Walter Nolen is DT1

[America's Cowboy]

Nah.

Nolen can be explosive but he’s absolutely useless when the play goes past across his face. He’s not Aaron Donald because Donald could turn a corner and was a killer in pursuit. He’s also not in the same stratosphere of athlete as Donald; he’s a stiff plodder and not surprising he sat out most of the Combine testing. Nolen is guy that basically loads up and shoots his wad and then disappears for five snaps. Most of all, I cannot see him being a 3 down starter. I think he’s best suited as a rotational, single assignment. I don’t think he slips that far, but he’d find his best success on a team with deep DL depth like Philly.

Agreed.

 

[J-man]

I think he really good, but I don't think they will take another 3T, at least not that early.
It's obvious they need a true stud 1T to stop the run. I don't they do that at 12, hopefully they can some how land either Grant or T Williams in rd 2.

 

[baltcowboy]

I agree with Mario, aka Goat House, here. Someone's getting a steal in the back half of round 1.


Walter Nolen is the most explosive and disruptive DT in class imo. Wins with power and quickness. Has won in every alignment across DL.
Mason Graham is a great unique prospect. Lateral movement and quickness are insane and often how he wins reps, but also can be his weakness as he spends reps almost working sideline to sideline rather than into the backfield. Nolen is slightly more explosive and disruptive working towards the backfield/pocket and that is the small difference for me.

I like him better than Mason Graham and he would do more to help the team than any player in the draft. I hope he is in play for the 12th pick. Yes, he can play the 1 tech, he is bigger then Mazi.

 

[baltcowboy]

Which is why I'm talking not truly informed. I may talk to the guy for 10 minutes and never want him on my football team. I can assure you that would have happened with Sam Williams and Kelvin Joseph.

But fans don't get that access. So we can only go by what we can see on the field.

He's my favorite DT this year.

I would love to know whose idea was to pick Kelvin aka Bossman. That scout, coach, stooge, whatever should be taken to the back and beaten up. The worst part of the assessment is that he couldn’t play cornerback.