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Post by cardinalsins on Nov 30, 2023 21:46:57 GMT -7
PFF (big board) 1.) Laiatu Latu (6) 2.) Chop Robinson (11) 3.) Jared Verse (13) 4.) Dallas Turner (15) 5.) Bralen Trice (18) 6.) JT Tuimoloau (35) 7.) Jonah Ellis (40) 8.) Chris Braswell (42) 9.) Landon Jackson (44) Profootball Network: 1.) Dallas Turner (11) 2.) Chop Robinson (15) 3.) Jared Verse (18) 4.) Princely Umanmielen (23) 5.) Laiatu Latu (24) 6.) JT Tuimoloau (36)
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Post by cardinalsins on Nov 30, 2023 21:47:13 GMT -7
Laiatu Latu Height: 6’5″ Weight: 260 pounds Position: Edge Rusher School: UCLA Current Year: Redshirt Senior Profootball Network: For a time, it wasn’t clear if we’d ever get a chance to see the 2021 and 2022 versions of Latu. Latu started his college football career at Washington, where he arrived as a four-star recruit in 2019. He flashed promise in his true freshman season, but during fall camp ahead of 2020, he suffered a neck injury. That injury would keep Latu off the field for the entire 2020 season, and in the spring of 2021,ead coach Jimmy Lake told the media that Latu had been medically retired. Doctors said he’d never play again — he’d be at risk of paralysis if he did. But Latu kept grinding and working to heal behind the scenes. He transferred to UCLA after the 2021 season, and in the spring of 2022, he was medically cleared to play football by UCLA’s doctors. Fast forward to today, and Latu has been a devastating force against opposing offensive lines. He had 10.5 sacks, 12.5 total tackles for loss, and three forced fumbles in 2022, and in 2023, he logged 49 tackles, including 21.5 total TFLs and 13 sacks, two picks, two pass breakups, and two more FFs. Latu’s 2023 performance made him the first UCLA Bruin ever to win the Lombardi Award, which is given to the nation’s top defensive lineman. He also won the Ted Hendricks Award, which recognizes the country’s top defensive end. Now, after a triumphant return to the CFB stage, Latu is set to make the leap to the NFL. His production bodes well, but how exactly does his game translate as a 2024 NFL Draft prospect? Strengths -Has a strong and compact frame with good mass and solid length. -Explosive, unnaturally energized rusher with the control to offset and exploit blockers. -Twitched-up energy allows him to instantly recalibrate hands after initial moves. -Possesses elite ankle flexion for his size and routinely uses flexibility to finish reps.- -With hip flexibility, can redirect at the apex and pinch 270-degree angles to the QB. -Can sustain acceleration while dipping below the corner and pinching the pocket. -Flashes the ability to leverage his burst into force and power through interior gaps. -Advanced hand-fighter whose hips rest on a gyroscope, unlocking torque on punches. -Understands rushing angles and knows how to manipulate tackles to open paths. -Stacks inside-outside hand counters and combos with rare quickness and efficiency. -Can win with swims, chop-clubs, chop-rips, club-rips, and other lightning-quick volleys. -Deep pass-rushing bag allows him to have a counter for any situation and any leverage. -Has shown he has the play strength and leveraging to stack and shed run blockers. -Relentless attacker whose motor never dies, granting second- and third-effort chances. -Athletic and fluid enough to drop in coverage, hinge around, and patrol the flats. Weaknesses -Arm length isn’t elite, which does detract a bit from raw power capacity. -Doesn’t always take advantage of opportunities to drive forward inside the blocker’s frame. -First-step explosiveness might be a notch below the elite tier. -Occasionally diverts too far upright when stunting across alignments. -Doesn’t always have the elite strength to pry himself through gaps after stunting. -Can be jarred by violent snatch moves when threatening the apex. -Sometimes loses his balance and is uncontrolled when attempting to set th
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Post by cardinalsins on Nov 30, 2023 22:00:23 GMT -7
Chop Robinson Height: 6’3″ Weight: 254 pounds Position: Edge Rusher School: Penn State Current Year: Junior Profootball Network: Since just 2019, the Penn State Nittany Lions have seen seven edge rushers command NFL Draft selections. The group is, of course, headlined by Dallas Cowboys star Micah Parsons, but it goes far beyond that. Odafe Oweh also went in Round 1 to the Baltimore Ravens in the 2021 NFL Draft. And beyond the first-rounders, Shareef Miller, Yetur Gross-Matos, Shaka Toney, Jesse Luketa, and Arnold Ebiketie commanded capital as well. Penn State is one of the more reliable NFL talent-producing programs overall, but especially on the defensive line, they make their presence known. The program is a conveyor belt, and the next player up — Robinson — has a good chance of getting them back in Round 1. After playing his true freshman season at Maryland in 2021, Robinson transferred to Penn State in 2022, where he emerged as an undeterred disruptive force, amassing 5.5 sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss, two pass deflections, and a forced fumble. As of this writing, Robinson has added three sacks and five TFLs to his totals in six games through 2023. Robinson is a documented Feldman Freak with an absurd 4.47 speed, a 10’7″ broad jump, and a rumored faster shuttle time than Parsons. But what is it Robinson brings on the field, beyond his athletic gifts, that makes him such a highly regarded prospect Strengths -Earns his nickname “Chop” with unhinged, maniacal energy as a three-down defender. -Extremely dense, compact rusher with eye-catching point-of-contact strength and pop. -Hyper-elite explosive threat with a volcanic first step that can immediately stress angles. -Able to teleport upfield as a rusher with his stride freedom and long-track explosiveness. -Has the ankle flexion to reduce his surface area while multitasking around the corner. -Can suddenly throttle up around the apex and brutally capitalize on angle advantages. -Searing lateral quickness and twitch allow him to instantly offset blockers at the line. -Able to use crisp double-swipe, rip combos while working across face against blockers. -Maximizes his power element with violent extensions, knee drive, and momentum. -Can widen blockers with his hyperactive twitch, then plow through with bull rushes. -Elite pursuit speed and urgency make him a constant disruptive threat on the chase. -Has the strength and natural leverage to set the edge and limit space outside for RBs. -Can function as an alignment-versatile game wrecker, from shaded 1-tech to 9-tech. -Ability to generate immediate pressure; can disrupt even quick-game rhythm throws. Weaknesses -Lacks elite proportional length, which does detract from his maximum power capacity. -Non-elite length limits his margin for error against longer, larger offensive tackles. -While ankle flexion is elite, he exhibits very slight hip and torso stiffness at times. -At times, can be quicker to load his hands into contact and prepare rush moves. -Initial hand placement on the attack can be more consistent as misses stall rushes. -Overarching consistency as a pass-rush technician and combatant can still improve. -Still working on fleshing out his power arsenal and building off of power rushes. -Occasionally attempts to bend the corner too late in reps, allowing tackles to recover. -Sometimes loses his balance when threatening around the apex.
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Post by cardinalsins on Nov 30, 2023 22:00:39 GMT -7
Jared Verse Height: 6’4″ Weight: 249 pounds Position: Edge Rusher School: Florida State Current Year: Redshirt Senior Profootball Network: First-round prospects don’t always come from the five-star talent pool. Verse, who was a tight end and defensive end at Central Columbia High School in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, went largely overlooked on the recruiting circuit, and he redshirted his first year at Albany. As a redshirt freshman, Verse first began to show his potential. He accrued four sacks and 10 tackles for loss in a breakout campaign. And then, in 2021, he earned first-team All-Colonial Athletic Association honors, amassing 10 sacks and 11.5 TFLs on the year. After reaching prominence on the FCS stage, Verse leveraged his performance into an NFL audition at Florida State. And as the Seminoles rose in 2022, so too did Verse. He didn’t miss a beat moving from the CAA to the ACC, racking up nine sacks and 17 TFLs in a 2022 campaign that earned him first-team All-ACC recognition. Verse could have declared for the 2023 NFL Draft, and he would’ve been a likely first-round pick alongside Will Anderson Jr., Tyree Wilson, and others. But instead, he came back to contend for a title at Florida State — as well as the EDGE1 mantle in 2024. Strengths -A bolt of lightning off the snap, which immediately stresses tackles vertically to the apex. -A high-octane, hyperactive athlete who moves in short, successive bursts of energy. -Effervescent twitch allows him to put tackles on a string with his unpredictability. -Well-sized with good frame density, length, and overall proportions. -Combined instant burst, length, and motor amount to a very imposing power profile. -Can use urgent leg drive and his inbuilt energetic motion to sustain power exertions. -Able to forklift up on power rushes, get under tackles, and use his base to dislodge. -Has ankle flexion to reduce his surface area and corner underneath extensions. -Initial hand placement is precise and deliberate, maximizing force and impact at contact. -Can flash his hands to widen tackles, then explode inside with violent bull-rushes. -Able to widen tackles and then pry his way inside the B-gap with violent double swipes. -Can levy quick long-arm-chop combos to simultaneously erode his blocker’s balance and deconstruct extensions. -Brings constant, unmatched energy as a rusher and routinely fights through contact. -Has the necessary strength to violently wrench down opposing anchors in run support. -Brings incredible pursuit speed and reach and has the range to run down ball carriers. Weaknesses -Doesn’t have elite length or mass, slightly detracting from raw power capacity. -Doesn’t quite have elite hip flexibility when breaching and rolling through the apex. -Can’t always pinch hyper-acute angles and sustain acceleration to enter the pocket. -The frame is slightly high-cut, impacting open-field change-of-direction at times. -Can struggle to manage pad level and weight distribution when stunting. -Lacks elite force in his hands, as clubs sometimes fail to erode anchors. -Sometimes nullifies base ahead of contact, which can limit knock-back power. -Over-arching consistency with hands past initial rushing moves can be improved. -Can be baited into over-setting laterally by read options and can be late to recover. -Will turn 24 years old in November of his rookie season.
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Post by cardinalsins on Nov 30, 2023 22:01:02 GMT -7
Dallas Turner Height: 6’4″ Weight: 242 Position: EDGE School: Alabama Current Year: Junior Profootball Network: In some ways, the NFL is incredibly complicated. But sometimes things are simple. If you were a consensus five-star recruit and produced at a high level in college, there is very little stopping you from being a first-round pick. That recruiting pedigree likely goes too far for NFL franchises. But being outrageously talented in high school and remaining productive in college is a surefire way to win the hearts and minds of talent evaluators at the NFL level. Turner was a consensus five-star recruit. He was the top EDGE in the country for 247Sports and Rivals, while ESPN believed he was the third-best in the country. He was a top-20 recruit on each of the big three national sites and a top-five player in the state of Florida. He came out of the gates at Alabama incredibly hot. He posted 8.5 sacks and 10 tackles for loss as a freshman, which earned him Freshman All-American honors from 247Sports and FWAA. He was also a freshman coach’s pick within the conference. He was unable to reproduce that production in his sophomore season, but his physical traits were evident even in the absence of traditional production. However, he appears back on track in 2023 as the Crimson Tide’s primary pass-rushing specialist. Strengths -High-end first-step explosiveness -Fluid change-of-direction ability to slice through blockers when given a three-way green light -Fluid, flexible, and athletic enough to survive in underneath zone coverage and peeling on swinging running backs -Fluidity and flexibility extend to the pass-rush repertoire. Made improvements in his outside rush from 2022 -Has the length to maintain distance from offensive tackles when setting the edge -Does a fine job getting skinny and keeping his outside arm free as a run-defender -Has made drastic improvements to his play strengths from 2022 -Play strength improvements have extended to converting speed to power more frequently -The pass rush plan is much better than a season ago -Quick run-game processor -Hands appear to improve weekly -Above average bend Weaknesses -While fluid, his lateral mobility lacks the high-end violence of other sub-250-pound EDGEs at the NFL level -Although speed to power has improved, it remains inconsistent. Must set it up well and time it correctly -Prone to acute angles in pursuit -More consistent out of a two-point stance -Overall hand usage remains inconsistent and lacks violence
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Post by cardinalsins on Nov 30, 2023 22:01:20 GMT -7
JT Tuimoloau Height: 6’4″ Weight: 277 pounds Position: Edge Rusher School: Ohio State Current Year: Junior Profootball Network: Two things have always been selling points on Tuimoloau’s profile: Talent and playmaking ability. Tuimoloau was a five-star recruit in the 2021 class. Not only that, but he was a top-five national prospect on multiple platforms. As a junior in 2019, before the COVID-shortened 2020 season, he logged 11 sacks and established himself as a potential NFL talent. Thus far in his career at Ohio State, Tuimoloau has only confirmed his professional trajectory. In2021, he logged 3.5 sacks and 4.5 tackles for loss as a true freshman. And in 2022, he broke out with 28 tackles, 10.5 TFLs, 3.5 sacks, two interceptions (including a pick-six), four pass deflections, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery. Of course, with Tuimoloau, the question has never been whether or not he’ll play in the NFL. That part is obvious. The question is: How high will he be picked? Should he declare for the 2024 NFL Draft, we can give our best projection based on his evaluation below. Strengths -Has rare mass and density for an edge rusher, but also has good length and leverage. -Has excellent initial explosive capacity and can rapidly accelerate with knee drive. -Can bait OTs into setting inside with sudden jab-steps, flashing good cylindrical twitch. -Has a modest degree of ankle flexion and can play with lean while combating blocks. -Flashes excellent short-area freedom and fluidity-levying spin moves off inside counters. -With combined length and frame density, has exceptional raw power capacity. -Has the overwhelming power drive to plow tackles backward and squeeze the pocket. -Can absorb power at contact with his composite strength and prevent displacement. -Can set the edge, stack, shed, and rip through run blocks to occlude gaps. -Has great leverage and angle awareness as a run defender and can align his base. -Has shown he can execute bull-rushes and can torque his hips through extensions. -Flashes high-level coordination and efficiency when stacking rushing moves. -Can employ synergy with his hands and attack angles and supplement with euro-steps. -Can feign long arms, then violently club extensions and seal with rip moves. -Motor, sharp instincts, and a nose for the football make him a constant playmaking threat. Weaknesses -Visibly lacks great ankle flexion and hip flexibility and can’t often sink below the apex. -Has a noticeable limit on his sink capacity and rarely sustains finesse-oriented rushes. -Slight hip stiffness limits his recovery capacity on inside and outside counters. -Sometimes lacks a plan as a pass rusher beyond initial power. -Despite high-level pass-rushing flashes, is still very inconsistent with execution. -Can be more consistent in maximizing applied force with proper base alignment.
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Post by Chirpn’time on Dec 31, 2023 19:47:40 GMT -7
Braylon Price 6'4" 270 LBs OLB/edge has the best win rate in pass-rush attempts. I like his size with BJ being a speed guy. Trice is very solid in the run game. If he is available in the 2nd round, he would be a solid pick.
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Post by End Zone on Jan 6, 2024 3:10:35 GMT -7
He's burning a lot of energy in that drillset. He's agile. That's my takeaway.
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