2024 4th Round Pick #111 Overall Evan Williams -S - Oregon

[Fritz]

Now I picture this guy wearing a top hat and tails and sipping a manhattan.

Smart. Sophisticated.

[RashanGary]

Now I picture this guy wearing a top hat and tails and sipping a manhattan.

Smart. Sophisticated.

I picture him not doing a looking around with a blank expression like Damarious Randall

[run pMc]

Jim Nagy seems to disagree;

https://twitter.com/jimnagy_sb/statu...593204431?s=46

Yeah I heard about this. He was supposedly good in the Senior Bowl practices.

I liked the way people were talking him up, but I watched him vs OR, ORSt., and USC and... didn't really like him.
I don't think his range is great and he's a little out of control when he comes up to tackle. OR played him everywhere and even blitzed him, so he's got some versatility.
He's better either closer to the LOS or deep in a 2-deep shell (I don't see him as a single high deep safety). He can play the robber role in a Cover 1.

Maybe he can be coached up, but I didn't think he was a high upside guy.
Seems like a pretty fearless, physical, and aggressive player. Is he supposed to be GB's version of Hufanga?

I'm less enthusiastic about him now, but he's about equal to what they had last year, he's got a cheap contract, and he might get better.

One other thing: watching the OR-USC game, and Caleb Williams has some crazy scrambling ability and a good arm, but there's some chaos and mess to his game that needs to be cleaned up. He's not Peyton Manning.

[RashanGary]

Yeah I heard about this. He was supposedly good in the Senior Bowl practices.

I liked the way people were talking him up, but I watched him vs OR, ORSt., and USC and... didn't really like him.
I don't think his range is great and he's a little out of control when he comes up to tackle. OR played him everywhere and even blitzed him, so he's got some versatility.
He's better either closer to the LOS or deep in a 2-deep shell (I don't see him as a single high deep safety). He can play the robber role in a Cover 1.

Maybe he can be coached up, but I didn't think he was a high upside guy.
Seems like a pretty fearless, physical, and aggressive player. Is he supposed to be GB's version of Hufanga?

I'm less enthusiastic about him now, but he's about equal to what they had last year, he's got a cheap contract, and he might get better.

One other thing: watching the OR-USC game, and Caleb Williams has some crazy scrambling ability and a good arm, but there's some chaos and mess to his game that needs to be cleaned up. He's not Peyton Manning.

Jim Nagys job is to gas up the senior bowl players. It doesn’t mean anything. But he could still be good. Never know.

[Fritz]

I picture him not doing a looking around with a blank expression like Damarious Randall

Or two defensive backs looking at each other and gesturing at each other after an opposing wide receiver is wide open for an easy touchdown while Bob Slowik/Dom Capers/Mike Pettine/Joe Barely stare down at their clipboards, eyebrows furrowed.

[RashanGary]

Or two defensive backs looking at each other and gesturing at each other after an opposing wide receiver is wide open for an easy touchdown while Bob Slowik/Dom Capers/Mike Pettine/Joe Barely stare down at their clipboards, eyebrows furrowed.

It’s wild that we let Hyde and Heyward go. Yeah, just like we have a long history of excellent OL play, ever since Sharper, we have a long history of bad safety play. Maybe they’re adjusting the way they grade these guys. Hopefully.

[RashanGary]

Oh we did have Collins. I take that back. But 3 years of his peak is pretty much all we’ve had of good safety play since Daren Sharper.

[Fritz]

Yeah, just as wide receiver and offensive line have been strengths of the GM's and drafting departments, safeties and defensive linemen have been a weakness.