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Steelers pick Edmunds in round one

here is one of coaches favorite places to go Walterfootball's eval

they had him rated before Reid

Terrell Edmunds*, S, Virginia Tech
Height: 6-0. Weight: 217. Arm: 32.75. Hand: 10.5.
40 Time: 4.47.
Projected Round (2018): 1-3.
4/25/18: Some team sources tell me they think that Edmunds is a very underrated prospect and have him as a high second-rounder. Others have him late in Round 2 or early in Round 3.

Edmunds hasn't gotten as much attention as his brother Tremaine Edmunds, but NFL sources have told WalterFootball.com that Terrell Edmunds really impressed them as well. Edmunds has good size to be an NFL safety and displayed coverage skills the past few seasons. Edmunds played well in 2017 with 59 tackles, two interceptions and four passes broken up. As a sophomore, he totaled 89 tackles, four interceptions and three passes broken up. Sources say they see Terrell Edmunds grading out as a second-day prospect for the 2018 NFL Draft. He had a strong combine performance to help himself.

In pass coverage, Edmunds is a talented player. Edmunds shows an impressive ability to run with receivers downfield and maintain close coverage. Few defenders with a strong safety build can run with receivers like Edmunds can. He lines up against slot receivers and runs the route while also running with them downfield. In zone coverage, Edmunds covers a lot of ground and picks up targets coming into his area. He breaks on the ball quickly and tracks it well downfield. Edmunds has ball skills to break passes up and intercept the ball. Occasionally, Edmunds can take some missed steps in coverage and is stiff. Thus, he's better off as a strong safety but that can contribute in coverage.
 
Best available safety. Good pick. Don't know if anyone has noticed - we suck at safety.

We’re even worse at OLB, I would have went Landry. That would have been a decent value pick and someone to push Bud to improve or lose his spot cause Chickillo damn sure isn’t going to do that.


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Whining is a staple of the Steelers draft, doesn't matter who we take there will be whining
I know, its almost like everyone in the world knows what we need and then we do something else. In this case, good pick - although I wanted Michel. Stay tuned - be on the lookout for an undersized middle lb or a wr way too early.
 
They wanted Vander Esche. He was gone. Its essentially what I said in a different body. He will play Shaziers role on third down. He is big enough to tackle the draw and fast enough to cover. He fills the immediate role and is a missing piece and down the road hopefully he becomes a solid starter. Value. Maybe not, but there are only so many of these guys that fit this particular bill.
 
He's not a bad player, or choice if this was round 2 or 3. But for round one over Reid, Harrison and Bates? I'll have to look at the film clips in the AM. What made him so special?.

Oh, so you know he’s a better player, but haven’t looked at film. There’s a surprise...

Maybe, just maybe Edmunds will start over Sean Davis this year. As we know Im not very high on Davis, and view him as a 3rd type of safety. The Steelers didn't shell out big bucks for Morgan Burnett to be a back up.

Yeah we know....you push that agenda ad nausem. Burnett and Davis are the starters, with interchanging roles. Only you are insinuating Burnett would be a back up.

Ohh, this can be soon rich. :popcorn2: Davis a 2nd round pick soon to be demoted to back up status? If your 1st round pick isn't starting by year two, most view him as a disappointment. So what will be be? Davis demoted, or Edmunds a 1st round disappointment?

The third choice is both make the pro bowl, somehow I don't think that will happen.

More like Davis will remain the starter, with Edmunds gradually replacing Burnett in a couple years.

I swear, you haven’t even watched 10 seconds of game film of the guy and you opine he could be a bust. Get over yourself.....you don’t know any more than any other layman on these players.

LVE went 19. To high? Not according to Dallas. Unless you were in Pittsburgh’s war room (and you weren’t) you don’t know what they had him at.



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Guy has played corner, rover,and free safety. So I would say that the kid can tackle and definitely cover.

We all know our team can use that ability.
 
I liked Edmunds when i watched him. As i mentioned in my other thread, i did not have as much time this year to get into the draft. Because of that, i focused more on guys projected in mocks to go in the 1st. I don't like doing that because most people who do mocks are no more qualified than me to rank players.

I focused more on Reid, Bates and Harrison because those were the guys projected to be drafted around 28. I also think the steelers interest in him was masked by his brother. Tomlin, Colbert, Butler, and Olsavsky were all at the Va Tech pro day. It made sense because his brother Tremaine was the stud LB. I think everyone just assumed they were there for him and didn't connect them as much to Terrell.

Now that i dig more into his measurables. This was a great pick. Safety was a need and they got one of the top prospects. Maybe they could have traded back and still got him but it would have been a risk. I think it's a drop after Edmunds to Reid and Harrison.

That is something else that should make people feel better about this pick. It's not like there were 5 safeties off the board and the steelers were reaching. The chose Edmunds over Reid and bates and everyone aside from the 2 elite prospects James and FItzpatrick.

The NFL seemed to agree because Edmunds was in the green room. They only invite guys that have a consensus 1st round grade. No, i do not believe he was just there with his brother. If he was, then he would have left when his bro was picked. Plus, that was not a suit a guy buys just to sit in a green room off camera.
 
I liked Edmunds when i watched him. As i mentioned in my other thread, i did not have as much time this year to get into the draft. Because of that, i focused more on guys projected in mocks to go in the 1st. I don't like doing that because most people who do mocks are no more qualified than me to rank players.

I focused more on Reid, Bates and Harrison because those were the guys projected to be drafted around 28. I also think the steelers interest in him was masked by his brother. Tomlin, Colbert, Butler, and Olsavsky were all at the Va Tech pro day. It made sense because his brother Tremaine was the stud LB. I think everyone just assumed they were there for him and didn't connect them as much to Terrell.

Now that i dig more into his measurables. This was a great pick. Safety was a need and they got one of the top prospects. Maybe they could have traded back and still got him but it would have been a risk. I think it's a drop after Edmunds to Reid and Harrison.

That is something else that should make people feel better about this pick. It's not like there were 5 safeties off the board and the steelers were reaching. The chose Edmunds over Reid and bates and everyone aside from the 2 elite prospects James and FItzpatrick.

The NFL seemed to agree because Edmunds was in the green room. They only invite guys that have a consensus 1st round grade. No, i do not believe he was just there with his brother. If he was, then he would have left when his bro was picked. Plus, that was not a suit a guy buys just to sit in a green room off camera.

Exactly they had options and they picked who they had rated highest on their board.
 
A "work-in-progress" who missed a bunch of open field tackles and takes bad angles to the ball, projected by many to go in the third round, is not my idea of a great first round pick. And he's coming off a season-ending shoulder injury on top of it.

Sweet.
 
We’re even worse at OLB, I would have went Landry. That would have been a decent value pick and someone to push Bud to improve or lose his spot cause Chickillo damn sure isn’t going to do that.


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Something must be up with Landry? There seemed to be a lot of mock drafts with him going in round 1 and not in the last 5 or 6 picks, i dont think.
 
A "work-in-progress" who missed a bunch of open field tackles and takes bad angles to the ball, projected by many to go in the third round, is not my idea of a great first round pick. And he's coming off a season-ending shoulder injury on top of it.

Sweet.

How come there are all these conflicting reports. I just read something that said he missed a ridiculously small amount of tackles last year and you say he tackles ******.
 
I think Landry was rated so high because edge rusher is so thin in this draft. That was the whole reason i was in favor of taking him. Not because i thought he was some can't miss guy, but because it may have been the only shot in this draft at a decent edge rush prospect and Safety and ILB had good prospects that would be available in RDs 2 and 3.

Landry may only appeal to 3-4 teams and he's undersized. That's probably why he's still available.
 
http://www.steelernationforums.com/...tion-draft-(my-final-prediction-for-Steelers)

“B. Personally I would take Edmunds in the 1st round. But what I keep reading is he’s a 3rd or 4th round pick. This would again give the Steelers their top three perceived needs and make it a successful draft by needs standpoint.”

I am not disappointed. If you watch the tape Terrell is the more instinctive football player of the Edmunds brothers. Tremaine is a freak athletically but look at Terrell’s chart.
https://www.mockdraftable.com/player/terrell-edmunds
He’s a top tier athlete himself.

I think he will play a Rover type position for us. ILB/S and learn from Burnett who really has done a nice job with the Packers in that role.
 
I am looking forward to a top talent in our secondary. We've proven that we can coach up basic tackling and angles----sorry, I was laughing so hard when I typed that.. But seriously, if we just have him spend some time at a high school program, I think we can develop him.
 
http://www.steelernationforums.com/...tion-draft-(my-final-prediction-for-Steelers)

“B. Personally I would take Edmunds in the 1st round. But what I keep reading is he’s a 3rd or 4th round pick. This would again give the Steelers their top three perceived needs and make it a successful draft by needs standpoint.”

I am not disappointed. If you watch the tape Terrell is the more instinctive football player of the Edmunds brothers. Tremaine is a freak athletically but look at Terrell’s chart.
https://www.mockdraftable.com/player/terrell-edmunds
He’s a top tier athlete himself.

I think he will play a Rover type position for us. ILB/S and learn from Burnett who really has done a nice job with the Packers in that role.
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How come there are all these conflicting reports. I just read something that said he missed a ridiculously small amount of tackles last year and you say he tackles ******.

I got his ****** tackling info from his draft profile on nfl.com. Where'd you just read yours?
 
Exactly tape he was in the green room in a suit..that tells you he was told he would possibly be picked in the first..the NFL doesnt like the PR nightmare of guys sitting back there and not being picked. He had a 1st round grade by enough teams to warrant a invite
 
Hahahahahaahaha....When the Milwaukee Bucks reached for a freak athlete they bashed him & the Bucks on ALL the boards and draft grades....sad he was a reach....

"The Greek Freak" is a great athlete....This guy is athletic...I like the pick. Our safeties suck, and we need D.....**** all ya'll Yinzer whiner & see you all manana
 
I think it was a case of there being nobody they thought was a future every down starter with a 1st Round Grade so they took an athlete that can actually contribute in sub packages.

If he can cover Gronko and other athletic pass catching TEs on obvious passing downs, which is what Davis couldn't do or the Steelers would have been the #1 seed, he's worth the #28.
 
I got his ****** tackling info from his draft profile on nfl.com. Where'd you just read yours?
There's a link on Twitter and Steelersdepot that says he missed only 5 tackles in 585 snaps in 3 years. That's pretty good. We've had players miss that many tackles in 1 game lol.
 
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