(05-03-2021, 08:53 AM)rfc17 Wrote:

(05-02-2021, 08:30 AM)rfc17 Wrote: Overall I do feel underwhelmed.  I'm not expecting much from Little and Cisco this first year.  Little because he'll need to prove he is 100% healthy and will then have to beat out Cam and Jawaan.  Cisco I don't know what his recovery status is and if he'll be 100% during the season.  Not a given either starts or will see the field much.  Campbell will probably play a bit as 5-6 DBs on the field is almost the standard now.  Barring injury, I doubt he'll be a top two starter.  And if he isn't agile enough for the slot, does he get in on nickel downs though?  Would they kick Henderson or Shaq inside?  Sidney and Herndon are solid nickel corners already.  Will be interesting to see how much time he gets and if he becomes a better pro player than he was a college one.  Etienne will likely give us the most production of any of these early picks. I hope is the gamebreaking playmaker they want him to be.  I bet he gets a lot of playing time and will be fun to see how they use him.  I do have questions if he is gonna be that explosive playmaker which I could spend a few more paragraphs discussing... wrote about him in the specific Etienne thread.  

Anyways for a team that has a lot of weaknesses and had a bunch of early round draft picks, it feels odd walking away from this thinking that we might not see much impact from the majority of these players.  You look back and wonder how this happened.

Missed the first half of Boselli on Hicken and Prosser this morning so not sure everything he said.  But he did echo the same sentiment I made above about how odd it is for a team finishing 1-15 with a bunch picks in the top 70 of the draft only walking away with one guaranteed starter (Trevor), a rotational guy on offense (Etienne), and then a bunch of maybes.  I missed him saying much about Campbell which is still a strange pick to me unless they think he is versatile enough to play inside.  Got the impression Boselli liked the draft a little more than I do, especially the Walker Little pick.  Admittedly not surprised Boselli is excited about an offensive tackle but I think he has legitimate reasons to like this pick as Little was very highly recruited out of high school and played well two years ago before injury.  Would be great if the dude is 100% healthy and wipes the floor with Cam / Jawaan in practice and earns a starting spot.  We'll see.

I heard that segment, but then starting tuning out when it got really silly.

What I hope someone asks of Boselli and Searcy are:

1.  Have you seen him play or even just clips?  If so what was your impression?

2.  I know neither can vouch for his work during all this time off, but assuming the "typical" NFL work ethic for offseason for him, how rusty do you think he will be?

3.  How long will it take to knock off the rust?

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