I don't. I think you are premature in saying he can't play.
I watched him closely in his first year. Its of course just my opinion. He does not look good.
Revel went to East Carolina. And he was coming off surgery in 2024. Small school players coming off surgery are generally going to need some time. Saying he can't play at this point is premature.
Revel was drafted in 2025. This is his 2nd season. He was a 3rd round pick.
Yes. My bad. Somebody else correted me also a few months ago. Cant help, dont know why i always think he was a 2nd rounder.
Maybe because to me its not really important. 2nd and 3rd round picks to me are equally valuable if you want to build a team thru the draft. You just cant throw them away or take to much risk. Well you should not take any risk with your first 3 picks imo anyways. Your first three picks are the most important and most valuable when it comes to building your team thru the draft.
What makes you think he is not raw? I mean, he is, what makes you dispute that?
I did not make a statement about that. But honestly you dont pick this guy if he were. We picked him so he shouldnt be raw. Especially with us saying we had him as a first round value.
Well i critique taking a player with a valuable pick who is not ready to play because of injury AND comes from a small college where you dont really know how to judge what he showed during his play there. Just because he never played against NFL worthy competition.
Well, you can pick such a risky player if you just won the SB and have no need at all at your roster. Then of course, do it. But we suck, our defense needs upgrades at essentially every spot. But especially at CB.
Now you pick a player with your third pick in that situation. The guy has no real competition on the roster. In fact we just lost fundamental players to FA and there are openings everywhere. Your pick HAS to be a day one starter! Everything else is unacceptable. If, and thats the big if: of course only if you really want to be a better team. Else you can of course take him, knowingly throwing away his first two years with us.
I agree w/ a lot of what you're saying. I simply think you have assessed Revel incorrectly.
Well thanks for agreeing with some. Of course i am happy if Revel pans out.
But last year he looked completely lost on the field. He seems to be not able to understand schemes. He is stiff, cant turn. No hips. Doesnt look for the ball, has no feel for the ball but he was advertised as a ball hawk. He seems to have no real feel for the game nor the WRs body language. Which is fundamental for a DB. He didnt look slow but was constantly beaten badly on fly routes. That was really bad and stomaching to watch.
The guy cant use his athletisism. He doesnt look like a football player, more like an athlete. Not as bad as #41 but reminds me of him.
I really hope this all was just because of his injury. But i doubt it. If he were a 6th round pick id had no problem with him. Guy needs a lot of time to grasp what it means to play CB. Id give that to him. But with such a high investement? Sorry, no way!