Originally posted by 49erBigMac:
You haven't hated on him, but you've said "he's not a pass rusher" and "he'd have to come off the field on 3rd down" which are both complete falsehoods.
I don't agree with attacking other posters but that does invite a "Do you watch film" type comment.
If you were to draft Vea, you'd either be having no faith in Solly developing as an inside rusher, or have faith he could develop as an edge guy.
He is a better prospect than Solly IMO, and I think it highlights that Solly was picked too high.
I do hope Solly becomes a dominant interior rusher in time, but think it's more of a stretch than Vea being one.
Please show me where I said he's not a pass rusher and will come off the field...I never said that. Why don't you go to the first page of this thread, I've liked Vea since I thought he was gonna declare last yr.
I've said over and over he's a great prospect and comped him to Danny Shelton, whom if you care to go back and look was very very high on.
All I've ever said is we have plenty of young good players inside...saleh has already stated the goal with solly is to put him inside.
As far as "watching film" I've watch the same amount as evenone in here that has a full time job and family probably gets to lol. I don't get to watch every single game (especially Washington) but when I can I'll get into draftbreakdown as much as possible. I've never labeled myself a draft scout and I'd imagine most people in here shouldn't be either.
Great player from what I've seen, just doesn't make sense to draft another interior guy in the top 10...there's plenty of great prospects that fill an actual need imho.
Please don't take that as me hating on him or people that like him cause that's not what I'm trying to do or haven't been.
[ Edited by NYniner85 on Feb 11, 2018 at 9:44 AM ]