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Scout On Dontari Poe: Watch Him Play, He Didn’T Do Anything

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In defense of a Poe 1st round pick. I will say franchises like the Ravens have made a habit in the draft of taking a chance on exceptionally large athletes. Ngata and Cody were smart picks. Upside on a cat like Dontari is off the charts. I get the counterpoint about production but i have faith in our coaching staff to bring out the best in him. Serious would not be mad at the pick. Do i like Worthy better? Yes. I also would take a gamble on Coples because of upside too so.....

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and that still doesnt mean he will bust. some players may take a while to develop, and again i do not want him at 9.just saying its unfair to label a guy a bust before he played a NFL snap. plus the fact that he is a junior coming out, another year to prove himself would have helped.

The thing is that all of these arguements can be made for just about every athletic college football player that doesn't stand out...and there would be hundreds of them. The problem is that he he was in a position to show that he at least can be dominant, but never did. If he were in a good conference like the SEC, then I could ubderstand his lack of production (at least to a point), but he played against guys that will be lucky to make it in the Arena league, and didn't do much. And no, he wasn't doubled all the time, there were plenty of times he was stonewalled or ended up on his back one on one. Despite being big and athletic, he plays small, and he has never shown the heart or determination that you want to see out of a guy picked that high.

To me, this is a guy that may be worth the risk in the 3rd or 4th, but in no way is he worth an early pick...and God forbid in the top ten.

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In defense of a Poe 1st round pick. I will say franchises like the Ravens have made a habit in the draft of taking a chance on exceptionally large athletes. Ngata and Cody were smart picks. Upside on a cat like Dontari is off the charts. I get the counterpoint about production but i have faith in our coaching staff to bring out the best in him. Serious would not be mad at the pick. Do i like Worthy better? Yes. I also would take a gamble on Coples because of upside too so.....

But those large athletes that they took were all very productive in college...against much better competition than Poe faced. Other than being big, strong, and athletic, what has Poe ever shown to indicate that he has any ability to be a decent NFL player?

I've listened to and read many evaluations (by so-called professional evaluators) and have yet to see one positive other than his size and athleticism. In almost every one of them, they make some comment along the lines of "he may not of been all that productive in college, but you just can't teach that kind of size and athleticism." Yet in none of them have I heard or read someone say they watched tape and came away impressd with anything. The only reason they give for rating him high is his freakish athlticism and size.

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