04-21-2023, 04:03 PM
(04-20-2023, 07:19 PM)tms Wrote: Oh don't get me wrong- I agree it's (waaaay) too early to write him off. But can't deny he's had virtually zero impact to date... to the point that I've seen safeties commonly mocked to the Bengals to "play alongside Nick Scott." As far as the league is concerned he almost doesn't exist.
I get the reasons, and some of them are valid, but I can't imagine that was the plan. We heard a lot about three-safety looks (that never materialized) or how he would displace Hilton/Flowers on TE coverages (never really happened either). He was the fourth most valuable member of the draft class behind Volson, CTB and Carter, and ahead of two Day 3s who either didn't play much (Gunter) or play at all (Tycen). If this is a guy who we really wanted and were thrilled to get in Round 1, he's off to a rocky start.
Seriously you have heard people just acting like Daxton Hill isn't in the building? That seems far fetched or complete bias against Dax...
I like Nick Scott because Lou likes Nick Scott, with Dax I have liked him since before we drafted him and honestly thought he would of
been taken ahead of our pick similar to Tee Higgins. Dax can tackle well, can cover well, has great instincts and is as versatile of a player
in the secondary as you could get. He didn't get many chances last year as we were a top team with 2 top Safeties in front of him and
vets all across the board and most of the guys in front of him besides Chido stayed healthy.
We saw a touch of what Dax can do in the Playoff game against the Bills matched up in the red zone against Dawson Knox. Fantastic
pass breakup in the biggest of moments. He is THAT type of player and expect to see tons of plays like that from him this year.
