(09-08-2023, 06:35 AM)Hurricane Wrote:

(09-07-2023, 11:46 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: this

you don't roll the dice on an upside pick only to condemn it without letting him realize potential

This isn't one card stud. It's Texas hold 'em - and we haven't even seen the river.

I think the same could be said for "rolling the dice" on a #1 pick.... you don't.

Yes, I've posted several times that choosing an upside pick early is always going to be controversial. 

But once it's done - you can't suddenly behave like that player wasn't always supposed to have a developmental transition to the league. 

This isn't pointed at you personally, but - It's pretty funny how attitudes have shifted since drafting the kid. 

Seems like we had around 30-40% of the fan base opposed to the pick - another 30% with a wait and see attitude - and the remainder fired up for the freak show athlete upside. 

Now you're lucky to find 10% of the fan base with any inkling of patience for a 22 year old kid with a bright future
I know instant gratification is the order of the day, but it's pretty laughable to me. 
I still think the kid will pan out to be really good. I really do. 

I think we'll see a nice step from him this year, and the better the back seven become in coverage over this year and the next, so will his disruption. 

I don't feel right about lambasting a rookie for not getting home enough when your defense plays a lot of zone that basically surrenders the middle of the field underneath due to a combo of scheme + bad play from ILB and SS in coverage duty.

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