Welcome Kris Jenkins

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(05-02-2024, 01:13 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Drafting a guy like Jenkins who was the second best run stopping DT in the Draft is just exactly what this team needed honestly.

He pretty much just does what a team asks of him, and he CAN rush the passer when asked. What is crazy about him and why he is 
called The Mutant is how he can gain and lose weight to adapt to what the team needs. Expecting the coaches to ask him to gain some
weight so he can take up double teams which he clearly can do and be a Nose Tackle early on.

McKinnley Jackson had some off the field problems, so I actually find Kris Jenkins to be the insurance in case something like this ever
comes up again even if I doubt it will unlike a guy like Sweat. Anybody that drinks and drives on the month of the Draft I will put nothing
past. We needed a Nose Tackle and we got 2 out of the Draft and one in Jenkins who can play everything from End to Nose Tackle 
depending on what the team needs. Special player honestly with very high character and a great bloodline.

I'm not sure how much more weight he can fit on his frame. Dane Brugler wrote in The Beast, "Not very broad and lacks ideal length (likely maxed out right around 300 pounds)."

I'd also be surprised if they wanted to spend a 2nd round pick on a player who they intend to play at NT who has never really played NT and is not the correct size for a NT.

My belief is they drafted him with the belief that he has some untapped athletic potential to be a dominant pass rusher. In his best case scenario, he's a DT who is elite at rushing the passer (if they can teach him how to rush the passer) and elite at stopping the run and, at his worst, he's a single gap run stopper who plays 1 or maybe 2 downs.

I think the fact that his perceived worst case scenario is still a useful player is why he was drafted so high.

I just wish there was even 1 example of a player in the NFL today who was not a good pass rusher in college who went on to be a good pass rusher in the NFL (and maybe there is. I just can't think of them.)