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(03-29-2020, 05:41 PM)Synric Wrote: You don't like small school guys do you?

I have a mid day 2 grade on Akeem Davis-Gaither especially after he came away as one of the best defensive players in Mobile while lining up Captian Lou's defense. A simple ankle is not gonna scare me away.

After years of bad drafts, my feeling is that we need to focus on drafting clean prospects on Day 2.  That means no small school prospects, project players without a true position, or guys with injury issues.  

There is a much bigger learning curve for these small school players coming to the NFL.  OTA's being wiped out makes that curve a lot sharper for everyone.  On top of that,ADG has injury concerns, size issues, and you don't have a read on his measurables.  He is as high risk of a prospect as you can find.

How many times have we been burned by spending high draft picks on injured players in recent years?  How many times has it paid off?  

The vast majority of the Senior Bowl's roster is day 3 picks and CFA's, with a small handful of Day 1 and 2 prospects.  ADG didn't play in the Bengals defense.  He played in a highly stripped down basic defense because that's all the rules allow and that's all they have time to install.  Looking good there is equivalent to looking good in the 4th quarter of a preseason game.  I feel like people put way too much stock into it.