Shemar Stewart @ 17 ?

[Stewy]

(04-25-2025, 04:02 PM)puddycat Wrote: I will never wish ill on a Bengal, but I'm sticking with my original assessment.  A 5-star recruit who went to a Div 1 program and knows what he needs to improve but hasn't done the work.  As has been said, it's not just his hands, it's also his field awareness.  How many snaps can be given to a player who isn't ready?  Please prove me wrong.

You're easily wrong, and you obviously haven't watched the tape.

His main problem isn't situational awareness, which was obviously an assumption on your part, but keeping his head up on plays.  He has a tendency to concentrate on the player in front of him but keep his head down, beat him (every time) and THEN look up and then find the ball.  When he kept his head up from the beginning he still always beat his man and move be moving toward the play/ball.  On the ND tape he was about 50/50 head down vs. up.  When his head was up he was completely disruptive, blowing up plays and moving the QB out of the pocket.  Even on some of the head down plays he was disruptive.

They teach him to keep his head up 100% and he'll be a nightmare.