DRAFT DAY DISCUSSION Official 2018 Draft Day Three (Rounds 4-7) Thread

[FoxboroFlyer]

Should have traded it into next year.

 

[Joey007]

WE FINALLY GOT AN LB.

 

[SVN]

must be for special teams

 

[PatriotsNumero1Fan]

Nice to see a Lb who likely won't make the team.

 

[manxman2601]

Overview
Thick-framed inside linebacker with a taste for contact. Bentley's physical approach and ability to attack and defeat blockers make him an ideal candidate as a run-down thumper along the inside. However, Bentley has athletic limitations that hinder his effectiveness as an NFL finisher and he's ill-suited to handle coverage duties against the pass. Bentley lacks ideal speed and reaction time, but his size and toughness could make him a solid backup inside linebacker who could find reps down the line.
Strengths

• Built like a stack of bricks with the frame of an old school inside linebacker. Muscular and thick through his arms, chest, and lower half. Extremely strong for his position with 31 bench reps at his pro day. Tough, willing banger at the point of attack who is hard to move in heads-up battle. Able to drop his anchor and leverage his gap with force. Uses early, heavy hands to challenge blocks. Uncoils into climbing blockers giving them a taste of his power. Above average playing off blocks and finding tackles. Strikes with his full weight behind his pads and is a wrap-up tackler

Weaknesses

• Diagnose to reaction time is average. Play lacks knee bend and is unable to gain good ground with lateral slide steps when scraping. Forced to open hips and run to the gap rather than slide. Struggles to disengage quickly from angle blocks on his edge. Build-up speed limits his sideline to sideline range. Below average agility to unlock tackle opportunities at challenging angles. Change of direction is labored. Has missed games in three straight seasons including an ACL tear in 2015. Stiff in his drops and open field coverage on passing downs

 

[Love The Drake]

Is he any good?

 

[Real World]

Did he play tuba for the band? Who is this guy?

 

[SVN]

Should have traded it.

probably didnt find a partner.

 

[DefenseRules]

Ja'Whaun who?

And he continues to flip the bird at us and drafts someone none of us has ever heard of.

 

[manxman2601]

260lb linebacker

 

[d312]

Why the Falk not?!?

I know all about out past. How could any fan not know. What is happening with this draft makes no sense. Our D NEEDS FAST YOUNG LINEBACKERS. WE LOST SB because of it. A couple of draft picks in that area could have helped. We need a young QB. Hoyer is not the answer to a Brady injury. BB could have gotten us help in these area's & still did his wheeling & dealing. I don't care about next years draft. I care about the upcoming season. BB will end up trading a lot of next years picks into 2020 & beyond.

 

[ashley]

Is he any good?

Hopefully, he can beat out Elandon Roberts, if not, then he's horrible.

 

[FoxboroFlyer]

Overview
Thick-framed inside linebacker with a taste for contact. Bentley's physical approach and ability to attack and defeat blockers make him an ideal candidate as a run-down thumper along the inside. However, Bentley has athletic limitations that hinder his effectiveness as an NFL finisher and he's ill-suited to handle coverage duties against the pass. Bentley lacks ideal speed and reaction time, but his size and toughness could make him a solid backup inside linebacker who could find reps down the line.
Strengths

• Built like a stack of bricks with the frame of an old school inside linebacker. Muscular and thick through his arms, chest, and lower half. Extremely strong for his position with 31 bench reps at his pro day. Tough, willing banger at the point of attack who is hard to move in heads-up battle. Able to drop his anchor and leverage his gap with force. Uses early, heavy hands to challenge blocks. Uncoils into climbing blockers giving them a taste of his power. Above average playing off blocks and finding tackles. Strikes with his full weight behind his pads and is a wrap-up tackler

Weaknesses

• Diagnose to reaction time is average. Play lacks knee bend and is unable to gain good ground with lateral slide steps when scraping. Forced to open hips and run to the gap rather than slide. Struggles to disengage quickly from angle blocks on his edge. Build-up speed limits his sideline to sideline range. Below average agility to unlock tackle opportunities at challenging angles. Change of direction is labored. Has missed games in three straight seasons including an ACL tear in 2015. Stiff in his drops and open field coverage on passing downs

Sounds pretty bad.

 

[HailHydra]

Not a fan of his name and we all know that players with weird names don't play well.

 

[jboston19]

I have no idea who this is, but he sounds like the end of Elandon Roberts for this profile.

NFL Draft & Combine Profile - Ja'whaun Bentley | NFL.com

 

[Ras-IR Dowling]

Nice to see a Lb who likely won't make the team.

Hahahaha. We get a LB and people are mad.

 

[Brick27]

Doesn’t need to be **** Butkus. He just needs to be slightly better than Elandon Roberts and then this pick is a win.

 

[WaterfallJumper]

Welp, there's your LB.

 

[Soliel]

I wouldn’t have guessed that. Got to see some highlights

 

[manxman2601]