Good point, I guess despite his good rookie season, it's been too many seasons of sub par play for me to put a lot of stock in his one good season. But you are absolutely right, from the outside, it's hard to know exactly what happened to derail his promising start. Was it injuries, will to win, lack of development past that initial season, coordinators seeing his weaknesses on tape after a season? Hard to know.ChicagoViking wrote: ↑Tue May 01, 2018 1:53 pm Hard to know if Kalil was a scouting mistake or a subsequent injury/will-to-win issue. Remember, Kalil had a strong rookie season, and played in the Pro Bowl as a replacement. Things went down rapidly only after that rookie season.
I guess I was making the Captain Obvious point that projections (even by the most talented evaluators) always end up being simply projections and scouts from different teams can vary drastically on where they rank individual players. No one really knows how these players will pan out whether it's a first or seventh round pick, but obviously it's a much better chance in the higher rounds and there's a reason some players are selected higher than others.
I'm crossing my fingers for all the Vikings' picks!