Day 2 of FA - How is everyone feeling?

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(03-17-2023, 08:45 AM)OSUfan Wrote: Safety - they do have two vets in Michael Thomas and Brandon Wilson. However, Hill and Anderson are the future and should be the starters. How do people expect player to show their abilities when they are not on the field during games? No one would have had any idea what they had in Bates if he didn't get on the field.

RT - Jonah Williams, Jackson Carman, D'ante Smith, Hakeem Adeniji...not to mention they have Ford listed at OT.

TE - They have vet Devin Asiasi. (Wilcox may well be back)

Sure, you can force someone into the starting role, but I don't think many people would feel comfortable with a late-round pick (Anderson) getting the start like that. People would be more comfortable if they started seeing him get maybe 5-10 defensive snaps a game and ramp up more slowly.
Bates (and Hill for that matter) had different expectations because of being an early-round pick. It's expected that you have (way) more capability if you're selected that early.
Yes, there are guys who are taken early that flop and there are guys that are taken late that blossom into a good players. But it's still (much) more common for late rounders to not become anything more than a long-term backup or ST-only guy in their NFL career, assuming they even can stick on a roster after a couple years.