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I agree that Bucannon is going to be targeted early in coverage because that is where he is weakest. I really like his ability to make plays which can help with that transition away from being a target.

Again, Pryor has faults and those have seem to have gotten swet underneath the blanket due to our need at S and the growing importance of S's across the league. He is short, he plays out of control at times and can be very over agressive. My point with these issues is that I believe they are coachable. It is easy to pollish tackling technique. It is easy to bring a player to the understanding that he is playing within a system rather than playing for himself. Eye discipline is easy to teach. What is tough to teach are instincts, agressiveness, and physicality. IMO Pryor has those which is why I like him as an option at 20.

I wholeheartedly agree, though I wonder how much of Bucannon's playmaking ability will transistion to the pros. A good chunk of Bucannon's interceptions I've seen are more akin to picking off bad throws, but heck, you didn't even really see Yeremiah Bell do that.

I think Pryor is a work in progress that will be markedly better in year 4 than year 1. Pryor's aggressiveness could also rub off on the rest of the defense. He definitely could be a tone setter just like Earl Thomas and Richard Sherman are for the Seahawk defense.

I also like Marcus Smith from Louisville, though I think he needs to refine his physique quite a bit. You see that bend and speed off the edge that most top pass rushers have. I only see him as a subpackage pass rusher in year one though.

I wouldn't mind a draft:
1) Calvin Pryor
2) Marcus Smith

 

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I can see that, but you see the guy make a concerted effort NOT to lead with his helmet. That was something that jumped out at me on film.

He'll probably draw quite a few roughing penalties and a few bogus leading with helmet penalties as well.

Bucannon has much better form as a tackler, but despite Pryor being smaller, Pryor is a bigger hitter than Bucannon. Pryor is going to lead the league in missed tackles some year, but I think his overall game is really nice.

The same was said of Jefferson last year.