All irrelevant. My simple argument is that his floor is not 8-10 sacks a season. You have continually stated that as his floor as if it is factual. You are PROJECTING that as his floor. That's fine. You think that's the floor, I don't. We can disagree on it. You can continue to throw around the...
1--What Zaven was drafted to be doesn't matter. I am comparing Stewart's floor to what Zaven is now as a player. Clearly.
2--I mean, anyone can bust out. I'm confident Abdul Carter will star, but he could bust. We don't know. That said, he has showed a lot and is a top pick for a reason...
Of course you draft hoping you can coach 'em up. What it all boils down to is preference, nothing more, as any of us could be wrong. I absolutely loathe the idea of taking the workout warrior who didn't do it in college. That's where I'm coming from. Blot out the combine and people would be...
Now that is just a lazy argument. How many thousands of players drafted with low numbers failed versus the cherry picked few you are producing? You are directly linking him to Micah Parsons here. Unless you are saying he is the exact equivalent, this holds no water. "You can be negative or you...
I mean, one is an NFL player and the other isn't yet, so it is inarguable that you are wrong in this statement :)
I will also quibble with your reasonable floor comment for a 1st-round edge player. It is hoped and believed, but it is not factual. His floor could easily be Zaven Collins.
This is an optimistic outlook, which I can't fault. OTOH, not all young players improved. You can't count on that. Also, how many times did we count the Rams as down and out? You never know what's going to happen in a division season to season. Remember when the Texans were supposed to bomb to...
Vegas is spot on. Until this team proves anything, there is absolutely no guarantee of a winning record, let alone playoffs. That makes the under very tempting; it's the norm for us. OTOH, with some of the additions, and you would hope a banner draft (I have my well-documented doubts), you would...
...depending on the value. This guy isn't a 3rd round pick. 4th? Eh, I guess. 5th and lower? Fine. Will he be fast enough and be able to break all the same tackles in the NFL? Yeah, I doubt it very much.
I mean, he has that energy in RL. Whenever he's being "tough" when in a meeting with the Pres in attendance, I keep waiting to hear him say, "If only the pres wasn't holding me back, I'd I'd...hey, uh, can you pretend to hold me back?"