Originally posted by genus49:
Honestly I'm not sure what your point is here...
We all have our favorites. Landry is mine and I have given the reasons why many times in here...including the idea of him making things easier for the guys we already have on the roster and in turn making this DL into a potential dominant pass rush unit.
A lot of people are concentrating on things he doesn't do so well, but similar to our front office, I care about what he CAN do. Which is bring pressure off the edge at Leo and kill the QB.
And I'm not going around bashing other prospects, just voicing the concerns about the others. If that's bashing to you then I'm sorry but it's how draft talk typically goes.
Landry isn't a blue chip prospect. He has flaws and things he has to work on and his size while not a major concern to me isn't "prototypical"
To me he's a perfect fit, has no off the field issues and I think the things he can improve on are all coachable. The things he does well however very few guys can learn.
People are quick to throw away his tape from his junior year and do the whole "what have you done for me lately" approach and point to his stats and say he was a one year wonder.
I see a guy who showed elite tools as a junior and actually someone whose tape showed further development as a more well rounded pass rusher his senior season despite the lack of payoff but on this DL and in our scheme I'd put money on him being closer to his junior form stat wise than his senior season.
Getting him in an NFL weight room, working with NFL vets and coaches to improve his technique and work on more pass rush move IMO this kid has easy double digit+ per season sack potential. Maybe he won't be a Von Miller and maybe he won't be an all around terror on the edge that teams won't even want to run against but I'm ok with him not being super strong vs the run due to his pass rush potential.
You can find run stoppers easily. Pass rushers cost a premium and are hard to find later in the draft. Yes you can do it...but I'd rather not roll the dice and get Landry on the squad to wreak havoc along with Buckner and hopefully Thomas.
I also don't get the insinuation that people on here are basing all their love of Landry from highlights. Just because you have a difference of opinion doesn't mean everyone else are somehow just watching highlights while you're the only person looking at full games
Landry is a blue chip prospect. His job is to get the qb and he does it better than almost all edge rushers of the last two years . Better pass rusher than taco, tj, Charles Harris, McKinley . All first rounders last year.
Barnett vs Landry makes for a great debate. Barnett obviously has more technique and great production, but doesn't compare to Landry's speed.
The people talking bout highlights haven't been in the loop. We been posting and talking about full games for like 100 pages lol. People just post highlights for fun.
[ Edited by GhostOfBaalke on Apr 21, 2018 at 12:54 PM ]