Sheil Kapadia
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Right.
Or if you just said, team, give me your grade, those guys might have the highest grades on their board just in terms of we feel great about this person being a great NFL player.
But we know it's not that simple.
You have to take positional value into account.
So I think that really comes into focus here at number five with the Giants.
You've got them taking Ohio State off-ball linebacker Sonny Stiles, who seems like, you know,
would have a very high approval rating for basically anyone who scouted him, watched him, media, GMs, whatever.
You have the Giants going ahead and using the fifth overall pick on an off-ball linebacker.
Why do you feel good about that here?
I mean, I could make the case that off-ball linebacker right now is more important than maybe it's ever been since I've covered the NFL.
It feels like that anecdotally watching it.
Like, you got to be smart.
I mean, if you don't know what's going on there, you're getting picked on.
You got to play the run.
Teams are running the football more now.
You can't get exposed in coverage.
If Steven Ruiz is putting the microscope on you on a week, you don't want to have somebody like that.
So you have to have this hybrid-y type of skill set
Offenses are attacking the middle of the field at a very high level where if you have a linebacker who can't cover in there or doesn't know what's going on in there or slow to react, you know, like off-ball linebacker and nickel, think of like your favorite defenses in the NFL and the guys they have playing those positions.
The last two champions.