Mark Grote

So I understand what this is about to be, and that's cool.

I'm just more excited to see him get on the grass.

What does that look like, and how does D.A.

go about utilizing this arsenal that he now has on defense.

You don't usually think of defensive players as weapons.

Now he's got weapons because how versatile and interchangeable they are.

You talk about Kobe Bryant, Dylan Thieneman, and Kyler Gordon.

As a quarterback, you walk up to the line of scrimmage and you take your pre-snap picture of what this defense looks like, and then that informs you about what's probably about to happen.

And then if at the snap –

Three of those guys move like that mic is.

Mic drop.

Happens to all men.

If at the snap, three of those guys rotate in a way that you weren't expecting, that's a good way to confuse a quarterback and create turnover.

So, you know, they created a lot last year.

They'll have to manufacture something this year, and they've got the weapons to do it.

Yeah, that's a very legitimate concern.

I think that in the pick itself, when you look at him being there at 25, I don't think most people projected him to perhaps get that far down.

He got to 25, and then you're talking about the second best safety on the board.

Yeah.

If you compare that to the edges that were there, and they had their pick, right?