I was initially not to thrilled with this selection. Since this morning though I've tried to be more sensible. If we had to go defense I wanted Leonard Williams all the way. If he wasn't there I wanted Amari Cooper on offense. Fowler wasn't even in my thoughts to be honest with you. Wasn't overly impressed with his numbers over the last two years. Gator fans will say he didn't get a lot of sacks because he was doing more than just rushing the passer. But I don't see where that shows up on his stat sheet either.

 

I think we just overdrafted for a player though that won't be that great but similar to Bruce Irvin out of Seattle. I'll eat my crow if I am wrong. I really will. I have NO PROBLEM admitting if I am wrong. Personally, with the third overall pick. I expect a guy that is consistently getting a minimum of 9.0+ sacks per year. And I think that's fair. That should be the gold standard now for pass rushers in today's overly pass happy leauge. And I dont see that in him yet. If he makes a few splashes with INT's and FF's here and there that's fine too if he can't hit those sack totals. And I also expect this kid to at least make one or two eye opening plays every other week.

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