04-11-2017, 03:11 PM
(04-11-2017, 01:40 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Describing a former 5th round pick, who has posted a career 4.5 sacks, has made ZERO starts, and is coming off a 4 tackle season in year 3, as "fresh, young talent" is like calling a 2003 Volkswagon Jetta a prime example of exquisite German engineering.
There a reason this guy was just traded for a literal potential of nothing. That reason? He ***** blows.
He's talented enough to compete for a rotational spot in the NFL and he's 25... so yeah I'm not sure what there is to refute with calling him young talent. How many players have been signed off of our roster that were two-three year no shows that become contributors elsewhere? Matt Lengel, Cobi Hamilton, Frostee Rucker. Rucker had a whopping total of 3 sacks through his first three years and he actually ended up developing into a pretty decent pro elsewhere.
I have literally no expectations of him, but your point of view is supremely short sited. You have to bring in new guys to keep the team fresh, even if they haven't broken out yet. By your logic teams should never bother bringing in an unproven guy after they've been in the league for three years.
For some reason the Bengals thought it was worth not letting him hit waivers, and decided to trade to ensure they could get a crack at him. Although the pick might be worth nothing in the end, this clearly implies that they think he has potential.
