Why do you think draft picks bust?

[Bob In PA]

I'm all about situation.

Jalen Hurts goes to almost any NFL team, and nobody knows who he is. He goes to the Eagles, sucks eggs, loses to Joe Judge's Giants and looks like he can't even complete a forward pass.

Next year he's in the MVP running, when they add Brown and Smith at WR and their OL gets healthy.

Take Evan Neal. What if he's drafted by the Cowboys (who had him #1 overall on their board)? With bookend tackles, they probably just plug him in at G right away and he mashes people. It's where you go, and what the circumstances are.

I also believe there's an overall cut-throatness and grind required to be an NFL player, and some people say "thanks, but no thanks".

Aces: My problem with Neal is that he does NOT mash people in the run-game. He appears to have trouble with the leverage and angles involved in run-blocking.  Maybe he's too tall for his own good. I'm not impressed with his over-all strength or agility.  And none of that has anything to do with his failure to "see the big picture" in pass protection. In that department, there is still no evidence than the light-bulb has come on. Bob

[Philosophers]

Aces: My problem with Neal is that he does NOT mash people in the run-game. He appears to have trouble with the leverage and angles involved in run-blocking.  Maybe he's too tall for his own good. I'm not impressed with his over-all strength or agility.  And none of that has anything to do with his failure to "see the big picture" in pass protection. In that department, there is still no evidence than the light-bulb has come on. Bob

I agree.  Nothing about Neal's technique results in a domination of his opponent anywhere.  Unless he is now 100% healthy points which he is not, he seems unfixable.

[Bob In PA]

I agree.  Nothing about Neal's technique results in a domination of his opponent anywhere.  Unless he is now 100% healthy points which he is not, he seems unfixable.

Phil: I am/was thinking that but didn't want to say it.

Yet, there have been far greater "resurrections" in the NFL over my lifetime, so I rule nothing out.

But I fear it'll play out that way (then they'll cut him, he'll go to a good team, and then gel - lol).

Bob