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Packers 1st round selection, #12 overall: Rashan Gary, DE
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<blockquote data-quote="Sunshinepacker" data-source="post: 834645" data-attributes="member: 9033"><p>Just because a coach says something to support a first round draft pick doesn't actually make what the coach said into an actual FACT. The facts of his production, here's an actual FACT: "While he has been used on stunts and as more of a “decoy” on blitzes, Gary has had plenty of one-on-one opportunities to rush the passer in his three years at Ann Arbor. When we filter out plays with no blitzes and no stunts, Gary ranks just 64th among edge defenders in the draft class with at least 100 opportunities and only 30th among those with at least 250 rushes" (via PFF).</p><p></p><p>Again, he might turn it on in Green Bay. But coaches and others who claim that his job wasn't to rush the passer are justifying the pick after the fact. It's like when coaches and fans said that BJ Raji was actually "really good" and his job wasn't to "get stats" but to "help others"...turns out BJ Raji just wasn't very good. Rashan Gary is a work in progress who has the physical abilities to be absolutely dominant. I don't get the reticence for people to just accept that the Packers rolled the dice on a player with massive upside but has never shown an ability to actually carry those physical abilities over onto the football field.</p><p></p><p>If a coach just came out and said, "He was not used correctly and we think we can unlock his potential" I would believe that. Instead we get coaches who probably just mean that but then feel the need to talk about his amazing play in college that didn't really happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sunshinepacker, post: 834645, member: 9033"] Just because a coach says something to support a first round draft pick doesn't actually make what the coach said into an actual FACT. The facts of his production, here's an actual FACT: "While he has been used on stunts and as more of a “decoy” on blitzes, Gary has had plenty of one-on-one opportunities to rush the passer in his three years at Ann Arbor. When we filter out plays with no blitzes and no stunts, Gary ranks just 64th among edge defenders in the draft class with at least 100 opportunities and only 30th among those with at least 250 rushes" (via PFF). Again, he might turn it on in Green Bay. But coaches and others who claim that his job wasn't to rush the passer are justifying the pick after the fact. It's like when coaches and fans said that BJ Raji was actually "really good" and his job wasn't to "get stats" but to "help others"...turns out BJ Raji just wasn't very good. Rashan Gary is a work in progress who has the physical abilities to be absolutely dominant. I don't get the reticence for people to just accept that the Packers rolled the dice on a player with massive upside but has never shown an ability to actually carry those physical abilities over onto the football field. If a coach just came out and said, "He was not used correctly and we think we can unlock his potential" I would believe that. Instead we get coaches who probably just mean that but then feel the need to talk about his amazing play in college that didn't really happen. [/QUOTE]
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