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(11 hours ago)Ell Prez Wrote: Because if he hits (just basic statistics makes any draft pick hitting a low number), then you can’t really resign him and you have to replace him again with draft capital and you have to hit again. If he’s 20 and hits, you resign him and your next pick hits…you now have 2 really good players as opposed to 1 on the roster.
He looked good as a 26 year old man playing against college boys. How’s he doing to do against grown nfl men? Well see
Yeah. I think age alone gives our 4th rd linebacker to be a better player for us just on the basis of potential growth and length of time he is with the team. It's easy to say we don't like 2nd contracts anyway but it is tough to hit on players and we've all seen it's not easy to replace players in the draft. To do that in the 2nd rd when your chances of hitting are slightly higher it's a wasted opportunity.
Also easy to say we are in win now mode so we value a player that has more upside right now. But may want to share that with the team because they haven't attacked the off-season like we are in any kind of special window.
