Quote:For me the concern is that being such a freak athlete with perfect size and all that speed, he should have been much more productive in college than he was.

 

People get enamored every year with players with great measurables, but for me it's more about what a player can do with those great measurables, and for Jack, his most productive season with those great measurables only earned him second team all pac-10.

 

As far as tackles, average. Tackles for a loss, average to maybe slightly above average. Sacks, below average, Coverage, exceptional.These are quality stats for a safety, not for a guy who plays a position that is supposed to be the most disruptive tackler on the field.

 

I could be wrong but color me skeptical, and color me really skeptical at #5.

His productivity crossed my mind as a concern

 

My hypothesis is that the combination of scheme, the way he was used and situations created in a pass happy conference led to numbers that did not necessarily reflect that of a traditional stud LB.  How many traditional stud LBs get regularly walked out in man coverage on slot WRs the way Jack did?  Admittedly I haven't really had the time to see how much this holds water, so for the purposes of this post I can't say you are wrong at this point.

 

Based on what I have seen, he doesn't seem to avoid contact the way you might think an undersized LB would.  On numerous instances, I've seen him directly challenge guards and centers.

 

He seems to diagnose well, so I'm not inclined to think at this point he runs himself out of plays.  I've seen him sniff out screen passes pretty well, and I think his time as a RB helps him on some plays.  I think he has great lateral movement and is good on plays going east and west where he has to pursue.   But I want to see more of him in run defense where plays are coming right at him.

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