Brady6
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It is 2-3 year old draft classes…
Over the past few years Belichick has signed a number of players who either entered the NFL to soon, have been underdeveloped since entering the NFL for reasons outside their control, or entered from a small school with lower competition. These players have all spent time of bad football teams, and were not NFL ready during the first 2-3 years in the NFL.
I have to assume Belichick scouts these young players during the draft and labels them not NFL ready but keeps a target on them with the intent of getting his hands on them when they really should be drafted into the NFL. Essentially these players are getting the development they did not receive in college at the NFL level.
Over the past few years Belichick has signed a number of players who either entered the NFL to soon, have been underdeveloped since entering the NFL for reasons outside their control, or entered from a small school with lower competition. These players have all spent time of bad football teams, and were not NFL ready during the first 2-3 years in the NFL.
I have to assume Belichick scouts these young players during the draft and labels them not NFL ready but keeps a target on them with the intent of getting his hands on them when they really should be drafted into the NFL. Essentially these players are getting the development they did not receive in college at the NFL level.
- Dion Lewis – entered the NFL after his sophomore season at the age of 20.
- Rufus Johnson – went Tarleton and he was on the 4th player ever to be drafted by an NFL team from there.
- Sealver Siliga – entered the NFL after his junior season at the age of 20.
- Akiem Hicks – was on the 9th Canadian Interuniversity Sport player drafted by an NFL team.
- Jon Bostic – was drafted by the Bears at just 20 years old after entering college a year early.
- Mike Williams – was drafted by the Lions at 21 years old and asked to change positions to OL.
- Keshawn Martin – was drafted by the Texans and played behind Johnson and Hopkins with 7 different QBs starting during his tenure in Houston.