may be able to stop the run well, but this is now a passing league. He may convert to a 4-3 outside linebacker like Thomas Davis did, but I'm not sure how he would handle the physicality of a linebacker spot. Safety and linebacker are two different positions.
Mays is big and fast, but that isn't enough to be effective in the NFL. IMO he lacks the instincts and the hips to play safety in the NFL, and I'm not even sure he's physical enough to play OLB, but I would say that is his best shot of succeeding.
Well all this is just an amateur scouts opinion. I thought Mario Williams would be a great pick (I was right) and I thought Reggie Bush would be a bust (Looks like I was right on that), but I also thought Charles Rogers would be the best receiver since Randy Moss. How players translate from college to the pro's can be a crap shoot.