Quote:I wasn't 'never a Fowler fan'. I believe I had him 7th after the 2 QBs, Beasley, Amari, Leonard Williams, and Bud Dupree. That's hardly hating on someone.

 

Effort plays aren't a bad thing, nor is being schemed into production. It's just not what you expect out of the first non QB taken in the draft. You can't stunt him every play, heck you can't do it more than just a few plays a game...which they have been doing successfully. 

 

At the end of the day he's gotta line up across from his man and beat him from time to time and he just hasn't done that, not even at UF. He just doesn't have the speed or bend to beat an NFL quality OT consistently. Hence why the comment that if we pretend he was a day 2 pick it would be more proper to what he is delivering. Yannick is the one delivering plays that would be indicative of an elite draft pick thus far.

Since you like to bring analytics into it, exactly how many times has Yannick gotten home without Fowler being on the field, vs Fowler being on the field?

 

Fowler lines up on the strong side when they're both in the game. Yannick is on the weak side and he's always seeing 1 on 1s. Where as Fowler isn't seeing 1 on 1s on the strong side when they're both in the game.

 

Who is on the field more in the base package, 1st and 2nd down? I know they use Yannick in base some, but I'd bet Fowler is in a lot more and Yannick is in more on the obvious passing downs.

 

Yannick is always put in a 1 on 1 situation whenever he's on the field. That's the whole point of the weak side DE, aka LEO.

 

Fowler isn't always put in a 1 on 1 situation every time he's on the field.

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