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2677041, DT Raekwon Davis, Alabama
Posted by will_5198, Sun Oct-28-18 05:55 PM
He should be a guaranteed top five pick, but he isn't.

While most elite players see their talent as just a starting point, he actually puts more effort into playing below his potential. Why learn any hand technique or rush moves, when you can just try to out-athlete everyone? Helps that he's played with dominant linemates (i.e. better than him) who can pick up the slack when he's getting washed away by an undersized guard.

He *looks* like a great pro, and every few series he *plays* like one, so I'm sure he'll go in round one based off potential. But he seems like one of those teases who gets drafted as a difference-maker and never quite lives up to it.

+ Massive, athletic and long...all enviable traits that the NFL will see as premium clay
+ Hard to handle in the stunt game
+ When he plays through his hands, he has spurts of dominance

- Inconsistent at everything
- Hand usage is an afterthought; relies on his body to beat blocks
- Habitually gets tall instead of anchoring in run defense
- Not the thinking man's pass rusher; a large number of his rushes are him leaning on a lineman while he figures out what to do