If I remember correctly the talk at the time was that Brunson was a better player, but Okobo had more potential. Turns out Brunson was not only the better player, but also looks to have had more potential as well..
The truth is that we won't know how much losing a step will affect him until it happens.
His game may not be built around speed, but it is built around his speed. Frank Gore seems to be an outlier at this point, but shows that it could be possible.
It's not about affording it, it is the signal they are giving the whole organization that winning now isn't a priority. It specifically sends a message to Cousins that it's not about winning right now with him. It's just a weird move IMO.
Just seems dumb to give a guy 100m guaranteed and instead of using a high end pick to bring in talent to make the team better around him you draft his successor. :shrug:
Makes some sense to build more towards one strength or the other. Establish a great run game and teams will have to be a little cautious with pinning their ears back to rush the passer. Of course you can also wear out the opposing front by pounding it down their throats early in the game and...
There are a bunch of reasons a player may not look great with their college team and look good at the senior bowl. For one they may be asked to play out of position for their college team, they may play for a coach that isn't great at putting them in positions to succeed and they may not be...
Kyler can make all those throws outside the numbers. Remember what he had going between him and DHop? There is a solid chance he can get something similar going with MHJ. Either way MHJ still showed out this past season with a much lesser QB than Stroud or Kyler.
I get that there are no guarantees with MHJ, but I do think he is ahead of the curve for a rookie. His route running is already amongst the best receivers in the league and he has been taking the same off season approach that a league vet would be taking. The question will be just how much...
Only looked at the Kiper grades as I don't feel like spending forever looking it up.
2019 B+, 2020 B, 2021 B-, 2022 B, 2023 A-.
The way I see NFL draft grades is A=A, B=C and C=F since they pretty much never give out anything under a C.