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https://steelersdepot.com/2020/05/bi...enquez-golson/
watch the video
https://steelersdepot.com/2020/05/bi...enquez-golson/
Senquez was simply too small and fragile for the NFL
Size isn't really an issue.
Fragility is a real big one.
honestly ill never bemoan this pick thanks to Mike Hilton. As far as im concerned, he IS senquez golson. Similiar stature, came out of Mississippi not long after golson, extremely aggressive closing speed, and plays in the slot.
we've invested a lot in the CB position the past few years and i think we all know were going to get outbidded for Hilton next year but im going to miss him
Injury does not = bust
Golson never played. He got injured in camp. It’s hard to say if he was too small to play in the NFL.
Coming out of the draft, Mayock, Kiper, and several others thought that Golson was the best slot CB. So, there’s that.
As PsychoWard stated: we got the same type of player (slot CB) from the same school (Ole Miss) when we picked up Mike Hilton.
Speaking of injuries that ended careers, I’d have loved to have seen what Sean Spence would have become.
....or Ryan Shazier. Damn....he would have been incredible for another 7 or 8 years. I'm talking about in the conversation for defensive MVP kind of incredible. Imagine having Shazier and Watt in their prime at the same time! Oh my goodness!
I always think about what could have been.
Agreed. The kid had a shoulder injury as a rookie so they basically redshirted him on IR, but then had a Lisfranc foot fracture his 2nd season, which can be career ending for many athletes who have to run to make a living.
But I love how the non athletic keyboard warriors love to make judgement on somebody that was drafted into 2 professional leagues as a bust, while I bet the player didn't choose to be injured.
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Yeah, I know you and I were a couple of many that saw him on film at Miami and noticed how he diagnosed plays out and just flew to the football. Its similar type reaction that Devin Bush had and I think both of those guys were students of the game and film junkies. I thought Vinny98 and Spence were gonna be the ILB tandem for a while until his knee got blown up. Happy he was able to walk and play some after that injury.
Bill Parcells once said that your best ability is your availability. Yes it was unfortunate that he never managed to be healthy but it doesn't change the fact that the draft pick was a major miss and hurt the team. Entering 2015, upgrading the secondary was crucial and this was their highest pick to address the secondary. A 2nd round draft pick never plays a game, especially when it attempts to address your most crucial need, yeah I think this belongs
I'd put Artie Burns as a much bigger bust than Golson. Not even close.
"If I could start my life all over again, I would be a professional football player, and you damn well better believe I would be a Pittsburgh Steeler." Jack Lambert, 1990 HoF Introduction.
Thanks brother! I like to slip in every once and awhile, SX hasn't seen as much traffic with it being the offseason and all the craziness going on with COVID and everything else so I thought I'd make my way over here. I might stick around this time lol, I say that, then I get busy and distracted... We shall see.
"If I could start my life all over again, I would be a professional football player, and you damn well better believe I would be a Pittsburgh Steeler." Jack Lambert, 1990 HoF Introduction.
As far as busts go, it's hard to beat not even getting on the field.
However, for a select few like Burns, it is actually WORSE that they did play, because their performance was bad enough to cancel out a good player somewhere else, and also set back the search for the real starter at his position by at least a couple years.
See you Space Cowboy ...
"If I could start my life all over again, I would be a professional football player, and you damn well better believe I would be a Pittsburgh Steeler." Jack Lambert, 1990 HoF Introduction.
Steelers just suck at drafting DB's..... they need better scouts in that dept or something...Funny that Steven Nelson was in the same draft and went 1 round later..