NT Vita Vea - Washington - 6'5" - 332

NFL Draft Scout's Rob Rang lists Washington DT Vita Vea as one of the "must watch" players at the combine.

Not only is Vea a gigantic human (6'4/345), he's also an impressive athlete that played running back in high school. We'll give you a second to imagine what that looked like. Rang hears that behind-the-scenes bets are being played that he'll run the 40-yard dash under five seconds, and that he could "turn heads" with his vertical and bench press. "Often compared to former Oregon star (and five-time Pro Bowler) Haloti Ngata over the past two years, Vea may unleash the kind of workout the NFL has not seen from a defensive lineman of his size since Dontari Poe's legendary performance six years ago," Rang writes. If that happens, it's hard to see Vea still being on the board after the first dozen picks.

Dude is gonna be good.

Originally posted by Cisco0623:

Dude is gonna be good.

I'm throwing him in the Danny Shelton class...which is a good thing

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by Dillesq:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by Dillesq:

They haven't studied Vea. He jumps off the tape the most when he's rushing the passer. The man is damn near unstoppable and if he's getting 1 on 1 with a G or C then good luck lol

Your boy at NDT isn't as wild about him as you are as a pass rusher

Pretty safe guy bc he eats as a run defender, but I don't think he's pass rush athletic (explosive, flexible), and he has way too many dud reps as pass rusher https://t.co/rzhGhTYXDC

— Jon Ledyard (@LedyardNFLDraft) February 23, 2018

I respect his opinion but most definitely disagree

All good I like him just not for SF

You will after the combine

TANK

BUCKNER

VEA

SOLO

--- Vea would already be a 10x improvement over Aweak Armshurt

Man Saleh is salivating over the thought of dropping this guy in coverage.

Originally posted by gold49digger:
Man Saleh is salivating over the thought of dropping this guy in coverage.

Originally posted by 9moon:

TANK

BUCKNER

VEA

SOLO

--- Vea would already be a 10x improvement over Aweak Armshurt

Tank is a FA.

NFL Network's Mike Mayock says Washington DT Vita Vea is a superior prospect to Dontari Poe coming into the NFL.

"He's a dancing bear. He's a freak. He's 340 pounds and everybody says he's going to run a sub-5.0 40," Mayock said of Vea. "The last defensive lineman to do that was Dontari Poe. He went at No. 11. Vea is a better player than Poe was coming out of college. More advanced. He's a plug-and-play nose tackle in any scheme. If he runs 4.85 or 4.9 at 342 pounds, to me that's more impressive than watching John Ross run 4.22." He's not wrong about any of this. But at present time, Vea has been going in the Nos. 10-20 range in most mocks. Vea will make his case for a top-10 call this weekend in Indy.

Its interesting that a year after we transition from the 3-4, we finally are staring a legit NT in the face at #10 maybe.

Interesting the way things unfold.

Originally posted by 9moon:

TANK

BUCKNER

VEA

SOLO

--- Vea would already be a 10x improvement over Aweak Armshurt

I'd like to see Gurley and David Johnson run against that front

Jets just released Muhammad Wilkerson, if they win the Cousins sweepstakes they could take him at 6

Originally posted by Dillesq:

You will after the combine

I know he will be good at the combine...it's not gonna be a shock.

We don't need Interior DL. Great prospect but at some point you have to measure BPA along with need.

We drafting Rosen if he falls to 9/10? Nope.

Originally posted by ChaunceyGardner:

Jets just released Muhammad Wilkerson, if they win the Cousins sweepstakes they could take him at 6

Would be great if they did...push some other god prospects down

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by ChaunceyGardner:
Jets just released Muhammad Wilkerson, if they win the Cousins sweepstakes they could take him at 6

Would be great if they did...push some other god prospects down

Yep. Derwin James come on down!