I’m a stack and shed linebacker type of guy and I think he does that so well. I’m not one that puts him in that uber athletic category like some but I think there’s plenty enough there that compliments his other skills. Definitely some level of expecting him to continue to grow as well, but I love a guy that can disengage do easily.
cool - i think we're probably seeing the same thing but maybe valuing it differently?
then again partly it's about perception - one of my favourite anecdotes from DJ this whole draft period was about his initial conversation with a GM about DeMarvin Leal where they were talking about him and DJ was talking about how he wasnt really sure about him and the GM said he liked him and so they discussed Leal and were agreeing with each other about what they liked and didnt like about him and so DJ was confused and finally asked him "where do you see him going? where have you got him graded?" and the GM answered that he had him in the 2nd round somewhere and DJ agreed with that too
DJ's initial perception of Leal was massively warped by the pre-process hype that had him in and around the top 10 that in his mind that was what "liked" meant whereas the GM without that exposure to early mocks and groupthink had no idea and just saw a guy he liked and would happily take somewhere on day 2
that said, right now, for me Quay's LB 5 and i've still got some highly-touted ones to go (Chad Muma, Troy Anderson and a few others) so we'll see if any of those guys interrupt those rankings
right now I've got
Lloyd
Dean
Clark (will probably drop due to a spinal thing that turned up at the combine that may well knock him out for his rookie year albeit isnt expected to impact his long-term career)
Harris
Walker
i've flip-flopped a few times with harris and walker based on how much i value different aspects of LB play and ideas about fit too with the ravens