Mukuba might be overaggressive as a tackler and undersized, but he's another versatile piece for Vic Fangio's defense.
Mukuba might be overaggressive as a tackler and undersized, but he's another versatile piece for Vic Fangio's defense.It was intriguing because sitting there watching the draft, Trey Amos, the corner from Ole Miss, was kind of sliding further than I thought he would.
And you could say the same thing about the safety position about the off-the-ball linebacker position and the Philadelphia Eagles that they’re not taking them in the first round pretty much or high anywhere, things are changing.And as Trey Amos slid, I was wondering whether Howie was going to go get him or not. Ultimately he went No. 61 to Washington, so he almost got there . And I kind of felt like corner was a bigger need than safety in my opinion. But again, and I think Howie and the Eagles emphasize this, it’s not always about need.of the Mukuba pick], “We weren’t trying to draft for need, but when need hits the value of the player, it’s a beautiful thing.” And I felt the same way. Mukuba, there was some mixed opinion on about where his value in the draft is, but what I saw on tape, he was three years at Clemson where he played a lot of nickel. No interceptions in three years at Clemson. And then he goes in the portal and goes to Texas, they played him all over the place, he had five picks. Actually had six on tape — one of them didn’t count. So here’s what I would tell you about Mukuba: really aggressive, really tough, like a missile, tackles. Sometimes misses tackles because he’s overaggressive. Eagles film: Sizing up Andrew Mukuba at Texas, can he earn a starting spot in Vic Fangio’s secondary? I think he’s best instinctually with his eyes on the quarterback whether it’s at free safety, strong safety, or they played him a lot where they put him in a “robber” position underneath. towards the end of the game, it was third-and-32, and he was playing deep half. Came off the half, ball was up in the air, in a congested area he went up and got it. Strong hands. Aggressive kid. I think they can use him at free safety, strong safety, and nickel. He’s played all three of them. So again, a versatile piece for If you’re trying to poke a hole in that pick, the only concern looking at him that I would have is that he’s 185, 187 pounds. So his frame is very small, yet his play style is very big. I would be a little worried whether or not he’s going to answer the bell 17 weeks in a row in an NFL season. But he’s shown an ability in college to play every week, so it’s hard to knock him on that. I don’t know if this is typically what Howie would have done before. As you would expect, voice has to be very, very loud in they’re going to listen to him based upon what happened last year, based upon how they were able to take someone like Zack Baun and turn him into a Pro Bowler. What do you think the Vic Fangio factor is here?Obviously, Vic comes in with all these years in the league. He’s got a lot of pelts up on the wall. And then he takesand says, ‘I see something in this kid, where he fits in as an off-the-ball linebacker in my scheme,’ and he gets significant votes for defensive player of the year. I mean, are you kidding me? So when you have those kind of eyes and that kind of background in the NFL, I’m sure Vic does have a pretty big voice and opinion, and he should. He’s earned it.And to me, those first two picks, the versatility that they have, you take Mukuba, who can play all three — free, strong, and nickel — and you takethat I think could play all five . My biggest concern on the back end was more who’s lining up opposite? Do they love the Kelee Ringo kid? I don’t know, I’m not in the building. But who’s lining up there? They also lost the backup . There’s some significant losses at corner. Obviously Howie’s signed Adoree’ Jackson, former first-round pick, he’s started 80 games so that’s how Howie covered himself, which was really smart. Adoree’ Jackson can still play. But I think Vic’s licking his chops about the versatility of both Cooper DeJean and Mukuba.
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