The Mythical Lapham Prediction

[Shake n Blake]

(04-26-2021, 02:21 PM)Au165 Wrote: I think a lot of people being entrenched in Sewell is because the narrative has been that he is some sort of generational prospect. I just wonder if that wasn't the public-facing narrative for two years if people would be as entrenched. For instance, and it's just one team, but the Scout I often reference here his team did not have Sewell as a top 5 non-QB in this draft (don't ask me who the 5 are because he wouldn't tell me). I am sure other teams have Slater over Sewell, but the narrative has been since last year Sewell is this unquestionable monster and I just think that drives a lot of people around here's determination in "Sewell or Bust".

Time will tell if they are right or not in their evaluation, but I do think the possibility that Sewell isn't what people claim he is makes for an interesting thought experiment.

To be fair, there are scouts who are supposedly not as hyped about Chase, too. There are also a lot of Chase fans who think he's "generational"... and this talk really didn't blow up til Chase had a great workout in shorts. Then suddenly the Chase hype train blew up.

But it's hard to trust anything being said rn. Sometimes teams put out negative word in hopes of killing hype and getting guys to slide.

I guess my point is that we - as fans - truly have no clue how teams really feel about these guys.

So I don't base my feeling on anyone being "generational". I view Sewell and Chase as great prospects, but think generational is a label that might not apply to either. I just want the priority to be the biggest problem. It's really that simple.