Quote:I don't think people would be saying it if it weren't for the masses saying he's already looking like a combination of Von Miller/Khalil Mack or that "Dante Fowler is not human" and the like. 

 

Just some pushback against the absolutely absurd expectations and proclamations about the guy before he had even had a snap against someone not on his own team. 

 

Everyone needs to simply chill with the superlatives in either direction for a while. 

 

Yep, he's unfairly been put under a microscope.

 

I've maintained that we should consider his contribution "gravy."  Zero expectations.  Folks had high expectations for him when drafted, and that's been magnified by having to wait an entire season to see him.

 

I didn't like picking him that high, but those expecting the world from him or waiting with baited breath for him to fail are both out of bounds.

 

The guy is still learning his position in the NFL, on top of recovering from injury.  Let it play out.  It would be a different story if he lit the league up for a year or two before getting hurt.  He was hurt before he even got started.  He will need time.

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