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Originally Posted by Chromeburn
There is also Caleb Farley, and in the second Asante Samuel Jr. Ballard is also a believer in analytics. And teams played more dime defense last year than base defense for the first time ever. Nickle is the new base defense. You need more talented DBs on the field than ever before.
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Farley and Surtain will be gone by 21. I get that DBs are becoming more important than ever, but I'd be surprised to see Ballard draft a DB at 21 or 54. If he trades down? Sure. If he picks up a 3, I could even see him going there on Day 2, but I think he addresses Edge and LT before anything else in this draft. He also comes from organizational philosophies that tend to prioritize finding undervalued ballhawks. With the Bears, he helped them bring in Tillman and Vasher. In KC, he was part of the front office that drafted Marcus Peters. I see Ballard being more likely to take a Shakur Brown (in Round 4) than a Jaycee Horn (in Round 1).
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Originally Posted by Chromeburn
He is a willing tackler, he’s just a bad tackler. He puts his head down, doesn’t wrap up or drive his feet.
He does grab a lot though in coverage. And I wonder if he will get away with that in the pros.
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So you're getting Rock Ya-Sin, but a worse tackler? Pass.