Why Do You Like This Draft!

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(05-05-2022, 08:05 PM)Emeritus Wrote:

Just to add to this because a question just hit my thoughts. What do we really know about ADG or the kid from Purdue thats hurt quite a bit. I did like Pratt when I met him in the playoffs but hadn't before that other than him knowing the defense and not making plays. Truly you only know two guys in the room when it comes to performance on the field. Joe Bachie has been solid but unless you followed MSU football its safe to say that you didn't know him either. They'll address it in 2023 but its a top heavy class imo.

Honestly I don't know much about our linebackers outside of Pratt and Wilson. I like both of them a lot and think they are sufficient but I just worry if one of them goes down. ADG just has never stuck out to me but he is supposed to be a decent coverage linebacker. After the season I was thinking how do we improve the defense. One was to add playmakers to the secondary players that could create turnovers and we did that. The other was to add talent to the linebacker unit and hopefully get a situational guy that could also create splash plays. So that was probably unrealistic because we wouldn't be spending an early pick at that position. One of the reasons I was upset with the draft is I think there were a couple guys late that might've had a chance to develop into that role. Hopefully ADG has a good year and we see some positive development out of the other players.