10-30-2020, 08:06 PM
(10-30-2020, 04:08 PM)fredtoast Wrote: C'mon, you know that isn't true.
I am just being realistic bout Hakeem. I want him to succeed, but some guys around here have been claiming he is "the answer" for our O-line problems. Why would anyone say that about the 180th player (34th offensive lineman) taken in the draft?
I could see if he was some project that could be much better next year. Say a gifted athlete that just dropped in the draft because he needs a year to add bulk, or some overweight guy who has dropped a lot of weight, or an injured player who needed to recover. But Hakeem is none of those things. He is just a guy that every team scouted and passed on for 5 rounds.
Every team scouted and passed on Tom Brady for 5 rounds. Every team scouted and passed on Antonio Brown for 5 rounds. Just two examples. It happens.
Of course he's likely going to have some growing pains, but Dave Lapham had good things to say about him.... likes hours athleticism and feet. It'll be interesting to see how he holds up.
