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D.J. Wonnum looks like a keeper...

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Kid took a lot of heat on here around draft time.  He's making some plays after Yannick was traded...

#1 · Nov 16, 8:24 PM
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I am pretty pleased. He is getting pressures and making plays. I love it.

#2 · Nov 16, 9:15 PM
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He's proven to be a real solid find. Lots of rookies are contributing this season, which is encouraging.

#3 · Nov 16, 9:27 PM
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encouraging signs from the rook. his sack tonight was a nice inside game but he had a few flashes in the pressure game  

#4 · Nov 16, 9:30 PM
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Every time spielman and Patterson have hit on a defensive end,  they always showed up in games early in their rookie year.

#5 · Nov 16, 9:46 PM
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Remember he made the strip sack on Rodgers to end the GB game.  That had to give him a confidence boost.

#6 · Nov 16, 11:03 PM
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From what I have seen post Yannick, he's definitely our best DL

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Get Hunter back and Pierce in the middle and year 2 for Wonnum (little bigger and playing quicker with more experience) and we might have something in 2021. 

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@"StickyBun" said: Get Hunter back and Pierce in the middle and year 2 for Wonnum (little bigger and playing quicker with more experience) and we might have something in 2021. 
Throw in the development of Lynch, maybe parting ways with Jaleel and Shemar to grab a pass rushing UT and the DL looks pretty good.  
#10 · Nov 18, 9:42 AM
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Spielman has a gift for drafting pass-rushing DEs.
So who are the college DTs we are likely to grab #1 next spring?

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@"Jor-El" said:
Spielman has a gift for drafting pass-rushing DEs. So who are the college DTs we are likely to grab #1 next spring?
I am about certain that we will be trading down in the first this coming draft,  Spielman will want to add ammo to move up into the second to recoup the pick lost for Ngoque.  I see us dropping back into the late first (from about 18th) and take a S.
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@"JimmyinSD" said:
@"Jor-El" said:
Spielman has a gift for drafting pass-rushing DEs. So who are the college DTs we are likely to grab #1 next spring?
I am about certain that we will be trading down in the first this coming draft,  Spielman will want to add ammo to move up into the second to recoup the pick lost for Ngoque.  I see us dropping back into the late first (from about 18th) and take a S.
Just depends on a whole bunch of things....what are we doing with Cousins...who's available at our pick....do we like the 2nd tier QBs...Sure, we might WANT to recoup that 2nd, but at what cost? Certainly not at the cost of missing out on a very good 3T or LT or S or QB who might be sitting there in the middle 1st.

One other thing...he's already got ammo to move up into the 2nd with two 3rds, three 4ths and three 5ths. And that doesn't include the likely 3rd round comp pick for Trae Waynes. 

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@"MaroonBells" said:
@"JimmyinSD" said:
@"Jor-El" said:
Spielman has a gift for drafting pass-rushing DEs. So who are the college DTs we are likely to grab #1 next spring?
I am about certain that we will be trading down in the first this coming draft,  Spielman will want to add ammo to move up into the second to recoup the pick lost for Ngoque.  I see us dropping back into the late first (from about 18th) and take a S.
Just depends on a whole bunch of things....what are we doing with Cousins...who's available at our pick....do we like the 2nd tier QBs...Sure, we might WANT to recoup that 2nd, but at what cost? Certainly not at the cost of missing out on a very good 3T or LT or S or QB who might be sitting there in the middle 1st.

One other thing...he's already got ammo to move up into the 2nd with two 3rds, three 4ths and three 5ths. And that doesn't include the likely 3rd round comp pick for Trae Waynes. 



Agree with you on this as I was looking at our picks over the weekend. This is a draft where we could take several positions in the first round, it'll all depend on who is there. I do think we jump back into the second but it'll be when a guy falls that they want so who knows where that will be. I would like to see them take all of the later picks they have and move up again into the second or third, meaning try to get two 2nds, or a 2nd and two 3rds. We have a decent amount of issues with a lot of studs on this roster...let's skip the 6th and 7th round experiments this year

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I think we trade  back in the first   get  more picks and then trade back into the second maybe even twice

#15 · Nov 19, 12:56 AM
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thing to remember is it take 2  to trade

#16 · Nov 19, 12:57 AM
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@"Jor-El" said:
Spielman has a gift for drafting pass-rushing DEs. So who are the college DTs we are likely to grab #1 next spring?
Which is why making the trade for yannik without a handshake deal was so confusing. 
#17 · Nov 19, 11:05 AM
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Tied for 3rd in pressures for rookies with about 50% less snaps. 

Maybe we could chip in and send FSU an authentic Wonnum jersey.

:)

#18 · Nov 20, 5:54 AM
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@"BarrNone55" said: Tied for 3rd in pressures for rookies with about 50% less snaps. 

Maybe we could chip in and send FSU an authentic Wonnum jersey.

:)


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@"BarrNone55" said: Tied for 3rd in pressures for rookies with about 50% less snaps. 

Maybe we could chip in and send FSU an authentic Wonnum jersey.

:)


Welcome back, dude - Skol! 

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@"BarrNone55" said: Tied for 3rd in pressures for rookies with about 50% less snaps. 

Maybe we could chip in and send FSU an authentic Wonnum jersey.

:)


Hey man, where ya been? Quick, someone post a mock draft. Gotta find a way to keep Barr on the ship. 

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