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Originally Posted by nero THE zero
We're working off different definitions of "project."
To me, a project is a guy who takes an extraordinary amount of work, for a number of possible reasons, to develop to realize his potential. It could be because he was new to/inexperienced at his position (ie. Barwin), was extremely young (ie. Amobi), or played in a small conference against inferior competition (ie. Jacoby.)
Again, that's not to say that Barwin won't succeed in the NFL. But, it is going to take more work on Barwin to develop his pass rushing skills and DE acumen because of his lack of experience at the position. That is, by definition, a project.
Again; You can argue semantics all you want. But my point still stands; Another thing Smithiak seems to like to do is draft a high-potential-project/raw/inexperienced (players) fairly high in the draft. They've done it with Amobi, Jacoby, Molden, and now Barwin.
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I hear you, but I think what I'm trying to say is that we now expect him to be productive based up his college performance as a pass-rusher while still having serious upside out there. Barret & others probably put it better than me.
Now regarding his play on other downs in a series, yea he's a project there for sure. I'd guess the Texans aren't even totally for sure if they play him as an OLB or DE in those situations ?