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Originally Posted by RunKC
He had elite measurables and athleticism.
6’5 326 lbs
10+ hands
34+ arms
5.04 40
31 bench reps
He has outstanding speed for his size and was looking great on screens in camp. I think they thought the traits were there and Andy Heck could coach him up and he’d be playable but man.
Fisher was similar but he wasn’t near this bad as a rookie.
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Like I said yesterday - it's just a confidence thing for him right now, IMO.
He's looks caught in between. He's so worried about missing his punch that he won't even deliver it and suddenly you have the DE just dictating the rep.
With a slower DE, he's not as concerned about throwing it and missing because the dude's not gonna have the quickness to completely evade it. But these fast DEs are just getting in his head.
It's absolutely mental. The physical traits are very clearly there. And as O.City has often pointed out, simply finding human beings that size with that length and that kind of quickness is an awfully rare thing.
So when you have a chance to get your hands on one, you do it. And hope you can coach up the rest.
I understand why they took him (and loved that they did). And truthfully, I hope they don't abandon the experiment. Because I don't truly think he's the disaster that others think he is.
Jordan Black showed he simply didn't have the physical tools for the job. Kingsley, weirdly, has shown me that he does. He just doesn't know how to use them. Or has gotten so deep into his own head that he's afraid to try.