My whole questions with Jack really come to his play and "playmaking" abilities. Sure, he flashed in his bowl games against Kansas St. and Virginia Tech, but those programs are not what they once were. Against the best programs in his conference like USC and Stanford, he was not a game changer defensively. The only top conference team he consistently played well against was Oregon.

 

We keep talking about him running around making plays like on his highlights, but he doesn't have that many highlights. Over 2.25 seasons he actually only had 4 INT's (despite his ball skills), 2 forced fumbles, and 1 fumble recovery. Yes, he had number of pass deflections, but isn't the knock on Ramsey that he cannot catch. Why is that not a knock on projected coverage LB?

 

Most of his impact was tackles for loss which most people feel would be his most average ability in the NFL.

 

I get that a lot of drafting is projecting a player, but if we are looking for a player with immediate impact, I just don't understand how Myles Jack qualifies other than he "should be" because of his measurables, athleticism, instincts, and ranginess?

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