Please pass on Montez Sweat

[SunsetBengal]

(04-21-2019, 09:28 PM)Au165 Wrote: The heart condition isn’t just a throw away thing. From what I have seen no current NFL player has ever had it but a couple soccer players in Europe do. Some teams think it can be managed but it could be through limiting snaps which I have not interest in for the 11th overall pick. It would not surprise me if he had a Maurice Hurst type fall.

Aside from that his pass rushing isn’t as great as people have liked to proclaim. He is stiff turning the corner and wins on a quick first step, especially against average and below average tackles. The fact he got shut out two years in a row against Alabama should scare people. His best production this past season came against inferior competition. He will be a solid run defender early in his career but I’m not sure he ever translates into a consistent double digit sack guy.

I personally believe Lawson still has more upside as a pass rusher with Hubbard being the early down run defender.

I deduced a similar opinion, simply by studying his game by game stats for the past two seasons.  I'll give one great example, Arkansas.  In 2017 Sweat lit Arkansas up for 2.5 sacks, and plenty of tackles.  This year, they pretty much shut him down.  I picked Arkansas, because they have really been a non-factor in the SEC, in recent years.  The fact that once they knew about him, they were able to game plan him right off the stat sheet, speaks much.  He also did very little versus Auburn, Florida, and Bama this year, either.