Why Brandon Wilson is my favorite draft pick.

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(04-30-2017, 01:45 PM)fredtoast Wrote: 1.  Our need at back up safety was bigger than a lot of people think.  Derron Smith played 45 snaps on defense  against Buffalo last year.  That was the game where Shawn Willians got injured.  But in the other 15 games Smith only played a total of 57 snaps on defense.  Fejedelem only played 40 snaps on defense all year.

2.  Freak athlete.  Here are how his Pro Day numbers would have ranked among CBs at the combine

Bench..........24 reps...1st
Vertical........41 inch...1st
Broad jump..11-1.......2nd
Forty...........4.36.......3rd

3.  Return skills.  Had 2 KR tds, an 85 yard td fum ret, a 51 yd td int return, a 78 yard td return of a blocked FG, and a 109 td return of a missed FG.

I was really surprised he wasn't invited to the combine.  One picture of him showed a large C on his jersey.  I couldn't confirm it, but he might have been a team captain at Houston.  

Maybe the Bengals project him as a slot guy like they have used Josh Shaw?  I know he played some RB, but I doubt he would get snaps there.  If he can make the roster as a 10th DB, I would love to see him do the KR and also be on coverage units.  His explosiveness score is >70, which puts him in the league of Melifonwu and Jadeveon Clowny.  Insane.

I like Derron Smith a great deal, ditto Fej, but you can't have enough guys with his kind of speed and strength on your roster.  Should help right away on special teams. 

I will be very disappointed if he gets put on the PS and plucked by another team while Adam Jones is still on the roster.