05-17-2019, 02:15 PM
(05-17-2019, 12:00 PM)Dr.Z Wrote: There were also concerns about Zach Thomas being too small and slow.
Exactly,
Won't know how well a player will perform until they get to actually play in games.
I played a lot of Softball when I was younger and all winter (when not playing) people would create a pecking order of who they expected the best players would be on our teams that had player turnover and thus a number of new guys. Certain guys walked around as the consensus Superstars in the Winter when we were not playing yet.
By mid summer, many of the guys expected to be the best players (biggest, strongest, rumored to be fastest) were proven not to be the top players on the team. Many times an under the radar guy that no one expected to be the best was the one that shined.
An NFL example last year of a guy that shined somewhat unexpectedly would be LB Darius Leonard of the Colts.
It comes down to how good they are at the actual game itself & that only reveals itself when games get played.
