Mental toughness & Will: Warren Sapp questions Miles Garrett as #1 overall.

[SunsetBengal]

(04-24-2017, 04:14 PM)depthchart Wrote: I agree that Sapp isn't the best source.
It says he owes some $6.7 million to creditors and for back child support.
It is possible, however, that his D-line experience enables to see some things about Garrett that could be right.

My main theme of Will and mental toughness may apply to a player that I have been not so high on until more recently.
That player is Derek Barnett.
I didn't like his forty time and his being only 6 foot 3 inches tall and 259 pounds.
A comparison was made by someone on NFL Network to Terrell Suggs who ran a forty that was close to Barnett's time and is 6 foot 3 and 265 pounds. If he ends up being anything like Suggs he will be well worth the pick.
Barnett has a reputation of being high motor and relentless.
For this reason I am starting to warm up to the idea of the Bengals taking him a lot more than I had.
It is possible that Derek Barnett has more Will to play through exhaustion than Myles Garrett does.

You make a good point about a high motor guy versus a more naturally gifted player that takes plays off.  I had the pleasure of playing on some teams with players who's natural talent level was vastly superior to mine (like by DNA proportions)  When some of those uber talented guys get a matchup that favors them, they roll hard all day.  Other times, if they get consistently stale mated, they just quit going hard.  Give me the high motor, high effort guy, as his effort will always remain consistent.