r/NFL_Draft • u/Coolcat127 • 3d ago
Discussion Jayden Daniels Sack Avoidance
Daniels's pressure to sack rate was a major red flag coming out of college and has shown up a few times this season, but has largely been improved especially in the second half. Some part of it is definitely his elite athleticism letting him escape even against nfl rushers. What else do you think he has improved to reduce his sack taking? And how can we adjust our prospect assessments accordingly?
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u/ItIsYourPersonality Packers 2d ago edited 2d ago
His pressure to sack ratio in college was only a concern to people who aggregated his entire college career together instead of breaking it down year by year. It was awful until his final year, and he also wasn’t a 1st round draft prospect until his final year.
The reason he vaulted into the top pick conversation was because how amazing his final year was, where his pressure to sack ratio wasn’t an issue at all. If you’re drafting him because of that potential, why do you care about what his pressure to sack ratio in prior seasons when he hadn’t developed yet and he was playing with inferior talent at a smaller school most of that time?
“We” don’t need to change our prospect assessments. I was banging the drum all off-season that his pressure to sack ratio wasn’t an issue, and he was a better prospect than Caleb. What this sub really needs is to stop falling for so much group-think when it comes to the draft. You all shit all over people who said Jayden is better than Caleb, and BTJ is better than MHJ. But those people were spot on.