(03-23-2024, 08:52 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(03-23-2024, 08:39 AM)Caldrac Wrote: MEH. I can't stop getting the Texas game out of my mind. Adonai Mitchell had him beat a few times and reaching inside the cookie jar to avoid getting toasted. Adonai's maybe WR5+ on most big boards in the MSM right now as well from this class.

That 4.5 speed with his height and weight is concerning if he's trying to be a press man CB in our secondary. Not sure I would go this route if he's on the board. I would prefer IOL or IDL/EDGE there instead.

Go CB later on in RD2 or RD3. Trade up from those picks in RD4 if you covet one in particular.

I watched that game live but i couldnt remember who gave up what so i just checked it out again.  Arnold didn't give up 1 catch against Mitchell in that game.  He drew 1 PI call on Arnold where Arnold bit on a WR pass, thought the WR was going to run with the ball and he passed it down field.   Out of Mitchell's 3 catches Kool Aid gave up 2 and 1 TD and the other TD was against someone else in the secondary.

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Yeah. I just don't like the pick man. Doesn't do it for me. I would take Dallas Turner if he fell though. I like him as an EDGE prospect. With Arnold? I just can't see it. Just reading some of the strengths about him concern me. The Marshon Lattimore comparison is being a little too generous in my opinion. 

I don't feel like waiting two years on a 17th overall selection to become a "good" starter the way he's been profiled on NFL.com. That speed bothers me a lot, especially for a guy of his size, and, the biggest thing is his inexperience and the fact that his overview says "Arnold will make mistakes with positioning and lose focus at times, but he has quality upside to be a CB1 within a couple of years". 

Pass. If it's not Quinyon Mitchell, I am not interested at Arnold there nor Wiggins with the 17th overall pick. I am honestly going to flat out say it, getting big C.J Henderson vibes from both of those guys. The value just isn't there for me to justify it. Not on a team that needs to get better and better fast in 2024 to avoid a potential reset or changing of the guard in 2025. 

At that point? If they had to go secondary? I would hope Cooper DeJean is still on the board. I still like T.J Tampa, Mike Sainristil, Max Melton, Khyree Jackson & Renardo Green as Day 2/Day 3 options. Go get the best CB or CB/S/Gunner/Returner with the 17th overall pick or just stick to the IDL or IOL there and get the upgrades that we know will help the overall scheme of things on either side of the football because it all starts up front anyway.

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