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#1 · Feb 14, 10:35 AM
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That is a problem that will compound in the NFL. 

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#2 · Feb 14, 12:37 PM
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the first one is a somewhat common missed tackle,  its hard to adjust for a guy that should be coming forward that decides to step back as you are dropping your shoulder to make the stop,  the second one he just got trucked a bit by a bigger physical receiver.  He needs to clean up his technique a bit but it should be correctable.

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#3 · Feb 14, 12:44 PM
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He missed almost 20% of his tackles the prior year...

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I don't want any part of a safety who can't tackle.  I keep seeing his name pop up as a potential 1st round pick and it makes me cringe... Antoine Winfield Jr. is a much better prospect and he likely doesn't go until Day 2.

Sometimes I wonder what the media is thinking in their evaluations.

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#6 · Feb 14, 4:13 PM
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He was lights out years ago and looked like the next great LSU Safety if he just cleaned up the tackling. Didn't play near as well this year and the tackling didn't improve. Xavier McKinney is a much better prospect.

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#7 · Feb 14, 4:16 PM
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If you can't bring down a K, that's a man card violation.

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#8 · Feb 14, 6:32 PM
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He doesnt look afraid of contact which I think is an interesting dynamic to this. I expected to see a guy hesitating over contact and missing tackles, not a guy bouncing off ball carriers running through them.

I guess I can see why some might think its correctable or that he could be coachable. As a defender and tackler, you have to want to.

But i agree with most of yall... dont know if id want to deal with it lol

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#9 · Feb 14, 9:53 PM
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@"BarrNone55" said: If you can't bring down a K, that's a man card violation.
Of course in college some of those list kickers arent little soccer sticks,  a few 230# + guys still playing the leg.  Think Faud!
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#10 · Feb 15, 6:01 AM
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@"Wetlander" said: I don't want any part of a safety who can't tackle.  I keep seeing his name pop up as a potential 1st round pick and it makes me cringe... Antoine Winfield Jr. is a much better prospect and he likely doesn't go until Day 2.

Sometimes I wonder what the media is thinking in their evaluations.


Agree. Too many 1st rounders bust in this league to use a valuable pick on one with a fundamentals problem at the college level. The runners don't get easier to bring down in the NFL. Day two maybe. 

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#11 · Feb 15, 10:12 AM
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@"BarrNone55" said: He missed almost 20% of his tackles the prior year...
No worries put him with the human missel Sendjo and all he has to do is slow them down. 
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