No, I don't really believe that, but my feeling is that with Ted pulling the trigger he will likely pull a move right out of left field leaving most fans scratching their head.
Originally Posted by: yooperfan
Well I'm thinking it's going to be a linemen. Because as a scout, 🇹🇹 has NEVER gone three years without a linemen in the 1st round. Not under Wolf, not with the Seahawks, and not as GM. Currently he's gone DB in the last two years.
As far as the left field part, that's why I was thinking it could be DT Chris Jones from Mississippi State. As for a while there, no one was even thinking about him going in the 1st round. But if you watch him, he has some similarities to Datone Jones.
Not so much in the way they play, but the fact that before their drafts, they seem to have a ton of untapped potential and are still just scratching the surface of that potential. Also that both were used to their weaknesses at times for the good of the team, as both were used as NTs at times, and that's not where they should be. But the team needed them there, so they used them there at times, which shows some versatility but also some bad tape of them playing a position that doesn't really match their talents. But they both look better if you focus in on the times they were used in positions that do match their natural talents, either one gap pass rusher or more towards the outside as a DE.
Of course Chris Jones has been going up in mocks, so I'm not sure it'd be completely ou of left field anymore, but some people would surely claim it as he has been ranked much longer on a number of mocks.
Sadly Datone hasn't (yet) developed like we wanted him to, but that doesn't mean a different player wouldn't. So I could see Ted Thompson going with a player that is like him. Also needs to be pointed out, that Chris Jones is bigger, more physical when compared to Datone. To where I think Datone could be a very good fit as 3-4 OLB (at least rotating between there and DL), I think Chris Jones is a full time DL.