Only one word after watching him. WOW!!!!!! He is going to be the best DE/EDGE rusher in this entire draft if he is drafted to play DE in a 4-3. Sy had him ranked as his 3rd pass rusher and said he would be a top 8 player overall if he knew he was healthy. KWALL put me onto him.
I've watched every single video I could find on the guy. I've read a ton of articles on him. The man is an absolute beast. Almost unblockable at times. Good height & weight, long arms, huge hands and insane athleticism for a guy his size.
His Sack #s weren't insane, but he was mostly playing as a 3-4 DE in the UCLA defense. He is a beast when it comes to stopping the run. I think he has potential to reach JPP level in that area. Also think he can easily be a 12-15 Sack a year player. Read an article with quotes from Owa that said his medical stuff came back great and teams weren't worried about it being an issue. If that is the case I really don't see how he makes it to 9. He's a far more athletic Justin Tuck. Bored watching these basketball games so I wanted to get a discussion going on him. If the Giants take him at 9 the whole world is going to be shocked, but I feel he is completely worth the pick. I feel he is good enough to start from day 1 in New York. Any opinions on him?
A DE or a 3-4 rush linebacker?
I also think he's got a ways to go before he reaches his ceiling -- translation, I'm not sure he comes in and contributes as much as one would expect from a #9 player.
Still, ya gotta like him.
But isn't that the point as it pertains to the 9 spot? He's had what, 4 hip surgeries? Given this team's hellish bouts with IR and season-long injuries, do you really want this guy?
Thanks. Thought I read 2 on each
According to Owa he was told by the NFL medical people who I assume told teams that the hip was not a problem moving forward. We will most likely not hear anything about it prior to the draft.
NFLDraftScout has him as a mid-late first rounder now. If his hips check out he has to be in the discussion at 9. If healthy give me him over everybody not named Amari Cooper at 9. (Would probably take Williams over him, but I doubt that he is there)
The bottom line is that you just can't pick this player at #9 after two hip surgeries. If we trade down and select him? Count me in.
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He would have been my favorite choice for #9 assuming Cooper doesn't fall there.
But isn't that the point as it pertains to the 9 spot? He's had what, 4 hip surgeries? Given this team's hellish bouts with IR and season-long injuries, do you really want this guy?
Yeah it is 2 but still at #9 absolutely not. With a trade down or two I would love the pick if it happened in the 20's and the Giants have picked up a package of at least a 2nd and a 3rd and maybe a mid round pick this or two either this year or next. If he falls into round 2 I would be all for a trade up to secure his rights.
Odighizuwa first discussed his academic problems with professor Dale Rubin, where he reportedly told Rubin to pray for him. Odighizuwa then walked to the offices of Dean Anthony Sutin and Professor Thomas Blackwell, where he opened fire with a .380 ACP semi-automatic handgun.
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Nobody is going to remove him from their draft board because of it, but if it's between him and a similarly graded prospect who's father isn't a paranoid schizophrenic doing time for mass-murder......
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Not sure I would touch him at 9. In fact, we need to nail our first 3-4 picks so unless it was very minor procedure, I wouldn't have him on the board until the 3rd round pick.
I know it was over 10 years ago but Tuck was projected as a 1st rounder, with a nickname like "The Freak." Yet he still slipped to round three because of similar circumstances. Who knows...
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