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Went back and watched all of Yetur's snaps from his first (vs LV), sixth (vs TB), and final (vs NO) games of his rookie season to try and see how he had progressed. He... did not look good. Cons Was regularly one of the last DL to come out of his stance. Almost no burst. This was consistent in all three games that I went back and watched. Bravvion Roy was firing off of the ball faster than YGM on a regular basis. Regularly lost contain or would over pursue upfield rather than setting the edge. He was single handedly responsible for 34yds against the Raiders when he failed to set the edge. The 98yd TD run vs. TB? Yetur failed to slide into the B gap and instead try to beat the OT to the outside (which was a common theme) and as a result a massive hole for Jones to run thru appeared. Rather stacking and shedding the blocker, YGM would just try to pick a side (again, usually the outside), and go that way where he'd easily be washed out of the play. Was knocked to the ground frequently. Inactive hands. Was regularly allowing OL to get into his chest and redirect at will. Pros Never stopped hustling. Even when knocked to the ground, he was fighting his way back to his feet. Only 23, so he has time to grow and develop as a player. Most DEs take 3 - 5yrs (peaking at ~25yrs old) to develop unless they're something special. Going back and looking at his scouting profile, a lot of this seems to check out with the pre-draft analysis of YGM:

Fletcher has two botched snaps in practice. He's PS bound.

Ah, you're referring to this year. Gotcha. I was referring to the comments made by Bridgewater about the lack of practicing 2min/RZ. There was doubt on the board regarding that (despite former NFL players themselves voicing shock at the way it was approached in practice when given details), but it looks like the staff did some reflecting and are tackling the issue head on. Really, really happy to see them not putting their egos first and instead striving to improve.

COVID forced the cancelation of all on-field work during the offseason last year.

Sounds like we didn't and the staff took the feedback to heart. That's a good thing. Shows their ability to learn and grow.

I'ma get that Grand Master rank one way or another before the end of the year ᕦ(ò_óˇ)

Digging the emphasis on situational awareness as well as team accountability.

Could have also been an early cut to give him an opportunity to land and stick with a team. I recall a player being cut last season surprisingly early for that reason.

Likely to be a slow day. Might get some news regarding returners, but not expecting much.