Myles Murphy

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(05-05-2023, 06:43 PM)Jpoore Wrote: Hernandez could be in the right offense…. And I still think the trade down would have been the right option(thought it’s hard to argue with the end results)
Trade down should have happened.
Porter fits any scheme but yes he’s more presss heavy corner.adebawore immediately comes in and plays 600 snaps. You don’t draft Hubbard in rd1 that’s my issue. His pass rush win rate was 14% last year.  His pff grade was 79. He’s a project just like the rest.
My draft evaluations hit more often than not.
Elite athlete. Not a great player currently. 14% pass rush win rate, 79 pff grade
Remind me how many years Rodgers sat behind favre? Was it 3? Yeah?  Also who is isu? U mean osu? Yeah because the college with the most nfl players in the league I don’t want. Criminal.

That's typically the gripe with some draft picks.
Do you draft for production, or do you draft for potential?
Often when picking in the later part of rounds, you start seeing teams gamble more on the potential.

With that said, back leading up to the 2018 draft, many analysts had Hubbard projected as a 2nd round pick. Some, like Lance Zierlein, actually had him project as a late 1st to early 2nd rounder.
I think it's fair to say that Hubbard was safely a 2nd rounder projection-wise, and he's produced like one. He's consistently good, but not elite.
Now take the fact that Murphy is ahead of Hubbard when it comes to athleticism, it makes sense that someone would gamble the 28th pick on him.
At worst, you're getting a consistent 2nd rounder type guy, but you might end up getting a double-digit sack guy if he can turn some of that potential into more production.

Looking at the other guys available at the spot, I dunno who else really was more worthy of the 28th pick.
There was no OT worth it.
Murphy's athletic ceiling plus playing a premium position was probably better value than taking one of the available TEs (even though I thought Bengals would take one at 28 based on how board fell).
Nolan Smith was even more projection than proven production than Murphy.
Murphy I think was a better, safer selection than someone like Bresee, who had no more than 4.0 sacks in a season.