Dear Margus

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(09-13-2016, 08:19 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: Let's think more clearly about Margus Hunt.  Yes, he was drafted at Mike Zimmer's urging in the second round from Southern Methodist University, a school which isn't a huge college football powerhouse.  How many years did Margus play at SMU?  

Only one.

We've been unfair to Margus Hunt.  The Bengals basically drafted a college freshman or sophomore with zero high school snaps with respect to football experience -- but Mike Zimmer's vision is better than ours.  Margus is a 6'8" athletic freak who can run like a sprinter.  He is just getting over playing on instinct and he's starting to use his mind on the field now. Imagine how hard it is to transition to the speed of the pro game after only one year of college, and basically as far as years of football experience go, he's just as experienced as a current rookie.

Margus is coming into his best years and he's going to be an absolute terror.  Mike Zimmer started this project, Paul Guenther will complete it, and a lot of opposing quarterbacks and running backs are going to be in a whole new world of pain and frustration.

On the Jets message boards the consistent theme is something like, "Who the BLEEP is number 99?"

Now they know...

I like this post because it is a very clear observation of some very reasonable facts. People gave me crap for saying that I'm gonna wait before jumping on the "omg Hunt is the best told you all lolololz" bandwagon, because like you said he is essentially a rookie this year. Hope he continues to show that he can contribute to an NFL defense. He definitely still has a lot of work to do.