06-21-2020, 04:15 PM
(06-21-2020, 12:14 PM)kalibengal Wrote: While I agree Pratt showed some reason to be excited by end of yr, I dont recall him being" that guy" we are looking for either. Seems lot of Hype is being injected with him at this point
This thread is all about "hype". That is why we are not talking about the guys who have already looked good
(06-21-2020, 12:14 PM)kalibengal Wrote: but Im optmistic he will keep improving and will flourish with better players around him now.
What were his season ending stats? anything jump out ?
What jumped out to me was his consistent development over the season. He barely played the first half of the season. Only 101 snaps on defense (app 20%) and never more than 38% in any game. Then in game #9 against Baltimore he played 50% of the defensive snaps, and Preston Brown was immediately released. Pratt still did not play more than 68% of the snaps until the final 4 games where he played over 70% in 3 of them. Here is how his season broke down
Game..snaps...tkl...solo..asst..blitz..TFL
1-4 ........ 25... 4..... 1..... 3..... 1..... 0
5-8 ........ 76...12.... 9..... 3..... 6..... 0
9-12.......148...22...14..... 8..... 7..... 0
13-16.....187...34...23.....11....14..... 4
Project that last quarter of the season over a full 16 games and you get 136 tackles and 16 tackle for loss. That would be an awesome year from any of our LBs.
I know 4 games is a very small sample size, but those numbers were not just a fluke spike in production. Instead you can track consistent improvement throughout the entire season.
And I don't want to sound like I am putting down the guys we drafted this year. I really like both Wilson and Davis-Gaither. But I think Pratt is just as good as either of them. And we really need all three of them to develop into good players.
