Jacksonville Jaguar Arik Armstead-DT Thread

Originally posted by lucky_49:
if we didn't draft him he would have been like a third rounder

BS fiction.

I'll hold final judgement till i see him play an NFL game but watching his highlights he looks sloppy as f**k. he gets pressure but it looks so bad. Seems like he will get worked in the NFL

Hate the pick and he was the one guy I wanted least. But, now he's a 49er and now I hope he reaches that potential and will root him on. Please feed me crow Armstead and lots of it

fml

I have confidence that Tomsula will turn this guy into something productive.

I'm hoping for the best. We at least have to give the kid a chance. If Jimmy T can't turn him into something no one can.

Originally posted by StOnEy333:

Originally posted by Marvin49:

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:

Mike Mayock said some really nice things about him when the 9ers made the pick. Me thinks allz y'all is overreacting

Methinks you are correct.

A lot of people like it. It's just not sexy so fans flip out. lol

The webzone overreact? That never happens lol.

I'm going to hold judgement until after I see the kid in the weight room and after he gets coached up.

Originally posted by mayo49:

I'm going to hold judgement until after I see the kid in the weight room and after he gets coached up.

I hope he shows something this year, but with him needing technique work and time in the weight room, I will at least give him until late in year two before I start to feel a little discouraged. He was some work to do, we'll see how quickly he can get it done.

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:
Baalke loves dem long arms

33 inches is certainly not long according to Baalke's standards

As stated, I don't like the pick. The floor is way too low. Yet, on the defensive side of the ball, Baalke usually does know what he is doing.

Originally posted by slowriot:
Eric Branch ‏@Eric_Branch 2m2 minutes ago
Jim Tomsula said Arik Armstead is talented … raw: "He's inconsistent in tape and he's young. So we've got to grow it up." #49ers

I like this statement, quite honest. AND he puts some pressure on Armstead's shoulders as well.

Originally posted by Marvin49:
This.

Peeps calling it a bust, Balmer part 2...jeez.

Same crap every single year. Just about every mock draft all over the internet thought Armstead was going to the Niners at 15. They move down, get two picks and still draft him and peeps lose their minds. Never fails.

No clue if he pans out or not, but jeez...ya think that maybe, just maybe, Trent knows a little something about selecting players.

oh jeez

I watched the whole 1st round on NFLN, but I just saw on SportsCenter where Bill Pollian was asked for a move that he didn't like and he chose our pick. He phrased it by saying that "I am not a fan of Armstead." I wonder if that is where some of the hate comes from?

It was kind of a weird 1st round in the sense that all of the "experts" were spot on in regard to who our selection was, usually they are so far off. It just doesn't feel right lol. Maybe Trent has been figured out lol.

He didnt produce results in college, but theres are TONS of cases where great NFL players looked average in college, or worse.

Hes still a 20 year old kid. He has all the tools to be a great player, and we have some of the best DL coaches in the NFL that will teach him NFL technique.

I dont get how 85% of the fans here are groaning over this pick, and how "terrible" it was, but at the same time praying for DGB tomorrow, who also has loads of talent, but didnt really live up to it in college.

Baalke has a pretty good track record selecting front 7 guys in the draft, especially in the first 5 rounds. Bowman, Aldon, Lynch, Borland, Dial, Tank, etc. Maybe we should give him the benefit of the doubt..