Yeah I have no issue with how they handled it but in hindsight....they need to stay away from injury prone linebackers.You can get away with that at probably any other position but who takes more contact on the defensive side of the ball than the linebackers? You need to be durable to play that position.
I have no issue with the Jaylon pick. It was a risk...its debatable if its paying off. If LVE had injury flags that was too early to draft a guy with those neck problems.
Ditto here as well.
- Pre-injury Jaylon was long touted as the best LB in his draft but also a top overall talent. Per our own medical specialists it was recommended
that it would take some time, but he'd eventually recover enough to play again in the NFL.
My problem with Jay has nothing to do with his limited change of direction but more so his questionable instincts and lack of physicality.
Something that he apparently wasn't showing a lack of at the college level.
- With LVE, at draft time, i heard more concerns about his questionable shed-ability than the concerning neck injury, and it's assumed that the Cowboys
medical staff (just like jaylon's own pre-draft medical concerns) addressed the red flags that clear McClay & co. to draft Vander Esch.
And LVE responded with a rookie pro bowl year at that. But unfortunately injuries and questionable play has stunned his development.
One of my biggest concerns is how these LBs are so easily fooled by misdirection and wiped washed in traffic - and they don't
create turnovers (ala ATL's Foye Oluokun 's peanut-punch fumbles)