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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dantés" data-source="post: 828625" data-attributes="member: 12283">Agree to disagree. I think it's reasonable to say that it's one of a number of possible outcomes, but I think assuming that it will happen, to the point of investing a top 20 pick, is very dicey. I know I'm a broken record, but we have seen a decent sample of guys like that come out of major college football programs, in every case there were people saying that they would add and sustain functional weight, and in most cases it did not happen. Barkevious Mingo is the best comparison that comes to mind. He was an eerily similar athlete who I bought into based on the promise of adding size and functional strength in an NFL program. It never happened and he was a pretty big bust. But you also have Dion Jordan, Leonard Floyd, Aaron Maybin, Shea McClellin, etc. And just to head this off-- I am not saying they are identical prospects. I know that Burns is a far better technician than Mingo was coming out of college. But the potential crippling weakness is the same. I guess my main point is that if we're going to assume that Burns is going to add the weight, keep it on, and be fine, I'd like to see some examples of guys like this doing that.</blockquote>

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