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04-29-2022 10:01 AM |
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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
(Post 16270695)
So I typically try REALLY hard to find guys who are a bit under the radar when making comps, especially as the rounds progress.
Comparing someone like Karlaftis to Allen or JJ Watt is nuts. Karlaftis isn't going to be DPOY or go to the HoF, fellas. I'd put just about any amount of money on that. So let's try to find something reasonable here.
I think I've come up with a couple I really like.
Reasonable 75th percentile projection: Jabaal Sheard. Sheard played for a decade and was a capable 6-8 sack sort of guy most years. A little shorter armed, won mostly with power (especially as he aged) and wasn't the most bendy dude you'd see out there. He was never a superstar but he was always a pretty damn good player and someone you were happy to have on your roster.
Bottom 25% projection: Chauncey Davis. Same kind of player, just wasn't as good at it. Played 100 NFL games, started a couple dozen of them. Obviously this would be a disappointing outcome and I think Sheard is the far more likely scenario, but it's not as though a 100 games played floor is a disaster of a pick. When that's something of a worst case scenario for a guy, that's pretty solid.
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Since we hired Spags, our best DEs opposite Clark have been two old ****s in Melvin Ingram and Terrell Suggs. Chris Jones at end didn't work. We tried to be "just good enough" with Okafor, but he kept getting hurt, and he was washed up when he came back this season from New Orleans. Kpassagnon wasn't good at all. We remember him as nothing special, but he was actually kind of bad, just not as bad as he was in Sutton's 3-4. And then Danna has been an okay bench guy in the rotation, but should obviously not be starting.
Karlaftis in his rookie year will already be a breath of fresh air on the strong side. It's going to make a difference, even if his stats are a little slow to come by at first. |
