11-02-2018, 05:23 PM
(11-02-2018, 05:12 PM)McC Wrote: Actually, with all due respect, I think it would be depressing to analyze them, It could be titled--"Oh, the many ways we've missed."
First of all I count Willis and Lawson as a DEs.
Jordan Evans is just in his second season so it is still too early to grade him, but he is looking pretty good for a sixth round pick. He has only played a little over half of the defensive snaps (51.9%) but he is on pace for 70 tackles, 3 sacks, and 2 ints. The most encouraging thing about Evans is that he has looked really good the last two games where he has recorded 17 of his 35 total tackles for the season.
First Round
David Pollack '05....Looked like a solid starter but not a first round star.
Keith Rivers '08.....Started but was just "meh". Not bad for a middle round pick but as a top 10 selection...WHIFF
Second Round
Odell Thurman '05....Looked like potential star, but had more red flags than almost any player in draft history....WHIFF
Ray Maualuga '09.....Not as bad as many people here claim, but did not live up to being the #38 pick in the draft.
Third Round
Caleb Miller '04..........WHIFF
Landon Johnson '04....Started early in his career due to guys in front of him getting hurt. Eventually developed into a decent starter.
Ahmad Brooks '06......WHIFF
Dontay Moch '11........WHIFF
Paul Dawson '15.........WHIFF
Fourth Round
Roddrick Muckelroy '10....WHIFF
Sean Porter '13...............WHIFF
Others
Khalid Abdullah (5th) '03.....WHIFF
A.J. Nicholson (5th) '06.......WHIFF
Angelo Craig (7th) '08.........WHIFF
Marquise Flowers (6th) '14...WHIFF
When he first got here he took small fast linebackers (Abdullah, Johnson, Miller). Landon Johnson claimed that by the end of his rookies season when he was starting at MLB he weighed less than 220. Later in his career he added weight and played some decent LB for us. But other than Johnson the only ones who started more than one season were Maualuga and Rivers .
