Sewell vs. ????

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(10-17-2021, 06:19 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Saying a guy is a generational prospect doesn't imply that he will kill it from day 1.

Yes, Chase is great. I love Chase. He's looking like the right pick, if I'm being honest.

Thing is, I don't like when people act like they predicted Sewell would bust when they really didn't, and nobody thought Chase would be THIS good from jump, either. Most pegged him for around 900 yards this year in the stat prediction thread.

People are salty over the long debate we had, so they're acting like they made predictions that they really didn't, and also slapping a bust label on a guy after 5 (now 6) games.

That's what I meant by "bad takes".

A number of people on Team Chase predicted that Sewell would struggle as a rookie.  I brought up a number of times that the chances Sewell even played at Bobby Hart level as a rookie were slim, and was emphatically told over and that there is no way Sewell wasn't an immediate upgrade over Hart.  6 games in and Sewell has already given up more sacks this year than Hart did last year.

On the other hand, Team Sewell almost to a man predicted that Sewell would be an immediate upgrade, and he isn't.

It's too early to say Sewell is a bust.  I mean, Kolton Miller of the Raiders allowed 16 sacks as a rookie but developed into a quality starter by year 3.  It's not to early to say that he is not the immediate upgrade that folks said he would be.  The need for an immediate upgrade on the OL was a primary selling point for Sewell during the debate.