Stewart is signed!

[*ochocincos*]

(Yesterday, 11:48 AM)THE PISTONS Wrote: There are freak athletes that have little sack production in college and then do good in the Pros. Oweh comes to mind.

It's interesting that we'll have dozens of pages of debates about Stewart being a bust or being ok. Really, there's no way to know at this point.

Would I have drafted him? No. But, that doesn't mean he can't be a good to great pro.

It took Oweh until Year 4 to have good sack production.
3-5 sacks a season is not considered "good" (especially for edge) nowadays.
6-8 is solid, 9-11 is good, 12+ is elite.

I am not in the camp that Stewart will be a bust (although some may interpret that based on me being down on him).
I am in the camp that it will take multiple years to get Stewart up to par (at least in the pass rush department), and I am not a fan of a 1st rounder who may need to take that long to develop because I think the team needs guys who can contribute well this year and/or next year to win now in Burrow's prime.

So far, the team's only DL to have put up >3.5 sacks in a season who has been drafted since 2019 was Ossai, and it took him until Year 4 to do it.
The team heavily relied on free agents Hendrickson, Ogunjobi, and BJ Hill along with Marvin's last DE draft pick Hubbard to get sacks.