Welcome McKinley Jackson

[CJD]

I said it before the draft and I'll re-iterate it here: This is a minor reach in the 3rd round.

With that said, he clearly fills a need. It isn't an egregious reach. I would have been comfortable with him in the 4th round. I guess that's my cross to bear that I view 97 and 115 so differently.

I am curious why we drafted Kris Jenkins, who specialized in stopping the run (a best in class 13.2% run stopping rate), in the 2nd round and then drafted another run stopping specialist in Jackson in the 3rd. Makes me think they believe they can train Jenkins to be a better pass rusher from DT, who had a career pass rush win rate of 9.1% (not great, but not terrible either) based on his athletic traits.

There are some advanced analytics draft people who thought every nose tackle not named T'Vondre Sweat was undraftable, and Dane Brugler had Jackson as a 6th-7th round pick, so let's hope they are incorrect.

Zach Carter is officially on notice. We are likely to only carry 5 DTs into the season, and Hill, Rankins, Jenkins and Jackson are basically guaranteed 4 of those spots. Carter is now in competition with Tufele for that final spot.