03-28-2025, 12:45 PM
(03-28-2025, 12:30 AM)sandwedge Wrote: Definitely a trenches draft! Lol
I still want Emmanwori at 17, something tells me, this kid is what our D needs. Love the rest of your picks a lot!
I know many are high on Emmanwori and that much of it has to do with his freakish traits and I get it the kid is super impressive when you are looking at all the numbers that surround him. I also do not want to sound as if I am trying to say he his not going to eventually be a star but when I watch film I have some concerns with him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-05wrcG3ME
By the 1:24 point in this defensive film I really start to wonder about his motor. He does not look interested in attacking the run and specifically at about 1:04 there is a screen play where the receiver is running on the sideline and Nick is just barely jogging toward the play while another DB is attempting to make the stop. At 1:19 the running back shakes free from the d line and Nick is in a position to run over and make a stop and he just watches. At 1:23 the RB scores on a goal line attempt and Nick does not even attempt to stick his nose in to make the stop. At 5:25 Dart pulls the ball down to run up the middle and is running straight at Emmanwori and he does not come forward at all to attempt to make the stop. At 9:01 there is just a terrible attempt to tackle the runner who runs right thru him.
You can go and watch the defensive films, Missouri is another one where it stood out to me, and at least for me there is a element of physicality I keep waiting to see from him and it just does not materialize and he also does not appear to have super high instincts for the game. I like the kid but I do not like him in the first round. He may prove to be a Hall of Famer but these are things that concern me when taking him at 17 for what that is worth.
